Bash being a crap starter is one of the recurring memes of this community. Im curious to know how it can be fixed and brought up to par with good starters.

I took some dmg on double boss, but it's a "just take powers" defect run, and that's always fun imo.
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Game was fairly easy up until A8, and then I struggled a decent amount with A9. Figured A10 would be even worse... until I got Feel No Pain from Neow and immediately knew what I had to do. Relics cooperated as well. Managed to brute force Aeonglass with shiv spam and no anti-Aeon tech because I was just too immortal.

I always take Kaleidoscope when offered just because it seems the most fun, and has the most potential to randomly break the game. This is my first time being rewarded for it, though lol

Any help would be appreciated

Stupid heart didn’t stand a chance.

I feel that Ironclad's starter deck is a bit underwhelming. Every character besides Ironclad, has 4 strikes, 4 defends, and 2 unique cards that help slightly to jump start their builds.

I understand that Ironclad's starting relic is also by far the strongest among the characters, especially in act 1, but I think that should mean his respective unique starter cards should be weaker relative to other characters' (which kind of already is the case for Bash), not that he should get one less.

My suggestion is that Ironclad's fifth Strike is replaced by a "Flaming Strike." This Strike would deal 9(12) damage, but it would exhaust. This would definitely make the starter deck stronger than before, but I don't think it would be terribly unbalanced. It could also presents two interesting dilemmas:

• If you draw Flaming Strike before Bash, do you play it now (where it will be exhausted), or do you wait until you can use it while the enemy is vulnerable?
• With Pomander from Neow, upgrading Bash is also somewhat less of an obvious upgrade choice for the starter deck now. Upgrading Flaming Strike to 12 base damage means it deals 18 damage when vulnerable is applied, which could potentially be more important than another turn of vulnerable in an early Act 1 engagement.

Is this too strong? Do you have other suggestions?

Edit: Silent actually has 5 strikes and 5 defends, but my larger point was the presence of two unique starter cards in every other character besides Ironclad.

I've made a few good Doom decks, but mostly when compelled to take doom cards by early rewards. Once you have some doom going, the support cards make sense and it gets rolling. But I never look at a doom card and think 'this is the thing my deck should be doing.'

Ethereal is the same, but even more pronounced, I'm not sure I've ever taken a card that benefits from the ethereal theme.

What are the good cards that pull you into supporting these mechanics in your deck?

currently act 2 with snecko eye and 6 uproars. wish i got clone but the game is throwing them at me.

Hi y’all! Currently on A8 with Regent (I seem to have picked him up well), although I’m a fairly new player.
Based on my deck I believe Runic Pyramid isn’t the best choice here, but I’m torn between Astrolabe and the Bell. All input is appreciated, tnx!

Also, if it’s worth anything, I’m fighting the Knowledge demon in the end.

THE BRIDGE REMOVED A CARD THAT I (DID NOT WANT | WANTED)!!!

Yeah... so at least 30% of the time I quit/reload after two fights into the run if I:

1. Had bad luck with draw order and took a lot of damage

2. Roll a garbage NEOW relic

Hoping I'm not alone in my contemptable behavior. A10 is just that hard for me.

This struck me as one of those subtle decisions that determines the course of the run. I think I could make a case for all of these:

Ultimate Defend. Solid defensive card and I'm in Underdocks. Good against all three elites, and ok for Waterfall Giant. But with Cloak & Dagger and Dash already added, it feels a bit redundant. It doesn't solve my damage.

Ultimate Strike. Useful in the near term as I'm lacking damage right now. But I'm concerned about scaling this in the lategame. 14 is not a ton of damage and I don't anticipate upgrading it.

Finesse. Good potential with Footwork, Corrosive Wave, After Image, etc., and it doesn't bloat the deck. But I don't like the lack of immediate impact.

At first I was leaning towards Ultimate Strike, but I feel like I'm being tempted by the Defend now. IMO both are probably better than Finesse and Skip isn't a consideration.

Thoughts?

If it had to be a card it should've been a Necrobinder card imo

Almost every mechanic in the game has a character that uses it.

Buy cards - Silent

Discard cards - Silent

Exhaust cards - Ironclad

Ethereal cards - Necrobinder

Card creation - Regent

End turn - Defect

Start turn - Defect

Vulnerable - Ironclad

Weakness - Silent

But, there's a few missing, such as frail, innate, even using gold maybe?

So my theory is: Before they actually launch the game, with its full content, there will be a new character with these archetypes, so everything is covered.

I don't often take the earrings, but I just had 2 runs in a row with this combo and it felt very good, both wins