I'm having some trouble with tier 2, mostly those little demon...things (Don't know what there called, I think it's devitiles or something). I was wondering if anyone has any advice for what equipment to use for which levels (Such as, which armors, which shields, which weapons, etc.) and how I should fight in tier 2.
Some info about myself:
Equipment:
Wolver Coat, Magic Cloak
Wolver Cap, Magic hood (Though I use the wolver set most of the time).
Cutter, Calibur and Snarble Barb (Although I use Cutter mostly for the clockworks.)
Bristling Buckler.
Blaster, Autogun (I don't mainly use the Autogun for fighting, I mostly use it to fool around with friends).
My fighting style is...Eh, I would say a mix of defensive and offensive. When I'm battling close range monsters, I often let them hit me first by hitting my shield, then I turn offensive and try to kill them by spamming the Cutter. When I'm fighting ranged monsters, Gun puppys for example, I often try to dodge the bullets and shoot em with the blaster. When I'm fighting a group of monsters, I sometimes run and gun, depending on how low my health is. If I have high health, I shield myself and then spam the cutter, although I do miss a bit of health.
That's all. Any help would be really appreciated.
~Kolmar
Fiends are weak to piercing type attacks, so try out your Snarble Barb, when ever you're in a level with plenty of fiends.
As for the cutter, it really is not a bad sword, it's just that you'll probably have better luck with weapons that deal a special damage type(Shadow, Elemental, Piercing.) since you kill stuff a wee bit faster than with normal damage weapons.
Having some variety in shields could help too. Like an elemental shield for levels with lots of elemental damage or a shadow shield for levels with plenty of shadow damage dealing enemies.
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Damage
^The "Monster Resistances" section will tell you about what type of damage a particular race will do(Most of the time, at least.), what they're strong against, and what they're weak against. So you might want to check it out, if you haven't already.