What are some of your routines when a blood moon hits?
I was working on upgrading my barbarian set, so I fought some lynels and got a few fairies from some stable wells. I’m assuming some people have a bigger checklist for blood moons and I’m looking to grow mine.
Those gloom hands can fuck RIGHT off. They’re not quite as scary / devastating as early game now I’m also 100+ hrs in, but they’re a nightmare to fight. Though tbf I do suck at the combat.
I’ll never forget my first encounter, desperately trying to escape, dying horribly because in my panic I didn’t think to just warp away.
This game has maybe me feel like a kid again playing when I get so nervous I panic and don’t remember about warping away. I got caught in a cave and couldn’t climb out. I forgot about warping and ascending.
I must say, at first I was repeatedly kicking myself for forgetting to use the ascend ability, but it’s become second nature now.
Apparently, it was initially just a tool used by the devs for debugging, until one of the head devs walking through the office saw it and said “Hey, let’s keep that in the game and make it a feature!”
That is interesting about ascend being a debugging tool. I have definitely grew to use it more. I’ve made an auto build platform so I can ascen a couple floors in case I need to get height quick for bullet timing moblins outside a camp. I love ascend!
Puffshrooms are your friend when dealing with the hands!
OMG! Thanks for this. I will definitely use it. Puffshrooms are so under utilized in my game play, but I need to change that up.
Thank you very much for this tip! My tactics after fighting them 3 times now are generally to try not to get surrounded (easier said than done), wiggle the directional stick like crazy whenever captured (often lets you escape and land a hit without taking damage), and use something fast / distanced like a powerful spear. Looks like as usual I’ve been doing it the hard way :)
No problem!
It took me longer to work out than it should, after trying almost everything else on them, lol ;)
I just chuck a couple around me as the handy boys are approaching, then go to town unmolested!
I will no longer fear the handy boys (great name, giving them a name suitable for a gigolo duo further reduces their scariness)