PacifistTier SDanger 5Build #2
Pacifist portrait

Defensive Material Hoarder

This build emphasizes maximizing material collection and survivability through high HP regeneration and strategic item choices. By maintaining a high number of living enemies, the Pacifist can leverage their unique abilities effectively despite their low damage output, allowing for sustained gameplay in the pressure cooker environment of Danger 5.

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Cacti Club icon
Cacti Club icon
Cacti Club icon
Captain's Sword icon
Captain's Sword icon
Chainsaw icon

Score

95

Difficulty

hard

Why This Build Exists

This build differs from 'Harvesting Machine' by focusing on durability and HP regeneration, featuring different weapon choices and a heavy emphasis on survivability items.

Weapons

Cacti Club icon
3x Cacti ClubcoreTier 1

The Cacti Club scales with hits, significantly boosting material collection and dealing respectable damage due to its projectile effect when attacking enemies.

Captain's Sword icon

Using the Captain's Sword provides additional damage based on free weapon slots. It supports the playstyle by allowing for a flexible build while increasing DPS through effective attacks.

Chainsaw icon
1x ChainsawcoreTier 3

Even though the Pacifist cannot deal damage directly, the Chainsaw deals continuous damage over time, useful for collateral damage, which indirectly enhances material collection.

Main Items

Panda icon
Pandahighhigh value

Panda increases max HP significantly, enhancing survivability and synergizing with the passive material gain by being alive.

Alien Magic icon
Alien Magichighhigh value

This item bolsters both max HP and HP regeneration, vital for long survival, especially in Danger 5 enemies scale significantly.

Fruit Basket icon
Fruit Basketmediummedium value

Increasing fruit drops enhances material efficiency, which is essential for the Pacifist's playstyle of hoarding resources.

Blood Donation icon
Blood Donationmediummedium value

By increasing harvesting, this item effectively boosts passive resource collection, crucial for this build's success.

Cutie Mark icon
Cutie Marklowlow value

This item is situational but can provide extra max HP, reinforcing the core durability approach.

Upgrade Focus

Max HP icon

Max HP

Enhancing Max HP is crucial to improve survivability and indirectly support the Pacifist's ability to gather materials by keeping enemies alive longer.

HP Regeneration icon

HP Regeneration

Increasing HP regeneration allows for sustained health, enabling higher material collections while providing defensive buffers in waves.

Armor icon

Armor

Boosting armor significantly helps reduce damage taken, compensating for the Pacifist's inability to deal damage directly.

Early Game

During waves 1-7, focus on collecting as many materials as possible while utilizing the maximum HP and HP regeneration from various items to survive against early enemies.

Mid Game

From waves 8-15, leverage high survivability to allow more enemies to live longer, maximizing the materials collected from item pickups and living threats.

Late Game

In waves 16-20, aim to maintain your distance from bosses, utilizing projectiles from the Cacti Club and healing from collected items to navigate dangerous scenarios effectively.

Build Reasoning

The defensive approach to maximizing health while hoarding materials effectively synergizes with the Pacifist's traits. With an emphasis on HP and regeneration, this build aims to create a tumultuous environment in which enemies continuously provide resources while the player avoids damage, leveraging active item effects and weapon projectiles.

Why This Build Wins

  • The combination of items focused on max HP and HP regeneration enhances both the Pacifist's resilience and their ability to gain materials by surviving longer against tougher enemies.
  • The use of the Cacti Club and Captain's Sword allows it to pick up many materials while remaining steadfast during enemy hordes, which can be vital during boss waves.

Danger 5 Notes

Danger 5 introduces new threats with stronger enemies and more bosses, so upgrade Max HP and HP regeneration early on to withstand increased damage levels and keep materials flowing.

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