Vanaduck? hahahahahahahahahahahaha, ROFL.

He's not entirely wrong about the FoV.

One distinct advantage of Combuster is that you can build on a UV from the Brandish stage, so you can go with an ASI loadout, or a CTR if you prefer the charged attack. To some people, maxing ASI is important.

I do view the Fang as mostly a status symbol weapon. It looks nice, for sure.

As such, if you have no interest in acquiring status symbol loot, then yes, fighting "Vanaduck" isn't your most efficient course of action.

Dying on floor 27 means you have a weak team and will most likely fail to defeat the "Duck" so you should stop there. That said if one person survived and the people in your group know what they are doing you can usually defeat him without needing a res. Personally all I need is a guy with shivermist and can beat him in a team of 4 even if the other 2 guys die.

but Fang of vog charge does over 2000 on zombies and constructs in tier 3, over 1000 in tier 2.
plus normal fov attacks never burn you, and have a high chance of burning monsters.
while the charge has 4 hits all likely to burn monsters.

All of the armor is complete trash, the shield's 5* is only so-so, and the sword isn't worth the trouble

Confirmed for not knowing what he's talking about.

If you weren't seen as a complete troll in these forums I might have been insulted.

You mean to tell me you find armor that adds no defenses besides those against Normal is worth the trouble of fighting through the Citadel and Vanaduke for? Not only that, but it decreases your attack speed and movement speed.

The shield is so-so because the amount of effort that's put in to get it isn't worth it. You can obtain a shield with Normal/Shadow with much less hassle involved. Fire resist? I can understand that a bit, but Shock isn't so dangerous unless the player is a fool who can't time the spasms, especially since Shock has been nerfed.

And I already explained why the Fang of Vog isn't worth the hassle.

I'll say one thing, wearing full Ancient set into T1 is amusing with the bundles of normal damage, if not incredibly redundant. The end.

They certainly should add more armor and weapons available only for Boss tokens. And I think they already know it and will do it.

As BlueStarfish said above, Vanaduke is totaly worth killing for the good feeling that you can kill him! ;)

1. Fang of Vog can set enemies on fire on a normal attack unlike Combuster which you need to charge. With some decent fire resistant gear and trinket, you have nearly no problem with using Fang of Vog's charged attacks.

2. You can get the Blackened Crest which I heard from somebody, is really useful. And plus, it won't break if one of the annoying Phantoms decided to charge their Sword.

3. You get loads of crowns and heats off the levels before the Boss.

Ancient Plate Shield Sucks. Get VPS. FoV won't ALWAYS burn you if you have a vog cub set. Dur.

If you weren't seen as a complete troll in these forums I might have been insulted.

Oh you. Why would you be insulted for something that was barely sarcastic? Unless you're being disingenuous. In that case, I guess I got BRAIN PROBLEMS.

You mean to tell me you find armor that adds no defenses besides those against Normal is worth the trouble of fighting through the Citadel and Vanaduke for?

Not particularly, but it's hardly worthless. It's simply that the sheer amount of normal damage in the game makes you a literal tank. You would have to try to die for several minutes before actually dying.

The shield is so-so because the amount of effort that's put in to get it isn't worth it. You can obtain a shield with Normal/Shadow with much less hassle involved.

The only other shield that has Shadow/Normal is Dread Skelly and what it resists is far less valuable. Given the only time you'll actually be using the shield is in the Citadel or as show-off armor, Crest of Almire > Dread Skelly. Would I suggest upgrading from DS to CoA? Not really.

And I already explained why the Fang of Vog isn't worth the hassle.

Its damage numbers are in the thousands. It is, quite literally, the strongest sword there is. Given you haven't used it, try not to call it worthless.