Useful Tips and Tricks
Note: Credit goes to elngsoup
- In general it’s just learning attack patterns and dying a lot, you’ll get good eventually.
- Biggest thing is learning how enemies move and attack. If you know exactly how the enemy’s shots are going to come out, you know how to dodge it. If you know how to dodge it, you have the advantage.
- Know when and where to use bombs. On sturdy enemies, clusters of enemies, against a wall that looks suspicious, against rocks that are slightly tinted blue, on machines when they serve no more purpose, on shopkeepers or on coin beggars.
- Do you have Magdalene?
- She the best character too learn the game.
- A bit of noob friendliness whit yum heat but some force get gud at the game since she slower then Isaac. And when you can dodge decently you can learn too abuse yum heart.
- Never sleep on mediocre item. knowledge and opinions is everything.
- Sure some item ARE flat out bad, so never pick then unless it’s for achievements. But some of them have good too game breaking combos.
- Have this mind set; it better then nothing and i may find or not find something else.
Example, you find “kamikaze”. Sure it not a good active item BUT you may have a run where you cant find a single bomb. And who know what on the next item room. It may by pyromaniac for a instant-win or bomber boy for up too 600 to 900 dmg if time right.
Memorise the good, the bad and the risky item combos:
- Ipecac + my reflection = the suicide king challenge.
- Midas touch + the poop = $$$.
- Monstros lung + ipcac = insane dps, fire rate suck and you may blow yourself up.
Remember map generation rule’s
- This is for secret rooms. in short both secret room tent too spawn next too the same room.
- Analyze the map 1st, start booming wall you think it there, find one then note the room you’re in. chance is that you may find the room again whit the secret room next too it again.
- The secret room next too 1-4 room and the super secret room is all way’s 1.
- Yes do too room structure like a rock blocking the way, thin-room, ect… the normal secret room mit as well be a second super secret room sometimes.
Tldr unlock cool stuff and dont get too stressed.
Other than the obvious dodging which just comes with time, I recommend you focus on unlocking useful stuff, that not only will make next runs better but will also give you a sense of achievement to keep going
Examples
Daily runs are a good way to practice with different characters, destinations, and all unlockables as you build skill. Beating 7 of these unlocks Broken Modem, which can double room rewards, slow enemies down and delete enemy tears. Wining 5 in a row unlocks a trinket: Cracked Crown that increases every benefit any other item gives you, like damage or speed.
Then you have challenges, might not work for you, but I tend to have the “doing something difficult first will make the average stuff easier” approach, here challenge #2 you can unlock the Jera rune which doubles other pickups, again focus on unlocking things that are somewhat helpful, many unlocks actively harm the fun: challenge #11 unlocks a card that does literally nothing, which feels like a waste
This approach can be applied to the broader progression of the game: you’ll naturally get to Satan with Isaac in the near future, unlocking one of the best items there are: Mom’s Knife (great damage).
On the broader scheme of things this game invites you to outsmart yourself, so resource management, prioritizing rooms over chests, soul hearts over red hearts, things like that idk. the subtle patterns of the game like secret rooms locations, enemy attack patterns and the most fun: synergies just come with time so my biggest advice is patience, specially with such a huge and frustrating game.
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