1.5 Meta Report

= 1.5.2 Meta Report =

Preface:
Hello Everyone!!

Since the 1.5.0 Update, I have been able to test most of the aspects of this patch. In this report, I will detail how the game looks from the Point of View of a player with no unlocks (NU), a player with some unlocks (SU) and a player with most if not all Special Upgrade rooms unlocked (MU). I will also talk about the 3 major strategies in this game. !<

Note: All of the following lists detailing what I feel to be the best are my own opinions.

RIP Lizards
With the changes to many key monster passive abilities, there comes a shift to the early game as well as the mid-game.

Here are the best regular monsters of this meta:

= New Mechanics = Now that that's clear, we can start looking at the new mechanics that were introduced this patch: Corruption and Ritual.

Corrupted Heroes are just as good if not better than fusion monsters, who have also been reworked this patch.

Corruption:
To play this patch, you need to understand the two new facilities that came with it: With that in mind, the two rooms you should be paying attention to on the new Mini-map are the locations of the Dungeon and Black Market fate cards. Now on to the meat of the matter.

= The Early Game =

Gold
With the death of goblins and new mechanics, Gold may have been nerfed, but its importance is also gone. Gold is not nearly as necessary as it used to be in the early game. Once your prison has become a workhouse, you'll be making a ton of gold every time you enter a dungeon. with 30 prisoners at 10 gold each generates 300 gold, and with the gold books generating 100 ish gold every day, that's 400 gold per dungeon and 200 to 300 gold per battle, and if you have the increased heroes and you gave them a real map of your dungeon, probably 400 ish gold per battle as well.

Books
Books got a major buff in this patch. New relics will allow you to do the following:
 * 1) Dark Lord Level +1 per reading session
 * 2) All monsters Level +3 per completing a book
 * 3) -1 Read required for all books
 * 4) Instantly read a book that you have not completed.

= Surviving the Late game =

General Relics to Prioritize
After Trial 3, Experience is so sparce that the following relics are an absolute must:
 * 1) Token of Friendship
 * 2) Amber Stone

General Books to Prioritize
Reading is very important as most people have come to realize, and reading costs a lot of potential, so a good idea is to invest in the corrupted pack for the reading synergy relics and find them in a run first before starting to read. As you'll get a lot back from reading. Now which books to prioritize first?
 * 1) How to be rich 1 and 2. These two can be read before you acquire the relics and should be read asap.
 * 2) LIFE/ATK/DEF book 1 can be read before acquiring the relics in a run, though I recommend you get them first. As the relics give you +3 levels to all your monsters upon finishing a book, making up for the stats lost.