A winning playthrough is more based on having strong fundamentals than memorising esoteric techniques or gaining good loot.
Here are some tips for helping Lucy and the Investigators conquer the ark and save humanity.
These represent the characters' focus, but not their only style of play.
Not all characters are this flexible in their roles.
Attackers likeAzar and Silversteinwill struggle without the support of a tank or healer.
One of the popular mods is aboss-rush mode that removes normal encounters.
This can increase difficulty because you won’t be able to test your deck or overheal between boss fights.
Equipment and relics can unlock entirely new styles of play.
A good example is theWisdom Tooth Jar, which turns damage over time abilities into direct damage dealers.
Friendship
Gifting investigators items during campfire segments will increase your affinity with them.
Reaching maximum friendshippermanently increases the number of skills availablewhen you level them up the first time.
You shouldn’t shy away from building around one character if you find good skills for doing so.
Certain boss fights punish you for not fielding a full party.
You shouldbe careful about deliberately letting investigators faintwhile adventuring in the Graveyard and beyond.
For some characters, thesesupport skills are useful for setting up combos.
For other characters, thesupport skills are just all-purpose good cards.
Yourfixed skills will cost one extra mana but are always accessible.
The downside is that you might only use the fixed skills of one character each turn.
Skills with the Innate keyword can be used every turn and ignore other characters.
Fixing them is a good way ofensuring they’ll always be available on the first turn.
Combo Pieces
Skills like Ironheart’s Shockwave are only useful when you have all of the supporting skills ready.
Fixing it means that it’ll always be ready when the rest of the combo is in place.
Later additions you’ll draft from a smaller selection.
Lian’s parry can protect Trisha, who is extra fragile.
Miss Chain also uses damaging debuffs, and can withstand damage from allies easily.
Helia And Selena
These characters are only available if youtake both of them as your starting pair.
Their toolkits are entirely designed around working together.
They work well with atank who can activate solar flame and lunar curtain, like Ironheart or Miss Chain.
Lian And Charon
Lian’s high damage and survivability can power through the first level without a dedicated healer.
Charon’s limited healing and high damage pair well with her.
You’ll want a proper healer for your third character.
Joey’s healing over time pairs well with Lian’s defenses and Charon’s emergency heals.
Challenge
Reward
Expert Difficulty
Cursed encounters give extra loot andexpert bosses reward you with bonus creditsfor unlocking permanent boosts.
Other subtle difficulty adjustments teach you better deck building and combat strategies.
