greenscience wrote:
One other option is to use the Pickaxe as mentioned earlier in this thread. This is mandatory for optimizing the Cleared Vaults score but otherwise costs more than just buying an ATK upgrade in Pirate Lair.
Buying some upgrades in Pirate Lair would be a good idea even when bombing the Adder. It only costs 4 DEF or 480 hp to buy DEF in Pirate Lair instead of Preservation of Tueno, which pays off if taking at least 30 hits until reaching the Preservation of Tueno station. Once you reach it and the Shield upgrade almost nothing should damage you anymore, making any extra DEF redundant for combat.
I had used the Pickaxe for the secret room but always wondered whether that was actually its optimal usage point - I've used it previously in the vaults to get a 90%+ optimal score but hadn't considered it in use for slayer/archivist optimisation. I also hadn't considered the huge knock-on considerations of upgrading earlier. I see your score for the Slayer you've got "
only"
625 DEF, versus my score with 650 DEF which could suggest, like you say, an earlier upgrade. I also realise now that in order to get the Oremite Shield you must also do an additional attack upgrade in either PL or PoT so I suppose you may as well do one in Pirate Lair and save lots and lots of health. Looks like I've still got a lot to learn with this RPG stuff haha
Edit: Did it with the handbomb and did manage to improve my score for the slayer a bit. Plus I reached 674 DEF, which is by far the highest of anyone, that can be my victory for today! Going to try again tomorrow for a better run.
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