I havent actually done a ton of runs with the newest monsters too. Mabek was feeling like they might be alittle too clunky to make "work" atm but maybe not! Woads biggest drawback in my eyes is actually his low speed. Alot of my perceptions are in the context of no items too which isnt completely accurate. Also calamity's most punishing aspect is only having 2 wounds at the start, it might be too low cause it means you cant lose even 1 fight.
I think it's fun for that: it's hard and that's ok, it's freaking calamity mode! For now, my only little complain could be that, without a good defense, I'm not able to win, while in lesser difficulty modes I can do different strats, like all out attacks and speed and such.
Dunno how you could solve this though. It's tricky balancing a complex game like this.
Also, Haunted is top 2 Synergy for this, for me. Not losing wounds is amazing. Just amazing. Mabek is top aggressive for that too, for me personal.
Sticky figure seems detrimental, but on the long run is amazing.
It's an interesting concept: you can lose the battle, to win the war, in this game. I like it. I did not find this concept in other games like this, where you usually lose the run if you lose a battle.
I think its somewhat necessary for every build in calamity to not be viable. The main challenge of it becomes more of your build, since there arent as many ways to interact with the game compared to say action game. I think one way to help would be more diversity in useful items for other strategies, but finding the right ones is a whole nother problem on its own.
Makes sense. It's a little sad to not be able to win with the same number of strategies though, or at least more different ones. In the last days I tried new strats but I can't manage to make them work. If I don't have enough defense, I die :/ Dunno. I would love to be able to make a "super aggro/speed team" or something like that. But maybe I'm just not putting myself too much in it. It is freaking "Calamity" mode! It has to be hard! XD