Cavalcadence plays Mary 1: Protect your lamb! (3-4 end) (Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED)
23Crypt of the NecroDancer (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
AMPLIFIED DLC v2.54 (2017 Jul 12)
Cavalcadence plays Mary 1: Protect your lamb! (All Zones Mode: AMPLIFIED)
So I decided to try out one of the new characters: Mary. Mary seems interesting... but difficult. ^^
Mary is accompanied by a lamb (who has no attack and no defense). The lamb follows Mary around, always staying no more than 1 tile away from her. And apparently, the Crypt has cursed Mary so that if the lamb dies, Mary will take 1.5 hearts of damage on that beat and every beat thereafter... unless she reaches the stairs. If Mary reaches the stairs before dying, the lamb will be resurrected on the next level (just like how a character who dies in co-op will get resurrected if the other character reaches the next level), and Mary will stop taking damage.
Of course, usually, Mary's not close enough to the stairs to make it in time, so... ^^;;
Anyway, it took me several runs to kind of get used to how Mary (and her lamb) works. A lot of enemies and situations require specific strategies, to keep the lamb safe. I'm obviously still learning how to deal with a lot of them. ^^;
This run is the first decent run I had after kind of getting used to Mary... it's actually the first time I made it out of Zone 1 with her! =) And Zone 2! ...but unfortunately, not Zone 3. ^^; Ah well. =)
Anyway, here's the video... hope you enjoy!
The mini-bosses and bosses I encountered during this run were:
Z1: Minotaur, Gray Direbat, Green Dragon, & Coral Riff 1.
Z2: Minotaur, Nightmare, Minotaur, & Deep Blues 2.
Z3: Green Dragon, Nightmare, Banshee, & Fortissimole 3.
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:06 1-1
1:16 War Drum. Cookies are nice, but I haven't figured out how best to use them with Mary, so I figured the ability to open boxes and barrels might be of more use, for now. ^^
2:01 Leprechaun!
2:08 Whoops. ^^; Well at least he doesn't steal gold when he hits the lamb. ^^
2:25 Pickaxe!
2:29 Mb: Minotaur
3:01 1-2
3:14 Empty Heart Container & Torch of Strength! Extra damage is definitely nice for Mary!
4:07 Ring of Peace! =) Weaker mini-bosses makes it less likely one of them will hit the lamb! =)
4:47 Mb: Gray Direbat
5:18 Heal Spell!
5:22 Thinking about the cutlass...
5:40 Golden Cutlass!
5:42 1-3
6:17 Hmm, Ring of Might is tempting... but I think I'll stick with Peace for now (among other things, no Red Dragons means not having to worry about dodging dragonfire with both Mary and her lamb!). ^^
7:02 Cursed Heart Container
7:43 Mb: Green Dragon
8:24 Z1B: Coral Riff 1
8:57 Flawless! Reward: Shield Spell
9:22 2-1
9:28 Mb: Minotaur
10:13 Monocle & Glass Slippers!
11:19 Boots of Strength! Not immune to floor hazards... but a 3-damage cutlass is pretty nice. ^^
11:57 2-2
12:08 Mb: Nightmare
12:28 Chainmail & Crown of Thorns!
13:25 Carrot & Empty Heart Container. I wasn't positive I could get the Charm of Gluttony without making a mistake and blowing up the lamb (I think this was only the second time I'd seen a Health Shop with Mary)... so especially with a pretty good build going (and enough health already that the lamb was more likely to get Mary killed than enemy damage!), I decided not to take the risk. ^^;; I'll have to practice it some more later, though. =)
14:28 2-3
15:19 Shovel of Strength. Hmm... a little worried about the multi-tile dig making enemy swarms harder to keep away from the lamb... but on the other hand, +1 damage means I'll be able to trade the boots for protective boots, and still have a 3-damage weapon... okay, let's give it a try and see what happens! ^^
15:25 Mb: Minotaur
16:51 Z2B: Deep Blues 2
17:20 Flawless! Reward: Transmute Tome (not taken)
17:43 3-1
19:06 Mb: Green Dragon
19:36 3-2
19:59 Mb: Nightmare
21:13 Oops, teleport trap! ^^;
21:14 Ack, bomb trap! ^^;;
21:58 Titanium Cutlass! 5-damage weapon now! ^^;
22:11 3-3
22:39 Freeze Spell!
23:56 Mb: Banshee
24:11 Wait, I got a Leprechaun earlier in this run, right? Or am I thinking of last run? Hmm, might as well check, just to be sure... yep, no Leprechaun. ^^
24:19 Ack, confuse trap! (paying too much attention to the imps)
24:21 Ow! (was about to step on the bomb trap, and paused to think) ^^;
25:03 Z3B: Fortissimole 3
25:42 Eep, this could be bad...
25:43 Ack!
25:44 "You died! Press Up + Down to continue." Yeah, definitely have to figure out a Mary-specific strategy for getting Fortissimole to surface without the lamb getting hit. ^^; I think I know a way that'll work, but I'll test it out in practice mode later. ^^
More Mary videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2aenOianMIYEgAtT7M0oMm4b
More Crypt of the NecroDancer videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2acmmGVW5vA4x815Lmr76J37
AMPLIFIED DLC v2.54 (2017 Jul 12) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/1422426030718375061
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/crypt-of-the-necrodancer
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