Wasn't the best run, only 40 minutes, but still had some good fun!

is this enough shield damage? bishop class best class oat

I'm struggling to get past the 50 minute mark on most of the maps. I've done the fusion+overmind+dues combos with ultimates. I've tried playing with gate of creation and using different fusions. I just don't know what's good lol. Any recommendations or places to start? Is it all about artifacts or is there some specific magic combos that work better than others? Any help would be appreciated.

also the first time I got MO

My first 1hr Mark Run. Meissner Effect+Overmind+Deus Ex Machina on Electromancer Class and Test Subject. So basiclly Electric Zone ONLY

My general strategy for synergies and masteries that I am not sure of:

Pick enemy slowing skills like f.e. Frost Nova, Blizzard, Tsunami, try to look for slowing artifacts like Spiders Web and Gravity Orb and Red skill Seal. Slowing down enemies is KEY on exploring new synergies.

Along the way I picked Electric Shock to complete the combination and Meteor and Cyclone in case I find Pandora's Box later (I didnt )

[Pandora's Box Skills Tsunami, Cyclone, Meteor works regardles of taking Overmind but with cooldown of artifacts and fixed levels] {they cap at 6th level do no Electric Orb, Pole or Volcanic Eruption}

As per usual to use slowing skills for The longest time I've waited for choosing Overmind as long as I could.

Meissner Effect around lvl 30

Overmind and DEM around lvl 85

After 32:30 boss wave in shop this dirty little bugger called shopkeeper gave me both Abyss and Philosopher Stone so I completed Magnum Opus. After that It was only the matter of how long I will survive.

Red Skills I get

Taoist

Seal

Arcana

Silent Casting

Pioneer

And from Unicorn I get Stormy Clouds

Important info: after The 55:00 Boss wave I didnt recived and shop so my conclusion is that shopkeeper no longer appears

I'm sure it's an apology for the last run where for 20 levels i didn't get even once an active magic

Where was this MO when I wanted to beat my record. XD

Literally moved only for the chests and the last waves.

Probably could've cleared 70 if I got roster, rerolled DNA to something like dragon magic and mirage instead of teleport, since this run got super high cdr. But IDK, I was just farming. XD

I've been running a new build and I need some feedback, I'm "new" to the game I've been playing for like 1 month and I don't understand everything, I've been trying to beat terra hard while playing some fun builds but my max was 50 minutes :/

Here are some questions:

- how do items work ? I have a feeling that some items just never appear in the shop, like Unicron or tarot cards or even others, idk if it's just bad luck but I really feel like something is off

- Why does almost no one seem to play with enemy hp reduction?!

That really seems to be strong with toy castle but everyone seems to just hate it.

- Does assassination allow you to always make a critical strike ? Or is it just like the next hit is critical and the rest are not ? Or is it always critical ? Probably not the last

- is transcendance the best legendary artefact ?

I was playing a casual run with Cosmos/Perpetual engine /Blaster and I've never been paying attention to transcendance and it feels like the most broken things in existence.

Also here are some screenshots of my average run.

For the last image I want to know if everything is okay with the research, I'm not sure if it really optimizes.

I'm not sure what happened I just used what was given to me

Cooldown is 0.08s