What do you find OP about wands? A few things to consider:
Do you upgrade them at all? Swarm Intelligence means you will fight many enemies at the same time. In this run, I had I spent half (4 upgrades) on my Wand of Fireblast. It often crippled targets while doing area-of-effect damage (AoE) which is great crowd control, on top of making a ton of damage over time (DOT), was easy to renew by kiting enemies through a door or grass which renews fire debuff. So yea :)
Which wands stand out for you? Corrosion and Fireblast both have great AoE and DOT. Best two in my opinion. Disintegration is also very powerful since it can pierce terrain and do bonus damage per terrain/enemy pierced! Lightning has the best immediate damage wand, use it when the initial target is in water to increase damage and arc radius to 2 tiles. Corruption can debuff crippled, slowed, or chilled making slow-kiting enemies possible, strong with soul-mark and Warlock build. Blast Wave yoinks enemies off chasms, onto traps, and creates distance. Very fun. Warding can set up a safety room, or before bosses (including two phases of Tengu, DM-300 pylons, Dwarf King, Yog). great way to check for enemies when playing the 'Into Darkness' challenge.
Yes, Pharmacophobia is an absolutely cruel challenge, and IMO the most difficult by far.
Combined with Barren Land you lose the ability to heal from Waterskin and Sungrass.
Your main ways of healing would be:
On having less SoU, due to the 'Faith is My Armor' challenges armour is completely useless, so you invest the scrolls into wands, rings and weapons. In my run, I spent 4 upgrades on the wand of Fireblast, 3 on Whip and one on the Ring of Furur. I augmented my Cloth armor for evasion and together with Evasive Armor talent I had a decent chance to avoid hits. And used freerunning to kite enemies and kill them using the range of the Whip, Fireblasts also cripples when upgraded, which really helps. Early on I would use my cloak to create distance with enemies instead. Hope that helps :)
The game is very difficult, don't feel discouraged.
Remember you can take time between turns, most of the time when I die I am rushing through or being greedy. Take it slow, use everything you have and avoid damage as much as possible. You got this :)
Well, here are a few tips that you might find helpful:
Good luck, you got this!
Congrats on beating the game, adding the 'Badder Bosses' challenge is super fun and a great way to start :)
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