_"The Ender encapsulates all aspects of true despair - Death, Madness, Obsession, Deceit, and Being Wet."_
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
Favorite bestiary quote besides the Eldritch eyes. (For the lore)
@sebastianvine1621 Жыл бұрын
Nothing worse than wet socks
@waitingfortheequinnox Жыл бұрын
Oh no, I’m dead! Oh no, I’m going insane! Oh no, I can’t stop playing Vampire Survivors! Oh no, I got lied to on the wiki! Oh no, I drank water!
@alphanbuster9292 Жыл бұрын
Love the bestiary. The running jokes on bats and "ghosts" are excellent.
@Shadowical Жыл бұрын
@@waitingfortheequinnox nah its "Oh no, I gor water on my shirt cuffs!"
@mcpgamerpro Жыл бұрын
I love when Tyler survives vampires👍
@ciancaldera395 Жыл бұрын
It’s just likes when he pegs some goblins
@priyanshugoel3030 Жыл бұрын
Or when he plays chess variants.
@BommeI Жыл бұрын
Also when he sweeps some mines
@julien2632 Жыл бұрын
Or when he you somme babas
@Artidume Жыл бұрын
👍
@zuraidapasha7118 Жыл бұрын
"The guns are kinda friends in a way they shoot together they're in harmony it's cute actually i ship them." -aliensrock 2023
@LettuceGayming Жыл бұрын
SHIP THE GUNS LETS GO
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
Put this on the discord
@aa01blue38 Жыл бұрын
The final boss feels like a fever dream just because of how it's not doing any damage lol
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
Final boss?
@rz6162 Жыл бұрын
@@IRules2244 final boss.
@liammaclaine662 Жыл бұрын
It’s not the true final boss
@liammaclaine662 Жыл бұрын
The true final boss is the director (yellow hand person) gives two relicts go back to them for a third time and fight them not as hard as you might think the relicts are seventh trumpet and Gracia’s mirror (endless mode and inverse mode)
@Snaps12345 Жыл бұрын
@@liammaclaine662 🤓
@notrobloxburger Жыл бұрын
The RGB reaper, known for being the reason pc’s randomly crash
@akanta5746 Жыл бұрын
Unitomicslly one of my old PCs constantly got blue screens of deaths due to memory leaks. I later found out the reason was because my ram sticks had RGB on it and when I replaced it with the exact same model of ram without RGB it just worked
@ScarletFlames1 Жыл бұрын
@@akanta5746 That just means your RAM stick shit itself, happens when your CPU cooks your MOBO, static buildup without proper grounding in your house\building or just from age.
@tetra_kirby5691 Жыл бұрын
@@ScarletFlames1 oh no, my RAM went poopoo again
@juanmendez3290 Жыл бұрын
Just FYI that arcana you picked up gives you another pair of guns and birds (and cats if you have them) so when any of this are evolved you end with the evolved weapon + the alternate un-evolved one.
@loganlogon3720 Жыл бұрын
And thus the reapers summoned the power of Voltron to defeat Tyler.
@LawrenceOakheart Жыл бұрын
Then proceeded to do nothing, and get their ass beat, just to call in Momma Silver.
@CinJyxxe Жыл бұрын
Flaming Balcony is just past the Crown/Tiragasu on the North end of the map, and Pure of Heart doesn't refer to an item. Good luck finding it!
@nicolassenter7381 Жыл бұрын
He was only like a half step away from unlocking it
@CinJyxxe Жыл бұрын
@@nicolassenter7381 He had all the pieces, he just went the wrong way lol
@NoiseTheSilent Жыл бұрын
@@CinJyxxe He didn't have the pure heart, but he did have half the requirements
@CinJyxxe Жыл бұрын
@@NoiseTheSilent If he hadn't used that character before, then technically he did have Pure of Heart with it.
@NoiseTheSilent Жыл бұрын
@@CinJyxxe Oh, I'm an idiot. I misremembered how to get this secret. You are right!
@OutbackCatgirl Жыл бұрын
can't wait for tyler to discover the joy of LIMIT BREAK
@glorbutric_ Жыл бұрын
23:16 You still had the normal guns and birds after evolving them because you picked up the Gemini Arcana, it basically gives you another set of each but they can't be evolved.
@lammawithagun2195 Жыл бұрын
Seeing Tyler play Vampire survivors once again makes me so happy
@APerson-14 Жыл бұрын
YESS ANOTHER VAMPIRE SURVIVORS VIDEO!!!
@AskTheMasked Жыл бұрын
My exact reaction, just before I went to sleep
@brycev6847 Жыл бұрын
So true
@MichaelDub Жыл бұрын
Same vibes
@erikmoore1418 Жыл бұрын
The bone he took at random dealing the most damage seems hilarious.
@normalplayer7710 Жыл бұрын
Bro I didn't realize that Good job on noticing it Yeah idk how a random unwanted bone got the most damage than the weapon
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
@@normalplayer7710 the bestiary kilstreak characters are all designed around having weapons that are good in certain builds but can’t evolve (besides kappa [he sucks]) they are also like a 1 in 100 in appearing without buying it from Big T.
@MasterSonicKnight Жыл бұрын
"I'm doing retaliatory damage to the bubbles" is a sentence i never expected to say or hear in my life
@DexTag Жыл бұрын
Its so amazing to see you play through all the updates now :D I REALLY hope you will do a few runs with a single weapon using limit break to make it busted!
@tomthecasual5337 Жыл бұрын
since it's a little abstract here is what they mean with "and with a pure heart" it means the character must not have golden eggs. (i'm not sure if deactivating them is enough though). the flaming balcony is at 13:35 in the video. the spicy meatball or NFT (that abbreviation is intentional :P) is always there and marks the spot.
@kgevans Жыл бұрын
I about cried when I saw he picked up the meatball and was inches away from the balcony
@raf42 Жыл бұрын
According to the wiki at least, disabling golden eggs does not work, you need to actually have the character with none.
@cole_etch Жыл бұрын
Been eagerly awaiting this video for 2 whole days. Thank you Tyler.
@missingthumb1619 Жыл бұрын
Aliensrock out here consistently dropping banger videos. Truly a hero
@pudim4667 Жыл бұрын
Dear lord, KZbin compression makes the video a caos to watch at low resolution, damn you blue reaper
@PerfectZeroMusic_ Жыл бұрын
The usic for capella magna is sooooo good! And it really fits the "final area" vibe as well
@mohamadnasser7070 Жыл бұрын
Not the final area
@andrewohagan2962 Жыл бұрын
Each of the reapers has a separate name, blue is drowner, gold is maddener and makes all enemies look the same, purple is trickster and green is chaser I think. Also some maps have prespawned pickups beside weapons which can be important for secrets
@guillain_ Жыл бұрын
green is stalker
@rhysbonwick2510 Жыл бұрын
Limit break is absurdly fun. Just pick up one weapons and max your relics and the weapon as soon as possible and the weapon will go nuts after each level up.
@WhirlyBeepBoops Жыл бұрын
For future reference, "a pure heart" means no golden eggs (turning off egg bonuses doesn't count) - and "two good friends" does indeed refer to the birds, unevolved I believe. The fiery balcony is where the fritatta is.
@Wozny333 Жыл бұрын
I love the part when Tyler kills the Blue Reaper
@LeDoctorBones Жыл бұрын
I really hope Tyler will now try out the strength of "Silent Old Sanctuary" combined with "Great Gospel" and a 1 weapon limit. I loved it, when I first tried those builds.
@oppanaenaestyle4758 Жыл бұрын
For that secret, you're on the right track, think more about the "flaming" part of the secret, that was the part you were missing
@benp7189 Жыл бұрын
I think the "pure of heart" part could screw him up. Impossible to figure out but luckily pretty easy to do accidentally imo
@oppanaenaestyle4758 Жыл бұрын
@@benp7189 He was actually so close it hurt me, I didn't want to give anything away just try and push him the right directions because he doesn't look up anything. Luckily the "pure heart" stuff wouldn't affect it just slow him down
@MasterOfReight Жыл бұрын
Beeing awake at 5 am on a monday was worth getting this hit early. Thank you Tyler
@loganchance1142 Жыл бұрын
Bro I must be time traveling because it's 10pm on Sunday for me and you commented 11 minutes before me :) jk weird how time zones work
@guillain_ Жыл бұрын
isnt it being
@prinzessinmarin2717 Жыл бұрын
Yesterday i made *With a pure heart and two good friends, visit the fiery balcony in Cappella Magna* and i read this at the Wikia: _Alternately, if The Ender has not yet been defeated, activating the Ender battle while standing near the balcony causes all the walls and gates to disappear, and you can walk over and collect Cosmo immediately after the battle._ Today I see your video where the Ender appears. Funny coincidence
@haabyalexis Жыл бұрын
Soundtrack straight up out of Bach's most insane piece 💀
@arichiquabtd8092 Жыл бұрын
Cant believe how much more content there is now in this game, it really is a super fun series
@Odin98761 Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see his reaction to the ending area.
@RyanlsAwsome Жыл бұрын
its weird playing this and unlocking new stuff before you as you were the inspiration for me to start playing this lol
@gussharky7614 Жыл бұрын
The "flaming balcony" is wherever you see the phoenix, Cosmo, as that is what you're unlocking with that To find him, just keep heading left in cappela magna, You will need both bird unevolved to get him
@dragonulinfinit99644 ай бұрын
This guy's face remembers me of Millton from twd
@wingedfish1175 Жыл бұрын
I love that by complete accident Tyler got the pure of heart part down
@wingedfish1175 Жыл бұрын
And he didn't get the balcony anyway never mind
@Contreth1313 Жыл бұрын
What the pure of heart
@AMan-xz7tx Жыл бұрын
@@Contreth1313 it means the character you pick has to have never collected the "golden egg" item
@j-j-jingles4797 Жыл бұрын
Rainbow reaper: came to slay, in multiple ways.
@trygveplaustrum4634 Жыл бұрын
Rarely has anyone said something akin to "I ship the guns" in such a wholesome context!
@LukeCieniawski Жыл бұрын
When Tyler proceeds to talk about getting a red gem and then walks by a red gem and you yell at your phone cause your a backseat gamer 😅
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
The 75% of viewers being able to relate because they backseat game. Edit: but seriously, the amount of spoilers in the chat are ridiculous.
@ignis2638 Жыл бұрын
Hallowed heart and the evolution for the whip plus the taro card that damages enemies for each HP you heal, plus regen and you've got yourself a damage per heal build
@AskTheMasked Жыл бұрын
Tyler, when you got the flaming pepper above a balcony , you were supposed to use that pepper to burn the fence that blocked you off the balcony to find the secret, hope that helps. Spoilers below The balcony is above crown & you only need the 2 birds & to have 0 golden eggs on your character(you can't disable golden eggs before the run, you need to be with a character that doesn't have golden eggs )
@alexiscerrud199 Жыл бұрын
How do you keep the conversation going. You have levelled the conversation skill to the max.
@misterspoo7068 Жыл бұрын
well you've done all the prerequisites getting the yellow sigh and unlocking belpaese pure heart in this case means you enter cappella magna with a character with 0 eggs and i think you can already figure how who the 2 friends are based on context clues
@hallowdfgc_kili Жыл бұрын
For this secret character (is my favorite), The birds are correct, they are good friends aka messengers. Pure heart is weird way of saying the 'new' thing in character status and the fiery hallway. Look at your map for that :) Fire is orange so......
@emeraldnickel13 күн бұрын
Fact of the day: each colour of Death has its own name! Orange/gold: Maddener Blue: Drowner Green: Stalker Purple/pink: Trickster Red: Reaper (the other Deaths aren’t called reapers in-game) Rainbow: Ender
@ShaskiGune Жыл бұрын
You are supposed to use the cross necklaces to kill each of the reapers. For anyone struggling with the reapers, try to get to the lowest necklace you can reach and try to avoid all bit the blue reaper and use then ross when blue shows up, then use the other crosses to kill the other reapers.
@SadToffee Жыл бұрын
When are we going to get the sequel where you intentionally commit baseball fouls, umpire survivors?
@sn18c86 Жыл бұрын
Love the rhyming around the 20 minute mark, don't know if you did it on purpose but it was cool
@Helicard Жыл бұрын
This secret is hard if you dont know what you are doing Pure Heart means new character that you never used 2 friends are Peachone and Ebony The Fiery Balcony will be below a flamethrower pickup Burn the gate, grab secret item
@swifftt7754 Жыл бұрын
A pure heart means that you use a character with 0 eggs. And the 2 friends are unevolved ebony wing and peachone. After which you just below the flame powerup.
@macaroni8273 Жыл бұрын
Spoilers on secret btw Pure heart = no eggs on character 2 good friends = birds Fiery balcony =balcony above the tiragisu/crown pickup. It has a spicy meatball. If u eat it with birds it unlocks the thingy. I started playing again after ur last vid and i already have 98.5% of the full collection filled out and 2 million money left after buying every possible upgrade 🔥🔥
@eueueuehhh1316 Жыл бұрын
Bro walked pass the flaming balcony🔥🔥🔥
@vladnegrea7184 Жыл бұрын
There's a new update on peglin and there's a relic that helps some more with max hp. I think you can get 3× more than your last attempt. Hope to see some more peglin vids :D
@MohammedBrowski10 ай бұрын
There's a guy sleeping at :23. Maybe he's the 'friend' you needed.
@drunkshinx Жыл бұрын
Love the bitrate on this video
@samuelwilson818 Жыл бұрын
GRRRRR WHEN TYLER CALLS AN ORGAN A PIANO 2:20 ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@bobwilson00 Жыл бұрын
13:37 So close, and yet so far I can't beleive he didnt get it, maybe he had bought some eggs offscreen or something on this character
@EpsilonRosePersonal Жыл бұрын
Hey Tyler, your VS videos got me to pick up the game, again, and I'm glad I did, it's been a blast, and I want to share an interesting build I stumbled over. If you haven't tried it yet, try a run with Babi-ona (one of the DLC characters) and Pentagram on a hyper stage. I know you don't like spoilers, and I don't know how far you've gotten in the DLC, so I won't describe what the build does beyond saying it's probably the most unique run I've had, with completely different considerations from a normal build. Also, a small tip for Capela Magna, the Blue Reaper can be destroyed by using a rosary and three of them are guaranteed to spawn on this stage (you can even see them on your map), so I've had good luck standing near one, while waiting for the Reaper to spawn, and then nuking it. Just make sure the reaper's visible, on screen, when you activate the rosary. Finally, do you want hints for secrets you're going after, if you get close?
@Louis_Marcotte Жыл бұрын
I'm glad the reaper got the courage to come out. Good for em
@OvaArc Жыл бұрын
Right where you found the spicey food on the ground is the flaming balcony
@gingeral253 Жыл бұрын
It’s surprising how much people like vampire survivors. I can’t fault them though, I like it too.
@grandtitan7851 Жыл бұрын
It's a Event Horizon! A flaming balcony is an event horizon, such wonderful wordplay! Shakespeare would have been impressed at the very least!
@Flywheel2996 Жыл бұрын
taking silent old sanctuary when you have 5 weapons is ok, but it hurt me to know that you won't get the max amount of additional might and cooldown reduction
@wingedfish1175 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's a very specific arcana that was not good for his situation
@Flywheel2996 Жыл бұрын
@@wingedfish1175 i can't wait for his reaction when he realizes just how op it can make him
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
I swear being someone who has 💯 the game twice, it pains me to see the way he is playing. BUT, I refuse the urge to backseat game. (Unlike everyone else in chat)
@glue-eater300 Жыл бұрын
dont worry about not getting the flaming balcony, you needed to have collected the coffin beforehand anyway 😁 also pure heart means 0 eggs on the character you're playing and turning off eggs does not count also two good friends are the unevolved birds also the balcony is north also the gemini arcana works if you've had the weapons already or you just got them also the reason it looked like you had unevolved guns while fighting the ender is because the gemini guns dont evolve and neither do the gemini birds also i love you tyler
@guinea_horn Жыл бұрын
What's an egg? Never played this game before, don't think I've heard of these eggs until now
@glue-eater300 Жыл бұрын
@@guinea_horn i think they're what chickens come from?¿
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
@@glue-eater300 I can confirm this guy if probably Correct. 👍
@tomthecasual5337 Жыл бұрын
@@guinea_horn it's the golden eggs that you can buy from the merchant on the stage. they also drop from guardians and the red reaper. they give your character permanent random stats (like +0.01 area of effect) and stack infinitely. that might not sound like a lot but with certain gold farming methods you can quickly build up an uncontrollably broken character.
@rhodes449 Жыл бұрын
I fought this right before this video popped up but I had the empty tome so the spinning thing from the guns was always up and the background was spinning in the opposite direction to the guns, it gave me a massive headache. I won, tho!
@christophermoore6110 Жыл бұрын
This game just gets better and better!
@linuxares Жыл бұрын
These new addons have been a riot. Please keep making episodes
@RuneOfNever Жыл бұрын
You was so close to flaming balcony when you picked up the "flaming" thing
@thescholarofmagic Жыл бұрын
With the endless corridor Aliensrock halves the silver reaper's health, suggesting he has health; perhaps utilising this mechanic he could be killed.
@minecrafting_il Жыл бұрын
what? no? the silver reaper is basically a partical effect
@vas1625 Жыл бұрын
I feel stupid for how long it took me but I think that the yellow sign you got before is a reference to the yellow sign from the book the king in yellow by Robert W. Chambers. The play referenced in the book which also relates to the yellow sign called the king in yellow is known to cause insanity which may explain some things
@ThylineTheGay Жыл бұрын
the reapers are what the crosses/instakills on the map are for
@StrielokLive Жыл бұрын
You need to go up to find that balcony. There will be a cape or something like that. Watching your video I've got idea how to get that. Probably you need to be near that balcony at the end of stage when everything disappears. I'll check that and I'll edit my comment later :)
@khangluong4424 Жыл бұрын
Flaming balcony is in the floor of the fire breathing thing also no gold egg for a pure heart
@shadowbeast3128 Жыл бұрын
You should *blank* while *blank* and *blank* (I have absolutely no ideas whatsoever but pegging in the bone zone is involved)
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
I think he did do that already.
@cEighteen Жыл бұрын
Crazy how close he was to unlocking the secret
@fire_bro0638 Жыл бұрын
Hey Tyler, with the character you just got has another type of whip, i would sudgest having both the new whip and the bloody tear for a POWERFULL surprise.
@tearsim8043 Жыл бұрын
the secrets are frustrating to figure out on your own some of them anyway the game even tells you that it is okay to ask for help (look it up on the internet) they are so obscure i recommend just looking up how to unlock those if you really want them but they aren't important to the game's progression it is just extras meant for fun what you should focus on is just getting unlocks from the unlock menu
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
I’m not disappointed when a see a not VS game, but I am extra excited when it happens. I’m a big part of the VS community since you made the videos and it hurt my soul that you stopped. But now it’s to the point where I have beaten the game 💯 twice and I just want to see your reaction about how much of a mistake it was to stop. It also sucks to see people spoiling the secrets. They are in good intention, but they take away from the secret heavy game that is VS. good thing you record these in advance (I hope you record these in advance) Sorry for the paragraph. I just love the community around this game
@ShadowCatGaming26 Жыл бұрын
Since you've seen all of the reapers, here is the rundown on them. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Red: Reaper, Normal Reaper thats kills you in the end Green: Stalker, Slow insta-kill that you should be avoided in normal curcumstances, Blue: Drowner, water that will act as a area denial that infinitely rises until killed Orange: Maddener, changing the normal enemies into angelic beings and changing the scene. Purple: Trickster, summoning Traps that would definitely hurt if you let them explode on you Final Reaper: Ender, Boss battle and is basically the combination of the first 5 White: inevitable loss of the run no matter what, it has no special/true name as cannot be in the bestiary
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
My conclusion is that the reapers signify what they are in the ender’s bestiary description, and the white one is not just death, but the personification of death’s inevitability. I just started trying content creation and I want to be the first one to do a VS lore video. Edit: might be fun
@ShadowCatGaming26 Жыл бұрын
@@IRules2244 here’s some help for the lore video, Trickster can be also found in library(stage 2) if you have both birds and go right until he plays something on the piano before/after he was defeated there.(don’t remember what order Trickster does this)
@oriontherealironman Жыл бұрын
HOLY FRAMERATE COMPRESSION BATMAN!
@RaynDotEXE Жыл бұрын
just started playing vampire survivors on my phone and tyler makes it look a lot easier than it actually is
@AMan-xz7tx Жыл бұрын
well there's your problem, phone version is a little harder
@HaxTheCharizard Жыл бұрын
Okay, so a hint for the "burning balcony" puzzle you were trying to do:... You are on the right track, as the birds are needed (but cannot be evolved before getting there) There is a "spicy meatball" powerup that is always in a specific area of this map, which is what it means by "burning balcony" As for "pure heart", I'm just going to spoil this as it's actually possible to lock yourself out of this secret character if you aren't careful (until you unlock the actual final character, which requires you to unlock EVERYTHING ELSE) The "pure heart" refers to playing a character that has not collected any golden eggs.
@BunkeredGaming Жыл бұрын
They really made the infinity gaunlet of reapers
@ferfymoe2093 Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if this was the case, but Armor only gives you retaliatory damage with Arcana IX Divine Bloodline. I suspect that the smaller numbers you were seeing upon ramming enemies was from blue gun, as it didn't seem to be happening constantly.
@TheCat_3 Жыл бұрын
The armor teir 1 description says it does retaliation
@ferfymoe2093 Жыл бұрын
@@TheCat_3 No, it says it increases retaliatory damage by 10%. That means weapons that fire/explode upon taking damage (evolved Runetracer, Night Sword, evolved Laurel) or retaliatory damage from Divine Bloodline do more damage. That arcana reads: “Armor affects listed weapons’ damage, and reflects enemy damage. …” implying that armor doesn’t reflect enemy damage inherently (which it doesn’t)
@TheCat_3 Жыл бұрын
@@ferfymoe2093 I tested it and you're right it alone does not deal retaliation damage. Although I'm not entirely sure it increases bloodline's damage by a multiplier, each point does do a flat 10 but the wiki is unclear if it is affected by the multiplier part. Also I think the text for lvl armor is very misleading
@oJesseFerreira Жыл бұрын
This game is the definition of what AAA games don't get: FUN.
@radio5637 Жыл бұрын
Hint for secret character: waiter can i please get some spicy meatballs? (Hold the eggs please)
@TheShadow-fn9qr10 ай бұрын
The reason that the super reaper appeared was because you used the cross on the map to kill the green reaper.
@Jlud_plays_games Жыл бұрын
No one even expects the reaper. Let alone a rainbow one
@pigizoid9924 Жыл бұрын
The spanish inquisition didnt expect the rainbow reaper
@bubla2659 Жыл бұрын
Hasn’t evolved anything “why am I not killing anything!”
@vinzo0913 Жыл бұрын
Rodeo pope vs rainbow reaper is an amazing movie title
@kalibisaboss7232 Жыл бұрын
The bubbles are the final boss of KZbin compression.
@parknato1199 Жыл бұрын
I love it when there are 0 comments
@TheWorstWurst Жыл бұрын
Damn. This level was a hard one for my eyes. 😅 But great video tyler. I'm excited to see the next VS videos.
@notgirl4848 Жыл бұрын
Tyler has given blue reaper the big middle finger this run
@electromika Жыл бұрын
me when i am not in a daylight savings timezone (i was confused for a bit why this was one hour early)
@DyrianLightbringer Жыл бұрын
Wow, for the last few videos, I was wondering why you didn't have limit break enabled. I didn't realize you hadn't killed Ender yet.
@IRules2244 Жыл бұрын
I almost forgot it was an unlocked feature.
@Ronin11111111 Жыл бұрын
Funny thing is, you would've gotten the secret if you unlocked the bottom coffin first
@psachickennugget8617 Жыл бұрын
The only pair of guns I know of that can be identified as friends are the sisters from Soul Eater, but that’s the exception not the rule so I doubt guns are what you’re looking for there XD
@Hlebuw3k Жыл бұрын
Its kind of hilarious how he keeps barely missing some secrets
@AdrianWoodUK Жыл бұрын
7:14 - "because armor can deal damage back, I wonder if I could win a run without taking any weapons and just dealing damage back with armor" Sort of? Without going into details, there are a couple of pre-requisites to making it viable (which I'm not sure if you have yet), but the main obstacle is just... not taking any weapons. You only have so many ways of opting out of taking something on level up, after all. (Yes, fellow VS veterans reading this, I know about _that_, but 1) I'm trying not to spoil, 2) it's technically an additional none-retaliatory way of dealing damage, and 3) it's the least interesting solution to the problem; wouldn't it be more fun to see what Tyler comes up with without any hints?)