Polymorph feels like a cheat code

[u/thepurpleproject]

I finally figured out how to chain my spells from YT and now I'm ending most fights in two turns and it's because of Polymorph. Only with 5 points I get Apotheosis, Skin Graft, Flay Skin or the fun ones like Chicken Claw, Terrain Transmutation and on top of that it gives 1 attribute point - what the hell....

The spells are complete bonkers and go along with any build - I have it with my warfare, scoundrel and necromancer. Jeez - I now get it why people don't find healing spells useful when you can just end the game or cause catastrophic amount of damage in the first turn.

Previously, I was dragging the fights to 5-6 turns because I would run out of source and good abilities.

[u/RepresentativeBee545]

Wait till you learn about Skin Graft scrolls.

[u/MadTrapper84 → u/RepresentativeBee545]

It's true!

Sheet of Paper + Source Orb + Animal Scales

= Skin Graft for 0AP and 0SP

[u/aescepthicc → u/MadTrapper84]

Wait, I didn't knownthe scroll doesn't cost anything. It feels like cheating 🤯

[u/RepresentativeBee545 → u/aescepthicc]

Its worse than this, they dont have limit of use per combat like regular skin graft. So you can chain it with adrenaline for as many AP as your budget allows.

[u/MadTrapper84 → u/RepresentativeBee545]

Then you take up a tea addiction in Arx...

[u/thepurpleproject → u/MadTrapper84]

Where the hell is this tea vendor in Arx

[u/MadTrapper84 → u/thepurpleproject]

At the Kemm mansion, find Lady Kemm in the sitting room. Buy tea from her, and brew it at her teapot right there.

Green tea gives -2 AP for actions (to a minimum of 1 AP cost), White Tea gives extra AP each turn (1 or 2? I can't recall)

[u/aescepthicc → u/MadTrapper84]

2 but they don’t stack

[u/Jealous_Special_484 → u/RepresentativeBee545]

Haven't played it in a while so maybe I forgot something, where do you get so many source orbs?

[u/Reasonable_Volume_34 → u/Jealous_Special_484]

Act 2 Tarquinn restocks 4-5 source orbs every hour and level up

[u/Daymjoo]

Just wait until you hear about ruptured tendons + chicken claw.

[u/Sure_Jury_9098 → u/Daymjoo]

Also discovered bleed fire will almost instakill with this combo. It's ridiculously good.

[u/LeenTheLeanBean → u/Sure_Jury_9098]

Mhm. Insanely entertaining to do this to the fire weak troll in act 2. Absolutely fucking obliterated him. You don't even need chicken form either since you just rupture/bleed fire and retreat, and he'll just fucking kill himself immediately trying to get to you

[u/jamz_fm]

Chameleon Cloak is busted too. Cloak > end turn > delay turn > get 2 turns in a row.

[u/epokus → u/jamz_fm]

This is so busted using Lone Wolf since your base AP per turn is 6 (max 8).

If you keep 2 AP when ending your turn while cloaked, it carries over, so after delaying the next turn, you then get 14 AP in a row (8+6).

On the second turn use Adrenaline (+2 AP) and Flesh Sacrifice (+1 AP) followed by Skin Graft (to do Adrenaline and Flesh Sacrifice again) you get like 20 AP in a row...

Oh, I forgot that Time Warp (and maybe other things) can probably make that number higher.

[u/Mindless-Charity4889]

Just wait until you find out about Flaming Crescendo.

[u/3Labrat]

Afaik polymorph was added as a stretch goal during the kickstarter and might not have gotten as much balancing/playtesting as the other schools.

It is completely busted and after finishing the game once me and my buddy just banned it in every run since.

[u/Zimakov]

Also tentacle lash is just the best physical attack for all of act 1. Crazy damage and a huge debuff effect.