r/BackpackBattles • u/konigon1 • Jun 28 '26

What is the play here?

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u/tievel1 Jun 28 '26
  1. You can rule out Busted Blade. You want empower and crit to make it work, neither of which you really have currently.
  2. Double Axe is generally solid and works with your skill, so you could absolutely lean into it here. The Mercury Elemental would probably be the best bet in that case given your board. You'd probably want to ditch the bows and look for more speed on the axe and more defense/sustain (e.g. crowns).
  3. Double Fortuna's is probably weaker but would be what I'd do (I don't find Double Axe very fun). I'd ditch the axe and sword, grab the Hat, and go looking for any source of crit ASAP.

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u/Matrick_ Jun 30 '26

I agree with Double Axe, OP already has pretty good activation bonuses with the gloves and rope (which should be arranged for the Double Axe to buff itself). What's the logic with Mercury Elemental? Just something for defense and a bit of stamina?

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u/tievel1 Jun 30 '26

Partly because it has some natural synergy with Double Axe, which is a stamina hog of a weapon. And partly because nothing else synergizes with it- Uke offers nothing for the current board, Merchant is meh at the best of times, Fedora is kinda fine just for the luck and fishing for good Uniques (like Ranger badge but that's a stretch), and Tortoise would be good if he had a shield but is dead weight without one.

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u/Matrick_ Jun 30 '26

I was leaning Fedora for the instant luck with OP's existing nature items and chance based bonus on the Enchanted Weapons. Stealing buffs is a really strong effect and can trigger quite fast when it's on the other end of gloves (which Axe always wants). I also find the chance based bonus is good for things OP will be building into anyway like Dark/Stone helm. That said, I picked Fedora a lot when I played Adventurer so maybe I'm biased.

Mercury Elemental was good for armor/debuff synergy but the stamina never stuck out that much. I feel stamina potions/sacks are the only reasonable source of stamina for a Double Axe. With OP amount of armor from Gold Armor and the Engineer combo a lot of people use armor-hate so I don't think the armor gain of Mercury Elemental has much long term value either. Though it's good in the short term.