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0:00Hello YouTube. I'm Opum or One Pun Man.
0:03You may have seen my name on the Red
0:04Rift leaderboard. Red Rift is my
0:06favorite mode in the game, and I've seen
0:07a lot of people claim that is too hard
0:08and unfair and that you need specific
0:10overpowered comps to win, and this is
0:11simply not true. Every character is
0:13viable in this mode. I'm making this
0:15guide in hopes that it will help you get
0:16your first win streak and also get you
0:18to love this mode as much as I do. I'll
0:20be discussing my general strategy, what
0:21I think about every character, and the B
0:23rank specializations, some common
0:24mistakes I see people make, and have a
0:26walk through at the end explaining my
0:27thought process. Do keep in mind that
0:30I'm assuming you know a bit about the
0:31game since in order to unlock Red Rift,
0:33you must have beat an SSS difficulty
0:35already. So, I'll not be explaining the
0:37basics. When starting out, I would
0:39suggest that you focus only on winning
0:41the very next fight. You might think
0:43that you're going to be weak later and
0:44pick a bunch of scaling for the future,
0:45but there is no future if you die in act
0:47one. You should treat beating the act
0:49one boss as a win. And once you can do
0:51that consistently, then you can start
0:52thinking about how to beat act two. Be
0:54open-minded in trying out different
0:56characters. If a B rank hero shows up,
0:58don't disregard them because it doesn't
0:59fit your current build. Try them out. It
1:01might surprise you. At the start of a
1:03run, I would recommend against picking
1:05any bonus that change the number of hero
1:07slots you can have and also against
1:09anything that makes you start with less
1:10shards, excluding the rank up. You
1:12should almost always be buying two
1:14heroes in the first shop to go into the
1:16second fight with a full team. Unless
1:18there is a rank up, then you would take
1:20the rank up. Afterwards, you want to try
1:22and get a rank up as fast as you can. I
1:24will often buy a fourth unit to improve
1:25my odds of seeing a rank up. The first
1:28event in the run usually has an option
1:29that gives you shards. I tend to favor
1:32that option depending on how immediate
1:33the shard gain is, just so I can reroll
1:35the shop to get a B rank faster. It is
1:37very, very important that you go into
1:39the challenge fire in act one with at
1:41least one B rank with items. Otherwise,
1:44it'll be very hard for you to actually
1:45beat the challenge. You'll either have
1:46to skip it or potentially lose the run
1:48straight up. Of course, you cannot
1:50always get a ranker, but from my
1:52experience, it is very rare that you
1:54will actually see no B ranks by the
1:56challenge fight.
1:57Unless the challenge has a relic that
2:00effectively wins you the run on the
2:01spot, I would suggest that you skip the
2:03relic. The challenge in act two is often
2:05extremely brutal and can be a run ender.
2:08After you clear the challenge, you need
2:10to start planning for the boss. The
2:11Hydra tests how much frontloaded output
2:13you have and the demon tests your
2:15scaling. So, make sure you have
2:16something planned for them depending on
2:18which one you see. I'll now discuss all
2:20the heroes and their specializations to
2:22hopefully help you think about how you
2:23can achieve this goal before talking
2:25about the plan for act two.
2:28I like Arya a lot. I think all the B
2:30rank upgrades can be good depending on
2:32the spot. When she's C rank though, her
2:34damage is very poor. So, if she doesn't
2:36rank up quickly, it is likely that I
2:37will just sell her. I almost always take
2:40the harmony to make her a mystic for
2:42early game as I value shielding very
2:43highly and her damage is also very
2:45solid. The Crescendo is good if I
2:47already have a mystic for shielding and
2:48I need DPS. It does a ton of damage to
2:51synergize with any store relic she might
2:53see later. I haven't really picked the
2:55respplendant that much since I don't
2:57think the debuffs actually do that much
2:58early game. I'd much rather have raw
3:00shielding or damage, but if she comes B
3:02rank already with that, she does
3:03perform. For items, I like having
3:06starting mana on her a lot since casting
3:08early makes a huge difference compared
3:10to waiting for her to actually charge
3:11mobility slowly. She can often kill
3:13someone in the back row or give shields
3:15to your team before they die. Otherwise,
3:17just anything that gives magic and mana
3:19regen are all great. Overall, I think
3:21Arya is just extremely good early and
3:23late game. She doesn't really ever fall
3:25off. Dragon me does great damage early,
3:28even as a C rank. And any Omnivamp item
3:31gives me a huge bump in damage. and he
3:33also gives you a few shards. When rank
3:35him up, I basically only ever take the
3:37mage. He'll carry my early game by
3:39making a lot of money and then I sell
3:40him later when he doesn't have enough
3:42damage to actually get kills in act two.
3:44Of course, if he shows up B rank within
3:45of the other specializations early, I'm
3:47still very happy to take him, but it is
3:49rare that he will actually be my source
3:50of damage by the endame. Overall, I
3:53think he's a very strong character for
3:54act one, but usually falls off somewhere
3:56in act two, unless he ranks up further
3:57or I have some amazing relics that work
3:59with him. Fiona is probably the worst
4:01hero right now. Her shielding just isn't
4:02very good compared to other mystics and
4:04the B rank specializations don't really
4:06do anything other than the vanguard one.
4:08She can perform if she's a rank and is
4:10decked out with items, but I try to
4:12avoid her early in general. So, the only
4:14time she will actually get in my team is
4:15because she shows up ranked up already.
4:17She does have one thing going for her
4:18though, which is that she's a mystic and
4:20mystics have a lot of very good backup
4:21effects when they're A or S rank. Funky.
4:24Yes, I know it's supposed to be
4:25something like Funker, but I like
4:27calling him Funky. Is in my opinion one
4:29of the strongest heroes in the entire
4:30game. His AoE is absolutely insane and
4:33all of his B rank specializations are
4:35great. The Stoke is my personal favorite
4:37since it lets him cast faster and
4:38provides scaling. I think there are only
4:41two fights in the whole game that he's
4:42not good in, which are the act one and
4:44act two bosses. I will often have
4:46someone else to beat the bosses though,
4:47and Funky will just carry every other
4:49fight. Once his job is done, he can
4:50either stay on my bench to buff my mages
4:52if I have any, or I'll just sell him. I
4:54like getting items with starting mana to
4:56make him cast earlier to get the burn
4:57going as soon as possible and any relics
5:00that start fights with enemies burned
5:01are also great. Grace is an incredible
5:03unit when she's on my bench and not
5:06actually in fights. Her revive can
5:08sometimes help with the death limit, but
5:11that's really rare and if that's
5:12actually doing something then your run
5:13is probably very bad and I'd rather not
5:15be in that spot to begin with. I almost
5:18always take the selfless that gives
5:20backup shields and healing. It really is
5:22just a massive number and runs with and
5:24without grace are very different. The
5:26Radian is also great if your team is
5:28lacking scaling or you have multiple
5:30mystics, but I find that to be a lot
5:31less common. I don't really take the
5:33benevolent ever. I don't really see the
5:35point when the other upgrades are so
5:36much better. She's basically just a
5:38bench only unit. I will never put her in
5:40combat. Any stall reduction is very very
5:43welcome since the selfless does
5:45sometimes come a little bit too late and
5:47your tanks have already died before she
5:48can actually save you.
5:50Gustav is also a very good unit. I think
5:53all the B rank upgrades are great. I
5:55don't really take the tank one that
5:57often. I only really take it when I
5:59don't have a tank and then it can fill
6:01that slot. The avalanche is probably my
6:03favorite upgrade since he makes money
6:05and that synergize with things like the
6:06relic and item that shields when you
6:08gain a shard. The numbers on those are
6:10just huge and it's kind of just enough
6:12shielding for the entire run. The
6:14investor is also very good. He will
6:16often be giving two-digit mana regen by
6:18the end, and you often do struggle to
6:19cast abilities on your non- Mystics, and
6:21this can fix that problem by itself. I
6:24would be a bit cautious with it, though,
6:26since it's four shards per fight is
6:29pretty expensive, and sometimes you just
6:31don't have enough to stay alive before
6:32he cashes in. Of course, you can just
6:35have less than four shards and he won't
6:36take any, but then the upgrade isn't
6:38really doing a whole lot. When building
6:40him, I just try to throw in as much mana
6:42regen and starting mana as I can, unless
6:44he's the tank, in which case I like to
6:46have some defense items, but the other
6:47stats are still very welcome. Hoyang is
6:50pretty similar to Dragon for me. I
6:52usually just take the Hunter, which
6:53gains shards on kill, and then sell him
6:55when he stops killing around act two. I
6:57don't think he scales very well into the
6:58endame unless he's the mystic and you
7:00manage to get a lot of kills. That
7:02doesn't happen very often. Any B rank
7:04Hoyong is great in act one, though, and
7:06is enough DPS by himself until the boss.
7:08Any items that give attack, magic, or
7:10crit are all great. He's pretty
7:12flexible. He's basically just a slightly
7:14worse dragon in my opinion. You have to
7:17make sure you position him well, though,
7:18since it affects his output a lot.
7:21Unfortunately, I don't really know how
7:22to position him optimally for every
7:23fight, so I can't really help you there.
7:25Irene is another contender for one of
7:27the best characters in the game for me.
7:29Her damage is fantastic early, and she
7:31comes with built-in scaling. All of her
7:33B rank specializations are great, but I
7:36would advise against the Olympic, which
7:37gives an item if you don't get her super
7:39early. If you do get the item though,
7:42you can actually roll her B rank ability
7:43to get one of the other two passes while
7:45keeping the item, which is pretty neat.
7:47There's also some events that come with
7:48the downside of randomly rolling your B
7:50rank specialization, and the Olympic
7:51Irene only has upside with that. I
7:54really like pairing her with Nyx, who
7:55triggers a million rushes and stalls,
7:57which sacks her ability. Since the
7:59ability is counting your total number of
8:01rushes installed throughout the entire
8:02run, you can just randomly roll a B-
8:03rank Irene with this ability right
8:05before the act two boss. She'll just do
8:06all the damage you need. It's not
8:08uncommon at all for me to randomly roll
8:10an Irene with a three-digit multipl
8:14or even just have her sitting on the
8:15bench all run and then slotting her in
8:16for the boss. The mighty is also an
8:19amazing upgrade. I think this is my
8:21favorite one at the moment. I'll often
8:22have her sitting on my bench buffing
8:24whatever other duelist I have in play or
8:26have her in play with a C rank duelist
8:28and then bench her once I get them B
8:29rank. This passive alone can be enough
8:32scaling for all your endame fights as
8:34long as you give your duelist some items
8:36that give them attack speed. The faster
8:39they attack, the faster they scale. So
8:40having a good base will just make them
8:42scale to the heavens and you just win.
8:44Building her is pretty simple. I just
8:46stack as much attack speed as I possibly
8:48can on her. I also really like having
8:50some omnivamp on her. so she can heal up
8:52since it's not uncommon for her to
8:53randomly get caught in some AoE attack
8:55from the enemies and just die even
8:56though she's doing a ton of damage. Even
8:58just five omni vamp from that quest
9:00relic can be enough to keep her alive.
9:02Kai is another contender for the best
9:04hero in the game. The damage his ability
9:06has is absolutely insane even at C rank.
9:09I don't really ever take the intrepid
9:10with the rush. I just don't think it's
9:12as good as the other two which are
9:13incredible. The unstoppable lets him
9:15gain more shields which lets him gain
9:17more attack which in turn makes him gain
9:19even more shields and so on. When
9:21mystics like Gustav, Arian, and Poland
9:23shield, their ability shields multiple
9:25times, and every tick will count as an
9:27instance, which he scales off of.
9:29There's also a legendary relic that
9:31gives warriors shields whenever they do
9:32damage, which is basically an instant
9:34with this upgrade. My favorite upgrade,
9:36however, is the bold, which makes him a
9:38tank. He might be the best tank in the
9:40game with this upgrade. It also makes
9:42ability have a larger area, which can
9:44often take out the archers and mages in
9:45the back. This ability also scales with
9:48the amount of shields he has. So, we
9:49have Mystic shielding him, which I
9:51always do. It also makes his ability hit
9:53harder. The ability itself also gives
9:55him a huge amount of shielding. Usually,
9:58the only time Kai actually dies is
9:59because he couldn't cast ability the
10:01first time fast enough. So, having
10:02starting mana or relic that gives
10:04shields at the very start of battle or
10:05just a mystic that can cast very early
10:07can cover this one weakness that he has.
10:09Building him is pretty simple. Just give
10:11him attack and crit items. And if it's a
10:13tank, give him defense items instead.
10:15But attack ones are still fine. If you
10:17have the legendary relic that shields on
10:19damage with unstoppable, then attack
10:20speed is what you're looking for
10:21instead. His teams are also very
10:24flexible. You can run two mystics with
10:25him and the shielding scales ability or
10:27just have another character doing the
10:28DPS. Anything really works. Investor
10:31Gustav and Rowan the friend are some
10:33backup abilities that you should be on
10:34the lookout for when playing him with
10:36some support. He's basically just
10:37invincible.
10:39Kasu is basically the reverse Funky.
10:41She's bad in every fight except two,
10:43which are the two boss fights. Frost is
10:45just an amazing debuff and CO applies a
10:47lot of it. Her weakness is AoE fights
10:49since her ability has somewhat random
10:51targeting, so she doesn't really kill
10:52anything when there's more than one
10:53enemy. Not my favorite unit, but she
10:56does get the job done. I've had runs
10:58where Funky is carrying every non-boss
11:00fight, and I just have Casu sitting on
11:02the bench for the bosses. The Falling
11:04Snow, which lets her shoot more arrows,
11:05and the Warrior, both fantastic since
11:07they let her apply more frost. I don't
11:09really like the warb band that much
11:10since it means that she's actually on
11:12the field during non-boss fights when
11:13she does not perform. Not really my
11:16first choice for DPS. I'd much rather
11:17have Irene, Nyx, or S, but sometimes
11:20she's all you get and she does the job
11:21just fine. Building her is pretty
11:23simple, too. Just get as much attack
11:24speed as you can so she can apply more
11:26frost. If you have a B rank Kasu lying
11:28around and you happen to get the chance
11:30to rank her up, I would definitely
11:32recommend doing so. There are a lot of A
11:34rank upgrades like the dualist attacks
11:36and burn that gain two attack speed or
11:38frost or poison. All the backup ones are
11:41just really good since you do actually
11:43need some kind of scaling for your
11:45dualist and this is one of the ways to
11:46do so. Logan is one of the characters
11:48with the highest potential in the game.
11:50If you can rank up Logan very early, you
11:52can take the momentous and he will scale
11:53enough doing the entire run for you. I
11:55personally don't go for this upgrade if
11:57I'm seeing him rank up later than the
11:58second shot, but you might be able to
12:00get away with it in shop three. Be
12:02careful not to upgrade your other units
12:03who have strong active abilities though
12:05since they can often kill steal him and
12:07then he won't actually scale. I like to
12:09give him some items early game to push
12:11him over the edge and get the scaling
12:12going, but you don't really have to once
12:14he gets going. Any item that gives
12:16percentage buffs or attack speed are
12:18great since he already has attack and
12:20crit covered. Be on the lookout for the
12:22epic item that sets your attack and
12:23magic to the high of the two. That one
12:25pretty much doubles his damage. I
12:27haven't really had much success with the
12:29other two specializations, but I've
12:30heard that the juggernaut is good enough
12:31for him to be your tank. Overall, for
12:33me, he's just to get him early and get a
12:35free win or don't see a rank up and just
12:37sell him early as well character. I
12:39don't really like Ming too much, but if
12:41he's the only vanguard or tank early, I
12:43will still get him because I want to
12:44finish that part of the rift seal as
12:46soon as possible. His damage and
12:48tankiness are both mediocre, so I often
12:49sell him pretty quickly. His active
12:51ability upgrade is very good early
12:53though. He can be your DPS for early act
12:55one if you get that upgrade. So that is
12:56usually one I go for. The backup effect
12:58is also great if you have another
13:00vanguard that you plan on using as a
13:01tank. Usually Rip or Rowan. I don't
13:04really like the enlightened. I think
13:06that's an endless only kind of thing.
13:08Overall just don't really like him much.
13:10I'd like him as soon as possible if he
13:12does join the team, but at least the max
13:14HP and defense items I give him getting
13:15handed down to the next tank. Nicholas
13:18is also a bit of a weird unit. If you
13:20get him early, you can't even give him
13:21the rift seal to charge up because he'll
13:23just eat it. So, I'd rather get another
13:24tank if possible. But if he's the only
13:26one, then it will just still take him. I
13:28like to feed him max HP and defense
13:30items just in case he does end up being
13:31my endgame tank. And he refunds 80% of
13:33the shards anyway, so you don't really
13:35lose out on much. If the item was on
13:37sale, then you actually make a profit.
13:39Do keep in mind that he will not get the
13:41passive abilities of the items, but it's
13:43still well worth giving him higher
13:44rarity items just for the stats. The
13:46executive is a really great upgrade
13:48early. You just throw a bunch of random
13:49common items on him and the rifts will
13:51actually benefit him. The shield he
13:52makes will just be so big that he blocks
13:54a full 15 seconds for you in early act
13:56one which is amazing. I will usually go
13:58for this upgrade. The dealer is also
14:00fine. The stun is very valuable and he
14:02does do relevant damage. The item is
14:04cool too but I don't really think it's
14:05that relevant. I'm not a fan of the tank
14:08upgrade, but if he comes already upgrade
14:09with that, they can still do the job
14:11just fine. The strategy with him is just
14:13feed him all the defense and HP items
14:15and have a shield on your team since
14:16he's not very good at staying alive by
14:18himself. And if he dies, then he won't
14:19eat the item. Nyx is another contender
14:21for the best character in the game. She
14:23just synergizes with everything. Her
14:25built-in ability just triggers a ton of
14:26rushes and the spark, which I think is
14:28the best upgrade. Triggers three stalls
14:30and also synergize with all the debuffs.
14:32When she refreshes her rush, items with
14:34rush abilities will also refresh, which
14:36is a little bit crazy. I kind of doubt
14:38this will be the case in the future, but
14:39for now any items of rush are just
14:41absurd on her. There's also a lot of
14:43relics and items that say on rush
14:44trigger you scale, so if you get any of
14:46those of ny, your scaling is basically
14:48solved. She pairs very well with dualist
14:51s's backup effect, which boost attack
14:53speed when you apply a debuff. Stall
14:56reduction is also very, very welcome on
14:57her as well since sometimes she can be a
15:00little bit slow to start up and you die
15:01before she can actually get off the
15:02ground. There's a couple relics to be on
15:05the lookout for as well. Specifically
15:07from the defensive relic event at the
15:09start of act one. You get the one that
15:10gives shields on rush which lets Nyx be
15:13your shielder for the run, which is a
15:15little bit silly. There's also the
15:17legendary relic that gives shields based
15:18on number of stalls you've done or run
15:20every time you rush and damage whenever
15:22you stall. And Nyx alone can scale both
15:24of those numbers super high. Another
15:26great partner with Nyx is Rip,
15:28especially his backup effect that gives
15:29him max HP on rush trigger. I will often
15:32have more than 3,000 HP on that by the
15:34end of the run. There's also the
15:36Vanguard item which does the same thing.
15:39The Wild is also a fine upgrade if all
15:41you care about is the rushes since each
15:43hit counts towards her counter for
15:44refreshing her rush. The ability also
15:46works amazingly with the epic item that
15:47steals mana on hit as well. The assassin
15:50upgrade I don't really take that often
15:51unless her main DPS is an assassin in
15:53which case she does great on the bench.
15:55Make sure you give her a lot of attack
15:57speed items and relics though since
15:58without support she can't refresh her
16:00rush ability and is very weak. But with
16:02some attack speed, she's basically
16:03invincible with omnivance since she's
16:04constantly refreshing the rush. Pment is
16:06one of my favorite characters in the
16:07game. And all the B rank upgrades are
16:10great depending on the situation you're
16:11in. She's also a very good tank at C
16:13rank since she will cast ability 15
16:15seconds into the fight without any mana
16:16regen which gives her the healing making
16:19her one of the best tanks early. It's
16:20not uncommon that she goes to super low
16:22HP and to be full health by the end of
16:24the fight.
16:25If I'm often an upgrade early, I think I
16:27usually go for the mage upgrade. I think
16:29it's the best one at the start because
16:31it makes her do good damage and it's
16:32also the tankiest one. If you find a
16:34random A- rank tank later as well, the
16:37backup is still a huge amount of
16:38defense, so she always stays relevant.
16:40The love is also great if you have any
16:41duelist in the team, but do not think
16:43that just because momento has scaled
16:44someone a bit that you cannot pivot away
16:46from them. I do not really recommend a
16:48dualist upgrade early unless you have
16:50some relics that make the enemies debuff
16:51from the start in which case it's an
16:53amazing upgrade. Dualist meant is good
16:55enough to be both your tank and DPS in
16:57the end game sometimes. I think that
16:59duelists are the best DPS in general for
17:01red rift. So most of the time would just
17:03have a lot of support for duelist
17:04already and just fits in. Overall great
17:07tank. Just make sure you give her as
17:08much defense as possible and she will do
17:09her job. She also comes with the added
17:11bonus in case you get the cell upgrade
17:13that scales defense. You can scale her
17:14ment defense and she doesn't even need
17:16that much support later. Pollen is maybe
17:18the best mystic when it comes to
17:19shielding and healing. Every time I have
17:21her, it feels like I can't die once
17:22Pollen casts once and she just heals
17:24everyone back up. Loomer's passive
17:27doubling effectively makes you
17:28invincible once the stall effect kicks
17:30in. So if your team has a lot of
17:31frontloaded block, then it's an amazing
17:32option. I don't really see the point of
17:35phase kiss. I'm picking pollen for the
17:37defense, not for the damage. Earth
17:39Child, which makes Pollen May is my
17:41favorite upgrade, though. The 40 magic
17:42she gains is such a huge boost to her
17:44defense and she doesn't need to wait 15
17:46seconds before the big numbers actually
17:47start happening. It also combos very
17:49well with Funky's stoked upgrade. P
17:51would often just outscale whatever fight
17:53you're in quickly unless it's a boss
17:54since every tick of burn on every enemy
17:56is scaling her magic. In very early game
17:58though, she doesn't actually really do
18:00anything. She needs items to actually
18:02provide meaningful shielding. So don't
18:04pick her early expecting her to suddenly
18:05save your team or anything. When
18:07building her, I just try and put as much
18:08mana regen on her as possible. And most
18:10of the mana regen items come with magic
18:12anyway, so I don't really think about
18:13that that much. Starting mana is also
18:15very welcome as with all mystics since
18:17getting her to cast early before your
18:18tanks can get off the ground is a huge
18:19deal. Some great commas with her funky
18:22the stoked and grace the benevolent
18:24specifically grace can be enough skin to
18:26win the run. Every tick of her field
18:27counts the instance of shielding. So she
18:29basically gives you 50 magic and attack
18:32with a B rank grace. There is one very
18:34important thing to note with her though,
18:36which is that she often casts ability on
18:38a field of enemies and doesn't actually
18:39shield herself and then gets killed by
18:41the mages in the backline. Sometimes I
18:43will just put her in the very back to
18:44avoid the AoE and accept that she's not
18:46going to heal herself. My opinion of
18:48Ratner has gone up a lot recently. I
18:50think every spec is amazing and she
18:52doesn't actually need to be in the team
18:54super early like Logan does. She's
18:56pretty useless at C rank though, so she
18:58does get sword quickly often, but I'm
19:00usually happy to get her back later
19:02already ranked up. The fashionable is
19:05quite strong if you're struggling and
19:06just need a generic unit on the field.
19:08She can cover your tanking and DPS with
19:10this upgrade. Sometimes I will try and
19:12get her to pull aggro from an enemy just
19:14so there's one less guy hitting the tank
19:15and that's enough to keep my team alive.
19:17You can also throw the wrist seal on her
19:18and it will just be positive. I've also
19:20had the fashionable rata be my tank for
19:22the entire run once. She ranked up to A
19:23and got the magic equals defense if in
19:25the front line upgrade and she just gets
19:27insane amount of magic to begin with.
19:29She ended up with 3,000 defense in the
19:31dragon fry, making her the tankiest
19:32character I've ever played with. The
19:34mystic rat I also like a lot is enough
19:36scaling to win you the run. The only
19:38thing is that I always want to run
19:40another mystic for actual shielding if I
19:42have her, which means I will not have a
19:43duelist or warrior or assassin for that
19:45part of the rift seal. So do keep that
19:47in mind if you pick up this upgrade.
19:48Sometimes if I see the mystic early,
19:50I'll try and fill out that part of the
19:51risk seal knowing that my team is likely
19:53going to be a tank and two mystics
19:54later. I don't really care about the
19:56backup effect at all for this. I don't
19:58think the number is that relevant in
19:59order for her to actually give
20:00meaningful stats. You need to put items
20:02on her and money is already tight enough
20:03in this game. You can't really afford to
20:05be itemizing a unit on the bench. The
20:07assassin ratner is one of her best
20:08upgrades in the game. You can get her
20:10early in scaling. Her scaling is
20:12actually very very fast. So even getting
20:13her late act one is still fine if you
20:15give her items to get her off the
20:16ground. Once she's able to actually
20:18one-shot enemies, prioritize getting
20:19starting mana so she can instantly wipe
20:20out two enemies at the start of every
20:22fight. You should have no problems
20:23winning from there. Overall, an amazing
20:25unit that I'm always happy to see if
20:27she's B rank. Ren is not my first choice
20:29early game. She doesn't have as much
20:30potential as the other warriors and her
20:32starting damage isn't very impressive.
20:33If she doesn't get to B rank fast, it's
20:35pretty likely that she will be sold. I
20:37don't really think the rush is ever
20:38bought. 5 seconds is too short, so you
20:40need some rush extending relics or
20:42items. And it's also hard to actually
20:43stack enough rushes before you die. The
20:46Vanguard is okay if you're desperate for
20:47a tank, but I'd much rather have a real
20:48tank instead. The dualist extremely good
20:51early game. Probably the strongest
20:52duelist in act one behind Tilly for me.
20:54Doesn't really perform in act two
20:56though, so I often swap her out by early
20:58act two. Any items that give attack,
21:00attack speed, and omnivamp are quite
21:01good on her. But usually the items I
21:03actually want are ones that I want to
21:04transfer to my f future dual list later.
21:06So I don't really bother with trying to
21:08optimize Raina. Basically just an early
21:10game unit. But if she comes already
21:11ranked up with the Vanguard, then she
21:12can carry my wrist seal around before I
21:14swap her out. I think Rip is one of the
21:16best tanks for early and late game. He's
21:18amazing for stacking rushes and also
21:20does very relevant damage. Most other
21:22tanks don't really contribute to your
21:23damage, but Rip always always does. He
21:25combines amazingly well with Nicks,
21:27especially with the Glutton upgrade.
21:28It's very common that I'll just have a
21:30Rip with more than 3,000 health gain
21:31from the passive by the end. And he's
21:33also performing either in combat or on
21:35bench. The ability is also amazing. It
21:38lets him be self- sustaining once he
21:39gets off the ground. And it also pairs
21:40incredibly well with the item that heals
21:4225% of your max HP on ability cast. This
21:44upgrade can make him both your DPS and
21:46tank at the same time and let you run
21:47two supports on the side or just run
21:49another DPS. Overall, just very
21:52flexible. I don't really take the
21:53assassin ever. I don't really think it's
21:54better than the other two. But if he
21:56shows up with it already, then he's
21:57still doing great anyway. When building
22:00him, I just throw as much max HP as I
22:01can on him. The best items are the ones
22:03with both HP and defense. The only
22:05exception is the enrage when I try and
22:07give him the item that gives healing on
22:09ability cast. Something very important I
22:11should mention is that he performs much
22:13better against everything that's not a
22:15boss since he can constantly refresh his
22:17rush ability. We in the boss he can't
22:19really do that. At most he can do it
22:21twice. So just because you see him
22:23destroying everything when there's a
22:24bunch of enemies around doesn't mean
22:25that he's going to kill the boss. You do
22:27have to be a little bit careful.
22:28Sometimes you have to swap him out for
22:30another tank just for the boss or have
22:32another DPS unit sitting on the bench
22:33for the boss since he won't be able to
22:35do as much damage as you're seeing in
22:36the non-boss fights. Rowan is one of the
22:39most versatile tanks in the game. In
22:41terms of raw tankiness, I think he's the
22:43best one. He does basically no damage at
22:45all early game though, so you do need to
22:46keep that in mind when building your
22:48team. Don't run a team with Rowan, a
22:49mystic and a weak damage dealer, or the
22:51storm will start killing everyone in the
22:52team except Rowan, and you will quickly
22:54reach the death limit. All of the
22:55upgrades are very great. I think the
22:57active ability is probably the best one
22:59in act one since the damage from it is
23:00often similar to a real DPS, and the
23:02stun is also very good. The protector is
23:05a little bit weirder. I wouldn't really
23:06get this one unless you have some relics
23:08like your starting shields or you have a
23:09lot of mystic shielding. This upgra has
23:11a ton of potential in teams with a lot
23:13of shields though. He just shreds bosses
23:14by himself if you can keep the shielding
23:16up. I do find it a little bit hard to
23:19actually get enough shielding before act
23:20two though since there's not enough
23:21money to go around to itemize all
23:23mystics to get this to work. The friend
23:25is probably my favorite upgrade unless
23:27I'm afraid I'm going to lose
23:29immediately. I always choose this one
23:31and then pick everything that says
23:32store. One of the biggest problems in
23:34Red Rift later is that your tanks simply
23:36cannot survive the onslaught from act
23:37two and this upgrade provides an insane
23:39amount of defense and HP. I would say
23:41that the hardest runs are the ones where
23:42you can't find a tank upgraded or that
23:44you just never roll into the really good
23:45defense items and this can cover for
23:47those. You can either keep Rowan on the
23:49field or swap him out if you get another
23:50tank. Anything works. Very happy to buy
23:53him early game and keep him around just
23:54because I know if I do see a rank up
23:56later, I will have this amazing backup
23:57ability. Sal's an amazing character to
24:00just pick up at any point in the run.
24:01The dualist has amazing backup effects
24:03that works especially well with not only
24:05Nyx the spark but also any other dualist
24:07with some item or that applies debuffs
24:09and is also amazing on field as well.
24:11You do need to make sure that you give
24:12her attack speed items though so she can
24:14actually ramp up without a high base
24:16attack speed to start with. She doesn't
24:17really ramp and ends up doing nothing.
24:19The lover is also pretty great
24:21especially with pimena. I don't really
24:23pick this option that often though not
24:25because it's bad but because the dualist
24:26is so strong. However, I'm always happy
24:29if I see S come with this upgrade since
24:30tanks being not strong enough in the
24:32endame is always one of the biggest
24:33issues in runs and this can help with
24:35that a lot. Do be careful not to think
24:38that just because S has scaled up a tank
24:39a bit that you cannot swap them out. Say
24:41you have a B- rank tank does a bit of
24:42scaling from S and then an A rank or S
24:44rank shows up in the shop. Just buy the
24:46higher rank one. The warrior S is also
24:48extremely strong and scales insanely
24:50fast if you give her any attack.
24:52Overall, any S is just great damage, but
24:53they're all must have items or she will
24:55just not perform at all. Different cells
24:56all want different stats, but there is
24:58one that you always want no matter what
24:59path you're on, and that is omnivamp. It
25:01is very common for S to randomly get
25:02sniped by the enemy backline and just
25:04die. But if you have omni vamp, she
25:06heals back up very quickly and this
25:07issue will vanish. Really just a great
25:09character, good in both normal combats,
25:11bosses, and even on the bench. Scorn is
25:13a very good tank, but unlike other tanks
25:15like Pimementa or Rowan, he does not do
25:17a good job of keeping himself alive. So,
25:19you usually want a mystic to help with
25:20that problem. As with all tanks, I'm
25:22happy to get him early just to put the
25:24rift seal on him to charge as soon as I
25:26can. The active ability upgrade has
25:28tremendous potential if you have a lot
25:29of stall triggers. The damage is
25:31extremely good later on, but in early
25:32game, it doesn't really do anything. So,
25:34unless you have a lot of stalls, I would
25:35not recommend getting this. A lot of
25:37stalls me right now is probably
25:38somewhere like 30 to 50, but I'm not
25:41really sure. The number will change
25:43every patch anyway, so you just have to
25:45get a feeling for this. The frost
25:47upgrade is definitely my favorite one
25:48right now. It makes him so much tankier,
25:50especially against fights with many
25:51enemies and applies a ton of frost,
25:52which is by far the best debuff in the
25:54game. If you have items or relics that
25:56apply frost on him, every instance of
25:58those will also add shields, making him
26:00block a ludicrous amount. I don't really
26:02like the backup upgrade that much. The
26:04defense is really just not that much at
26:06all. Compare this to Rowan, the friend,
26:08and the poison is not really that
26:09relevant unless you have effects that
26:10synergize with poison and you don't have
26:12any poison starters on your team. Like
26:14all tanks, just stack as much defense on
26:16him as possible. Although if you have
26:18the ability, you might want to get one
26:19item with stiny mana as well, just so he
26:21can cast it faster. The weakness of that
26:23upgrade is the same as Kais, which is
26:24that he's very vulnerable until he cast
26:26ability one time and then he's
26:27invincible. There's also some items that
26:29give both magic and defense to him,
26:31which can make him do a lot of damage,
26:33but I don't really go for those that
26:34often. I'd much rather deal I'd much
26:37rather have a real damage deal on the
26:38team instead. Yuna is a solid unit
26:40early. She does a great job of taking
26:41out the backline if you give her any
26:43items. I don't really like having her as
26:45a main damage later, though. Because
26:46while she's good against every fight
26:48leading up to the dragon, she's awful
26:49against the dragon itself. When she
26:51casts her ability, she will just
26:52reposition herself next to the dragon
26:54and then immediately die unless she's
26:56extremely stacked. For the upgrades, I
26:58don't really like the shadow that much
27:00at all. The permanent scaling is nice,
27:01but in the end, I don't think it's
27:02nearly as much damage as the night
27:04shade, and that one even comes with a
27:05backup effect. The upgrade I take
27:07basically every time is the shard
27:08generation one, though. The main purpose
27:10of unit for me is just to make money in
27:12the early game and then once she stops
27:13me up to kill in act two, I just sell
27:15her and replace her with a better damage
27:16dealer. But she has already done a great
27:18job making me money. Kind of similar to
27:20Dragamir, but she's less likely to make
27:22it to the end. Basically just an early
27:24game money maker. There she's replaced.
27:26Pretty much never my main damage deal in
27:27act two unless an A rank one shows up in
27:29the shop, but even then that's getting
27:31replaced by the dragon. Zuri might be
27:33the best tank in the game in act one,
27:35specifically the blade dancer. I will
27:37almost always take this upgrade and it
27:40opens up any rush extension and stall
27:42reduction relics which make it a lot
27:44stronger and those relics in general are
27:46just really good specifically the stall
27:47reduction ones. The serpent's kiss is
27:50also great if you have some kind of
27:51frontloaded block like relics that give
27:53shield at the start of battle or just a
27:54mystic that has a lot of starting mana.
27:56If she can survive the first few seconds
27:57of the fight, she'll just become
27:58invincible afterwards. And this is
28:00especially good in the endurance event.
28:02If you have this Zuri and that event
28:04shows up, you can basically always take
28:05the 50 seconds one since if she lives 30
28:07seconds, she's going to live all 50. I
28:10don't really like the ability upgrade
28:11that much. The stun is nice, but the
28:13damage is not really good until she
28:14actually scales up. But I don't like
28:15Zuri as a late game tank mode since
28:17she's simply not as tanky as the other
28:19options, so I don't really ever pick
28:20this. Basically an act one only tank.
28:23Even if she appears ranked up in the
28:24shop later, I'm a little bit hesitant to
28:25take her because that means she has had
28:27time to scale up her defense with her
28:28passive and she just won't be that
28:30tanky. basically just the best tank in
28:32act one but the worst in act two. Now
28:34that I've discussed all the characters,
28:36I can talk a bit about the plan for the
28:38boss shop. This is where you get a
28:39gigantic power spike. So, it is very
28:41important that you get your boost here
28:42since the difficulty spike in act two is
28:44very brutal. First things first, do not
28:47buy the hero slot. The only time I will
28:49buy the hero slot is if I have so much
28:51money left over that I can afford the
28:53hero slot and also a new hero and also
28:55items for that new hero. And usually if
28:57I'm that rich, I was going to win the
28:59run with or without the slot anyway.
29:01Having three units with good items is
29:02always better than four without any
29:04items. If you're spending that much
29:05money on the slot, you won't have any
29:06money left over for items. There are
29:09three things that I'm always on the
29:10lookout for in this shop, which are A
29:11and S rank heroes. They show up very
29:13often. The legendary relic and the epic
29:16items. This is the only time you will
29:18see legendary relics in the entire run,
29:20and a lot of them are runwinning on
29:21their own.
29:23Some relics that I'm always on the
29:24lookout for are critical singularity,
29:27the 150 crit on all your heroes, just an
29:29absurd damage boost. And if you have
29:31assassins on your team, it's not that
29:33hard to get them to 150 crit. And
29:34something they have 150 attack speed,
29:36attack, and magic, which is absolutely
29:38ridiculous damage. Another one is the
29:40defensive energy crystal. The frontload
29:43block from this relic is maybe making it
29:46the best relic in the whole game. I
29:48think that highly of this since a lot of
29:51the problems in act two are just that
29:52the enemies hit you and you just die
29:53before you can actually cast your
29:54abilities and this pretty much solves
29:56that problem on its own. And then even
29:58later on this with the stall effects you
30:00just get a ton of block and often you
30:02don't even need a mystic if you have
30:03enough damage. This relic alone will
30:04just d your defense.
30:07Another one is the mages cataclysm
30:09engine. Frost is just an incredibly good
30:12debuff. It makes enemies do less damage
30:14to you and take more damage. And this
30:16allows your mages to just debuff
30:18everyone. The best character of this is
30:20probably Funky the Stoked at the front
30:22because he casts so much and every time
30:23he cast he just applies a ton of frost.
30:25Another one is the mystic's abundance
30:27engine. Eight mana regen a lot and
30:29making a mystic shield 50% extra is just
30:31crazy. This helps a lot with the issue
30:33that you have in act two where your
30:34tanks just die. Sometimes even after the
30:37mystic cast, they don't have enough mana
30:39regen and the shields run out before
30:40they can cast again and then your tanks
30:42die during that downtime. And this
30:44basically covers that issue by itself.
30:45Another incredible one is the plague
30:47transmission engine. Non-stop debuffs on
30:50all enemies is just incredible.
30:52Especially if your team is just Rowan
30:53and your damage is not very good. This
30:55relic alone can just do all the damage
30:57you need for the first few fights and it
30:59stays relevant forever. 20 Frost every
31:0110 seconds is completely ludicrous.
31:03Another amazing one is Rift Storm
31:05Invoker. This pretty much removes the
31:08need for you to have any damage on your
31:10team. The Rift Storm will just solo
31:11everything the whole game. So all you
31:13need to worry about is defense. If your
31:15team has a ton of front-loaded damage
31:17though, so a team with a bunch of
31:19assassins or just funky, then this relic
31:22doesn't actually accomplish anything
31:23because you're wiping out everything
31:24immediately anyway. So do be a little
31:26bit careful if you have a team like that
31:28since you're kind of just wasting money
31:29on this where you could be doing
31:30something else better. Another amazing
31:32one is the shard power extractor. This
31:35does at least 2,500 damage, which is it
31:40just kills everything in act two. If you
31:42have something like a Tilly or Gustav
31:45that generates shards or just any random
31:47effect that gives shards, it's it's all
31:49the damage you need. It also kills the
31:51dragon for you, which is a little bit
31:53insane. Another amazing one is the tanks
31:56absolution engine. 60 defense is just
31:59great. And the stun is also amazing.
32:02Not much to say about this one really.
32:04Just more tankiness is just great.
32:07Temporal alignment crystal is
32:09potentially also one of the best relics
32:11in the game, specifically with Nyx the
32:13spark. Nyx stalls a ton and rushes a ton
32:17and her alone just covers your shielding
32:18with this relic. It honestly feels a
32:21little bit overpowered. So definitely be
32:23on the lookout for this if you have Nyx.
32:25Another great one is Vanguard's Titanic
32:28Engine.
32:29If you have a vanguard as your tank,
32:31this just makes them way, way, way
32:34tankier and also does damage. The best
32:36part about this relic is just that it
32:38makes them really big, which is kind of
32:39fun, but that doesn't actually improve
32:41their abilities. And the final one is
32:43the warrior's bloodshield engine. If
32:46your damage is a warrior or you have a
32:47warrior as your tank, so vanguard rainer
32:50or tank kai or just Kai the unstoppable,
32:54then this is just almost runwinning by
32:56itself. It just provides so much
32:57shielding. Once you're in act two, you
33:00basically just have to solve three
33:01problems. You need a tank that can
33:03survive the onslaught. You need a damage
33:05dealer for all the fights. And you need
33:06a damage dealer for the boss. Often
33:09times, your damage dealer for the fights
33:10will be the same as the one for the
33:11boss, but it's very common for me to
33:13have a boss killer like Kasu sitting on
33:14the bench and a mob killer like Funky
33:16killing everyone before the boss. I
33:18won't go over all the characters for
33:19these jobs since I already talked about
33:21them when I discussed the character
33:22specs. One very important thing you
33:24really want though is front-loaded
33:26output since the enemies kill you
33:28really, really fast. So any starting
33:30mana or shield at the start of combat is
33:31absolutely premium. If there's any
33:33events that offer relics for a downside,
33:36do not take the downside if it affects
33:38you in battles. I'm thinking
33:39specifically about the ones that reduce
33:41your defense or stun you. There
33:43definitely some teams that can take it,
33:44but I just avoid these altogether. That
33:46one relic isn't really worth the risk of
33:48just dying, and the total death limit is
33:50tight enough already.
33:52The last thing to keep in mind is what
33:54kind of dragon you are fighting. I think
33:56the most deadly one is the frost dragon.
33:58It's very difficult to stay in that
33:59fight for long, so you usually have to
34:01have some kind of ramping scaling like
34:02the dualist package or way to cleanse
34:04debuffs or just a huge amount of
34:06front-loaded damage like warriors or
34:07assassins. Usually having your attack
34:09speed reduced by the frost isn't much of
34:11an issue, but there is one team in
34:13particular that gets really hurt by it,
34:15which is when you're using Rowan to
34:16protect as your damage. He just stops
34:18attacking altogether and his shields get
34:20depleted because of the frost and you
34:22fall apart even though you're crushing
34:23everything before. The fire dragon
34:25destroys your backline with burn. So you
34:27need to either have omnivamp for them or
34:29shielded to keep them alive. I don't
34:31really know what the poison dragon does.
34:32That one always feels like the easiest
34:34to me, but it does have the most health
34:36out of all of them. So if your damage is
34:37too low, there could be issues. The
34:39thing that really makes Red Rift as hard
34:41as it is is the challenges that you have
34:42to complete. For the challenge combat
34:45skip, I would recommend trying to force
34:46your way through the act one challenge
34:48since the act two challenge is so
34:49insanely hard. I would say that I take
34:52the act one challenge about 95% of the
34:54time. The only times I don't take it are
34:55when I think there's absolutely no hope
34:57I could ever beat it even after popping
34:58the rewind. Usually will be something
35:00like the enemies have health
35:01regeneration and my team just does not
35:03deal damage. For the campfire skip, I
35:05would like to skip the campfire in act
35:07two. In act one, I usually have a hero I
35:09want to rank up. I'll even buy a hero
35:11just to rank them up for the back of
35:12effect at the fire. Of course, sometimes
35:14I don't get what I want, in which case
35:16my second choice is to recharge my
35:18rewind if I've lost it. If neither of
35:20those can be done, only then will I skip
35:22the cam on fire. If your death count is
35:25at three or lower, you might think that
35:27the rewind doesn't help you since if you
35:28die, the run is lost anyway. But the
35:30rewind is still giving you a ton of
35:31shards at the end. If you skip instead
35:33of recharging, you're basically trading
35:35all those shards for 10% bonus stats at
35:37the act two fire. I basically never take
35:39the rank up there. 10% is just a lot of
35:40stats. With regards to the key, I would
35:43say you should not buy the key unless
35:45you're feeling very confident already.
35:47You really do need to get as strong as
35:49possible really fast in Red Rift, and
35:52buying the key early does not make you
35:53stronger. This is the case in both act
35:56one and act two. For the death limit,
35:58you just need to build your teams with
35:59it in mind. There are a few tricks you
36:01can do to help with it, though. For
36:02example, say you walk into a fight that
36:04you know you have absolutely no chance
36:05of winning. they can just put one hero
36:07in instead of all three and pop the
36:08rewind to get strong enough to beat it.
36:10There's also sometimes where you sub
36:12your mage or mystic from the backline
36:13with a tankier unit because you know the
36:15plan is going to kill them anyway. The
36:17rift seal is the most interesting part
36:19of the challenges for me. I think the
36:21way to go is to charge the tank and
36:23vanguard one as fast as you can since
36:25the biggest problem in act two is your
36:26tanks dying too fast and crippling them
36:28with the seal is really not something
36:29you want to do. I almost always buy a
36:31tank or vanguard in the first shop just
36:32so I can put the seal on them. The
36:34exception being Nicholas since he will
36:36eat it and that's not very good. I've
36:38seen many people buy team slot just to
36:40have someone to put the seal on, but I
36:41think this is complete nonsense. If
36:43you're going to spend that many shards,
36:44just spend them on something that will
36:45make your team strong enough to carry
36:46the seal around anyway instead of that.
36:48Something nice about the rift seal is
36:50that if you successfully beat one of the
36:51event combats, that will also charge the
36:53seal. So, I usually just take the
36:55easiest one to make sure I get my
36:56charge. Sure, you could get 10 more
36:58shards from taking a harder challenge,
36:59but I just want to guarantee that my
37:00seal stack is done and can get rid of
37:02one combat earlier. Most events I don't
37:04think matter too much. You just pick
37:06whatever looks good for your current
37:07team, but there are a few really good
37:09ones that I'm always on the lookout for.
37:10The crystalline prison and ring for both
37:12have the option for you to take the
37:13growth crystal that permanently
37:15increases the stats of a hero when they
37:17survive combats. The stat boost on that
37:19is absolutely gigantic, so I'll almost
37:21always pick this unless I'm literally
37:23about to die, then I'll reluctantly pick
37:26the temporary crystal. Another great
37:27event is the fallen beast, which lets
37:29you pick a defensive relic or item. The
37:31main ones I'm looking for from that are
37:32the acceleration resonator which gives
37:34shields every time you trigger a rush
37:36and the shard resonator which shields
37:38every time you generate a shard. I will
37:40take the shard one even if I have no
37:42shard generation on my team because it
37:43is that strong. Afterwards I just look
37:45for Gustav and Tilly and then my
37:47shielding is soul for the run. There's
37:49also an item that shields on shard
37:50generation and that can be equipped on
37:52any character not just the one making
37:53shards. There's a few team comps that I
37:55often end up with which include but are
37:57not limited to tank kai with mystic and
37:59rat mystic tank duelist mystic tank and
38:02two duelist any shard generator with one
38:04of the shard generation relics tank and
38:06two mystics with grace the radiant tank
38:09and funky with a duelist on the bench
38:11and and any early Logan or ratna hyper
38:13carry. I like to mention to not lock
38:15yourself into any team composition
38:17though be flexible and openminded to
38:19trying out new things. These are just
38:20some examples to maybe help you get
38:22started if you are lost. Some common
38:24mistakes I see people make are buying
38:26team size. Do not buy team size. It is
38:30too expensive. You simply cannot afford
38:32this in Red Rift. If you buy team size
38:34and you get a fourth hero, you just end
38:36up with four heroes without items. And
38:38that's very weak and you just end up
38:40dying constantly and you run out of
38:41deaths very quickly. Having three heroes
38:44with items is so much stronger than four
38:46without items. Which ties to the next
38:48mistake I see, people not buying items.
38:50You need to buy items for your heroes
38:52because without items, they are very,
38:54very weak. This also ties into the thing
38:56where I see people say X-tank is a
38:57terrible tank because they keep dying,
38:59but in reality, it's because they didn't
39:00have items on them. Another mistake is
39:02people being too loyal to their starter
39:04units. Just because you got them at the
39:05start of the run doesn't mean they have
39:06to stay with you for the whole run. I
39:08talked a bit about early game and late
39:10game units in the guide, and this is
39:12basically that some characters are good
39:13early and some are good late. There's no
39:16obligation for you to stick to the same
39:17hero the whole time. There's also the
39:19thing where a random A- rank just shows
39:21up in the shop, but it doesn't seem to
39:23fit your archetype or whatever. Just
39:24just buy the A- rank. They're probably
39:26going to be better. Don't be too stuck
39:28to whatever you're trying to force. You
39:30need to stay flexible. Another mistake
39:32is I see that people are freezing shops
39:33too early for an item. In the early
39:36shops, all I care about is the rank up.
39:38So, if you freeze the shop, then you're
39:40losing out on a potential rank up and
39:42money is very tight early. So, you
39:43cannot afford to be doing this. A
39:45similar mistake to this is I see people
39:47buy mediocre rallies that don't really
39:48accomplish that much instead of hunting
39:50for that early B rank which is so
39:51important. The last thing I want to talk
39:53about is hero positioning.
39:55I don't know how to position my heroes.
39:57So I can't really help you with that.
39:59All I know is that the plant's going to
40:01suck my back unit and the Liz will jump
40:02to the back. So I just plan for those.
40:04And finally I have one walkthrough run
40:06where I try and talk through my thought
40:08processes to hopefully help you
40:09understand what I'm thinking about
40:10during a run. I intentionally went for a
40:13more generic run because I thought that
40:14it would make more sense to somewhat
40:16emulate because these are the most
40:18common runs you're going to see here.
40:20Anything that makes you lose shots at
40:21the start, unless it's a rank up, is
40:22probably just very bad. So, this is not
40:25clickable for me. Kai's a great hero and
40:28this is a good bonus. Logan, if you rank
40:31him up very early, you basically get a
40:32free win, which will not be very
40:34instructive if that happens. So, we can
40:36just get Kai instead.
40:38I think either Kai or Logan are fine
40:40here to pick.
40:50Funk is on sale, so we grab him. Un's
40:52fine, too. And then I want to reroll.
40:57We do get a rank up, which is great.
40:59Fiona, not my favorite hero. Even B
41:02rank, she does not really impress me at
41:04all.
41:05So, we just ignore her here.
41:08This is interesting because that's a lot
41:10of money and I think we are strong
41:13enough to beat the next round. So I'm
41:14happy to sell you just to make some
41:16money.
41:24This is not immediate money. So I think
41:26I just get an item to make sure we don't
41:28die.
41:30At least reduce our chance of dying.
41:34It's not a very good item, but it's
41:35fine.
41:39I mean, it's a very good item, just not
41:40for our team.
41:47I would like to get a tank as soon as
41:50possible.
41:55So, I think we'll just reroll for a
41:57tank. Tank found.
42:01I want the tank because I really want
42:02the rift seal to fill up on the tank.
42:05And then we can also grab this is on
42:06sale and it's not hard to meet this
42:08shield amount with Kai.
42:14I think strength and over time is an
42:17insane item
42:21especially when you have two classes
42:22guys is going to get 1,000 defense and
42:24attack and then we should be kind of
42:26relaxed afterwards.
42:28I don't expect to die.
42:36If he casts once, then he's basically
42:37invincible.
42:42Yep.
42:47Next one is the challenge five. So, I do
42:49actually want a third hero to actually
42:51help us out here. This is a free item.
42:54It sells the same amount.
42:57I really do want a mystic. So, I think
42:59we'll just roll again. Or you can grab
43:00this item. I don't really think I care
43:03about this.
43:09Um, Rowan's great, but he's not what I
43:11need right now. They have a mystic on
43:14sale, and there's an there's a relic
43:16that works with mystics, which is great.
43:18And I I do not need this item anymore. I
43:21just want this immediately.
43:26No reason we can't buy the challenge.
43:30Because it's rush though, Kai might die
43:33with the seal on him. So, I will take it
43:35off. I'm a little bit scared.
43:43If he can't cast before he dies, then
43:47he's quite weak. That is basically Kai's
43:50only weakness, that he can't cast
43:51sometimes and he just dies before
43:52anything can happen.
43:58basically always skip. This is an
44:00insanely good relic, but we still resist
44:02and skip. I do not want to fight the act
44:04two challenge at all
44:07on sale.
44:10And here I'm feeling very strong, so we
44:13can just take the key. Usually I'll take
44:14this as late as possible. The time I
44:16take is when I'm feeling comfortable,
44:17and I'm feeling quite comfortable now,
44:19so I'm happy to take. You can also grab
44:21grace for the backup effect, but I do
44:22not think we care.
44:25More frost. Why not?
44:33If we can generate shards, this is
44:35amazing.
44:36Otherwise, 30 defense is great.
44:40Or we can do this as well. But I think
44:41I'm happy with 30 defense.
44:46Often times when the run falls apart,
44:47it's because the tank cannot live. So we
44:49just secure the tank and then we should
44:51be winning.
44:58There is something to keep in mind
44:59though, which is that Funky is not very
45:01good against bosses. He's good against
45:03everything except the boss, but the boss
45:05is coming.
45:10We can solve. I made a mistake. I forgot
45:13to move this back to back to Kai. We're
45:16probably fine, though. But that was a
45:18mistake. Free item.
45:21And I think I want mana regen on Pollen
45:22who I'll rank up to mage and then Funky
45:24will scale Pollen and we should be fine.
45:27That was a bit bad though because I
45:29would like to have this done before act
45:30two. But we should be okay regardless.
45:35Not the best items. If I lose then we
45:37can just buy some items with the rewind
45:38shards and I doubt we will actually lose
45:40the demon. [sighs]
45:47Just take the mage pollen here because
45:48it works with funky.
45:58If it was Hydra, I might reconsider
46:01leaving the seal on Kai because Hydra's
46:04front load is too high. But demon demon
46:06only really kills you after it's at half
46:08health. So, I'm kind of just fine here.
46:17By the time you get to half health, they
46:19will have scaled and then we should be
46:21fine
46:35on sale.
46:38I think usually if there's an A rank, I
46:41would grab it. But this is Zuri who
46:44does need time to actually build up her
46:45defense and we already had the crystal
46:47and Kai, so she would just be worse than
46:48Kai, I'm pretty sure. An extra item slot
46:50is great in case we can't rank up ever
46:52from Btier.
46:56This is okay, but I'm I don't think I
46:59care too much. It does sell for almost
47:01the same though, so there's no reason
47:03not to grab it. I guess I only lose two
47:05shards. No problem. Then we can roll for
47:07something better.
47:09No assassins,
47:11no stall synergy, no duelist.
47:17This is extremely good. So we just grab
47:20this.
47:22And the only thing else is this,
47:25which I think is great as well.
47:32Let's go into funky.
47:34He could also grab this, but I think
47:36we're fine.
47:43Make sure he's in the back. The only
47:44issue with this is he doesn't actually
47:46reach the the back guys. I think
47:49I guess if that's the case, I don't mind
47:51just putting Poland instead so he can
47:53actually reach and Poland will do a
47:54frontload shield before Kai can cast and
47:57then we then we're okay. [sighs]
48:07I guess any AoE we're just very strong.
48:09So the only thing I'm thinking of now is
48:10the boss which we currently cannot beat
48:13the boss. We can get something though.
48:16This is very good.
48:18Right there's considerable but I don't
48:20think I care too much. Ideally I want a
48:22dualist like Irene or the X for the boss
48:25but we'll see. I guess pick whatever's
48:28offered.
48:31I don't think I can win this. So, we can
48:32try this.
48:35I almost
48:36not I actually just always click the top
48:39option. I don't I think these are too
48:40hard in general. Unless you have the
48:43strongest team ever, but if you have
48:44that team, I think you're already
48:45winning the run.
48:50Just make sure he actually kills.
49:08Now we only have to put this on
49:11mystical or mage.
49:21We should be fine.
49:23[sighs]
49:28The scary part is always just Kai's
49:29first cast. You see, we're kind of just
49:32fine afterwards. Pollen is dead because
49:33of the the wizards are a little bit
49:34rude, but it's fine.
49:41This is This could be our boss solve.
49:45We can use S herself or another dualist
49:47that can apply debuffs with items. So, I
49:50just grab her and she's going to sit on
49:52the bench until the boss is here. Worst
49:54case, it's still a little bit of backup
49:55effect. This is free, so no reason not
49:58to take it.
50:06I can do something like this.
50:12And we can buy the key early here. I'm
50:15feeling quite strong.
50:17No reason to ever fight this.
50:22This is one of the scarier fights for
50:24sure because the the plant just pulls
50:26you. But I think the pollen fast car
50:29should be safe. And if it's not, then
50:31we're probably still okay. If we're not
50:32okay, we can just buy some stuff to
50:34figure out what's going wrong.
50:43You can see the starting mana is
50:45extremely valuable. Otherwise, we kind
50:47of just lose here.
50:49No amount of mana region can be 50
50:51starting mana.
50:57Don't really see any point in rolling
50:59these. I mean, holding these, grabbing
51:01these and get this though. Free money.
51:07More mana region for pollen. Sure.
51:11And I could see grabbing this
51:15just for sale later, which I'm quite
51:18happy with. So, we can sell something
51:20for that. This is not a very good item.
51:22You could also take this, but I don't
51:25want to freeze the shop. I want to roll
51:27for a rank up. We're all B ranks right
51:28now. Not that B ranks can't win or
51:30anything, but having an A rank does make
51:32it a lot easier.
51:34Let's grab mage. Mage and duelist have
51:37the best banners by far when you have
51:39two mages.
51:42Yeah, 100 mana, which is crazy.
51:49Every fight is kind of the same at this
51:50point.
51:53Pollen cast fast. Hopefully Kai doesn't
51:55die. He did die. So now I have to get
51:59more defense on Kai or more starting
52:01mana on Kai or Pollen.
52:09These don't really help.
52:11That kind of helps,
52:14but only if you can actually cast, but
52:15you can just grab it for now.
52:19These don't really help.
52:22Starting mana for pollen. Quite good.
52:25Srank ratner. I don't really see the
52:27point of this
52:33rank up. Fantastic.
52:38faster cast. This is exactly what we're
52:40looking for. You can also grab this.
52:44But then Kai has to be slotted one row
52:46to the back. But I think that's fine.
52:49It's a lot of shielding.
52:52And if he's alive for long enough, then
52:54we just win. So I'm happy with this over
52:56this. Usually would pick this.
53:00Now I get another item on her, which
53:02we'll roll for.
53:05Grace is quite nice for scaling, which
53:08is one of my concerns. I'm happy with
53:10this.
53:13And then
53:17I guess we don't really care about the
53:18damage.
53:20Attack does actually scale his block.
53:29Now, you just have to make sure they
53:30don't instantly die. So, we just put
53:32them next to pollen and we should be
53:34fine.
53:35The front load shield should have me
53:37covered.
53:56Another one. That's great.
54:00probably just instantly cast every
54:02single fight now and we can give it to S
54:05later potentially. Probably not though
54:07because I do need Kai to actually
54:09survive the boss.
54:15You could also say because of Grace you
54:18no longer need S, but I I think I'm
54:20happy to put S in later so we'll keep
54:22her. I'm looking for attack speed items
54:23at this point and I have this so I don't
54:26think we have any issues.
54:30Would like more defense on Kai though
54:32for sure.
54:36I mean more defense. The burn is
54:38irrelevant to me. I have shielding.
54:46Little bit of a scary fight cuz the
54:48lizards jump, but I just trust Poland
54:50will shield for me. So I won't really
54:52change anything here.
55:11And now we switch funky out.
55:20I would like attack speed, but a huge
55:23amount of crit is fine, too.
55:36and I can also get this 50 crit.
55:39Sure.
55:41Rank up. Sure.
55:50These aren't really that helpful.
55:55I don't know. It doesn't really matter.
56:01And then we get a little bit more magic
56:02for her.
56:08And we should be fine at this point.
56:14Have to skip
56:21now. The pollen effect is
56:24It's still fine actually cuz I can do
56:26something like this and then Kai will
56:27walk up to the dragon I think. I hope
56:36and S will scale up eventually.
56:50Bit slow to start, but it's fine.
56:54Yeah, damage is quite high.
56:57Okay, cool. This is
57:00probably one of the easier runs, but I
57:01do think most runs kind of look like
57:03this.
57:04The harder runs are quite rare. You can
57:07replace
57:09your DPS with often nicks, but the
57:12general formula I like to do tank DPS
57:14mystic. This is actually the first time
57:17I've ever done something like this. So,
57:18it is all very new to me. Feel free to
57:20leave feedback in the comments of what I
57:22could have done better. I really hope
57:24this guide helps you get your first win
57:25streak if you're struggling. It was a
57:27lot of work, so it helps just a few
57:28people. It would make me very happy. I
57:30would also like to thank Nature for
57:31giving me very valuable feedback when I
57:32was making the guide and Toth for making
57:34the first guide a while back when the
57:36game was still in alpha. I was
57:37struggling to win at all until I read
57:39his guide and it helped a ton. I'll link
57:40the guide in the description. And
57:42lastly, I would like to thank the
57:43layline team for making this awesome
57:44game and you for watching. Good luck
57:46beating the Red Rift.

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