After months without any new content, we finally have new Kill the Arrow 2 update – and, well, I see what took them so long, because I don’t even know where to start with this one.
Perhaps it’s best to start with the star of the series: the Fool, Kill the Spire 2 sixth playable character. It is certainly unique, even by Kill the arrow standards. His main gadget revolves around his Arrow which, when fired using specific cards, will inflict the Impaled status on the enemy.
When an enemy is impaled, you must hit them three times (or kill them) to get your arrow back, and cards that require an arrow won’t work until you do. I’ve only played about three games with the character so far, but they seem absurdly broken. However, that’s why it’s a beta patch, and the important thing is that the Fool is super fun – he’s sort of reminiscent of the Hermit from Kill the Spire: FallIn fact.
And hey, spoiler alert: the Hermit is now in Kill the Arrow 2! Sort of. One of the Fool’s other unique gadgets is that he can generate tarot cards from others Kill the arrow characters, including the Hermit and the Observer. Does this mean that these two characters are coming Kill the Arrow 2? Well, Mega Crit describes the Fool as the “first new character for Early Access.” in the patch notesso maybe?
Of course, the Fool isn’t the only new feature in the v0.113.0 beta patch, as we also received two brand new modes: Blitz Mode and Dread Mode. Blitz mode is essentially a super-fast mode, but with some strange changes. There is no gold, no cards, and the merchant shop now contains free buffs and card rewards instead of specific relics and cards. I’ve only played this mode once, but I’m already a big fan of it.
Dread mode is, as the name suggests, an even harder version of Ascension 10. Bosses are stronger, enemies have new buffs, and you simply gain random curses by climbing. I haven’t tried this mode yet, although I rightly dread it. I already got my ass kicked on Ascension 10, so God knows how hard it’s going to be.
There are also a bunch of new relics, card nerfs/buffs, and even freshly added events! There are far too many to cover here, but there is one specific event that I haven’t encountered yet and am very, very excited to encounter: “the evolution of Byrdpip.” I have no idea what this will do to our little buddy Brydpip, although I hope it makes his mohawk even cooler.
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