Secrets of Grindea - Dr. Mando (Masta_Darc) - Arcade Mode MATK Fire Specialist Arcane Collar

I don't even enjoy Arcade Mode without curses which make surviving more difficult but add multipliers to the end score. I still didn't utilize Berserk Mode because I'm not filming the Pixel Ferrets Edition of Mission Impossible. I'm still finding all the niche rebuilding quests and items. Watch until Tai Ming to see me realize that the very build was bad and that's why the run was bad too... I'm still committed to being versatile in all builds but throwing in EP on hit, Arcane Collar with 2 summons, and Fire Specialist spread me too thin especially with a fairly bad set of item drops! Let me know what you think in comments or on the thread I started (VV Links Below! VV). I hope these videos serve as a guide to anyone else who wants to join the small but competitive Secrets of Grindea Arcade Scoreboard community.

I personally think the bosses in this game are too diverse for any 1 playstyle to be called the "best" but mages tend to have an easier time on solo play due to summons. I tend to avoid Frosty Friend (which I do use even on ATK builds sometimes) to demonstrate how unnecessary that summon always has been. It helps 0 with Bishop and isn't much better with most bosses frankly. Pins were crazy per usual with runs I record but this wasn't supposed to be a score run... I'm still rebuilding Arcadia. I think a little more forethought and I could've beaten Bishop. Speaking on Bishop specifically, Earth Specialist with a touch of prismatic for EP management and crit-lord has the most potential especially in conjunction with my Archer playstyle but I'm always eager to be proven wrong...

Fun Behind the Scenes Fact: Whirl-Slash Gold Charge and Heroic Slam Silver Charge was actually the build I used most of the time when CGMontage and I first played Story Mode on Hard Mode back in the day. He focused on Fire Ball and Frosty Friend but handicapped himself by using an Xbox controller instead of a keyboard. Though my keyboard wasn't capable of as many simultaneous inputs so moving while shielding (as an example) was a problem for me. I still distinctly remember seeing 23 hours of gameplay for months before we finally dove into Arcade Mode. At first, we struggled because we weren't used to the slow motion but quickly found out that limited healing was going to be an even bigger problem. CGMontage still uses a controller and Insect Swarm focused Earth Specialist is still his bread and butter. I currently play on a Kinesis Gaming Edge Split Keyboard.

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