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First time I've played Vampire Survivors in probably a week or more. I played it when 0.9 dropped, whenever that was, and got the update items/characters/achievements/etc., but then left off again.
And... just spent way too much time this evening trying to make Toastie work, continually telling myself "this is the last try" at least a half dozen times, before finally for real saying "fuck this, I'm out."
I think the potentially winning strategy with Toastie could be as follows, if I could just get RNG to cooperate:
First of all, play on Gallo Tower (level 4). Second of all, try to get the Song of Mana and get it leveled up as quickly as possible. Also get the Ebony Wings for eventual evolution purposes (since Toastie starts with Peachone so may as well try to synergize/maximize that shit, I guess). Beyond that, since Tiragisú is probably a must for Toastie, get Phiera Der Tuphello and Eight The Sparrow for Phieraggi eventually. And the fucking Laurel, of course. Lastly (not in that particular order), I'm thinking King Bible. Either that or the damn Pentagram (since the ultimate goal is to get Toastie to level 200 before 30 minutes, so Gorgeous Moon would be nice, since I'm usually taking Crown anyway). However, if Toastie survives long enough to evolve to both Phieraggi and Vandalier, that opens up two weapon slots, so at that point I'm thinking Whip and Vento Sacro for Fuwalafuwaloo (since Hollow Heart is also probably a good idea for Toastie), which would free up another weapon slot afterward, so who the fuck knows at that point. Maybe Santa Water since I'm usually taking Attractorb anyway, I dunno, or whichever I didn't take between King Bible and Pentagram. I very rarely survive long enough with Toastie to evolve anything, let alone multiple things.
As for passives, I'm trying to (not necessarily in this particular order) go for Crown and Attractorb for quicker leveling purposes, Tiragisú, Hollow Heart, and Armor for survivability purposes, and Empty Tome for quicker, more consistent damage dealing, which helps somewhat keeping Toastie from getting surrounded or cornered as much. That would also leave the possibility of additionally getting Spellbinder and/or Bracer as stage drops (along with the hidden shit, but I'm not sure having to deal with those item bosses on top of everything else with Toastie is such a good idea).
As for Arcanas... hell if I know. I've tried starting with Gemini or Beginning since they make Peachone better right off the bat (and Gemini improves Ebony Wings, Vandalier, and the guns as well). I've tried starting with Awake to get the additional Revives (and stat increases on using them). I tried Mad Groove a couple times, but that means dealing with all four item bosses from the start, which is a terrible idea with Toastie. I very rarely survive long enough to get another Arcana drop.
Also, I didn't bother to refund and disable the PowerUp store Curse shit, which was making it probably harder than it needed to be. But then, again, more enemies means more xp and faster leveling, if you can consistently kill them. So... maybe I need to disable that shit before trying this again. >_>;
I think the thing that pisses me off the most is the thing where when you level up or touch a chest, it kind of fucks with the controls for a split second after the upgrade window goes away. That shit has gotten me killed as Toastie far too often.
(EDIT, next day 7:00pm) Well, I finally managed to last a full 30 minutes as Toastie, but I only managed to get to level 109 by the end of it, which is nowhere remotely near 200. That was on Gallo Tower, with Song of Mana, Vandalier, Phieraggi, Gorgeous Moon, Laurel, and (because I already had Empty Tome... and kind of panicked since I was already around the 25 minute mark at that point), the Holy Wand. It really didn't matter at that point what I took, since the other weapons were already more than adequate and keeping shit away, and I already knew by then I wasn't going to be getting to 200, regardless. Passives were Attractorb, Crown, Armor, Tiragisú, Hollow Heart, and Empty Tome. Didn't even bother trying for any of the stage items. My Arcanas were... hmm, I don't really recall off hand, other than I started with Awake that time. I think I took Gemini and then Twilight Requiem. Oh, and I did refund and rebuy all the PowerUps except the Curse ones, prior to that run.
So, when you get to level 100 with Toastie, it does massively increase your health. Your max health. Not your current health. Basically the life bar just becomes completely black, and I saw maybe a sliver of red, through use of floor chicken and passive regeneration... until Death killed me once and I revived with half health. But then, of course, since I was only above level one hundred, not two hundred, Death almost immediately killed me again.
So... yeah... Toastie still sucks liquid shit through a swirly straw. Some strats I saw are saying to take Awake and then intentionally die as many times as you can right off the bat (including after getting Tiragisú), to get all of the stat boosts as early as possible. But... I'm pretty sure I don't care to bother trying that any time soon. Probably won't bother playing VS at all, at least not until whenever the next update happens to be. (/EDIT)
And... just spent way too much time this evening trying to make Toastie work, continually telling myself "this is the last try" at least a half dozen times, before finally for real saying "fuck this, I'm out."
I think the potentially winning strategy with Toastie could be as follows, if I could just get RNG to cooperate:
First of all, play on Gallo Tower (level 4). Second of all, try to get the Song of Mana and get it leveled up as quickly as possible. Also get the Ebony Wings for eventual evolution purposes (since Toastie starts with Peachone so may as well try to synergize/maximize that shit, I guess). Beyond that, since Tiragisú is probably a must for Toastie, get Phiera Der Tuphello and Eight The Sparrow for Phieraggi eventually. And the fucking Laurel, of course. Lastly (not in that particular order), I'm thinking King Bible. Either that or the damn Pentagram (since the ultimate goal is to get Toastie to level 200 before 30 minutes, so Gorgeous Moon would be nice, since I'm usually taking Crown anyway). However, if Toastie survives long enough to evolve to both Phieraggi and Vandalier, that opens up two weapon slots, so at that point I'm thinking Whip and Vento Sacro for Fuwalafuwaloo (since Hollow Heart is also probably a good idea for Toastie), which would free up another weapon slot afterward, so who the fuck knows at that point. Maybe Santa Water since I'm usually taking Attractorb anyway, I dunno, or whichever I didn't take between King Bible and Pentagram. I very rarely survive long enough with Toastie to evolve anything, let alone multiple things.
As for passives, I'm trying to (not necessarily in this particular order) go for Crown and Attractorb for quicker leveling purposes, Tiragisú, Hollow Heart, and Armor for survivability purposes, and Empty Tome for quicker, more consistent damage dealing, which helps somewhat keeping Toastie from getting surrounded or cornered as much. That would also leave the possibility of additionally getting Spellbinder and/or Bracer as stage drops (along with the hidden shit, but I'm not sure having to deal with those item bosses on top of everything else with Toastie is such a good idea).
As for Arcanas... hell if I know. I've tried starting with Gemini or Beginning since they make Peachone better right off the bat (and Gemini improves Ebony Wings, Vandalier, and the guns as well). I've tried starting with Awake to get the additional Revives (and stat increases on using them). I tried Mad Groove a couple times, but that means dealing with all four item bosses from the start, which is a terrible idea with Toastie. I very rarely survive long enough to get another Arcana drop.
Also, I didn't bother to refund and disable the PowerUp store Curse shit, which was making it probably harder than it needed to be. But then, again, more enemies means more xp and faster leveling, if you can consistently kill them. So... maybe I need to disable that shit before trying this again. >_>;
I think the thing that pisses me off the most is the thing where when you level up or touch a chest, it kind of fucks with the controls for a split second after the upgrade window goes away. That shit has gotten me killed as Toastie far too often.
(EDIT, next day 7:00pm) Well, I finally managed to last a full 30 minutes as Toastie, but I only managed to get to level 109 by the end of it, which is nowhere remotely near 200. That was on Gallo Tower, with Song of Mana, Vandalier, Phieraggi, Gorgeous Moon, Laurel, and (because I already had Empty Tome... and kind of panicked since I was already around the 25 minute mark at that point), the Holy Wand. It really didn't matter at that point what I took, since the other weapons were already more than adequate and keeping shit away, and I already knew by then I wasn't going to be getting to 200, regardless. Passives were Attractorb, Crown, Armor, Tiragisú, Hollow Heart, and Empty Tome. Didn't even bother trying for any of the stage items. My Arcanas were... hmm, I don't really recall off hand, other than I started with Awake that time. I think I took Gemini and then Twilight Requiem. Oh, and I did refund and rebuy all the PowerUps except the Curse ones, prior to that run.
So, when you get to level 100 with Toastie, it does massively increase your health. Your max health. Not your current health. Basically the life bar just becomes completely black, and I saw maybe a sliver of red, through use of floor chicken and passive regeneration... until Death killed me once and I revived with half health. But then, of course, since I was only above level one hundred, not two hundred, Death almost immediately killed me again.
So... yeah... Toastie still sucks liquid shit through a swirly straw. Some strats I saw are saying to take Awake and then intentionally die as many times as you can right off the bat (including after getting Tiragisú), to get all of the stat boosts as early as possible. But... I'm pretty sure I don't care to bother trying that any time soon. Probably won't bother playing VS at all, at least not until whenever the next update happens to be. (/EDIT)
