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And another Calamity Win B-))) I'm getting the hang of this hard mode now.

Magical team for the win.

I started with Karakai and Pyris for Magical combo and it went very well. Pyris can do some very good crowd control with its Ignite and Karakai takes dmg while lowering def and damaging around. Later on I was lucky enough to find Heart of the Sea and Scutter in an Aggressive Egg, so I had Aquatic too.

In general, it was very good. Good items, good combos. I feel like Scutter did not do that much, and the protagonists were Pyris and Karakai.

Karakai is really strong. I find it works well choosing "Calcify" and "Unleashed". The other abilities seem fine, but these feel better. Especially Unleashed.

Love this little Godzilla baby <3 It's one of my favorites for sure.

Jay2 years ago(+1)

He's becoming too powerful, I need to add a harder mode lol

lol jk, Im already working on a new mode

LaserQuacker2 years ago(+1)

Oh my god ahahah, a HARDER one?! XD Love it. This one is tough though! I swear! XD But I would be happy to accept the challenge!

dave5382 years ago(+1)

karakai dies to poison enemies for me early on nearly always

LaserQuacker2 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Initially it happened to me too, but I saw that if you switch it at the right moment with another monster you can barely win without it dying. This happens very often, on calamity, for me. I put a "shield monster" to take most or all the dmg, I keep a strong dmg-dealer in the back and then, when the shield one is going to die, I switch them to avoid that. The poison is hella tricky because you have to switch them before, or divide the dmg.

I hate the little poison monsters. They are the worst XD

Very often, I find them more difficult than the "elite" ones.

Are there monsters with which you don't have this problem? Other bulky ones? Maybe Woad with a supporter that heals it? Healing is another strat I found that works well against them

dave5382 years ago(+2)

Tuskal just shreds most things. With karakei both monster die, I too do the switch thing snail and bug tank are fine but with karakei I have to switch too early he simply is not as tanky against poison so both die.

Skimander frontrow damage scales insanely with speed not as holistic as tuskal but I think it can be more powerfull.

With my skimander builds I usually killed myself in recent runs either to the switch debuff or leeches because his damage was so insane.

LaserQuacker2 years ago(+2)

Yeah, Tuskal is broken, I was thinking "monsters aside from it" XD

I don't know, I find Karakai very good in general, but against poison for sure Slagg and Kabu are easier to use thanks to their comebacks mechanic, I agree. But if you have someone that gives enough dmg, with Karakai, against anyone else Karakai really shines, tanking lots of stuff with its enormous Def.

Skimander I agree it's awesome! Tricky to use, but awesome. Love it with Chip to do Rumble dmg and stun around.

dave5382 years ago(+2)

Tried the chip gimmick but it is not about the abillity but his passive speed buff.

Did a run just now with pyris and tizik as offtank in frontrow that felt like it worked very well.

LaserQuacker2 years ago(+1)

That sounds like a VERY interesting idea. I'll check it out!

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