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I want to build up a bunch of weapons that I would keep in my SDB and then use as appropriate depending on the 1p opponent I am facing. My permanent partial set is:

In my SDB I currently have:

In the long term I would like to upgrade the reflectors to the 75% and then 100% ones as appropriate. In the short-to-medium term I was thinking of obtaining Prickly Potion but was wondering what other exclusive 1p battlers kept in their set, and should I sell the comb and compass for the PP or even any other suggestions.

(I'm not sure that it is necessarily relevant to this discussion by my pet stats are 124HP/85str boost (training)/85 def boost (will train) and is a Lenny as you probably already guessed).

The stats are always Important. Thank you for including them. While I don't have one in my set myself, Prickly Potion Can be sweet for 1 player, especially at your level.

As for what else to get-
Ghostkerbomb is Golden for even-stats pets, who often have relatively short 1-player battles... Also, you might want to consider the 13 iconers (Bow of Destiny and/ or Wand of Reality) as upgrades.

I don't think that I fully explained what I meant in my first post. I guess I am looking for effective situational use items that I could have in my SDB; and which of the ones I have currently are worth selling. For example, I am just not sure how useful the Scuzzys Comb really is, since I rarely use it in my set these days (I ditch in favour of the reflectors or winged scarab) so I wondered what people thought about selling it in favour of Prickly Potion or even something like Kiko Squeeze Toy or Ring of the Lost (obviously with a bigger budget).

Also, do people use reflectors that much? I am wondering if it would not be better to go for the appropriate full blockers instead?

I'm running a 550 Strength Boost Pet (with just over 500 HP), with a set focused entirely around One Player (with four High Score Charts achieved: Kasuki Lu, Turmaculus, Evil Sloth Clone, and for the moment Tekkitu), and I'm running a Scuzzys Comb as a back-up 10-iconer, Wink

. Mind you, my set has nothing stronger than a 10-iconer, excluding Ghostkerbomb.

Prickly Potion works excellently at the 125 Strength Boost (becoming a 9-iconer against 200 Boost Opponents, 11-iconer against 250, 13-iconer against 300, and going further beyond that). The price will continue to decrease, short of a war, and at r91, restocking one is an option.

I'm not a fan of the Sword of Apocolypse, but given your budget it's fine. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how much credit I would give to the 50% reflectors. Their fragility makes them useless as you max out, limiting their use to DoN battles as well as those against very powerful Opponents whom you will be defeating a very limited number of times.

Ultimately, I aim for consistency. Beyond that, you want to limit the icon types of your weapons so that you become less likely to be blocked. I hate to suggest downgrading, but dual-Scuzzys Combs and dual-Essence of Esophagor look like the best option for lower-end One Player battling.

Ring of the Lost is the the best way to deal with Dark in One Player. Now, that's not an entirely true statement, but with Ultimate Dark Reflectorb being twice its price, and Ghostkershield being nigh-useless up until you've got around the 550 Defense Boost, it becomes a very true statement. (It's more true in my case, since UDR ends up netting less total icons so long as RotL isn't being partially blocked.)

Slumberberry Potion is also something you want to look at once you have an extended budget. The multiple and chain-freezes are incredibly powerful, and can prolong cases of maxing out.

Also, I should note that I'm assuming you're referring to maxing out (ie, war) and not just DoN missions, as DoN missions are entirely independent of your set.

Buying a U-Bend of Great Justice (1.3-1.4 mil) off of another player is a better option than Kiko Squeeze Toy (again, there is the budget issue). Even so, it's not something that sees much effective use.

Shadow Shield is a relatively cheap full-Light blocker (1.5 mil or so). Illusens Silver Shield is a full-Earth blocker (2.2 mil or so). Clawed Shield (2.2 mil) is arguably better than Flame Reflectozap (3 mil) (or less powerful to a negligible difference, unless you're me and anal about such things).

Which leaves the Physical options: Winged Scarab (which you will steadily outgrow), Yooyuball Keepers Chest Guard (800K), and Yooyuball Player Sling (2.3 mil when I bought mine a few months ago: possibly more now).

75% reflectors are generally better than full-blockers. However, price being and becoming an issue, the full blockers are probably going to be your choice. Dual-duties (Ring of the Lost and Jhudoras Bewitched Ring) are better than 75% reflectors (assuming equal boosts and no blocking). Wind full-blockage and reflection is expensive (at least 8 mil) due to Ghostkersword.

You'll also want to get your Speed to 201 eventually to utilize Heavy Robe of Thievery.

I know I didn't explain many of these very well, but most of them I either own or seriously considered for my own One Player set. It's also getting late and my brain is slowly frying. In order to be "truly" prepared for One Player (again, it comes to maxing out rather than just single battles), it's going to get expensive.

I only use reflectors if the 1-player opponent focuses on it a lot. I really need to know your budget right now to make adjustments and advice.

Shattered Rift, thankyou. That is exactly the type of information I was looking for, thanks again for the effort Smile

I think I will implement your thoughts and try and get hold of a Prickly Potion and then move up from there. My budget is somewhat variable in that I am looking at the long term view so I am happy to save up for a weapon for however long it takes.

Just a question about the PP: Am I reading the weapon information right by thinking that it reflects the icons and uses the opponents strength boost to calculate damage? ie/ if there is no dark/fire there won't be any damage?

cyleigh Wrote:Just a question about the PP: Am I reading the weapon information right by thinking that it reflects the icons and uses the opponents strength boost to calculate damage? ie/ if there is no dark/fire there won't be any damage?

Not quite. The icons are independent of what your opponent uses, just think of it as a 6-iconer using your opponent's strength boost rather than your own in 1-P.

I'm not too big a fan of it myself, really. Might have something to do with how Balthazar wiped me out before I could get it to have any real impact on the battle...

Prickly Potion attacks with six icons as if they were reflected, so long as you click Go second (in One Player, that means as long as your Opponent isn't frozen). The ultimate "cap" to this is 90 base damage off those 6 icons, but it takes a long time for training to catch you up to a point where other weapons would be preferable. If your Opponent is capable of blocking Fire and/or Dark, you're going to have a problem.

Given the relatively low rarity (r91), I'd recommend trying to restock one despite the competition in whichever shop that is. The price will continue to drop, but not quickly enough to make waiting a worthwhile option. At the 85 Strength Boost, Prickly Potion will be insanely powerful. (On the slim chance you actually can stand up against a 700-Booster, it would be as if you were throwing a 36-iconer against them: even better than SuAP. Again, this pends that the Opponent isn't able to block Fire/Dark, though even if they can it quite likely would still be more powerful than the alternatives.)

Quote:Given the relatively low rarity (r91), I'd recommend trying to restock one despite the competition in whichever shop that is. The price will continue to drop, but not quickly enough to make waiting a worthwhile option. At the 85 Strength Boost, Prickly Potion will be insanely powerful. (On the slim chance you actually can stand up against a 700-Booster, it would be as if you were throwing a 36-iconer against them: even better than SuAP. Again, this pends that the Opponent isn't able to block Fire/Dark, though even if they can it quite likely would still be more powerful than the alternatives.)

It happens to RS in Royal Potions; the same shop as the LEV. That's quite possibly one of the highest competition level shops in neo right now (along with ice crystals, and a few others) since the LEV is suddenly stocking so often. I've made it to haggle on a Ppot I think four times now, while I've seen nearly 20 of them. I have yet to actually make the purchase. They RS for around 50k.

However, the price has dropped from 700k when it came out to the 300k it is now rather quickly. It was trading at 400k last weekend, and this weekend is going for 300k. I think you may want to consider simply waiting for it to deflate to an even more reasonable price, and then purchasing it.

Defense Magic isn't high competition, Wink

. If it is, then I'm apparently one of the best restockers on the site (which I highly doubt), and I wasn't even taking my stint in there seriously. (Defense Magic has some serious issues which make it a rather poor Shop to restock in.)

In that case, though, buying one may be the only viable option. Keep in mind that Golden Compass (r85) is at 100K, Ice Club (r89) is 60-70K, Stone Club (r85) is 80-90K, and Psellias Fighting Fan (r88) is 100K. Prickly Potion shouldn't end up settling below those given its higher rarity and the fact that there is a demand.

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