Risk of Rain 2

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Hopoo does beloved secrets, then information technology is not surprising that they snuck a secret character in the Anniversary Update for Risk of Rain 2. Y'all cannot select Heretic from the Survivors screen, and you won't exist able to unlock this beast permanently. You will demand to jump through quite a few hoops to become access to Heretic on a run.

In this guide, nosotros will break it all downwards for you, and tell you why you want to play as Heretic in the beginning place.

How to get access to Heretic

In the simplest sense, you only demand to get all four of the Heresy Prepare items in a unmarried run to get Heretic. You can get these from Lunar Flowers using Lunar Coins. These items are:

  • Visions of Heresy – Fire a flurry of tracking shards that detonate later on a delay, dealing 120% base impairment. Hold up to 12 charges that reload afterward 2 seconds
  • Hooks of Heresy – Accuse up a projectile that deals 175% damage per second to nearby enemies, exploding after 3 seconds to bargain 700% harm and root enemies for 3 seconds. Recharges after 5  seconds.
  • Strides of Heresy – Dealing damage adds a stack of Ruin for 10  seconds. Activating the skill detonates all Ruin stacks at unlimited range, dealing 300% harm plus 120% harm per stack of Ruin. Recharges afterward 8  seconds.
  • Essence of Heresy – Fade away, becoming intangible and gaining +thirty% movement speed. Heal for xviii.2% of your maximum health. Lasts 3 seconds.

Visions and Strides of Heresy were introduced to the game in the Hidden Realms update, but the Hooks and Essence of Heresy are new items. To get access to them, players will need to complete the Blockade Billow challenge, and defeat xv bosses in a single run. Once that is done and all the Heresy Fix parts are available in the game, players tin throw themselves at the mercy of the RNG Gods and hope they get them all in a single run. If they do, they will become Heretic.

As you lot pick up the different items on a run, they will replace specific abilities, and it is only when you get the full set that you lot will become Heretic

The easy manner to play as Heretic

If you desire, you can run the Artifact of Command to brand this very easy, as you will exist able to pick your items. While we are sure plenty of people in the community want to experience Heretic the hard fashion, other volition appreciate the easier method. You'll however need to unlock all the Heresy Set items, so go on that in heed.

Why exist the Heretic?

Heretic has the highest base harm and base health in the game, and is a beast. He also has a built in triple-jump, and gets huge scaling with each level up. The downside is that he continuously loses wellness, so y'all'll need to gear into healing items to avoid dying from this bitter passive.