Cavalcadence plays Aria 14: Heavy Glass Armor & Shield Tome! (Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED)
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AMPLIFIED DLC Early Access v2.45 (2017 Apr 01)
Cavalcadence plays Aria 14: Heavy Glass Armor & Shield Tome! (All Zones Mode: AMPLIFIED)
For anybody who's interested in custom Cadences (or other characters), the official NecroDancer FAQ has some info about creating custom characters, and even has a link to the pinned thread on the official forums, where people have posted some of their custom creations:
http://necrodancer.com/faq.php
So, as a bit of a break from Nocturna Hard Mode Low Percent attempts, I was playing some Aria All Zones Mode. ^^
During one of these runs, I made it to the final battle with undamaged Heavy Glass Armor... which I've actually done before. However, this was the first time after Heavy Glass had been updated (v2.45) to have the "heavy" stat (like Lead Boots and Heavy Plate)!
So... interestingly, though Heavy Glass is still really useful, it is a bit of an inconvenience in the final battle (since you can't use the bounce traps whenever you're not aligned properly with the Lute's movements). Though it does still give you three hits of invulnerability, so you can intentionally move into a Lute attack to align, instead of using a bounce trap... or you can use any other items you have to use a beat without moving. Like food. Or an Earthquake Scroll. ^_^
Oh, this was also the first time I brought a Shield Tome (instead of a Shield Spell or Scroll) into the final battle. As expected, it works pretty much like the Shield Spell, except that it's a Consumable instead of a Spell... and can be used twice. =)
Anyway, here's the video... hope you enjoy!
Mini-bosses & bosses:
Zone 5: Earth Dragon, Gray Minotaur, Green Metrognome, & Death Metal 5 (Aria version).
Zone 4: Nightmare, Ogre, The Mommy, & Deep Blues 4 (Aria version).
Zone 3: Gray Direbat, Blood Nightmare, Gray Minotaur, & Fortissimole 3 (Aria version).
Zone 2: Minotaur, Green Dragon, Direbat, & Coral Riff 2 (Aria version).
Zone 1: Direbat, Green Dragon, Minotaur, & The Golden Lute.
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:06 5-1
1:18 Mb: Earth Dragon
1:37 Leprechaun & Lucky Charm!
2:33 5-2
3:35 Mb: Gray Minotaur
4:41 Obsidian Shovel & Throwing Stars
5:02 Heh, made it to the stairs on the very last beat. ^^;
5:02 5-3
5:45 Mb: Green Metrognome
6:23 Z5B: Death Metal 5 (Aria version)
7:00 Flawless! Reward: Ring of Luck
7:08 4-1
8:06 Quaffed Potion! ^^; Ack, an unfortunate sequence of events in my mind. =p I was thinking about attacking the blademaster, but then the goblin bomber darted in from the diagonal, so I thought "Oh, better take care of the bomber first!" then "Oh, he's landing right next to me, perfect time to attack!" then "Ow!" ^^;;; Ah well, at least I only got hit once. ^^
8:26 Mb: Nightmare
9:13 Explorers Boots & Ring of Frost!
10:03 4-2
11:39 Mb: Ogre
11:55 Glass Armor & Obsidian Torch! =)
12:04 4-3
12:27 Accidental food consumption. ^^;
12:35 Mb: The Mommy
13:03 Map!
13:42 Heavy Glass Armor!
13:54 Fireball Spell
14:00 Z4B: Deep Blues 4 (Aria version)
14:26 Fireball!
14:28 Flawless! Reward: Ring of Shielding (not taken)
14:44 3-1
15:12 Earthquake Scroll & Shovel of Strength!
15:31 Mb: Gray Direbat
16:00 3-2
16:31 Mb: Blood Nightmare
17:19 Torch of Strength!
17:32 Frost Charm!
17:49 Monkey's Paw!
17:56 3-3
18:11 Ring of Peace! Frost is really useful, but... with a 3-damage dagger, Peace means 1-hit kills for a lot more Mini-bosses! ^^
18:48 Mb: Gray Minotaur
19:17 Z3B: Fortissimole 3 (Aria version)
19:43 Flawless! Reward: Ring of Courage (not taken). Was hoping for a Shield Spell/Scroll... =/
19:55 2-1
20:20 Transmute Spell & Shield Tome! (v2.45 calls it a Freeze Tome, but that's a bug) I've never tried the final battle with a Shield Tome before, but it should work just as well, I think. ^^
20:54 Mb: Minotaur
21:24 2-2
22:01 Mb: Green Dragon
22:55 2-3
23:51 Mb: Direbat
24:13 Z2B: Coral Riff 2 (Aria version)
24:48 Flawless! Reward: Rat Familiar (not taken)
25:02 1-1
25:26 Mb: Direbat
25:36 1-2
26:05 Mb: Green Dragon
26:33 1-3
26:44 Mb: Minotaur
27:05 Z1B: The Golden Lute
27:45 What? The bounce trap... oh, right, Heavy Glass is Heavy now. Umm... well, I was planning to use the Earthquake Scroll to destroy the other sarcophagus, but since I can't use the bounce traps... maybe I better save the Earthquake scroll for use as a 1-beat buffer instead. ^^;
28:11 Quake!
28:14 Shield!
28:19 Shield!
28:24 My first ever "actually Heavy" Heavy Glass Armor Aria win! ^_^
More Aria videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2accHWVMb0bjgeiqc89o7JvU
More Crypt of the NecroDancer videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2acmmGVW5vA4x815Lmr76J37
AMPLIFIED DLC Early Access v2.45 (2017 Apr 01) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/244725215417122181
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/crypt-of-the-necrodancer
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