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Deadly Virulisk Set?

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Tue, 08/27/2013 - 15:43
Skyga's picture
Skyga

Comparison to another set:

Deadly Virulisk Set:
-Normal + Piercing Defense
-Poison Defense
-Health Bonus +10
-Damage Bonus vs. Slime: Very High

Skolver Set:
-Normal + Piercing Defense
-Freeze Defense
-Health Bonus +10
-Sword Damage Bonus: Very High

So let's look at a simple example:
You go to the Royal Jelly Palace, with only a sword. What would you choose? The Deadly Virulisk Set or the Skolver set?

When I got the system right, both of these sets will be exactly the same, in the example above, cause they both got a damage bonus of very high in this example, and there is neither Freeze, nor is there Poison, so is there any difference? Or is there any set, which is even better in this situation? And if I play the Royal Jelly Palace not only with a sword, but also with another weapon in the second place, the Deadly Virulisk Set should be better, but is it really?

Tue, 08/27/2013 - 16:10
#1
Demonicsothe's picture
Demonicsothe
Deadly virulisk used to be

Deadly virulisk used to be good with the damage bonus that applied to all your weapons. But it would only be good for rjp, lichen lairs, and jelly themed clockworks. Which isn't all that much. A skolver set will benefit your swords much more than virulisk over the entire game. Which means, if you were to craft virulisk for the sole purpose of running rjp, you would still need other armour to get damage bonus against other families.

Which means you'll craft twice the armour to benefit your weapons. It's really just better to go skolver and be strong in other situations than just rjp.

Tue, 08/27/2013 - 16:55
#2
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Bopp
good on slime levels; bad everywhere else

Yes, you have the basic facts right. But Demonicsothe's advice is right.

Deadly Virulisk is a very good set for slime-heavy levels, because it protects against the damage that slimes inflict (normal and piercing) and it gives all of your weapons (swords, guns, and bombs) a bonus against slimes. However, most Clockworks levels are not slime-heavy, and none of the really hard levels are slime-heavy (except for the Shadow Royal Jelly Palace). So Deadly Virulisk is not a widely useful set.

If you use mainly swords, then you should certainly go for Skolver over Deadly Virulisk. If you use mainly guns, then you should go for one of the gunner armors. If you use mainly bombs, then you should go for one of the bomber armors. If you use a mix of weapons, then consider a mix of these. (By the way, Chaos armor is considered all of the above: sworder, gunner, and bomber armor. But its defense is terrible.)

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