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Hi, this is my first post here!

I'm looking for some weapon advice as Im currently struggling with the Moach

My pets stats:

Jubjub
Level: 61
HP: 117
Str: 86
Def: 55

Abilities:
Firey Gaze
Heal
Burrow
Drain Life

Set:
Scarab Ring
Scarab Ring
Talinias Whittling Knife
Snowglobe Staff
Illusen's Earth Potion
Leaf Shield
Downsize!
Greater Healing Scroll

I can spend up to 2mil.

Thanks in advance

ETA: I only ever 1P if that makes a difference

Eh, do you train? If so, what methods of training do you use? And yes, the 1-player thing is useful.

First, I think you should get the Faerie ability Sink. Similar to Burrow, but blocks different icons. With two million, you can do some serious upgrading. Immediately, you should upgrade the Illusens Earth Potion to Honey Potion. The Talinias Whittling Knife is really quite useless to you. Switch that for a Scuzzys Comb. Switch out a Scarab Ring for another Scuzzys Comb. Dual Scuzzys Comb is quite good for your level of battling for a cheap price. You may want a Patched Magic Hat to alternate with Leaf Shield depending on your opponent. With the rest of the money, I would advise you to train.

Thanks

Yep I train. Mainly MITS, but I also do the odd KQ. Next target is 125 strength boost, then the 85 defence. I'm also trying to keep on top of my Agility also... just in case I ever fancy getting one of those cloak thingies (currently at 53)

Oh and jubjub is jubjub due to lab ray... now I'm busy deciding what species and colour he is at heart... it's taken a long time, and a lot of NPs to even his stats out lol

With your pets species, you should consider morphing your pet to a pet that has a species healer. Your current healer, the Greater Healing Scroll is a little out grown now, healing less than 50% of your maximum hitpoints. Maybe morph to a  kacheek, and get a Kacheek Life Potion or another species with a species healer. Though Kacheek would probably be the best one. Your current healer is only going to get further and further and further out grown as you progress through your training.

Also, if you can still afford it, upgrade the Snowglobe Staff to a Black Frost Cannon because this freezer is a little more reliable.

Try and do a lot of K-Quests. I have been using them lately and have found them very effective for training my pet. Just do the cheaper ones.
Also, maybe use a few terror trove scratchcards (these can give levels) to help keep your level above half your hitpoints without having to waste time/ neopoints in training level in the training school.

Basically you want to get passed the "6-icon-barrier".

If that means you want to split your budget in two and get 2 decent multiple use weapons- 11-iconers (Sword of Apocalypse are cheapest)

Or in three and get a Honey Potion (bomb) and two 10-iconers (Scuzzys Comb preferably) or 9-iconers (Ice Club is cheapest, Golden Compass is best). Personally, i'd go option 2, because you'll get further in the battledome by putting the rest of your budget into training

I second Wilt- get sink, youll enjoy it. Also get Drain Life- can beat burrow/drain life against the right opponents . I wouldn't try to use shields in 1-player too much, unless they are reflectors against the right opponent

Eh, I like burrow better than sink. But yes, get sink, and Drain Life is an absolute wounder when you start fighting 1-P opponets with 500+HP... this includes bug-crunching.

Set stuff is mostly covered by other people at this point, so I won't hust tell you the same things again. I just might add that Prickly potion Can be a WOUNDER at your level in 1-p... six icons, AT YOUR OPPONENT'S STRENGTH BOOST! I personally don't have this weapon, as my next upgrade would make it obsolete for me at my level, but at your level, if you bugcrunch you opponent up to the 700 boost, it's like a whopping 36 icons with YOUR strength boost.. It's base damage would be more than that of Super Attack Pea for you. Of course, you won't usually get your opponent THAT high, but it's not unusual to be fighting a 1-p opponent with twice your strength boost, and that would be the equivelent of 12 icons...

Training: Train stregnth and defense equally. If you plaan on training defense (It doesn't get useful in 1-p until the upper levels where you are approaching the maximum 700 boost, but it is quite useful then), traind defense equally, as well. Equal training is the cheapest way to go, as it keeps the courses in the lower price brackets for longer... It's also quicker in the long run, as courses at those lower brackets take less time.

As for the KQ thing... The quote I go by on KQs is that about 1/3 KQs actually give useful stats. Therefore, the formula to calculate the maximum price you should pay for 1 KQ is:

{average price of codestones}*{codestones per course}*/3/{number of pets you have}+{Any extra amount you're willing to pay for the added speed of KQs}

Which, for you, with war inflation having codestones to about a 6.5K average, would be 6500NPS*3*/3/{number of pets you have}+{Any extra amount you're willing to pay for the added speed of KQs}=6500NPS/{number of pets you have}+{Any extra amount you're willing to pay for the added speed of KQs}. If your neopets username is the same as your forum username, you have 3, pets, so that'd be about 2167NPs+{Any extra amount you're willing to pay for the added speed of KQs}, which isn't very viable. However, if I'm wrong, and you just have 1 pet, it'd be worth it up to 6.5K per quest, which is VERY viable.