This is a relatively common item that can help you quickly decimate your opposition. Necronomicon: An active item that deals a significant amount of damage to everything inside the room that you're in. Items: A short list of items that I found particularly useful. When or if that happens, the best piece of advice I can give you is to remain patient and try again. Some rooms and bosses can also become effectively unwinnable, given the sheer amount of enemies you have to contend with. They can usually be dislodged by simply shooting at them. They may behave erratically or remain passive. Some enemies may spawn inside walls or pieces of the environment, leading to them getting stuck. This can be achieved by forcing them into a corner in case they get separated.īugs and issues: Note that given the double-spawns, not every room or enemy placement will work as intended. To keep things simple, I recommend keep the two characters as close together as possible during combat. You will no doubt experience that one character gets stuck or behaves in an unusual manner. Navigation: Moving around with these two characters is challenging during the normal game, and having to do so with double the amount of enemies that you're used to isn't any easier. This is because while one character flies, the other will still be traveling by foot, and will more easily get stuck on the environment or step on spikes, as they are become more difficult to control. a Deal with the Devil offering you both Lord of the Pit and Spirit of the Night).
I strongly recommend that defensive items go toward keeping Esau safe, while offensive items be given to Jacob as the character you are in direct control of.įlight: While flight is usually a very powerful upgrade, I do not recommend taking any flight upgrade on this challenge, unless you are in an extremely fortunate - and extrenely rare - situation where it is available to both characters (E.G. If, for example, a Guppy transformation is achieved through passive items, only the character holding those passive items will be transformed. It is entirely possible to transform one character, but not the other. Esau is especially vulnerable in the early game, and as such I recommend that players less confident in their ability to effectively control two characters at once try to keep him safe by feeding him HP while focusing on navigating the game with Jacob.īuilds: When deciding on how to distribute items between your characters, keep in mind that they are distinct, and that items (with a few exceptions) do not grant synergies between the two. Be very conscious of how you invest it if you decide to go for Deals with the Devil. HP: Given the amount of damage you will likely have to tank with both characters, getting your HP up is a good idea. It also makes bomb synergies a lot more attractive than they already were.
This changes how you have to think about your resource-economy, as it allows you break open a lot more of the environment at once.
They also provide a number of other benefits, such as being able to hold different active items, being able to place 2 bombs for the price of one, and being able to pick up two rewards at the same time.īombs: As mentioned above, Jacob and Esau will always place one bob each, but always for the price of one. When standing close to one another, their damage output is quite high. Having two character at once provides a lot of benefits. Jacob and Esau: Playing Jacob and Esau is basically like playing co-op with yourself. Tips: Tips and recommendations regarding the character. In this guide, I will be providing some tips and pointers that might make your attempts a bit smoother than mine were. While the duo is actually quite powerful, both equipped with 20/20 right off the bat, and able to enter all secret rooms throughout your run, this is not enough to carry you through the challenge on its own. As you can imagine, this can lead to some rooms being effectively impossible to clear without taking damage - especially as you have to dodge with two characters at once - unless you have some amazing form of room clear. The challenge consists of a Mom's Heart run, but the enemies in every room (including bosses) are doubled. You will be playing as Jacob and Esau, a character that consists of one "main" character, Jacob, and a secondary character, Esau, who is relatively weak. This challenge is easily one of the most difficult ones ever put into the game.