User Files for Brandish

Ended at level 19. I guess the legendary armor and shield aren't needed. Didn't need more than 1 HP throughout the last fight.

Compared to my last WIP, I did slay that hydra boss over a dozen seconds faster. It was just a matter of raising my Arm Strength during the fight so that the Blade of Muramasa actually does more than 2 damage. Sword of Flames was sacrificed for inventory management purposes.

85 Arm Strength backed by Blade of Muramasa only does 1 to 2 damage -- No better than just punching the thing. By the time I finish, I have 97 Arm Strength. The only better weapon to find is in that small chamber right after the boss. Don't bother magicking the boss, it's immune.

In any case, I only did minor-medium luck manipulation. Enough to delay some of its attacks. I did not deal with the 1-2 damage jitter. It has 250 HP to knock down. I should check if cheating my strength to 99 has any effect, other than muting the Arm Strength messages. Would let me know if I should keep the Blade unbroken until my arms grow a bit.

On a side note, I'm really, really glad frame perfection alone is enough to survive those arrow traps... 100+ damage doesn't help someone who only has 44 HP.

First, I had to get some extra keys, because I was one short.
Second, I figured out a glitch that lets me jump past teleporters.
Third, that three floor maze was a lot smaller than I thought.

I'm making progress once more. It appears likely I'll, at long last, give this run the finishing touches it needs.

Just a few questions I need to find answers for:

... I'm really hoping my 5 Magic Endurance doesn't prove fatal...

I beat up those same three lobsters over again. Their insane defense means they really deserved it.

In all seriousness, all I did was try a different route. Changes begin just before I do my Arm Strength training. I pick up a Sword of Flames in order to kill a few enemies, one of whom has a Blade of Muramasa. Right along my path, too! Faster by almost 900 frames to do that than the lengthy route to that chest in the older WIP.

No progress for 5F and beyond, yet. I claim it'll be soon, though!

Items: Warp Magic, Invisibility Potion x5, (), Sword of Flames x30, (), Fire Magic, Master Key x4, Ring of Life, Invisibility Potion x2, Broken Sword, Hardening Potion x3, ()
Equipment: Leather Shield, Leather Armor, Blade of Muramasa x32

Level 10.76 : Arm Strength 84.23 : Knowledge 99.99

The wall that put Uncle Mario's WIP to a halt was blasted through rather quickly in this run. The intense training worked!

Items: Warp Magic, Invisibility Potion x4, (), Broken Sword, (), Fire Magic, Master Key x4, Ring of Life, Invisibility Potion x2, Hardening Potion x3, (), ()
Equipment: Leather Shield, Leather Armor, Blade of Muramasa x26

Level 9.54 : Arm Strength 84.40 : Knowledge 99.99 -- At least my plans worked as expected.

Lost a few hundred frames compared to Uncle Mario's WIP. Only 6062 frames ahead now. However, lower Arm Strength for faster training, and- Your knowledge increased.

Items: Warp Magic, Ring of Life, (), (), (), Fire Magic, Sledgehammer x2, Ring of Life, (), Leather Armor, (), ()
Equipment: Leather Shield, Ramela, Broken Sword
Your knowledge increased.

Level 4.67 : Arm Strength 32.57 : Knowledge 39.31, with another 6159 exp going to it. Your knowledge increased.

Just shows a few stats I like.

Arm Strength - Level, exp, and exp to allocate
Knowledge - The same
Magic Endurance - Here too
Luck - Current, maximum, and hidden timer that changes it
Clock - Just the internal timer
Gold held - Why not?
RNG - Immediate value and count of rolls from default state

HP - Current and maximum
MP - Current, maximum, and counter for next MP

List of creature info - Flags of unknown meaning, X-pos, Y-pos, HP

Huh, so those two can be beaten in 30 hits with approximately 30 Arm Strength. Who knew? Changes begin at Tower 6F.

Items: Warp Magic, Ring of Life, M.Potion x5, (), M.Potion x10, Fire Magic, Sledgehammer x7, Ring of Life, M.Potion x5, Leather Armor, (), ()
Equipment: Leather Shield, Ramela, Broken Sword

Level 4.03 : Arm Strength 32.57 -- I don't think the AS will get much lower. Note I ditched the Saber mid-battle.

I ran out of M.Potions. 72 HP to go.

But hey, enough Knowledge EXP to hit 60s just from this.

Start to finish Tower 6646 frames faster than Uncle Mario's Snes9x WIP. Nearly 1000 of those saved frames from climbing the Tower.

Items: Warp Magic, Ring of Life, M.Potion x4, Broken Sword, Ring of Life, Fire Magic, Sledgehammer x7, M.Potion x5, Leather Armor
Equipment: Leather Shield, Ramela, Falchion x14

Level 3.78, Arm Strength 33.56 -- Uncomfortably more strength than I'd like.

Clears ruins 5667 frames faster than Uncle Mario's Snes9x WIP.

Items: Warp Magic, Ring of Life, Master Keys x2, M.Potion x5, Fire Magic, Sledgehammer x9.
Equipment: Leather Shield, Leather Armor, Saber x20

Level 1, 26 Arm Strength. We'll see how things are done.