GhostTier SDanger 5Build #3
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Ethereal Blade Storm

This build focuses on high collateral damage using a mix of ethereal melee weapons in conjunction with items that enhance dodge and lifesteal. It capitalizes on the Ghost's inherent dodge bonus and the destructive power of ethereal weapons to traverse the chaos of Danger 5 while remaining elusive.

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Ghost Axe icon
Ghost Axe icon
Chainsaw icon
Chainsaw icon
Circular Saw icon
Circular Saw icon

Score

95

Difficulty

hard

Why This Build Exists

This build diverges from existing ones by utilizing a full melee-centric strategy with Ghost Blade and Chainsaw instead of relying heavily on ranged weapons.

Weapons

Ghost Axe icon
2x Ghost AxecoreTier 3

This ethereal weapon provides high damage output and the ability to increase damage with kills, making it essential for handling elite foes and bosses.

Chainsaw icon
2x ChainsawcoreTier 4

The Chainsaw offers great DPS and effectiveness against groups of enemies with its unique bonus damage for current health, making it suitable for clearing crowds in Danger 5.

Circular Saw icon
2x Circular SawcoreTier 4

This weapon is ideal for high attack speed and can deal significant damage while providing lings through area-of-effect damage across multiple enemies.

Main Items

Adrenaline icon
Adrenalinehighhigh value

Provides essential dodge bonuses and a healing mechanic when dodging attacks, significantly increasing survivability in hard waves.

Handcuffs icon
Handcuffshighmedium value

Boosts damage substantially while keeping maximum HP capped, ideal for a high-risk, high-reward playstyle.

Ghost Outfit icon
Ghost Outfitmediummedium value

This outfit complements the Ghost's dodge-centric design and offers more survivability by improving the dodge cap.

Alien Baby icon
Alien Babymediummedium value

Increases both maximum HP and enemy health, ensuring a solid balance of offense and defense while playing with high-risk strategies.

Ritual icon
Ritualmediumhigh value

Enhances damage and provides life steal, which is crucial for maintaining health while engaging aggressively.

Upgrade Focus

Dodge icon

Dodge

Maximizing dodge is essential for surviving in Danger 5, allowing Ghost to avoid the high damage from elites and bosses.

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Damage

Increasing overall damage output ensures swift eliminations of enemies and bosses, maintaining the pace of combat.

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Crit Chance

Higher critical damage is beneficial, especially against tougher mobs and bosses, providing a major damage spike.

Early Game

Waves 1-7: Focus on maximizing dodge through items like Adrenaline and collecting weapons such as the Ghost Axe to hit the ground running.

Mid Game

Waves 8-15: Focus on ramping up weapon damage and acquiring items that enhance survivability and life steal.

Late Game

Waves 16-20: Engage the bosses with the gathered high damage while maintaining a high dodge rate and ensuring continual healing through the fighting approach.

Build Reasoning

By equipping Ghost's ethereal weapons and investing in dodge items, this build creates a robust strategy against the elite hordes and bosses specific to the Danger 5 level, ensuring consistent survivability and adaptability.

Why This Build Wins

  • The combination of ethereal weapons maximizes damage while allowing for a highly mobile playstyle. Items that grant dodge and healing ensure that the ghost remains elusive yet lethal.
  • early_game: Waves 1-7 priorities: Focus on gathering early items that boost dodge and life steal. Prioritize shop investments into items that increase survivability and damage.
  • mid_game: Waves 8-15 priorities: Equip more ethereal weapons and continue investing in dodge and health upgrades. Engage more aggressively with items that enhance damage and crit chances.
  • late_game: Waves 16-20 and boss plan: Utilize the combined dodge and damage advantages to outmaneuver bosses. Leverage traps and positioned strikes with the chainsaw and ghost axe combinations for boss encounters.
  • danger5_notes: The danger level considerably increases enemy health and damage, necessitating a focus on dodge-based item synergies and fast-paced engagements.
  • strengths: High mobility through dodge builds, excellent damage output through ethereal weapon synergy, strong survivability with life steal.
  • weaknesses: Relies heavily on avoiding damage; susceptible to well-timed groups of powerful enemies.

Danger 5 Notes

The danger level considerably increases enemy health and damage, necessitating a focus on dodge-based item synergies and fast-paced engagements.

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