by ~'(^ + ^)'~ on Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:44 pm
Took it real slow, managed to beat it. Was a little scary at the start when I had to pop a health potion to progress (was boxed in by monsters, no more tiles to explore, needed more health for 1 more hit to kill a monster to open the way).
Blood altar sub was crucial. Already expended all available tiles and needed the blood pools to continue before starting on the bosses (didn't pick up Endiswall until then so I was actually able to break walls and access more tiles subsequently).
I probably stayed with Mystera the longest (unless somebody mono-ed her). Took 2 shots of Magic, Flames and Mystic Balance. Had to use Consensus from PactMaker to convert to Taurog. Shop-purchases wise, I might have also taken a different route from what most people would do - I bought the Gloves of Midas early (as soon as I found it) and also bought the Dragon Soul (even though it was expensive, I anticipated having to use magic a lot and having it would help tons).
Also made use of Alchemist Pact while fighting the bosses, allowing me to get more XP. Made some "mistakes" (un-optimized play) such as not buying and using the blue bead when killing off popcorn and also getting Taurog's armour but left it on the ground, only picking it up after finishing off the Berserker boss.
In the end, I managed to buy from all shops except the Fine Sword and mopped up until there were 3 enemies remaining (L7, L8, L9 if I remember correctly or roughly around these levels).