Getting that strategy to work took me a few tries and hours and I’m a more experienced player in the genre. Nevertheless, the game is hard enough right now. So yeah, my tactic wasn’t that helpful anymore but luckily, building up my shields was way faster. Shortly before the last boss, I encounter the first enemy whose skill is to destroy shields. This way, I worked my way easily to the third circle. One of my units also supported them with healing and protection. To name one, I just buffed my units with shields (cards, skills of my units, and relics supported it) and hold it out long enough to build up a lot of them. Some strategies are just more promising and almost work against all enemies. Some buffs or debuffs feel like they aren’t worth it. Experienced players of the genre will know most of them but they are also explained, so don’t be afraid if you’re new to the genre or just not so experienced. At the moment, there are buffs and debuffs like shield, silence, endurance, might, and a few more. After every new level, you unlock a new card, relic, or fighter, ready to be found in a new run.

If all of your units die in a battle, the run is over.

Every 7 seconds the game will pause, letting you draw new cards. This is an auto-battler which means you can’t directly control units and just let it happen. Your turn starts with a hand of cards to play. you can buy cards, relics, or fighters or remove cards for gold but there are also events letting you do all that. After beating a circle you’ll get a special relic, giving you 1+ slot in your party, +1 energy per turn, or drawing +1 card every turn. Your party also consists of three fighters.

The maximal level of units at the moment is level three. Because of that, they can be game-changing. Reliques will give you bonuses such as “Draw a card when an enemy dies” or “The cost of the first card of your starting hand gets reduced by 1”. If you win an elite battle, you also get a new relic. The reward for winning a normal battle is gold and a new card (which you can skip and take +10 gold for it). You start with your Hero and two Undead units. Every Circle is a new map with different routes, just like in Slay the Spire, Monster Train, and similar games of the deckbuilder genre.

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