Risk of Rain 2

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Hopoo does love secrets, so information technology is not surprising that they snuck a hole-and-corner grapheme in the Anniversary Update for Hazard of Rain 2. You cannot select Heretic from the Survivors screen, and you won't exist able to unlock this fauna permanently. Yous will need to spring through quite a few hoops to go access to Heretic on a run.

In this guide, we will pause information technology all down for y'all, and tell yous why you want to play as Heretic in the showtime identify.

How to get access to Heretic

In the simplest sense, y'all but need to get all four of the Heresy Gear up items in a single run to get Heretic. You tin can get these from Lunar Flowers using Lunar Coins. These items are:

  • Visions of Heresy – Fire a flurry of tracking shards that detonate afterwards a delay, dealing 120% base damage. Concur up to 12 charges that reload afterwards 2 seconds
  • Hooks of Heresy – Charge up a projectile that deals 175% damage per second to nearby enemies, exploding after three seconds to deal 700% harm and root enemies for 3 seconds. Recharges later on five  seconds.
  • Strides of Heresy – Dealing damage adds a stack of Ruin for ten  seconds. Activating the skill detonates all Ruin stacks at unlimited range, dealing 300% damage plus 120% damage per stack of Ruin. Recharges after eight  seconds.
  • Essence of Heresy – Fade abroad, becoming intangible and gaining +30% movement speed. Heal for 18.2% of your maximum health. Lasts 3 seconds.

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

As you choice up the different items on a run, they will supercede specific abilities, and it is only when you lot become the total set that you will become Heretic

The like shooting fish in a barrel mode to play as Heretic

If you want, y'all can run the Artifact of Command to make this very like shooting fish in a barrel, as you will be able to pick your items. While we are certain plenty of people in the customs want to feel Heretic the hard way, other will appreciate the easier method. You'll nevertheless need to unlock all the Heresy Prepare items, so keep that in mind.

Why exist the Heretic?

Heretic has the highest base damage and base health in the game, and is a animate being. He also has a built in triple-bound, and gets huge scaling with each level upwards. The downside is that he continuously loses wellness, so you'll need to gear into healing items to avoid dying from this biting passive.