Returnal Tower of Sisyphus | New PB, 620 million+, Part 2 (Phase 31 to End)

[@larrythepagan]

Impressive! GG

[@Unixxx_21]

Have you tried hitting 1B again?

[@ravenous2001]

Yes. I'll eventually do attempt 68 or 69 (nice), after I finish my first playthrough of Silent Hill 2 Remake. You can see my latest upload.

[@Stall2213]

hey its been a while since i played . did they update this mode. because i was only able to stack up to 5 shields. now i held up to 10. im missing something?

[@ravenous2001]

There's no update on the game. You probably encountered a bug or your mind is playing tricks on you. The maximum shield vials that you can carry is still five (although 10 is not a bad number to carry maximum amount of shield vials. Wish that's the minimum amount that we players can carry).

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 bro I just played real talk I held 10 a one time. I knew when thay updated it it went down to only five. Next time iam take a picture for you ok.

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 ok. I only can hold 5 shield. And can equipped many as I can. Cool. Bro what's your secret? I need to go far in this mode. Is im missing something?

[@ravenous2001]

@@Stall2213 Just move fast and be aggressive as possible, but don't forget to evade. If you want, you can observe my movements on my vid where I got 100 million in less than 10 phases. Observe how fast I move and how aggressive I play in that vid.

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 ok I will bro. Any settings I need to change?

[@elbaronsass]

bravo bravo congratulation score

[@ravenous2001]

Thank you! ^^

[@Stall2213]

What's the beat weapon to use ?

[@ravenous2001]

You might need to practoce on these weapons if you don't use them frequently. > = must have trait / minimum trait. High DPS Thermogenic Launcher - >Full Auto, Thermite Rockets, Critical Rockets, and Replicating, or any other trait that is not Mega Rocket (unless you want to challenge yourself). Pyroshell Caster - >Simmering Explosion, Streamlined Chamber, Seeking Flares, and Sticky Bonus. Other traits that is not Bouncing Projectiles works as well. Simmering Explosion is better than Auxiliary Projectiles. Ultra High DPS Coilspine Shredder (the gun that I've used in this run) - > Shattering Discs, (and/or) > Enhanced Charge, Twin Discs, Negating Discs. Other traits that is not Enlarged Chamber works as well. Retarget is a good trait to have for playing defensive at the cost of killing multiple enemies that is best killed with mid air melee. Quite hard to use early game but once you have Proficiency 30 to 45, this gun is easy to use. Master the overload timing to recharge alt fire faster and activate Disrupting Overload buff frequently. Quickaiming (quickscoping from Call of Duty) with this gun increases your hits significantly, more so if you quick aim for enemy weakspots for high damage. Charging the shot (press and hold R2) increases firepower, more so with Enhanced Charge, but you can use it like a one shot sniper, or you can partial charge to add a bit of firepower. Defensive Playstyle Electropylon Driver - Streamlined Chamber, > Silphium Extractor, Finisher, and any other traits that is not Pylon Webs. Pylon Webs is still good but you can only shoot three sets of the webs. Best to use EPD without Pylon Webs to shoot multiple enemies at once. Best tip: shoot each enemy with at least two pylons then run around (or hide behind cover), evade, or mid air melee smaller enemies (if opportunity appears), while the pylons deals damage over time. Caveat with this is once you get to higher phases, killing enemies with the EPD will take FOREVER. Versatile Playstyle Rotgland Lobber - > Explosive Rot, > Tendril Rot, Durable Rot, Caustic Rot. Other traits works as well as long as Enlarged Chamber is not present. Just like EPD, this gun deals damage over time, but the DoTs does not last very long. Tendril Rot functions just like Tendril Pods (deal DoTs, and sloe enemies), but they can appear on any rot puddle. Your archnemesis when using the Rotgland are the Severed because they can literally move sideways, effortlessly evading shots. Master the overload timing, and you'll be able to recharge alt fires faster and frequently activate the buff from Disrupting Overload. If you hate reloading Dreadbound - > Expand and > Explosive Shards, Fourth Shard, and Damage Steal. All you need is Expand and Explosive Shards, the rest of the traits can be any. Of you miss or the shards ends up bouncing on the sky, you have to wait three seconds for the shards to return. If you want to use alt fire don't fire the shards, you need at least one shard if you want to use the alt fire. The blast radius is insane thanks to EnE Shards. Your archnemesis when using this gun are shielded enemies. Again, you might have to dedicate some runs practicing each gun that I've listed. If you want you can challenge yourself. Pick any gun that I've listed (or all guns in the gun). Use that gun for the entire run (you can still pick up the same gun for different traits combination) until you achieved a specific score goal. Look at my Weapon Mastery video series. I've used every gun in the game and the goal is to get 120 million using each gun. You can do this challenge in order to familiarize yourself with each gun, and develop your own strats on how to effectively use them in every possible fight. You can either set up your own goal, let's say 50 million minimum for every gun, or you can just imitate me and go for 120 million minimum using every gun. Hope this vastly helps.

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 sir yes sir. Everything you teach me helps. I just lost hit 30 million points phase 4

[@Stall2213]

Broooooo guess what... I realize I don't have adrenaline leech unlock

[@ravenous2001]

I hate to break it to you man, but in the Tower, only certain artifacts are available, and Adrenaline Leech is not one of them. In other words, the Adrenaline Leech artifact is not available.

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 oh ok . Im missing two data cubes

[@jeremiahwhite2624]

Nice gameplay. One thing I don't like about the tower is that as you progress you're less and less durable and one hit can kill you even though your full health and added lost of protection.

[@ravenous2001]

Tower used to be different. Current Tower is the updated Tower, where at Phase 15+ you'll get one shot. Before that, taking any hits will instantly 1% your health but you still have a fighting chance. Most players back then use Explosion and Expanding Shards Dreadbound, and have tons of Silphium and Large Silphium vials, as well as 5+ Shield vials.

[@Stall2213]

I see... you dont move everywhere. You always keep a grapple in site and shoot until they get closer then grapple to the other side. Rinse and repeat.

[@ravenous2001]

Got confused of the "you don't move everywhere," can you make it clear for me?

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 oh ok. I mean when you enter a room you don't run the full circle if you don't have to. I seen you use the grapple on one side the whole time . I use the full map when I only need to use what's needed to get the job done.

[@ravenous2001]

Depending on the room, I could go full circle but another factor that could cause me to not go full circle in a room is depending on projectiles and their persistence in a zone. When there are too many projectiles in one area of the room I call that area either "danger zone" or "very hot zone", which is why I move to areas in a room where there are no projectiles. But if there are scenarios where two or more areas in a room are filled with hostile projectiles, then I have to choose either going to another area that's safe or try my best to not get hit in a danger zone. Depending on what kinds of enemies you're fighting, you can either stay in one area and shoot from there or you're forced to move from one safe area to another to avoid the danger zones.

[@ravenous2001]

Forgot to add something on my other reply. Keep this in mind, the hardest and/or most dangerous fights ALWAYS occur in the smallest rooms, so try tour absolute best to evade enemy attacks as you can and kill them quickly.

[@Stall2213]

@ravenous2001 oh ok. Bro. I had 95 percent protection. I brought 60% ,got 15% from a parasite and that parasite that do the protection for each room for 20%.