How to get better at Risk of Rain 2 (5 ways to improve your runs!)

[@DisputedOrigin]

I dislike my wording for the 5 minute a stage section of this video. Based on my experience with the game, the 5 minute a stage rule hasn't worked very well for me, and from what i've seen/heard from new players, i'm not the only one. It was incorrect for me to say "it's bad advice to give to new players", I know it works for some people, and it's a hypocritical for me to make a statement like that. Most of the guides i've seen on this website refer to rushing as the best strategy, and I've hardly seen anyone talk about full-looting, it was a very broad statement, and not targeted. My goal for this video was to help new players, but I understand how this video may come off, I will be more careful when it comes to writing my scripts in the future. Thank you for the feedback.

[@PATTHERAT]

i like to use 8 minutes ish per stage because it lets me clear most/full the stage but doesn't waste that much time. ill have the tp finished by 5 minutes and just spend the rest roaming for chests

[@scalpingsnake]

I started playing again with the new dlc and I completely agree with you. The advice I heard was to be quick but I didn't realize I should be speed running stocking up on items. My assumption was rush teleporter quickly and just get the items you can on the way. Which meant I had barely any items and really struggled.

[@drink13]

How many times have you dipped your toes into making such divisive and unhelpful statements only to regret your words and take them back or backpedal later? This isn't the first time you've gotten backlash and had to change what you said. When does the extra carefulness kick in?

[@scalpingsnake]

@@drink13 Who pissed in your cereal this morning...

[@sergeylukin9111]

Your advise realy good pal. Also one item for new player what realy deserve adwise to use it or place in tier list is Radar scaner.Cuz its give to player best from your adwise and from adwise about 5m. cuz you can full loot map but fast. And after time new player learn map and dont need this item in general.But its any way save time on looting,but increase time for fighting(cuz equpment do not used for doing damage)

[@kixmeister5536]

I have a massive PP and I'm not insecure about it at all

[@ReitRedProductionsCHEEEESE]

pp uwu

[@d.d2062]

Sound like something a small pp person would say

[@anonimoaleatorio9053]

"Wow, he has so much confidence!"

[@ReitRedProductionsCHEEEESE]

@@anonimoaleatorio9053 yis pp uwu

[@alertsvera7288]

My pp Is small:(

[@joshuaneuhauser]

One thing that I would probably add is that looking at items on the wiki or in game with mods like betterui can be hugely beneficial to be able to properly analyze what items are better in what situations.

[@christophercrafte]

I basically refuse to play without betterui and item stats. I like to know exactly what Im doing.

[@OddGhoste]

I wish console had mods, I've played this game on both PS4 and PC and it really feels alot better on a controller.

[@Ferretdude999]

True, but knowing what each and every item and skill does to the decimal might take the fun out of learning what is good or not so good. In terraria for instance, i spent hours a day on the wiki and I immediately started feeling that it was less fun the more i knew about it

[@Sammysapphira]

@@Ferretdude999 the optimal routes of progression in terraria wiki really harmed enjoyment

[@spidy6067]

@@OddGhoste you could just play with a controller on pc

[@poccer7722]

I will say, the 5 minute rule did teach me to farm efficiently. I used to follow it 1 to 1, and I had to scramble to take optimal paths, find spots where I could survey the map and pick up the most chests to activate the teleporter in time. Nowadays I use it more as a suggestion.

[@HelloHelloe]

Watch woolie his content and info 50x better than this grifter

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@HelloHelloe Toxic, much?

[@HelloHelloe]

@@NicoTheCinderace true much like your own comment much ratio much much much

[@Wheningoubt]

That was the whole original point of the 5 minute "rule", I played that way for a while because it kinda teaches you to path better over time and get a feel for where chests will be more often so you're not constantly checking every empty corner of the map. Literally no one believes that you have to clear every stage in less than 5 minutes and it's sad to see that DO continues to misrepresent the "rule" to this day. The guy is good at the game but god he comes off as such a jackass when he says things like "Advice I don't agree with is harmful to muh community" or "OMG I am ASTONISHED some people think x is good/bad!"

[@thewisewolf768]

@@HelloHelloe It's crazy to me that, in spite of what Woolie says over and over again about his opinions being subjective and not the only way to play the game, you still feel the need to belittle others and claim his info is perfect. What's presented in this video lines up with what most streamers and youtubers who run eclipse 8 teach and preach. No offense, but if Woolie's info was so perfect and correct, wouldn't he be a much better player than these people?

[@Varrxion]

The 5 minute rule is a remnant of the past, the days before the scrapper. Be efficient, depending on character you can full clear most stages no items within less than 8 minutes. But remember as well you don't NEED to full clear. If you miss one single chest on the other side of the map it's probably not worth it to run all the way over there and waste 2 minutes.

[@mrcydesign]

I know I'm way late but like. the best runs usually start spending like 8 minutes on stage 1 printing 10 crit glasses. if you don't get a god tier printer then yea go rush the next stage but if you get crit print you stay there till that crit is at 101% no questions asked. especially on siphoned forest, easily the best stage for that.

[@Drekromancer]

Good takes.

[@BrickGalaxy]

Only lunar item that is allowed is the beads of fealty. They do absolutely nothing. But...

[@OctoDog13]

But when you use them properly, they do something.

[@meynut8292]

well, in eclipse they actually do absolutely nothing

[@dangerzone31_11]

I see what you did there…

[@corrosivetamo133]

I used them for pleasure

[@surytrap]

@@corrosivetamo133 same

[@newbienoah9461]

Oh btw if you're having trouble finding the teleporters they have glowing orange particles floating around them, the sky meadow teleporter has light blue particles Pretty handy on scouting the locations

[@hahacheerios743]

They also make a noise that sounds vaguely like part of the soundtrack but you can pick it out by its being directional audio

[@ohmlord]

Yo thanks I didn't know this 👍

[@Ligmaballin]

You can also mark with with middle mouse button, though the mark expires after 1-2 minutes.

[@Manie230]

Sky meadow is the only teleporter that is hard to see even with knowing to look out for the particles.

[@beanpotatoreviews184]

I had no idea you could do this ​@@Ligmaballin

[@TheLeviathan1293]

7:50 Yeah, I agree to use them in moderation. About trascendence, used in moderation also teaches you to get better at dodging and to check your health frequently because... if you don't dodge, you don't heal. The only modifier that removes and doesn't complement is Eclipse 3 (you don't care about falling anymore). In fact although it weakens Eclipse 8, it also makes it so that if you get hit a lot you'll still end up with garbage max health... that you cannot heal. Agree with Tonic and Gesture, but, unless you use the new broken combinations shaped glass used in moderation is not bad at all. If your run is doing extremely well getting shaped glass is just placing a kill button on the back of your head. If your run is going badly, then one stack of shaped glass can give you the damage you need while still making you worry about enemies hitting you back. In fact now you have to worry a lot about dodging. I think using lunars in moderation helps you learn about the game, except for gesture and tonic (1 gesture, 1 tonic, fuel cells is very inexpensive in lunar coins). But overall amazing tips.

[@xdae]

To add onto tip 1 and 2 1) Efficient pathing is by first farming at spawn to unlock the nearest chests. Then path to next chest and farm till unlock. Repeat until teleportal. So many, myself included, beelined to teleportal and ignored monsters. Rushing is a strat, but farming chest to chest has always given more reliable wins. 2) Command is a solid way to learn the items and procs. Though after beating monsoon, vanilla is the way to go. Once you know what items are good and bad, scrappers and printers become key components in making a good build. Bonus) Newt altar pathing is also key. Look up a vid while pausing to find all spots. Scrap and bad items can be traded in for OP greens and reds. A regen green scrap altar can gaurantee a god run. Stacking 5+ regen green scrap means free legendaries every newt visit. It’s also a ton of free greens if there’s a green 3d printer on stage.

[@gabsmith1]

As someone who began Risk of Rain 2 and watched Woolie as a guide for beginners. The 5 Minute rule worked for me in Monsoon more often than, but I agree that it really isn't best for newcomers as they're forced into stressing out about time rather than getting a feel if their build in the stage is sufficient. As I played more, I also felt like the game became a chore with this rule so I just took your advice, pay less attention to the timer, and now I enjoy it way more. I love this video it felt like I was talking to a sage of sorts.

[@chad522]

It was a fine rule before the scrapper, where crappy items would not benefit you at all, but now they are legitimate sources of DPS down the line with a good printer

[@Scaryland42]

@@chad522 7 months late but im a beginner, what does the scrapper do?

[@cassidy8307]

​@@Scaryland42Random machine that breaks down an item of your choice into scrap, which does nothing but it's used up before any other item in printers.

[@Raegoer]

I love having the option of Command. Gives the player a choice between more time and effort for more rewarding successful runs, and feeding the god complex I wish I was skilled enough to have in any other roguelike / rogue-lite.

[@DannyEastes]

Command makes the game 10x enjoyable for me. I get that it's not in the 'spirit' of the game, but honestly the best runs are just the ones where we replay it 100 times until we randomly get the items we'd choose with command anyway

[@Manie230]

@@DannyEastesalso with the introduction of scrappers and 3d printers they have heavily influenced rng. People will just scrap everything they don’t need if they find a 3d printer with an item they want. I just skip that nonsense by choosing the items I want. It’s also just an essay way to unlock everything in the game. If I unlock every item then I will start runs without it. But before that I will use it to make those challenges less annoying.

[@nutritional_yeet]

first off, these are really helpful tips so thank you for a great video. second, idk if i just have ptsd coming over from the souls community, but it feels like such a backhanded compliment to me to be like “if you find using X fun, go for it, but i for one enjoy a challenge and engaging with the mechanics of the game!” difficulty is totally subjective and players can still find an experience challenging and rewarding even when using all the tools devs throw in to make a game more approachable

[@overgrowthj4612]

Yeah, it definitely feels that way. Some of the points in this video rub me the wrong way, especially the attitude it takes. It advocates for the "intended experience" of this game, but like, so what? Am I somehow wrong for using something in the game?

[@MSF_Arcane]

@@overgrowthj4612 Some of the tips felt like that when it came to the comprehensive eclipse guide, yeah I get using Lunars can be busted and "lessen" the experience but I find playing certain survivors without them miserable. I wanna have some fun rather then slogging thru it "the right way" and his tone does come off as judgy if you have fun with using everything the game can give you

[@HaxTheCharizard]

As someone who started playing Eclipse "normally" recently, I can confirm that it is definitely helping me improve. I say "normally", because my first experience with Eclipse was in a massive modpack... while playing in VR. It was messy, to say the least.

[@madmicro15]

Sweet mercy, Risk of Rain 2 in VR sounds terrifying.

[@austino545]

@@madmicro15 it is. You never realize that every enemy in the game is bigger than you until you play first person

[@holynder3181]

@@austino545 subnautica in vr has a similar effect, where everything feels waaaay bigger than usual.

[@Dragonoidalpha]

@@holynder3181 minecraft VR is really disorienting like that too

[@distractioncat7285]

​@@madmicro15 does RoR2 VR work with quest or cuz if so OH LAWD LOADER GAMING GETS REAL CHALLENGE

[@ember_falls]

I started today and went into it completely blind; completed 6 stages and died to a teleporter boss. Thank you for these tips, I'm sure they will be of use

[@benro6564]

I have hundreds of hours and I still struggle to beat early game consistently, the lack of healing on monsoon is extremely hard to deal with. Lesser wisps are a nightmare

[@Abulojordano]

try eclipse really makes you learn enemy patterns and what to kill first.

[@AceOf_Diamonds_]

Pretty good video with useful tips, I usually can't even beat Rainstorm so I definitely learnt from this video. Also changing the Tonic to Lean is just hilarious lmao

[@xyvernthederg5760]

i feel like something worth mentioning is wasting time can really screw you over. i almost exclusively play multiplayer, so doubling back to make sure you didnt miss anything/scrapping eats time away and you get punished hard for it

[@julianm.672]

Depends on how good you are at the game. Check out the youtuber/streamer called "Race", he literally min-maxes the shit out of every stage, often arriving at mithrix after 60 minutes, and still has a very high winrate on e8

[@xyvernthederg5760]

you forget about the difficulty scaling going haywire/doing it with people who dont always know what they are doing. im subbed to his channel tho.

[@Burger19985]

@@julianm.672 but an hour is normal tho? i mean thats when i usually arrive at the fight if im doing a 1st loop fight

[@superfox8519]

@@Burger19985 most people get there at around 40 mins

[@Burger19985]

@@superfox8519 i like to get loot cause thats fun

[@justinthyme5263]

One big thing that helped me was learning how items are affected by stacking them, like how having any more than 10 lensmaker’s glasses is completely pointless

[@WeariedCoffee2]

This is easily the best video for teaching someone how to get better at the funni weather game. Good job!

[@nather5509]

this has opened my eyes to how I can get out of the recent loop I've been stuck in. I've been trying recently to get better while just using the same build with the artifact of command but the points brought up have really helped me, thank you.

[@scavgamingxddd7378]

In my experience, time is only relevant if you don't know generally what it brings and not being able to know if you can curb it effectively. That's why I like how Disputed Origin actually states that the items are the core of a successful run in terms of outmatching the increasingly difficult enemies that will spawn regardless of whatever time precautions you take. Typically, I would recommend taking more time and focusing less on expecting to win on your first few runs, and more on using it as a warmup, unlocking items and skills, and learning the game the best you can while doing so. I.e. Scout what you can and learn generally what's useful on your character and work to take advantage of that, learn what works best for you and use that to make your runs faster and more efficient.

[@sushiifoxx]

this is the first guide I've seen that wasn't constricting. really appreciate it; loving ror2 so far

[@elkay6533]

People need to worry about items per minute a lot more than time per stage. 1 item per minute should be your baseline for the first few stages

[@LukeDickson-sn5px]

I'm pretty new to risk of rain will definitely try these tips out thank you

[@fotnite_]

This definitely helped realize that I wasn't spending enough time in stages. I could easily beat the first stage in under 5 minutes on any difficulty, but on Monsoon I'd pretty quickly get overwhelmed by stage 2 or 3, even though I've been a bit looser with time as I've gotten better. Immediately after watching this, I was able to get my first obliteration on Monsoon (in fact, my second obliteration ever...) on Artificer. Having items is a lot better than people give it credit for.

[@dannylindaman2787]

Hey man i just wanted to thank you for this vid. This is genuinely the best advice I've had for this game. Its been hard getting into it by myself with nobzody to teach me these things but your vids have taught me a lot. So thanks, keep up the great work.

[@d_bongos]

Thanks so much I used to not be able to play monsoon cus I worried about time to much but now I can just shred with more items thanks!

[@leviathan4457]

Can definitely confirm, I've beaten the game on Monsoon several times with command + sacrifice + swarms but now I'm trying to get better without them and I've had maybe 2 wins on Rainstorm, so I have a lot to learn and practice still.

[@doominspires2319]

Just got into Risk of rain 2 only days ago, I think your tips are helpful and I'll definitely take the advice

[@lunanyx8592]

I appreciate this video. I love games that allow me to improve my skills and optimize my gameplay. The tips you gave are really helpful.

[@cherkunglonk]

I feel like the Lunar items advice is like Souls fans saying you shouldn't summon, I mean, if it's in the game why not use it? Sure, you'll probably rely on such things instead of raw skill, but you're still getting the job done so... Does it really matter?

[@TheTolnoc]

Yeah, rushing really doesn't help, especially when you can find one or two important items if you're lucky, and be set. Like, find a Voidsent Flame, or some Backup Mags on Acrid early, and you'll be able to quickly wipe Wisps and stop getting peppered by shots.

[@choty7066]

I understand what you meant with not rushing but the 1st boss isn't easyer because of items as you may not get items that help in any way. The reason it's easyer is because of levels. Leveling from lvl 1 to 2 and 3 is a massive power spike eventhough later levels aren't as impactul as items. That's why fighting a boss under 5 mins when the difficulty is still easy and you are lvl 2 or 3 from killing mobs is easyer than just rush

[@DisputedOrigin]

thats a fair point, i didnt consider that in my example, but I still think items are powering you up more then your level

[@choty7066]

@@DisputedOrigin yes. Past the first stage they are for sure stronger

[@Wicklust]

I believe it boils down to how much time the bosses have to punish you and how much punishment you can take. Levels obviously help a lot as the HP gain is just massive for the first 2-3 levels but having healing or damage items to make the fight go quicker helps a lot too.

[@thebarrelman1840]

did he just call us kittens ?

[@StHappyfaces]

There's a time to loot. There's a time to fight. There's a time to run. Each of these can blend and also stand on their own, but never linger on one too long. That's the core of Risk of Rain.

[@bryceplatzer1651]

That first tip is something I try to tell my friend who got me into the game. Happy to see someone agrees

[@carsonweekly]

Had no idea what to expect, I just picked up the game recently. I feel like this was the best video I could happen upon as a noob

[@nachogarcia8217]

I love how someone finally doesnt tell me to rush. It’s also so obvious when you start to actually play the game. Yeah you get one shot more, but you also one shot the whole screen

[@D0NU75]

You are right about artifacts, one of the things that artifacts do is basically sucking the fun out of the game after a while, sure they help with the grinding of unlocking everything else including survivors' alt skins but for a regular run, your mind is already predisposed to build a broken loadout and part of the excitement of a new run completely fades off. Some of those builds are so broken not even last phase Mytrix can stop you after taking your items for himself.

[@pachurro2762]

thank you I have been trash for months and can barely do rainstorm

[@whochew5573]

me too im stuck everey time i die on stage 4 on drizle :(

[@joemency2242]

​@@whochew5573 do you stay in each stage for a long time? Or do you leave each stage too quickly? What survivor are you using or which one are you better at?

[@MTREDHEADS]

@@whochew5573 how do you die on drizzle?

[@pachurro2762]

@@MTREDHEADS maybe he beginner

[@Alistair_7609]

the 5 minute rule existed because of rally point delta, rush to stage 3 and get the preon for an easier first loop. i always thought this was such a one dimensional way of playing and never bothered. get items at your own pace and get something new every run

[@Secretcodrin]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the everything is 1hit kill artifact. I always felt like if I really want to learn to properly dodge, I'd use that. It's extremely infuriating but I think it teaches you the most. You HAVE to be careful, pick fights, not always go for dealing damage yet if you only run you won't progress. All you have to do is open the gates of hell, walk past the souls of the losers that give up, straight down the 7 layers, lick the boiler, punch Satan in the stomach and get out before the gates close on you. While not giving up.

[@pikachuhvc3676]

Great video! Learned a lot and I can 100% agree that no artifact runs are more fun than command/sacrifice runs. I think next time I play ror2 I'm gonna throw myself into eclipse even though I'm not super confident on monsoon because I gotta learn somehow! Again, this video was a huge help!

[@ChristopherWanha]

The tip for spending longer on levels to get more items was VERY useful. I was wondering why I had beginners luck and made it a few stages (blind knew nothing about the game except it was good). Then I saw the tip about managing your difficulty and found it difficult to beat the FIRST level... I tried dropping the difficulty and was still having problems. THANK YOU!

[@natekite7532]

I think 5 minutes per stage works well as a "learn the rule so know how to break it." It's common for new players to run around randomly, looting slowly and inefficiently and wasting time. Saying "try to clear each stage in 5 minutes" will quickly reveal just how slow they really are, and pressure them to loot as efficiently as possible. Once you can reliably get to stage 3 in roughly 9-11 minutes, you know you've got a solid strategy for gathering loot and decent intuition about when you're wasting time. Now you can apply those skills more selectively, varying how much time you spend on a stage based on what's available and what your run looks like. Ultimatley I think that a 5-minute tempo is a great framework for building good habits and intuition, even if it isn't the most perfect strategy for advanced players.

[@braydonshaver7977]

There was 2 tips on purpose and 1 tip on accident. First tip about playing at your own pace is wonderful, with the right build, you don't have to play like a speedrunner, me and buddy just had a 3 hour run where we obliterated everything and just had fun without rushing. 2nd tip is dodging, most people think that with enough hp items theyll be invincible but when you get hit by a black hole, unless you have dio's teddy bear, its over. 3rd tip was about lunar items on accident, explaining how although they look awful on the surface with their descriptions, lunar items can change how the game is played massively adding more fun content and you should definitely use them whenever you want to make some crazy builds. The other 2 aren't even tips, they don't help you improve and they are literally just his opinion and preference on how he enjoys the game. If you want to use artifacts to make the game more enjoyable, use them, and playing on eclipse is only fun if you like the extremely challenging gameplay, however there is not even a hint of tip imbedded in this opinion. If you want an actual tip, as a newer player, learn how to stack items that compound off each other, for example, goat hooves and feathers both give you movement mechanics and with enough of them, you're able to fly around the map and have a blast. Same goes for things like the MK.1 rockets + Ceremonial daggers, both of them track enemies for you, throw in gasoline canister, ukulele, and brilliant behemoth and you literally do not even have to press m1. You can just focus on dodging and let everything else do the work.

[@undrcovrmallard1463]

Abusing lunars is not an option for me, because I refuse to cheat lunar coins. So I'm limited to like 30 at max, and I keep spending them all. I think this is the intended way to play, because it limits the amount of lunars you can get and how many times you can refresh the shop.

[@holypotato2041]

I don't know the lean side effects is removed when always active, nice to know

[@bobisacoolguy3631]

For me it's enough if I can get all the skins. I don't really need to get any better than that to enjoy the game personally. You did bring up some interesting points though.

[@tcbobb.8782]

Just got the game 2 days ago. Have unlocked a couple aspects, of course the 2 you mentioned. Its fun learning what things do with control as I personally hate wiking things BUT I strongly agree it takes away from the whole point of doing more than 1 run. My first experience with lunar items was glass shard on huntress and it did not end well and it taught me that most of the time my whole build isnt worth a single item so I never touched another one. Didnt even know some were good lol. Still seems like more of joke/lore/fun run/challenge items than actually anything I would personally ever use in a serious setting

[@checklot876]

This guy is the same teacher that told you cheating on a test was only cheating yourself out of a valuable education

[@Meguminimal]

I will say I think command is an extremely nice crutch for a new player. Not only can it guarantee god runs, it can also drastically cut down the luck in unlocks. It's one thing to say 'don't use command', when you have all your characters set up exactly as you like, it's another when you're trying to unlock the *good* artificer special instead of, you know, flamethrower. Some unlocks can just be excessively brutal and leave a bad taste in your mouth. Engineer starts with two often-dead abilities and the turrets, what a miserable character. On the run where I unlocked the good abilities, I popped command and made godturrets to carry me through. And this goes for items as well. Did you know I played several dozen runs of this game before realizing there even was a secret to unlock on the aqueduct? Dozens of runs with no bands! And even then, it took me several tries to actually activate it. Moral of the story, I do think you're right that it's necessary to put the artifacts away after a point, but I don't think that point should be as strongly worded as 'don't'.

[@darkhawk574]

I do enjoy the artifact of command for a more casual experience every now and then.

[@avery5920]

i think the glass slander is uneeded, not only does it half your health but also removes one shot protection so if anything it is the item that will teach you to dodge attacks the most, especially late game

[@christophercrafte]

the thing about artifacts is you are totally right and I am not hugely into them. I've been trying to get a higher score in simulacrum and when I told my friend I got a bit past 50 he said "your only ad 50? we got to over 80" and I asked "with artifacts?" and he said "yeah sacrifice" and I was kinda thinking, like yeah, of course, you got super-high you don't have to go out into the void to get the items and you got way more of them. because Simalacrum tracks the highest wave you got per character I kinda never want to run it with artifacts because if I get a stupid high wave because of artifacts Ill feel like I kinda cheated.

[@Drekromancer]

ah, a man of culture.

[@SaltySalmon__II]

Yeah, with the "don't use artifacts" one, it's 100% true, I've been using Sacrifice, swarm, and command all together basically since I got the game, and once I completed all the unlocks for characters a few days ago, I moved on to eclipse and very quickly found out that I was garbage at the game without artifacts as a crutch, it crippled me, but I'm getting better at it now without them.

[@noakinn]

I like having tonic with a single gesture cus i like the idea of being cracked, then going through withdrawal

[@sumostudios3958]

omg play eclipse is the best advice i have ever been given it has changed the way i play the game entirely thank you

[@mikecampau438]

I do have a small comment to make about your points of "getting better" as a returning player with a couple.hundred hours of experience and just a general human being that needs to get better things naturally through out life. I dont think any crutch "prevents" growth inherently. I beleive it is intention based. For instance. If you had something to suppliment your healing like and starting the game with a rejuvination racks. It doesnt hurt your capablity to get better provided you understand that dodging is better than facetanking and recovering. It doesnt prevent you from learning until you cannot function without it, not just being more forgiving in punishing you. Following the previous example. If you get a leeching seed with a bungis and face tank a stone golem lazer with your rejuv rack. Thats preventing you from getting better. But if youre still playing proactively and trying to dodge it will simple help you recover from your hits faster.

[@TheSkylighter31]

Basically Command and Sacrifice are as I think a must-have if you want to experiment with loadouts and what items do you aim for as each survivor. Also it allows to get most of the survivors without special effort as you can just facetank Mithrix (or let turret do stuff), and with speedboost that you prob got - you reach the escape pod easily and escape. Ez Captain. Or with the amount of stuff you got - just reach 8th Stage and violently erase your survivor for Mercenary (They also make "Commando: Uncorruptable" achievement way easier for obvious reasons)

[@FoxInnaHat]

I feel like just focusing on honing you're dodging skills is probably the biggest tip that anyone could give, it doesn't matter how tanky you think you are eventually you're going to get one tapped if you loop enough

[@gingercap4803]

Love Midnas Lament in the background!

[@Akedyaa]

"what's up you cool cats and kittens" made my day 🥺

[@StardustCorvid]

Now that I know the shaped glass stacks .. Well I'm still not going to use it in most runs, but it does give me an idea on how to unlock the "Chunked!" achievement..

[@mjnji]

you have inspired me to create a quizlet on risk of rain 2 attacks

[@nonymouswisp8176]

People talk about rebar swapping being fatherless behavior, but relic of command...

[@animealien]

I have only been playing this game for maybe 20 hours and am still quite bad but this has helped me quite a bit as all the other guides talk about doing things fast and i feel like i have learned more by taking things slow.

[@ohgeezrick2019]

I used command sacrifice when I was unlocking loaders second grapple, very useful for stage rushing and the like

[@BRPerfections]

I found 5 minutes worked for me when I was a noob to Monsoon because I could succeed when I got good items but as I got better I far prefer the consistency of full looting now. Now I feel the more items I get the less volatile luck can be and the more reliable my first loop is.

[@livingcountry6279]

Command Swarm Sacrifice honor typically I pair these together...the elites only and swarms together maintain the difficulty for sure.

[@asteriskthegamingstar1891]

yo if you do make more videos like this you should put the time stamp for each rip in the description, especially since some of the tips run a little long

[@porkystrangler3821]

i make an exception for a single shaped glass when a run really only wants to give me survivability items. it beats going to command stage and giving yourself 5 crit glasses or, more recently watches which is far more cheaty imo

[@onlytoxicness]

Artifacts kin+honour can help to learn to dodge enemy attacks and learn patterns in my opinion

[@sh4dowf0xx55]

Very important! When being chased by briar, please add a FLINT LOCKWOOD and/or payday cloaker sound effect. It is very important.

[@peanutwars]

Super helpful thanks so much ! ❤ was doing that 5 min thing for a bit lol but I like getting all the loot more !

[@drakzeraberserk3146]

really old video but i wanted to chime in since i didint see this enywhere else. iwe always translated the 5 minutes rule differently that to me its more about the early stages where money and spawns are slow so using 5 ish minutes is good for early stages but i stop using it the futher i go since you no longer wait for spawns and money is plentiful. its essentially that it keeps time waste in early game farm to a mininum

[@katoka143]

Command + Sacrifice may not be the typical roguelike experience, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's a lot of fun to get completely broken and I definitely think it is part of the ror2 core experience.

[@jude3990]

Huge fan of Midna's Lament halfway through

[@orlieon2596]

i just got this game and ive played it for 2 hours and im in love with it. thanks for the tips!

[@Cacemomarerona]

I used to think that being fast was better than combing through an entire stage for items, because i would keep getting obliterated by a mithrix that was twice my level. Then a friend took me through some test runs, one with no items and full speed and one with as many items as possible before considering progression. …we died on stage one opting for speed, and i asked to continue the item run because it was actually turning out to be really strong. go figure!

[@DrunkDuckXD]

Thank you, I always only get to stage 8 or 9 then die. This helps a lot

[@cameronmckillop6448]

Would you recommend getting unlocks on drizzle? It seems like an insane amount of key items are the ones obtained by doing certain challenges, even the loadout options for characters. I've played insanely well and became a broken character, to then get one shot by an elite wisp I didn't notice had spawned behind me. It gets a bit frustrating to even want to get better at the game when bs like that happens more often than not.

[@jeff3221]

Items don't improve your situational awareness. Just don't get hit bozo 😂😂😂. Okay I'm playing, drizzle is great for unlocks and learning the game. I played on drizzle for ages then rainstorm, monsoon and finally eclipse. Certain characters have unlocks that are just better than their standard load out. The commando's secondary is a good example

[@GenericUser860]

Definitely get unlocks on Drizzle. Literally no point in slogging through higher difficulties if the sole goal of your run is to unlock an item or alt ability.

[@thewisewolf768]

There's nothing wrong with unlocking stuff on drizzle. With that being said, if you get hit it's almost always your fault. As stated in the video, there's people who play against monsters who move and shoot twice as fast, and almost never get hit.

[@-Jesse.C]

My pp is very little and i worry constantly.

[@gamerhimself1111]

Cool cats and kittens 😂😂 already off to a great start ❤💯

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

“Tip 5: limit lunar usage” But your honor, they’re funni

[@XxLoonaxXKiller]

a tip, if you are going to play in some mode q is quite difficult, I recommend picking up items that make q you give a chain effect, if you kill one, kills all, example of these items: ukulele, gasoline and fatuous fire. But of course you n can forget to pick up items for you even

[@cartervoltfire4933]

I left a Like, AND have a Massive PeePee! Good to know the Gesture of Drowned Stacks

[@joshuabushman7]

Yeah I kept losing runs when I kept the 5 minute rule. But then just for kicks I decided to just spend way longer on stages and I beat the game first try.

[@RocketTurret]

I guess a better way to word the "5 minute rule" is more "be efficient with time". I'm a newer player. I tried to stick to the 5 minute rule as a hard guideline and all it really did was leave me unprepared for later stages. Now that I treat it more like a suggestion and I take my time scrounging out tons of items, I'm performing way better

[@RiorXD]

I havent watched this but i got 5 of em right here. 1. gasoline 2. willow the wisp 3. Ukulele 4. Kjaro's Band & Runald's Band 5. Ceremonial Dagger Wave clear for days with these 5 simple items.

[@theworldofpanda6559]

Tip 1 immediately says the opposite of woolie, i like this mans way of thinking Finally a loud voice saying command and sacrifice dosent teach shit.

[@ImKrazyFrench]

The choice between Safer Space and Thougher Time relies under the stack size. I would much rather have 15 thougher times than 15 safer spaces, but I would much rather have 3 safer space than 3 thougher time. For example, in late game, you generally die from multiple consecutive hits which a stack of thougher times can prevent but not a stack of safer spaces as it has a cooldown.

[@YOGURT1]

Also great vid. I have been putting down ror2 alot because I never seem to get far. It's learning time!

[@UPTsans1020]

4:05 that’s the premise of the “true god run”: Artifact blast shower, as many gesture of the drowned’s and fuel cells as you can find, and the safer spaces. The only way to fail the run is not having enough fuel cells or gestures, or if your game crashes from how f-ing much will be on screen at a time.

[@UPTsans1020]

And for the love of God, please don’t collect bottled chaos with this build! If you’re up like 50 fuel cells and 10 gestures, this will make your game crash within the next 10 minutes!

[@peternaur3456]

I like playing artifact of sacrifies since it fun speedrunning the portal and not getting puniskes. Also artifact of kin with the artifact that makes everything elites is a fun combo

[@sircharlezz]

Safer Spaces in arguably worse than Tougher Times unless you're grabbing at least 30. Only then is Safer Spaces as good as rougher times

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Kind of hard to learn when I'm dead so fast....

[@scuffed2597]

Just grabbed the game. Loved the tips and the Zelda music. ❤

[@Kligor2]

Honestly what fucks me up is like, Im struggling to beat monsoon at all and even sometimes on normal difficulty but then I am told "Make the game harder and you'll do better" and I have no idea what to do lmao

[@kaidenst.dennis6982]

Engineer with artifact of sacrifice is busted in simulacrum