Lost Castle 2 [Nightmare 3 / Solo] (Musket - Shotgun / Lucky Hunter) {Early Access}

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Something to fill The Void™.
Starting build details in description if anyone's interested.
Timestamps below. Or use the chapters feature, it's nice.

Game version: 0.8.1.3_3 (Early Access)
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Hunter Gear:
Miraculous Banana Vine
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Soul Inscription:
Lucky Hunter - Attack has a 20% chance to fire a lucky bullet, which consumes no ammo an deals double damage.
Soul Flower 1 / Upgrade I - After firing a lucky bullet, Heat continuously rises for 7 seconds.
Soul Flower 2 / Upgrade II - After firing a lucky bullet, ATK increases by 18% for 7 seconds.
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Soulstones:
Giant Hunt (4.8% + 6% more damage against bosses)
Shield (3% + 3% Temporary Shield upon entering a new area)
Scav (5% + 3% chance to drop life energy after breaking objects)
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Alchemy Crucible / Alchemy Amulet:
Withered Petal 3 (Mad Gardener drop, Black Forest boss) - Critical Rate +8%.
Shattered Mask 3 (Phantom of the Lost Swordsman drop, Frozen Cave boss) - Dodge invincibility duration increased by 20%.
Black Soul Stone 3 (Mysterious Shadow drop, Castle Dungeon boss) - One revival chance. HP restored to 100%.
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Timestamps:
00:00 / Run Start
00:26 / STAGE 1 — Black Forest
03:52 / BOSS — Mad Gardener
06:11 / STAGE 2 — Saltpeter Desert
12:43 / BOSS — The Captain
14:43 / STAGE 3 — Frozen Cave
21:45 / BOSS — Frost Colossus
24:29 / STAGE 4 — Castle Dungeon
33:59 / BOSS — Warden
37:40 / STAGE 5 — Black Castle
48:38 / FINAL BOSS — Steward the Demon Sealer
49:56 / FINAL BOSS — Destroyer Demon Lord
52:53 / Build check and conclusion
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Personal Notes:
The beginning, especially Stage 2, was a little bumpy like a lot of runs in N3 (Nightmare 3) tends to be, but by Stage 3 I was more or less settled on my build, getting Red to 12 was a huge boon to damage too. In hindsight I should've kept the first Musket since the Alchemical Launcher didn't synergy well with the build, but oh well, living and learning.

I was exceedingly careful here because early game N3 can kill you VERY fast, so I went for a safety build with Green runes also because Musket doesn't have a lot of quick and easy "get off me" moves or weapons and the summons helped a ton in the final stage by distracting some annoying enemies, especially the burrowing ones.

This run was going well but it became much better after getting the Volcano Blaster at Stage 4, Glacier Launcher, found one screen later, would be a fine choice if I was building for Green + Blue here. I was hoping for a "Dash attack fire 2/3 shots" enchantment, but alas, the miracle never "happen".

The boss fight against the Warden was just plain horrible through and through, it was the first time I got hit by that ball and chain attack because of a brain fart and I basically ate almost every attack the damn thing threw at me. The lowest point in this run, that's for sure.

By the end, in Stage 5 things were more or less ok. I just kept getting greedy and decked in the face for it, but the semi-tank build helped a lot in patching myself up after each area was cleared too.

The final bosses weren't too much of a problem, the Steward is usually the more troublesome one for me, but, again, only because I tend to be too greedy with damage, especially when he starts blocking. The big dude is mostly a matter of not getting too overeager and watch the upper claws trying to smash you to pieces.