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A thing to mention about the toxin, you're basically guaranteed to get one in your runs since the hidden chest that unlocks it will still spawn on future runs even after you've already unlocked it (Might require a key card or lots of jumps but storage is always worth it anyway)
@@whatevermanh7657 You have to go to the storage area on the final stage (top left keycard), there will be a chest that is darkened, but still has a tiny light on it, interact with it and it will unlock the toxin.
@@whatevermanh7657 go to Contact Light and access the Storage Room either with jumps or an Access Key. There are "background" boxes everywhere but one of them will be interactable. Just open that box for free and you'll have the Toxin.
@@whatevermanh7657 when you get to the UES go to the storage room there will be a chest there in the background that is glowing brighter in the center then the other chests. It also looks like the basic chest.
It spawns in a background chest on the final level 100% of the time. Once you collect it the first time, it’s available from random white drops, but it’s still going to spawn in that chest in future runs.
I'm very confident Umbrella should've been on the list. Teleporter events can often be really chaotic so gaining 15 seconds of pure invincibility is HUGE.
the other day i tried to unlock the artifact of origin and umbrella literally carried. glass + spite + kin is an awful combo, so being able to just kill everything without the bombs nuking me was insane! i would say that the artifact of origin is impossible to unlock without getting a red item before the stage 3 teleporter... unless you are just going cheat-mode and make enemies deal only 10% damage.
@Tumbolisu Well it sounds like this advice won't be helpful to you, but honestly I think Pilot is the best for getting origin, outside of stuff like drizzle 200% damage dealt 10% damage taken. I just unlocked origin today on monsoon with only 2 red drops (dagger and afterburner). Pilots diagonal shot, airstrike, and the parachute are very useful for safely killing enemies while remaining away from bombs. The piercing on his 3rd primary shot can also be helpful too
Unironically things like gasoline - it’s better than will o wisp - frost relic, golden gun should also have been considered. Wicked ring especially should also be considered. With at least one other crit item wicked ring is literally game breaking. Surprised that wasn’t mentioned.
When I first got the prophet's cape, read the description and saw the FLOWING CAPE ON YOUR CHARACTER, it took me like 3 seconds to realize it was easily the best item in the game
Another reason Prophet's is busted: Safer Spaces is a trade-off for Tougher Times Prophet's Cape can be used WITH Hermit's Scarf (the equivalent to Tougher Times)
@@Sinnamonsters RoRR Tough Times is armor, equivalent to Repulsion Armor Plate Hermit's Scarf is a chance to dodge a hit, equivalent to RoR2 Tougher Times
@@barragethree5047 It is closer to tougher times than repulsion armor plate. Both dodge and armor amplifies hp while scaling your healing accordingly, it's just that armor is more consistent. They also both stack hyperbolically. Repulsion armor plate blocks flat dmg, there's no equivilant of it in matter of function atm in RoRR. The closest we got, unironically, is Repulsion armor, since it activates off and works best with chip dmg, something repulsion armor plate is very good at dealing with.
They had to have known what they were doing with Prophet's Cape. I mean, its ,I think, the ONLY item that appears on your character in this game when you get it? There's no way they'd make an item like that bad.
It's just very spectacular and smart way to show it on character, besides the shield icon above the one, which can be overlapped by other items' icons.
Always remember that the Repulsion Armour gives you invincibility but requires you to get hit 6 times for it to activate, but the Prophet's Cape gives you invincibility the first time your hit AND heals you. And the Repulsion Armour is a red item, and the Prophet's Cape is green. Fair and balanced, I say
@@drednoughtship2261 also repulsion stacks better allowing for up to 8 seconds of near-invincibility, while cape doesn't do much with stacks, so yeah, fair and balanced. I feel like cape is in green because it's near useless to stack it.
Couple things to note regarding these items: - Red Whip does not increase your move speed by 60%, but by a flat amount - 1.2 MS exactly. With average survivor speed being 2.6, this equates to around a 46% boost (still very good) - Ifrit's horn deals base damage instead of TOTAL damage, for some reason - Prophet's cape is absolutely bonkers
I'm a staunch Umbrella fan because of the way it just lets you wail on enemies for a whole 15 seconds is completely unmatched imo. Very build dependent, but being able to set up all your abilities in exactly the way you want with no concern for your own life is invaluable. Also the engi beam turret synergy is really cool (though very rarely applicable/practical)
Happiest mask has a CRAZY synergy with Loader's alternate R move. The lightning chains to EVERY GHOST IN THE RADIUS, meaning anything that gets caught in there is just GONE.
The thing i like about prophet's cape is that having one is amazing, but after you pick one up, the effect an additional cape is dog ass. +1 healing when you block damage is nothing. I think it really incentivizes sharing in multiplayer and in singleplayer it holds you back from becoming too powerful too quickly.
Spare drone parts is even better because if you find a drone to item converter you can recycle that drone and it’ll respawn next stage so it kind of serves as the regenerating scrap from 2
@@maxomega3in RoR2 crowbar is 70% more damage to enemies over 90% HP. This stacks flatly, so at 2 it's 140%, 5 is 300%, ect. In RoRR it's 50% more damage to enemies over 80. Stacking only adds 30%, so at 2 you do 80%, 5 is 170%, ect. This combined with the fact that there's no printers, and you get less items overall, means it's less than half as good. It's easier to stack 10 of them in 2, and they're more than twice as good.
for reinforced context: crowbar in ror2: +75% (+75% per extra stack) to healthy (hp is greater than or equal to 90%) enemies. crowbar in ror1/returns: +50% (+30% per extra stack) to healthy (hp is greater than or equal to 80%) enemies. crowbar stacks in rorr/ror1 are slower than ror2, especially extra stacks, where it stacks less than half as fast in damage bonus compared to the sequel's counterpart.
burning desire (magma worm boss item) is also really good giving movespeed and a burning floor on kill is pretty damn good for crowd control (especially on acrid!)
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I think Nematocyst Nozzle should have been on the list - Super short cooldown, good damage, targets things like an ATG, and Wandering Vagrants seem to pop up a lot in runs at times, making it the boss item I've gotten the most. (Or, at least, used the most.)
dang, locked jewel didn't show up. absolutely my favorite new item, Im so excited everytime I see it. the gold helps you loot through stages faster and the barrier it gives you is nuts. (very happy my absolute favorite item Laser Turbine showed up though~!)
Hey, I just found your channel, and I'm loving it so far. Anyway, just one small point: you say Crit is harder to come by in RoRR, which isn't exactly right. There's a butt-ton of items aside from glasses that raise your crit chances. The Razor Penny raises it by 3% per stack; Snake Eyes raises it by 7% per stack per failed gambling shrine (useless on last level though) The Scythe and the Furry Helmet function similar to RoR2, the first stack raises it by 5%; The Wicked Ring raises it by 5% with the first stack, and any subsequent stack will raise it by 10%, which is insane.
Happiest Mask is partly so good just because it's 2D. What used to be your epic beetle guard of doom wandering like a lost dog on some random platform a mile away is a ror2 issue with such long range and 3d environments. In RORR, your ghosts are ALWAYS near you and ALWAYS near enemies. If they were around you this often in ROR2 the mask would be great in that game.
Fun thing about arms race is the unique drone gives an item when scrapped (unlike the drone spawned by repair kit) A change I wish they made was to prioritise the arms race drone at the scrapper. Regen scrap at home :)
I high key did not know that's how prophet's cape worked. wow. Kinda wish the brief description the game gives explained more, but this video was very helpful
Fireworks are unironicly one of my favourite items. Just get even 1 stack and go to the room on the contact light with all the gold canisters and just wipe out the stage. Very fun
IN the OG game when you had to clear the whole map it was arguably my number 1 item along with ceremonial daggers, anything heatseeking was so valuable.
The shield-based "one-shot protection" you mention is a very common mechanic in most games, and it's kinda odd 2 didn't have a version of it to begin with. It's better known as shield gate / shield break / no overflow, depending on the game you're in.
After having played both RoR2 and RoRR, as well as some Borderlands games and Deep Rock Galactic, I'm actually not surprised that they didn't add shield gating to RoR2. RoRR, Borderlands and DRG have a lot of unavoidable damage. I pretty much go down at a rate of once per minute in high-difficulty Borderlands PVE because every enemy deals so much damage that the first hit just nukes my shield. But I can't avoid the damage, because there are at least 5 enemies literally shooting BULLETS at me. In DRG there are so many enemies that you WILL get bitten at some point or another. Note that both of these games also have several mechanics for getting back into the fight after dying: Being revived on the spot by another player, or performing a special, limited action. This shows that taking damage is a natural part of these games, yet both games are really strict with how you can regenerate normal health. It's all about your shield. RoRR has a lot of unavoidable damage. Just look at the final phase of the final fight. Sometimes you just have no choice but to walk through the green death lasers. Because the game is 2D, there is only so much dodging that you can actually do. And now look at RoR2. Every single enemy is avoidable. Have you seen Cabbage getting the Ethereal achievement on every single Prismatic Trial ever? Even enemies like normal Wisps, which have a hit-scan attack, can be avoided in multiple ways. The only two enemies that I personally still have trouble with are the lasers of Stone Titans (that tracking is ON POINT and it HURTS) and Grandparents (you know exactly why). RoR2 isn't about tanking damage, it's about avoiding damage. This is also why multiple Eclipse modifiers are all about health: You only spawn with half health, all health regen is half as effective, and taking damage will "permanently" reduce your max hp.
Phase 4 Providence almost gave me a heart attack the first time I reached it I wasn’t expecting it, and even though the music was picking up I thought it was a new cutscene, so I stood still while Phase 4 Providence attacked me and I almost died but I had a lot of healing so I didn’t die
3:53 this is called a damage gate. Apparently Providence has some version of it too, but you can bypass it with enough damage (which you technically shouldn't be able to do, but oh well lol)
Fireworks is pretty good too, just one stack does 4.5 times the damage of killing an enemy with Ceremonial Daggers (Daggers is 4x100%, Fireworks is 6x300%)
I'd like to personally shout out heaven cracker, because while with 1 stack it's only 1/4 basic attacks, with a little attack speed it's still really great, like, piercing is so worth it for big crowds of enemies. Also, the fact that it has the ability to make melee survivor's basic attacks ranged is pretty sick imo. (Also, if you can somehow get 4 stacks, so that every basic attack pierces, it's just amazing, good luck seeing that without command though)
For me it is the Umbrella, (you gain 15 seconds of invincibility after activating the teleporter, increases time per stack). It is absoluty busted to just stay inside bosses and monster hordes and press the attack button. Combine that, with the artifact of prestige and you dont need to look for items anymore because the amount of bosses spawns will drop enough.
I would be really interested to see a compare and contrast between returns and 2, of what you like and dislike in each. I have been thinking a lot about it myself and have reached my own conclusions and it would be cool to see other perspectives. Especially since I was someone who loved RoR1 and played that first, it would be cool to see the perspective of someone introduced with RoR2. I like returns a lot and there are a lot of things I like about it that and I also like 2 a lot, but there are a lot of things I dislike about it (despite having 240hrs). I wouldn't want like a comparison of, "which game is better", just more like, which aspects of each do you like and dislike without any real conclusion of which is "better". Idk, it would be really interesting to see I think.
I can't remember what it's called, but the Drill red item is insane. It gives melee survivors a ranged option, it goes across the whole screen, and it pierces. It's obviously better on faster attack rate survivors, but with just a few syringes and mocha's it can basically clear any wave of enemies
hol up what about heaven cracker? granted i haven't put a whole lot of time into the game, but every time i got one of these it felt absurdly good. obviously it's better on the characters that attack quicker, but the massive & reliable aoe damage you get is so nice for dealing with the big ol clumps of goobers
8:05 Off-topic from the video, but I like how the archer bugs have the same exact reputation that the primal aspids from hollow knight do. It's even more hilarious because they both have the same exact attack patterns.
I don't if anyone else has motioned this but prophets capes can be even more busted specifically on engi with the prototype laser turret, as the turrets inherit all of your items they get prophets cape aswell. as the turrets self damage themselves while firing, prophets cape lets it not only block its on self damage but heal from it. the turrets are one of the most powerful things in the game but balanced by the fact they can only do a couple damage ticks before breaking but prophets cape and a few hermits scarfs let them stay immortal at enough stacks constantly blocking and healing themselves while doing the highest dps in the game, prophets cape is so fucking broken
As someone who played ror1 a lot I'd say this list sounds pretty accurate (aside from saying toxin was in 1). On the topic of item differences between 1 and 2, I would love to see the less useful stuff like warbanner, harpoon, whip, knurl, psg, and disc get buffed/changed to how their equivalents in Returns are
@@bugfriendz I meant like make psg work like heart where it gives 60 shield instead of 8% max hp and change shields to do the thing where you can't take shield and hp damage in the same hit
I was sitting here like an idiot wondering what number 1 was going to be all the way up to ifrits how. The profits cape in all of its op glory shoved itself into my brain and forced me to look back at the idiot i was.
is barbed wire still absolutely broken? (if you stacked more than 30 anything close to you would die in a few seconds, and after stacking 100... you wouldn't even see any enemies) I ask because although I loved risk of rain 1... I play on ps4/vita so I haven't played returns yet
Surprised to see repulsion armor not on this list. Most of my experience is with og ror, having 100%'d it and not having as much time to play rorr, though I've put in a few hours, but I've found repulsion plate to be one of the strongest defensive items in the game, largely due to how you'll rarely die to any 6 hits. I cant think of any run ive gotten it and lost on. Wicked ring is also one of my personal favorites, though I can see why its not on the list given its reliance on other crit items to become powerful
For people using glass, some of these items are not very good especially happiest mask and arms race. For glass runs, you're at the mercy of every enemy, most of them can oneshot you, and you want to have full focus on evading what is there, and if it's not clear and visible, you'll be evading the wrong thing and die. Drones are also very squishy, arms race is not going to protect them. What you should pick up though are (in my opinion the best items) offense: crowbar, fireshield, toxin, ceremonial dagger defense: guardians heart, prophets cape, topaz thingy mobility: rusty jetpack, hopoo feather, red whip The reason I put fireshield in there is because if you do survive a hit, the enemies around your player are gone, including bosses. In returns it works with guardians heart, so you get a free hit. It also works with crowbar dealing even more damage.
I know you said you’re still learning the game but as someone with hundreds of hours in ror1, some of these gave me a good laugh. Personally, I’d say 10. Heaven Cracker 9. Arms Race 8. Imp Overlord’s Tentacle 7. Colossal Knurl 6. The Toxin 5. Guardian’s Heart 4. Umbrella 3. Ceremonial Dagger 2. Hardlight Afterburner 1. Prophet’s Cape
I need them to add Prophet's Cape to Risk of Rain 2. Not because of the effect it has, god no, but because it looks so fucking raw on everyone. Any cape really, doesn't even have to do anything. A purely visual badass cape would be enough for me
Legendary Spark is a sidegrade to Ifrit's Horn. LegSpark can wipe out very specific groups of enemies and synergizes with caggers well. IfHorn can be used to keep back enemies rushing at you when you don't care who you're fighting.
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A thing to mention about the toxin, you're basically guaranteed to get one in your runs since the hidden chest that unlocks it will still spawn on future runs even after you've already unlocked it (Might require a key card or lots of jumps but storage is always worth it anyway)
wait, its not unlocked by default? how do you unlock it (don't worry idc about spoilers)
@@whatevermanh7657 You have to go to the storage area on the final stage (top left keycard), there will be a chest that is darkened, but still has a tiny light on it, interact with it and it will unlock the toxin.
@@whatevermanh7657 go to Contact Light and access the Storage Room either with jumps or an Access Key. There are "background" boxes everywhere but one of them will be interactable. Just open that box for free and you'll have the Toxin.
@@whatevermanh7657 when you get to the UES go to the storage room there will be a chest there in the background that is glowing brighter in the center then the other chests. It also looks like the basic chest.
It spawns in a background chest on the final level 100% of the time. Once you collect it the first time, it’s available from random white drops, but it’s still going to spawn in that chest in future runs.
I'm very confident Umbrella should've been on the list. Teleporter events can often be really chaotic so gaining 15 seconds of pure invincibility is HUGE.
the other day i tried to unlock the artifact of origin and umbrella literally carried. glass + spite + kin is an awful combo, so being able to just kill everything without the bombs nuking me was insane! i would say that the artifact of origin is impossible to unlock without getting a red item before the stage 3 teleporter... unless you are just going cheat-mode and make enemies deal only 10% damage.
@Tumbolisu Well it sounds like this advice won't be helpful to you, but honestly I think Pilot is the best for getting origin, outside of stuff like drizzle 200% damage dealt 10% damage taken. I just unlocked origin today on monsoon with only 2 red drops (dagger and afterburner). Pilots diagonal shot, airstrike, and the parachute are very useful for safely killing enemies while remaining away from bombs. The piercing on his 3rd primary shot can also be helpful too
Umbrella + Laser Turret = free teleporter win
@@OpIvyPunk Yeah, I agree. I unlocked Origin with Pilot as well
Unironically things like gasoline - it’s better than will o wisp - frost relic, golden gun should also have been considered. Wicked ring especially should also be considered. With at least one other crit item wicked ring is literally game breaking. Surprised that wasn’t mentioned.
When I first got the prophet's cape, read the description and saw the FLOWING CAPE ON YOUR CHARACTER, it took me like 3 seconds to realize it was easily the best item in the game
Another reason Prophet's is busted:
Safer Spaces is a trade-off for Tougher Times
Prophet's Cape can be used WITH Hermit's Scarf (the equivalent to Tougher Times)
i know tougher times is green but it is still in returns
which just means you get to stack all three!
@@Sinnamonsters RoRR Tough Times is armor, equivalent to Repulsion Armor Plate
Hermit's Scarf is a chance to dodge a hit, equivalent to RoR2 Tougher Times
oh whoops
i didnt play ror2 nearly as much lol i wasnt aware@@barragethree5047
@@barragethree5047 It is closer to tougher times than repulsion armor plate. Both dodge and armor amplifies hp while scaling your healing accordingly, it's just that armor is more consistent. They also both stack hyperbolically.
Repulsion armor plate blocks flat dmg, there's no equivilant of it in matter of function atm in RoRR. The closest we got, unironically, is Repulsion armor, since it activates off and works best with chip dmg, something repulsion armor plate is very good at dealing with.
Not to mention that they buffed Hermit’s Scarf too, making it scale exactly the same way Tougher Times does in RoR2.
It is insane how ridiculously cracked Ceremonial Dagger is, I've had so many runs literally carried by it
This item made me think I was good at the game once.
And this is NERFED from the original! This+Infusion+Glass in the original basically made entire runs free
They had to have known what they were doing with Prophet's Cape. I mean, its ,I think, the ONLY item that appears on your character in this game when you get it? There's no way they'd make an item like that bad.
It's just very spectacular and smart way to show it on character, besides the shield icon above the one, which can be overlapped by other items' icons.
You dont see it too often tho
Always remember that the Repulsion Armour gives you invincibility but requires you to get hit 6 times for it to activate, but the Prophet's Cape gives you invincibility the first time your hit AND heals you. And the Repulsion Armour is a red item, and the Prophet's Cape is green.
Fair and balanced, I say
Repulsion armour also can damage multiple enemies, when they hit you. And it has no cooldown between possible activations. So yeah, fair and balanced.
@@drednoughtship2261 also repulsion stacks better allowing for up to 8 seconds of near-invincibility, while cape doesn't do much with stacks, so yeah, fair and balanced. I feel like cape is in green because it's near useless to stack it.
@@drednoughtship2261can be used to easily melt providence phase 4 if you time it properly, the beam damage gets reflected back
@@dominikmagnus cape pairs really good with it tho
Interesting bit: the Resonance Disc is actually the driver installation disc FOR the Laser Turbine.
Laser turbine? The rail gun you can get at Providence?
Couple things to note regarding these items:
- Red Whip does not increase your move speed by 60%, but by a flat amount - 1.2 MS exactly. With average survivor speed being 2.6, this equates to around a 46% boost (still very good)
- Ifrit's horn deals base damage instead of TOTAL damage, for some reason
- Prophet's cape is absolutely bonkers
Primal Aspids are basically the most annoying enemy in any game they appear in
cant believe hoopoo copied team cherryj
@@MAML_risk of rain came out 4 years before hollow knight. It can’t really be said the hoppo copied team cherry
@@Charlei05that was a joke, I'm pretty sure
Primal aspids are the Blind pests of this game
I'm a staunch Umbrella fan because of the way it just lets you wail on enemies for a whole 15 seconds is completely unmatched imo. Very build dependent, but being able to set up all your abilities in exactly the way you want with no concern for your own life is invaluable. Also the engi beam turret synergy is really cool (though very rarely applicable/practical)
Something cool about the duplicator is that on Contact Light, the duped keycards aren’t taken away upon use.
Jumpscare timestamps:
0:11 The Toxin
1:29 Red Whip
3:26 Guardian's Heart
4:22 Arms Race
5:50 Royal Medallion
7:21 Happiest Mask
8:33 Ceremonial Daggers
9:49 Ifrit's Horn + Legendary Spark
10:55 Laser Turbine
13:12 Prophet's Cape
Happiest mask has a CRAZY synergy with Loader's alternate R move. The lightning chains to EVERY GHOST IN THE RADIUS, meaning anything that gets caught in there is just GONE.
The thing i like about prophet's cape is that having one is amazing, but after you pick one up, the effect an additional cape is dog ass. +1 healing when you block damage is nothing. I think it really incentivizes sharing in multiplayer and in singleplayer it holds you back from becoming too powerful too quickly.
6:51 "the final level, Contact Light" ITS NAME IS RISK OF RAIN
Yeah but the game is called risk of rain so I'm gonna keep calling it contact light
Spare drone parts is even better because if you find a drone to item converter you can recycle that drone and it’ll respawn next stage so it kind of serves as the regenerating scrap from 2
you should probably put the stack thing for crowbar in the comparison shot to further illustrate just how nerfed crowbar is from 2 to 1/returns
what stack thing are you referring to. do they stack differently?
@@maxomega3in RoR2 crowbar is 70% more damage to enemies over 90% HP. This stacks flatly, so at 2 it's 140%, 5 is 300%, ect. In RoRR it's 50% more damage to enemies over 80. Stacking only adds 30%, so at 2 you do 80%, 5 is 170%, ect. This combined with the fact that there's no printers, and you get less items overall, means it's less than half as good. It's easier to stack 10 of them in 2, and they're more than twice as good.
for reinforced context:
crowbar in ror2: +75% (+75% per extra stack) to healthy (hp is greater than or equal to 90%) enemies.
crowbar in ror1/returns: +50% (+30% per extra stack) to healthy (hp is greater than or equal to 80%) enemies.
crowbar stacks in rorr/ror1 are slower than ror2, especially extra stacks, where it stacks less than half as fast in damage bonus compared to the sequel's counterpart.
burning desire (magma worm boss item) is also really good giving movespeed and a burning floor on kill is pretty damn good for crowd control (especially on acrid!)
I know this may seem small, but thank you so much for putting the deadbolt soundtrack in the background, deadbolt is one of my favorite games with one of my favorite soundtracks by Chris christodoulou and I don’t seem to see much of it on the internet. Thank you for that
I was waiting for someone to make a video about this, finally
I think Nematocyst Nozzle should have been on the list - Super short cooldown, good damage, targets things like an ATG, and Wandering Vagrants seem to pop up a lot in runs at times, making it the boss item I've gotten the most. (Or, at least, used the most.)
dang, locked jewel didn't show up. absolutely my favorite new item, Im so excited everytime I see it. the gold helps you loot through stages faster and the barrier it gives you is nuts. (very happy my absolute favorite item Laser Turbine showed up though~!)
Hey, I just found your channel, and I'm loving it so far.
Anyway, just one small point: you say Crit is harder to come by in RoRR, which isn't exactly right. There's a butt-ton of items aside from glasses that raise your crit chances.
The Razor Penny raises it by 3% per stack;
Snake Eyes raises it by 7% per stack per failed gambling shrine (useless on last level though)
The Scythe and the Furry Helmet function similar to RoR2, the first stack raises it by 5%;
The Wicked Ring raises it by 5% with the first stack, and any subsequent stack will raise it by 10%, which is insane.
phrophets cape is the infusion in risk of rain 1, but in returns. they didn't even change infusion yet prophets cape is somehow
They did at least nerf Infusion so a single stack doesnt trivialize Glass runs. Gotta get 10 before it really starts doing anything
Happiest Mask is partly so good just because it's 2D. What used to be your epic beetle guard of doom wandering like a lost dog on some random platform a mile away is a ror2 issue with such long range and 3d environments. In RORR, your ghosts are ALWAYS near you and ALWAYS near enemies. If they were around you this often in ROR2 the mask would be great in that game.
So much for not wanting to make a tier list, but regardless its nice to see your perspective of the game so far even if it may be flawed
Fun thing about arms race is the unique drone gives an item when scrapped (unlike the drone spawned by repair kit)
A change I wish they made was to prioritise the arms race drone at the scrapper. Regen scrap at home :)
The best feature of the dagger is that the on kill effects still proc if the dagger kills, so it can chain off itself
I high key did not know that's how prophet's cape worked. wow. Kinda wish the brief description the game gives explained more, but this video was very helpful
Now that Chef from famous game Risk of Rain 1 2 has endorsed the Ridge Wallet, I’m probably gonna grab myself one finally.
The drone parts plus drone repair kit is OP
I totally agree with prophets cape, the no damage run for commando would not have took me so much longer to do
Umbrella should be on this list
I've been waiting for this! Thanks grandpa
Fireworks are unironicly one of my favourite items. Just get even 1 stack and go to the room on the contact light with all the gold canisters and just wipe out the stage. Very fun
IN the OG game when you had to clear the whole map it was arguably my number 1 item along with ceremonial daggers, anything heatseeking was so valuable.
It's very fun to use the key near a bunch of canister/chests
I’d love to eventually see a full tier list
The shield-based "one-shot protection" you mention is a very common mechanic in most games, and it's kinda odd 2 didn't have a version of it to begin with. It's better known as shield gate / shield break / no overflow, depending on the game you're in.
After having played both RoR2 and RoRR, as well as some Borderlands games and Deep Rock Galactic, I'm actually not surprised that they didn't add shield gating to RoR2. RoRR, Borderlands and DRG have a lot of unavoidable damage.
I pretty much go down at a rate of once per minute in high-difficulty Borderlands PVE because every enemy deals so much damage that the first hit just nukes my shield. But I can't avoid the damage, because there are at least 5 enemies literally shooting BULLETS at me. In DRG there are so many enemies that you WILL get bitten at some point or another. Note that both of these games also have several mechanics for getting back into the fight after dying: Being revived on the spot by another player, or performing a special, limited action. This shows that taking damage is a natural part of these games, yet both games are really strict with how you can regenerate normal health. It's all about your shield.
RoRR has a lot of unavoidable damage. Just look at the final phase of the final fight. Sometimes you just have no choice but to walk through the green death lasers. Because the game is 2D, there is only so much dodging that you can actually do.
And now look at RoR2. Every single enemy is avoidable. Have you seen Cabbage getting the Ethereal achievement on every single Prismatic Trial ever? Even enemies like normal Wisps, which have a hit-scan attack, can be avoided in multiple ways. The only two enemies that I personally still have trouble with are the lasers of Stone Titans (that tracking is ON POINT and it HURTS) and Grandparents (you know exactly why). RoR2 isn't about tanking damage, it's about avoiding damage. This is also why multiple Eclipse modifiers are all about health: You only spawn with half health, all health regen is half as effective, and taking damage will "permanently" reduce your max hp.
just came for information and ended up laughing lots. ur hilarious dude. keep doing ur thing mate
Phase 4 Providence almost gave me a heart attack the first time I reached it
I wasn’t expecting it, and even though the music was picking up I thought it was a new cutscene, so I stood still while Phase 4 Providence attacked me and I almost died but I had a lot of healing so I didn’t die
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this is called a damage gate. Apparently Providence has some version of it too, but you can bypass it with enough damage (which you technically shouldn't be able to do, but oh well lol)
I'm starting to think my sucking at this game might be because I have so few items unlocked. I've never seen most of these
Gotta say it’s very cool of you to use Deadbolt music
i have to respect your usage of the escapists music
Fireworks is pretty good too, just one stack does 4.5 times the damage of killing an enemy with Ceremonial Daggers (Daggers is 4x100%, Fireworks is 6x300%)
I'd like to personally shout out heaven cracker, because while with 1 stack it's only 1/4 basic attacks, with a little attack speed it's still really great, like, piercing is so worth it for big crowds of enemies. Also, the fact that it has the ability to make melee survivor's basic attacks ranged is pretty sick imo. (Also, if you can somehow get 4 stacks, so that every basic attack pierces, it's just amazing, good luck seeing that without command though)
For me it is the Umbrella, (you gain 15 seconds of invincibility after activating the teleporter, increases time per stack).
It is absoluty busted to just stay inside bosses and monster hordes and press the attack button.
Combine that, with the artifact of prestige and you dont need to look for items anymore because the amount of bosses spawns will drop enough.
Guardian’s heart is super useful on Glass runs, especially since they nerfed Infusion. You get 60 extra health, no reduction whatsoever.
I would be really interested to see a compare and contrast between returns and 2, of what you like and dislike in each. I have been thinking a lot about it myself and have reached my own conclusions and it would be cool to see other perspectives. Especially since I was someone who loved RoR1 and played that first, it would be cool to see the perspective of someone introduced with RoR2. I like returns a lot and there are a lot of things I like about it that and I also like 2 a lot, but there are a lot of things I dislike about it (despite having 240hrs). I wouldn't want like a comparison of, "which game is better", just more like, which aspects of each do you like and dislike without any real conclusion of which is "better". Idk, it would be really interesting to see I think.
I can't remember what it's called, but the Drill red item is insane. It gives melee survivors a ranged option, it goes across the whole screen, and it pierces. It's obviously better on faster attack rate survivors, but with just a few syringes and mocha's it can basically clear any wave of enemies
Risk of raining in my pants because this game is so good
hol up what about heaven cracker? granted i haven't put a whole lot of time into the game, but every time i got one of these it felt absurdly good. obviously it's better on the characters that attack quicker, but the massive & reliable aoe damage you get is so nice for dealing with the big ol clumps of goobers
8:05 Off-topic from the video, but I like how the archer bugs have the same exact reputation that the primal aspids from hollow knight do. It's even more hilarious because they both have the same exact attack patterns.
Now we need an equipment tier list
rotting brain my beloved
Dynamite OP. That thing can Instakill Bosses or just clean enemy hordes with one button press
I like the drone repair kit
Missile launcher and shattered mirror my beloved
Unstable Watch #1
I don't if anyone else has motioned this but prophets capes can be even more busted specifically on engi with the prototype laser turret, as the turrets inherit all of your items they get prophets cape aswell. as the turrets self damage themselves while firing, prophets cape lets it not only block its on self damage but heal from it. the turrets are one of the most powerful things in the game but balanced by the fact they can only do a couple damage ticks before breaking but prophets cape and a few hermits scarfs let them stay immortal at enough stacks constantly blocking and healing themselves while doing the highest dps in the game,
prophets cape is so fucking broken
Must be nice to have access to the Judgement trial.
Please make a video ranking the abilities of Survivors like saying which ability is better for each Survivor
Very informative vid, thank you disputed o7
Deadbolt ost almost makes you redeemable
As someone who played ror1 a lot I'd say this list sounds pretty accurate (aside from saying toxin was in 1). On the topic of item differences between 1 and 2, I would love to see the less useful stuff like warbanner, harpoon, whip, knurl, psg, and disc get buffed/changed to how their equivalents in Returns are
guardian's heart not mentioned?
@@bugfriendz I meant like make psg work like heart where it gives 60 shield instead of 8% max hp and change shields to do the thing where you can't take shield and hp damage in the same hit
@@abra_escaped ?????? this is nto risk of rain 2
Love the deadbolt music
Thank you grandpa
Could you do a list on Ror2 equipment when put on drones
No frost relic on this list is kinda crazy
Could you imagine if killing providence give you a boss item, the prophets cape
You probably won’t see this but you should make a video about your favorite items to stack in risk of rain returns
I love the deadbolt soundtrack.
5:58 Grandpa forgot that The Toxin wasn't in the first game either.
I was sitting here like an idiot wondering what number 1 was going to be all the way up to ifrits how. The profits cape in all of its op glory shoved itself into my brain and forced me to look back at the idiot i was.
is barbed wire still absolutely broken? (if you stacked more than 30 anything close to you would die in a few seconds, and after stacking 100... you wouldn't even see any enemies)
I ask because although I loved risk of rain 1... I play on ps4/vita so I haven't played returns yet
Flying enemies on stage 5 are harder than the actual tp boss
Royal Medallion easily is my #1. Everytime I grab it, my teleporter bosses just melts in seconds.
Surprised to see repulsion armor not on this list. Most of my experience is with og ror, having 100%'d it and not having as much time to play rorr, though I've put in a few hours, but I've found repulsion plate to be one of the strongest defensive items in the game, largely due to how you'll rarely die to any 6 hits. I cant think of any run ive gotten it and lost on. Wicked ring is also one of my personal favorites, though I can see why its not on the list given its reliance on other crit items to become powerful
Let’s fucking go first tier list ever
My brother in Christ what manner of demonic entity hath assembled thine basement plumbing fixtures?!
For people using glass, some of these items are not very good especially happiest mask and arms race. For glass runs, you're at the mercy of every enemy, most of them can oneshot you, and you want to have full focus on evading what is there, and if it's not clear and visible, you'll be evading the wrong thing and die.
Drones are also very squishy, arms race is not going to protect them.
What you should pick up though are (in my opinion the best items)
offense: crowbar, fireshield, toxin, ceremonial dagger
defense: guardians heart, prophets cape, topaz thingy
mobility: rusty jetpack, hopoo feather, red whip
The reason I put fireshield in there is because if you do survive a hit, the enemies around your player are gone, including bosses. In returns it works with guardians heart, so you get a free hit. It also works with crowbar dealing even more damage.
please make a part two that would be rad
Prophet's cape should be a red item, just buff the way it stacks a bit and it'll fit right in. 8 honestly don't know why it's in green to begin with.
I know you said you’re still learning the game but as someone with hundreds of hours in ror1, some of these gave me a good laugh.
Personally, I’d say
10. Heaven Cracker
9. Arms Race
8. Imp Overlord’s Tentacle
7. Colossal Knurl
6. The Toxin
5. Guardian’s Heart
4. Umbrella
3. Ceremonial Dagger
2. Hardlight Afterburner
1. Prophet’s Cape
Shoutout to the wandering vagrant boss item for sniping an enemy across the entirety of fungal caverns so I can open one chest
I fucking didn't have any idea about that shield being OP
It’s so nice playing a newer game that a ton of people play
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Same bro, fuken hate them bugs. And the Birds to.
Can't believe Chef is stuck in Grandpa's basement, Grandpa probably doesn't even know, his memory and hearing ain't the best no more.
Laser Turbine and ResDisc are part of the same machine.
Umbrella is nasty good
hehehe, ceremonial dagger in the video was listed as #4, but on the thumbnail it was listed as #3. nice
I had a ghost wandering vagrant. Don't know if it's different with that boss but ehh.
I miss how in ror2, items are shown on your character. Its sad that only the cape does that :(
what is the first song that plays in the vid? and tbh toxin is like my fav item id put it higher
I need them to add Prophet's Cape to Risk of Rain 2. Not because of the effect it has, god no, but because it looks so fucking raw on everyone. Any cape really, doesn't even have to do anything. A purely visual badass cape would be enough for me
Heat. Heat. HEAT. you gave me what I wanted
sticky bomb is really good!
Couple things learned: shield is fren in returns, and holy shit im glad i don't care bout providence and just loop till i die
Song at 6:46? Pls I heard it somewhere years ago and I have no idea where it's from
For all intents and purposes, i am hereby considering Artificer a melee character.
Toxin is so goated, free damage anytime anywhere
What happened to the classic intro 😢
I know 😢
I was ready to get jumpscared
Legendary Spark is a sidegrade to Ifrit's Horn.
LegSpark can wipe out very specific groups of enemies and synergizes with caggers well.
IfHorn can be used to keep back enemies rushing at you when you don't care who you're fighting.