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If anything you could use the Thunder Sticks for some NP for your bank if you don't want them. Sleep ray is fine for a 100% freezer, and if you have enough prize shop points left over for Thunder Sticks, well, just throwing that idea out there. From your abilities and equipment, I would guess that your battle strategy is probably the 3-free turn strategy right? Lens Flare, Warlocks Rage and Freezer if needed, right? When you get your pet to level 400, Reflect I would recommend Reflect. Esepcially since you're not set up for much defense. Hopefully TNT doesn't throw us a curve ball then where something more than the 3-free turn strategy is required. They did say they'd have something to challenge the veteran battlers. So as I was discussing with Duma on the previous page, we don't know what that might be. I'd say your set right now, honestly, is underpowered for your maxed out stats. But when you get enough prize shop points to upgrade like you want to, then you'll be sitting real pretty offensively. If you want to consider some cheap, defensive gear, I'll refer you to this comment on the previous page. I cover some cheap equipment that will defend some or more icons that covers pretty much every element. Dual-duties and shields. Oh, and a Downsize! of course. If you're not interested in cheap defensive gear that might come in handy if TNT does throw us a curve ball, you can disregard this link.

Cool! You're welcome. I was going through my SDB earlier and it turns out that I have 75 of them! lol A LOT more than I thought I had! I don't buy them either, I just visit the shrine once a day at midnight, or close to it. lol I never seem to get there quite on the second. lol Sure! That's why I created this topic in hopes that people would come together seeking advice for their sets and then people could make suggestions and offer ideas and the like. I look forward to when that happens. Maybe with this plot more interest in the BD will be sparked, that's what I hope anyway!

LOL Yeah, the Obelsik bosses are pretty easy with the max boosts. XD One and Done. lol With the right weapons of course. Ah cool! LOL I should check on my spare BD items since it's been so long, though I know a LOT of them are junk I got from stealing from sleeping Snowager. lol That's cool that you've already got a lot of the items I mentioned! XD Btw, if you do want a cheap Light reflector that to the best of my knowledge doesn't break. Expert Lens is the way to go., 50% Reflect, same as Dual Battle Mirrors, but it's from Coltzan's Shrine, and there should be plenty in player shops for cheap if you don't have one already from visiting the shrine. I probably have several dozen in my SDB so I could send ya one if you don't already have one.

Nice Duma! I honestly don't recall what your set used to contain, but this one is certainly heavy on the offense! With a good mix of icon variety! Yeah, there's not much you CAN do for your set without spending a lot of NP. I mean, IF you needed some shields or reflectors for some SPECIFIC element(s) for some SPECIFIC opponent(s) we could talk some weaker shields and reflectors that could at least take a dent out of some of what you were up against. I take it your strategy is using Lens Flare, Warlock's Rage and Sleep Ray to give you up to 3 rounds of Free Attacks, right? I ask because other than the Downsize! I don't see much in the way of defense. LOL Not that I'm one to talk either with my current set setup. But, I would not be surprised if TNT came up with some way of making us need either MORE than that strategy or something OTHER than that strategy to win some of the battles. I mean, they DID say that there would be some opponents to challenge the veteran battlers. We don't know what that means, but we should expect them to do something about the 3-free rounds strategy. I just HOPE they don't make it so that Shhh! can cancel out Lens Flare and Warlocks Rage by going first. That would really stink! And it'd be even tougher for the newer battlers imho. Though, it would bring things kind of back to where they were with the OLD faerie abilities that only had a chance of freezing opponents, instead of 100% chance of stopping them from acting. Anyway, if you haven't put much concern into defense, or don't have many defensive items in your SDB, you might consider some items that don't cost an arm and a leg that you could get that might help shave off some icon damage. I don't know the prices, but some items off the top of my head would be some dual duties and defenders like Hanso Charisma Charm to block all dark with a 10 icon attack. Parasol of Unfortunate Demise, to block all Light, and some earth and water icons. Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife for a 15 icon attack and blocks 75% of Earth. Flaming Oven Gloves may be kinda weak, Blocks 5 Fire and 2 Light, but it's some fire defense, saved my bacon several times when I was a young battler. lol Not sure how they'd work with the max boosts though, still. They're cheap too. Leaf Shield from Illusen's Quests is still good for Earth, Water, and Physical. Just the first few pieces of equipment that came to mind. Altadorian Swordbreaker, only a 6-icon attack, but blocks all Physical. That would just leave Air that's not defended in any of those items, I think. Hmmm..... Double Dryer, the 50% reflector is decent and not too expensive. Let me do some quick looking..... Ok, With your pet's Int-stat, Parchment Cloak would give you protection from several icons, +5 Air icons thanks to your INT being above 150. Or there's one of my old standby items, the Earthen Scorchstone, good for Air AND Darkness. Greater Defense Scroll defends 5 Air Icons too. If you want a Dual-Duty that can defend Air. Bubble Wands, only blocks 3 Air icons, but has a 9-icon attack. This is all on a budgetary thing of course. There are better options, but like you said, you don't want to get into the millions or tens of millions of NP range. So I'm just having a little fun typing out some of the budgetary items. Anyway, some of these items MIGHT actually help you in a pinch, depending on what TNT decides to throw at us. I always keep a few items of varied defensive items in my SDB to swap out just in case, old habits die hard after all. Even though, truth-be-told, I've become somewhat complacent with this current battle system and using Lens Flare and Warlocks Rage if/as needed. That's one of the reasons I'm excited for the plot, hoping for a shake-up in the strategies. Oh yeah, on Heavy Robe of Thievery. Provided TNT gets Stealing fixed in the BD, I think you'll enjoy it. Especially if you steal a really good weapon from your opponent! Mine has been sitting in my SDB since stealing broke, gathering dust. I'm looking forward to being able to using it again, fingers crossed!

Ah ok. Sorry for misunderstanding then. lol And ok, cool. Coming up with strategies are part of the fun for me in the BD. If you have a hard time with one of the opponents TNT throws our way let me know and maybe we can get you some wins. But with your stats you should be ok for awhile. lol I don't know what TNT's got in mind, but they did mention some opponents that would challenge even the veteran battlers, so I'm curious what they meant by that. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little excited about it either. lol

You're very welcome @Cuddlesoftness! Hmm, by "bomb", do you mean Varia is the Bomb? You could I suppose, but if you got a Grapes of Wrath from The Void Within Prize Shop, you'd have a multi-use weapon that is 1 icon shy of Varia is the Bomb, which is only Once Per Battle, and save several million+ NP on buying a Varia is the Bomb. It's up to you and whatever your budget is of course. Of course, you will need to battle something during the plot to get prize points for those parts of the plot too. I can't read TNT's minds, but I would think your Void Blades should be enough offense to see you through that far at least. Anyway, when the battle portion comes out, we'll be testing the opponents to find out their equipment and abilities. LOTS of intentionally prolonged battles. Oy! lol But we'll get that info up as soon as we can. Once we know the equipment they have, I can come up with good strategies to fight them if needed. I think that's my favorite part of battling. Coming up with underdog strategies that work to win. XD

Hiya @Cuddlesoftness! I'd be glad to help ya! And thanks @Mouseykins for the tag! Ok, so Mouseykins is SPOT ON with changing your healer, Feel Better Soup has apparently gone up in price slightly since the plot began. But it's still around 600k on the Super wiz, a STEAL considering what I paid like a decade ago when I traded for my Bag of Healing Dust. x_x. They heal the same amount, 50% of your max HP, but Feel Better Soup also blocks 100% of Air icons on the turn that it's used. Quite useful if you're dealing with an air-wielding opponent on the turn you need to heal. H4000 helmet might come in handy since TNT did say that there would be opponents during the plot that would give even the Veteran battlers a hard time. Sure you're above level 400 so you've probably got both Lens Flare and Warlock's Rage, giving you 2 free turns to attack. But you might need a 3rd free turn during the plot, so if you don't want to keep the H4000 helmet equipped for now, I wouldn't sell it just yet either. You CAN, but with TNT, it's best to err on the side of caution. You definitely don't need your Scarab Ring. Not with your Strength and Defense boosts maxed out. Unless you league-battle, which is doubtful since you said you don't 2p battle. lol So, you can definitely get rid of that. Anyway, and then you've got 2 Void Blades, which are quite decent at 16 icons each. Assuming you keep them and add in Feel Better Soup, and keep the H4000 Helmet in the line-up, for now. That leaves you 4 slots you can fill. So, there are several worthwhile weapons in The Void Within Prize Shop. I posted a list of them in another thread, so I'll just copy them here for you and add some suggestions for other items you might find useful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In The Void Within Prize Shop, the best ones to look at are Wand of the Dark Faerie, Grapes of Wrath, Thunder Sticks, Thyoras Tear, and Extra Loud Techo Fanatic Megaphone Wand of the Dark Faerie can be gotten from Jhudora's quests, the 50th quest. It can do 20-29 icons of damage, reflects 75% light, no other defense, and heals 25% of your HP when it's below 25% of Max. Grapes of Wrath is a Smuggler's Cove item, 24 icons, multiuse. 1 icon less than Varia is the Bomb. Thunder Sticks, was from a couple AC's ago. 16 icon attack, defends 100% physical and freezes 100% once per battle. Thyoras Tear. r99 and still restocks at Defence Magic. Once per battle it will negate ALL damage done on the turn it is used. Like Downsize! but double the power. lol Extra Loud Techo Fanatic Megaphone, from last year's AC. Like Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife, it has a 15 icon attack and Blocks 75% of an element, only this one blocks 75% AIR. When this is used with Roxton's Knife, which blocks 75% of Earth, you can severely reduce the power of a Super Attack Pea to 25% of it's max power. Provided your opponent has and uses a SuAP on the turn you use these 2 weapons together of course. The other weapons are less than you'd want for your set. Void Blade, you've got 2 already, and Gemmed Sword of Light, despite their vast price difference, both do 16 icons. lol The Grey weapons are even weaker. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I did alter some of the text slightly to be more applicable to your situation. Of the items I mentioned when talking about the prize shop prizes. Varia is the Bomb, was from the Fragments mini-plot from last year, I think it was? It does 25 icons, is once per battle, but doesn't actually count as a Bomb-type weapon. I have one equipped while still being able to have my Ghostkerbomb equipped. lol It's pseudo useful, but once per battle makes it better for taking down opponents in the first round. Downsize! Another Once Per Battle item. This one blocks 50% damage on the turn it is used once per battle, Quite useful against stronger opponents when you are mostly an offensive battler and need to defend. When I was a less experienced battler, I would use it during the same turn as my healing item to preserve as much of my HP that round as I could. And they are cheap. About 3,000-4,000np at Defence Magic or in Player Shops. Rarely goes higher. I think the highest I've ever seen it was around 6k in player shops. Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife You might already have this in your SDB, if you didn't sell it. Like Feel Better Soup, this was a freebie from an Advent Calendar. It has a 15 icon attack, and blocks a solid 75% of incoming Earth icons. As I stated above for the Megaphone, combining this with the Megaphone will drastically reduce the power of the Super Attack Pea, but, Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife on it's own, will reduce the power of ANY of the Pea Family weapons by quite a bit. Considering that the Seasonal Attack Pea is mostly Earth too, and the Attack Pea is ALL Earth. Yeah, this is one decent weapon to consider. I hope that helps, if you have any further questions, feel free to ask. I try to check the forum a couple times a day. Oh yeah, IF TNT Fixes Stealing, and your pet's intelligence is, I forget the exact number required, but let's say above 100. It's actually much less so if you're over 100 then you're good since your Movement/agility is above 200. I would consider a Heavy Robe of Thievery as a possible buy. They used to be buyable, but someone recently told me they were being sold for 3mil now. So, if you have the budget for it. They have minimal defense, but they will let you steal 1 random item from your opponent once per battle. If TNT fixes stealing you, WILL, steal something. During the Obelisk War, it was like a daydream when my attempt to steal from Envy yielded his Prismatic Mirror. I'd gone up against that weapon in a number of prior wars, but it's not available to Neopians. it reflects 81%-100% of ALL Elements, except physical of course. Very fun to use! Allowed me to stay alive a few extra turns against Envy in those battles. My peophin was still pretty "weak" back then, only just barely into the 1 red codestone training zone during that war. Anyway, if I can be of any more help just let me know. Happy battling!

Oh yeah, there's a good BAD pun! Couldn't HELP but laugh at it! Yeah, Normally, if my peophin is at full health when I go against Snowy, I'll use Ghostkerbomb, Varia is the Bomb, and Lens Flare to take him out in 1 round. The difference between Easy and Medium for Snowy is insane. 750hp for Easy, isn't so bad. But on Medium, if I'm remembering correctly, it skyrockets to 15,000hp! And he can 1-shot me with damage left over! lol I traded for a Hubrid's Puzzle Box awhile back to see if that would help. It KIND OF did, but I still could only get him down to around 8,000-9,000hp before I ran out of Defensive stuff. Right now I'm built more for offense, and at that time, I hadn't really rebuilt my set for defending against Snowy, even so, I would need better blockers than I have most likely to be more effective against the raw power he's got at Medium difficulty. lol A Thyoras Tear would make for an excellent experimental piece to see if I could make any further headway against him on medium. Oh yeah, Hubrids Puzzle Box, it's an older weapon, but an interesting one. You have to use it 3 times to actually use it. First turn, it changes shape, 2nd turn it gives you a statue of Hurbid, if I recall correctly, and then on your 3rd turn, you can use that to remove 1/3rd of your opponent's current health. So at 15,000 HP, and say I'd knocked it down to about 12,000 by that turn that I could use the statue, it would still take about 4,000 more of his HP away reducing him to around 8,000hp. But using it takes up a weapon slot for each of those 3 turns. The first 2 turns I can use a Weapon, Hubrids Puzzle Box, Lens Flare. 2nd turn is Freezer, Hubrids Puzzle Box 2, and Warlocks Rage. 3rd turn is Statue of Hurbid, Weapon, and Level 500 Ability. After that, Rounds 4 and on I'd have to defend while I attack. So only a 1-weapon attack since 1 slot would have to be used to defend at least some of the incoming damage. But that's where Downsize! would come in, to get me to Round 5 at least. I could try the Faerie Ability "Meh" with Downsize! to decrease damage slightly further too. After that, it'd be PURE luck, with my current equipment and Faerie abilities to get to Round 6. LOL But, maybe with a Wand of the Dark Faerie and a Thyoras Tear, I could maybe just barely survive a battle with Snowy on Medium? lol After the plot, it's certainly worth a shot.

Cool! It can happen sometimes though. When I get blasted by Snowager, and especially if I need to buy an item for a daily quest, I'll buy a Healing Potion XXII from the Healing Springs, and use that on my peophin. For him the 225hp it heals is still below 20% of his max HP, so in battle, since right now I tend to battle "Snowy" (on easy), I start out with my freezer, my Illusens Staff, and the faerie ability Rejuvenate. Rejuvenate gives you a full heal if you take damage that turn, but the damage you take is subtracted from your restored HP. Since Snowy can use the Shhhh! ability, if he uses that, it will shut down Rejuvenate. Which is why I also have my Freezer AND Illusens Staff as my weapons for that first turn when I start the fight injured. If Rejuvenate works, the 2nd turn I use my Bag of Healing Dust (50% heal) to finish healing, my Ghostkerbomb and an attack ability like An Icicle or Summon Monoceraptor (which can only be used once per day). to finish off Snowy. If Snowy uses Shhhh! and blocks Rejuvenate, then it'll be two battles for a full heal. My 2nd turn will be the same either way. Because Illusens Staff won't heal a 2nd time in a row if I didn't take enough damage to knock my HP back below 20% of my max HP. In a 2nd battle to finish healing, I'll start off with Freezer, Bag of Healing Dust, and Lens Flare. Then on the next turn, Ghostkerbomb, Varia is the Bomb, and An Icicle. An Icicle is a little overkill when using those weapons at the max strength boost, but meh. lol Snowy on Easy has 750hp. I can't come close to beating him on Medium yet. lol I don't have enough HP to survive. lol Also, I read that Wand of the Dark Faerie is a "Priority Weapon", meaning it will go first. I don't know if it will heal BEFORE Feel Better Soup activates or not. But if it DOES, then that would be like having a 75% heal if you were below 25% of your max HP and used Wand of the Dark Faerie in slot 1 and Feel Better Soup in slot 2. I THINK! Against a war opponent, or if you ever happen to go up against another player, that might be something to try out. See if it works and helps you win.

Well..... You could do either, but actually. Given that The Mystical Tablet blocks 100% of Dark AND Physical, it should COMPLETELY NEUTRALIZE Wand of the Dark Faerie! While doing a 9 icon attack and that small amount of healing. So, I would say, you could probably sell, or at least store or put Illusens Staff in your gallery if you wanted to. IF you got a Wand of the Dark Faerie of your own that is. You would still have 3 healing items too. Feel Better Soup, The Mystical Tablet, and with Wand of the Dark Faerie, you'd be gaining an extra 5% healing to 25% of your max health when it falls below 25%, whereas Illusens Staff only does 20% So really, you'd be pretty well set with that set. Then you could keep Downsize for a bit of Extra defense if you needed it besides the Tear. Or, if you wanted you could replace it with something specific that may come out in the future that you might want. Like, if they fix Stealing in the Battledome. Get your Agility above 200 (201 or greater) and your int above... I think it has to be above 67, and you could use a Heavy Robe of Thievery. ONCE they fix stealing in the dome. Otherwise the robe is pretty useless. If you meet the Stat-requirements, The robe will steal 1 random item 100% of the time once per battle from your opponent. I LOVED using it against Envy during the Obelisk War, stealing his Prismatic Mirror was a dream come true, when I stole THAT item. lol That item is not available to us, only certain 1p opponents get it, but it reflects 81%-100% of every element except physical and can be used as much as you want. oooo Your pet is doing GREAT with the training! You've almost got both Strength and Defense to the 250 boost! Wonderful! Keep up the great work!

The Tear c/would replace your Downsize! nicely, OR, if you needed a bit of extra defense, The Tear and Downsize! on different turns would give you 1 turn with 0 damage and 1 turn taking 50% damage. So there's that strategy too. Most 1p opponents don't use Peas, but there are other weapons that use Air or Earth (Earth in the case of Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife). There is an Anagram Sword for each element for example, Or, The Pirate Captains Cutlass uses a lot of Air too, same for the retired Ghostkersword. It's really up to you how you spend your prize points, I was just saying which weapons are worthwhile to consider. If you want a defender that handles all Elements, the Tear and Downsize! are pretty much it for common items. There were some SUPER RARE prizes given out to one or two neopians in the first or two War Plots that Neopets had, before I started playing, that could block ALL damage as well like the Thyoras Tear, but I don't know if those players, or those items still exist. LOL You're getting the idea, ALL weapons have elements to them. When I give you the icons they do for damage, I don't always give type out the elements they use to attack, that would be a lot of extra work. If we're talking Defense items, I DO type out the types of icons defended. When you battle 1p, especially if you're freezing them with Lens Flare, Warlock's Rage and possibly a Freezer weapon, that's 3 turns they can't attack, So often that should be enough to defeat them without having to worry about them defending against your attack icons. But like you can defend against their attack icons, each 1p opponent has equipment that can defend too. Some even HAVE Thyoras Tear, or a full healer like a Jade Scorchstone, and they can use them MORE than once! Which isn't fair, but that's TNT for you. Jade Scorchstone, btw, is a retired full healer. Anyway, the equipment listed in TDN's 1p profiles has the offensive and defensive stats for each piece of equipment. If you're not going to freeze your opponent, then you simply match your weapons to elements they don't defend well against, and you equip defensive equipment that matches most of what their weapons attack with. It's pretty simple, but can be a bit tedious if you check EVERY piece of equipment each time you fight someone new. LOL I used to do that when I didn't know many of the weapons though. Ok, the Thistleberry Pingrenade was from a Game Master's Challenge I believe, so you should be able to sell it if you wish, or at least look it up on the Shop Wizard to see what it's going for and decide if you want to sell it. It has a variable attack, but has a maximum of 24 icons, which is what the Grapes of Wrath does every turn. So replacing the Thistleberry Pingrenade with Grapes of Wrath would be a good move. The icon types are slightly different. Thistleberry Pingrenade has Earth and Physical, whereas the Grapes of Wrath are Earth and Fire. Wand of the Dark Faerie is actually Stronger than Illusen's Staff in attack and healing ability. The difference is in defense. I'll type both stats out for you. Illusens Staff has an attack of 13 Earth and 0.6-6 Physical icons Defense ALL Dark Reflects 75% Dark icons if Light element is also received in the same attack. (The explanation gets pretty confusing from what I read). But if Dark is reflected, you take 25% damage from the remaining dark that isn't reflected instead of blocking the 25% it seems. Heal 20% of max health when health is below 20% of max health Wand of the Dark Faerie has an attack of 20 dark and 0.9-9 Physical icons Defense none Reflects 75% of Light Heal 25% of max health when health is below 25% of max health. Even at it's weakest attack, Wand of the Dark Faerie does 1.9icons more damage than Illusens Staff is capable of doing at it's maximum. But, against a Wand of the Dark Faerie, Illusens Staff would reduce it's attack down to 0.9-9 physical icons only, and would not be hampered by the WoDF's light reflecting ability. Though if the opponent was using a Leaf Shield (The Green one from Illusen's Quests) that would put a damper on an attack from Illusens Staff, ironically. lol Wouldn't totally block it, but it would take a chunk out. But if you attacked with Grapes of Wrath and Illusens Staff, you'd get more icons through while only taking the Physical icons from an attack from a Wand of the Dark Faerie. I hope that helps!

Actually, there are no new, original weapons in the the Plot reward shop. They have all existed before this plot. The best ones to look at are Wand of the Dark Faerie, Grapes of Wrath, Thunder Sticks, Thyoras Tear, and Extra Loud Techo Fanatic Megaphone Wand of the Dark Faerie can be gotten from Jhudora's quests, the 50th quest. It can do 20-29 icons of damage, reflects 75% light, no other defense, and heals 25% of your HP when it's below 25% of Max. Grapes of Wrath is a Smuggler's Cove item, 24 icons, multiuse. 1 icon less than Varia is the Bomb. Thunder Sticks, was from a couple AC's ago. 16 icon attack, defends 100% physical and freezes 100% once per battle. Thyoras Tear. r99 and still restocks at Defence Magic. Once per battle it will negate ALL damage done on the turn it is used. Like Downsize! but double the power. lol Extra Loud Techo Fanatic Megaphone, from last year's AC. Like Roxton's Trusty Bowie Knife, it has a 15 icon attack and Blocks 75% of an element, only this one blocks 75% AIR. When this is used with Roxton's Knife, which blocks 75% of Earth, you can severely reduce the power of a Super Attack Pea to 25% of it's max power. Provided your opponent has and uses a SuAP on the turn you use these 2 weapons together of course. The other weapons are less than you'd want for your set. Void Blade and Gemmed Sword of Light, despite their vast price difference, both do 16 icons. lol The Grey weapons are even weaker. If you've any other questions, as always, feel free to ask.

Here's an annoying one I got tonight. Now his mood is Depressed. Poor fella.

Sure. That's fine! I definitely understand that. Ah I see. lol I checked your lookup, and it seems that you started playing about 6 months before I did. lol Guess we're both a couple of veteran players then. That's cool that you got into battling at all. I mean, some players never do. Even WITH the plots. I find fun in challenging the harder opponents. I remember when a friend I've since lost contact with got me to sign up for the site. When I started playing, I found myself finding it hard to earn NP, but battling I could do... or so I thought. lol My early battles were horrible, I still remember having to forfeit my first battle, to Punchbag Bob. lol My peophin was so low in level and I THOUGHT there HAD to be SOME sort of unarmed attack I could use. I was half-right. I needed to be a few levels higher for him to learn the first of the old species ability-attacks that were removed when the replaced the old battledome. Peophin Trample, I believe it was called. A very weak attack. But, I didn't know any better. lol Every species had some of these attacks, I think the last one was learned around level 15 or so. Species all had some natural resistances and weaknesses too. Peophins had a weakness to fire, which I THINK might still be in effect with the Wheel of Excitement. If it lands on the Laval Ghoul and he breathes Fire on my Peophin, my peophin loses more than half of his HP. Which would only make sense if the weakness to fire from the BD was applied, which doesn't make sense OUTSIDE of the BD, especially since those were supposed to have been removed as well, so... I dunno. lol The BD certainly has it's own unique battle system, that's not entirely a compliment, but not entirely a slam either. lol I'd say it's somewhere in the middle, like most of what TNT seems to come up with. lol Pros AND cons abound. lol Anyway, sorry for rambling. I HOPE that they fix Defenders of Neopia. I've been wanting some new challengers for it for awhile, even before the new dome. Just one of many things they need to get to fixing though, so here's hoping they get to it someday soon! The challenges ARE fun and they give us something to shoot for! Plus the comics for each DoN challenge were pretty creative. Leading up to each challenge, and after you beat the villain, the comic updates and the final page post-challenge was pretty neat too! You felt good about accomplishing it. At least whenever they get it fixed, you'll definitely be ready for the challenges that already existed. If they add some new ones, then who knows? lol But you should at least have some fun trying.

Like a battledome simulator for past battles, oh that would be AWESOME! Yeah, and you need the codestones for your training, so there's not any major reason to change. I agree with the logic in that. A shame Defenders hasn't been fixed. It's not scaled, but I think with the new BD, you could probably face the opponent on any difficulty and still complete each challenge. I purposely completed Defenders series 1 and 2 in the old battledome before they changed over, just in case. So I couldn't confirm that for certain from experience. I think DoN has been down since they brought in the new battledome, though I could be mistaken on that. Hmmm.... You could probably do some of the harder DoN series 1 battles. Looking at some of my victory screenshots from back then, my peophin was about in the same shape as your Ixi is, stat-wise when it took on some of the tougher DoN Series 1 opponents. I'll put them behind a spoiler thing so as not to take up a ton of room, these were apparently from 2012. Your weapons are much stronger than mine were back then, but also, these opponents have the same weapons as they had back then, just updated Faerie abilities. I'm not sure what their HP and boosts are relative to their difficulty settings are, Easy, Normal, Mighty, but If their HP is comparable to what you see their max HP is in these screenshots you should be able to beat them at whatever that difficulty setting is.

I'm sorry for the late reply. Put downsize! in place of the Parasol of Unfortunate Demise for now. And put the Parasol in your SDB until you feel you need it. It's perfectly fine to stick with enemies you can handle easily for now. We're merely prepping you for when the battle portion(s) of the plot come around so you can do your best when the time comes for you to fight opponents that might be tougher than you. Though, it can be kind of fun actually. Challenging tougher opponents. I don't know if the Defenders of Neopia series 1 or 2 are still not working or if they fixed them yet, but if they were working, I would suggest you challenge yourself by clearing those challenges. Since some of them do get quite tricky. but if they are not working, there's really only yourself to motivate you into trying tougher opponents on harder difficulties. Some opponents drop some better specific items at harder difficulties. Anyway, it can also be a good way to learn about the BD and different item combos. That's how I learned about the BD, experience. Since I was, and frankly still stink at earning NP via restocking. I'm always looking at cheaper items to help give me a slight edge that might be JUST enough to win. lol I even tried using a Double Dryer and a Bubble Blaster to see how using those together would work during one of the war plots. Turns out, the Double Dryer reflects 50% of air, but then it broke, the Bubble Blaster then reflected 25% of the remaining air icons, but that too, eventually broke. lol But, it DID allow me one or two more victories before the wave I was fighting got too strong for my peophin to win anymore. I wanna say I think that was during the War of Maraqua plot..... Or maybe Hannah and the Ice Caves.... been so long I really can't recall for sure. lol I don't even remember the components to make the Bubble Blaster, just that it's something you can make at the Cooking Pot. lol Anyway, I've gotta go to bed. Don't worry about tackling tougher opponents. That'll come with time and participating in plots if you don't want to do it without a plot to motivate you. I like the strategy involved in battling, so it's a good brain-exercise in my view of it. If you feel like tackling something stronger, TDN has all the current profiles of the Active Challengers here so you can research them. If you are wondering about some equipment to take on a specific stronger opponent, feel free to post and I'll try to help you figure something out. Also listed are the challengers of previous wars and plots. It can be fun seeing what old challengers had to work with, back when those were titans, when compared to more recent challengers, those titans of yore would be chumps with their outdated weaponry. lol https://thedailyneopets.com/battledome/secret-challengers Have a good one.

Wow, you're really moving along!! Ok, I see you're using a Parasol of Unfortunate Demise. If you count your Feel better Soup as Air Defense, but only on the 1 turn per battle you can use it, then you're just lacking Fire defense. I would STILL suggest getting a Downsize! from either Defence Magic or from a Player Shop. As once per battle it blocks 50% of ALL damage on the turn it's used. https://www.neopets.com/shops/wizard.phtml?string=Downsize! However, Other items to consider so you have some Air and Fire defense would be.... Shield of Faerieland Blocks 5 fire, 5 physical and ALL Air. Was Cheap after the Fragments event, now seems to be up around 9-10mil, still cheaper than buying it from the Hidden Tower, which is 12 mil. Or Faerie Tabbard Blocks 5 fire, 5 physical, 3 air, 3 earth, ALL water. 7.5 mil in the Hidden Tower. Didn't see any on the TP or in auctions. OR Golden Scorchstone Blocks 3 Air, 5 Fire This is "cheap" or would be if it wasn't an r98. Runs about 137,400np+ on the Super Wiz right now. It has a rating of 1 on JellyNeo's Battlepedia. But, it does block some air and some fire at the same time. So that's up to you and whatever your budget is. You can try to buy one from the Defence Magic shop too, where they restock. I'd say, get a Downsize! And use it. If you need Light/water/earth protection, then Swap it out for the Parasol of Unfortunate Demise at that time. There are a couple other items I could suggest, such as the Frozen Cyodrake Shield or Thyoras Tear, but those will cost you much more than they are worth due to war-inflation. Though Frozen Cyodrake Shield would be pretty Ideal for Air and Fire defense if it weren't so exceptionally rare and costly.

Finally won a game! Couldn't make it 2 in a row though. lol Edit: 2nd win..... almost 40 games later. lol At least I got a Bronze Trophy for my 2nd win. lol

Actually, I like the Uni shopkeeper's graphic better this way, the graphic just looks better drawn imho.

After seeing this topic I decided to give the game a try. Now I remember WHY I don't have a trophy for this game, aside from it taking time to load when I first started playing Neopets, now that I've played 22 straight games, all losses, I didn't like the odds for winning this. I used to play Solitaire on the computer back in the old days of Windows 95 and 98 2nd ed. I played pretty frequently and won quite often. But this version, I don't know how you win so often Granny! I've tried drawing 1 card and drawing 3 cards. But I can't win in the limited draws allotted! I got close once, and my best score is 330 points. Ugh, I need to go to bed, but I really don't like the odds of this version of Solitaire. Heck, one game I played, I was dealt all face up cards being black save 1, and over 2/3rds of the drawn cards were ALSO black suits. So I couldn't use hardly any of the cards I drew. I was drawing 1 card at a time in that game. I think the main difference between this and Windows' version of Solitaire, was that, if I'm recalling correctly, there weren't such strict limits on drawing cards. Whether you chose to draw 1 or 3 at a time. Though there WAS a timer and you'd lose points the longer you took to finish. Well, maybe I'll give this a go again tomorrow. G'night all, and good luck!

LOL It would seem so! I just got the lame 100k as my weekly quest prize (again), I'm gonna skip it to hopefully change it for something better. Well, that's entirely up to you. If the enemies for the plot have Dark icons, you're already protected 100% from those icons when you use The Mystical Tablet. So you'd only need Kings Lens to Reflect 50% Earth or 50% Light. Both of Which have cheaper means to block or reflect. One of those Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife items for example, is around 600-700k. That blocks 75% Earth. While an Expert Lens would Reflect 50% of Light, a Parasol of Unfortunate Demise (about 900np) would Block 100% of Light and a few icons of Earth and Water. Honestly, since it's rare I could see keeping it for that reason, or for a gallery item. But, otherwise, you might be better off selling it. You could recoup some of the np you spent on your Varia is the Bomb. Last price I saw for a Kings Lens on the TP is 2.2 mil, which must be since it became a weekly prize. So it would put some NP back in your coffers at least. But the decision is up to you. About the only thing I can see the Kings Lens helping you with off-hand would be a few high-end items. Such as Skarls Sword, or Seasonal Attack Pea for example. Those are examples of where it would reflect 50% of MORE than 1 icon type because those weapons have multiple icon types. It would reflect chunks of other bulk-icon type weapons. Including 50% of the earth parts of any of the pea family weapons, 3 of the anagram swords from the Hidden Tower, and a couple of the other HT and Smuggler's Cove weapons. Without having to change equipment. So really, it's up to you as to what you feel would be more useful. The item, or the NP.

lol Right. Boy, you sure get lucky with some cool and valuable battledome toys! Kings Lens comes from Coltzan's Shrine and can reflect 50% of Dark, Light and Earth icons at the same time for each turn it is used. Multiple use, does not break as far as I know. I checked the TP, and it's asking price seems to be 2.2mil. Your "The Mystical Tablet" takes care of Dark defense with 100% block. If you had the Bowie Knife, that would block a flat 75% of earth damage, but earth is fairly easy to find blockers for. Light too, is pretty easy to block or reflect. An Expert Lens, also from Coltzan's Shrine, reflects 50% Light and never breaks, and are almost pathetically cheap they are so common. If you need Light defense, I would recommend a "Parasol of Unfortunate Demise" It blocks 100% of light, some earth and some water, for about 900np. I just did a quick super wiz search. lol So yeah, you could keep the Kings Lens, or you could certainly Sell it for some nice NP! Up to you.

Sure, then you could go for the Downsize! as a defensive measure. Blocking 50% damage Once per battle might not seem like a lot, but used strategically it can save you, and at under 5k, it's really cheap for what it does. I still have one in my set, it's been there for many, many years. My set right now is mainly offense, but if I need to switch to a defensive strategy during the plot for example, I have shields and reflectors in my sdb. Most are the more relatively cheap reflectors/shields, (every little bit helps), but I have some decent dual-duty weapons too that can shave off some decent iconage while doing some decent damage too. Roxtons Trusty Bowie Knife from the advent calendar a couple years back for example, a decent attack and blocks I think it was 75% of earth icons. It's attack is weaker than my regular weapons, but the defense would make it valuable against an opponent using an "attack pea", for example, which as the lowest of the pea-family, is all earth damage. Having items that you can swap into your set to change its dynamic is a good idea, especially when plots are involved, since you don't know what kind of weapons the opponents will be using.

Congratulations!!!! Let's see, I would say, you could put in pretty much whatever you want for your last slot. When it comes time to battle, you could save that slot for a defensive item that would help against the specific enemy you're facing. Or, you could cover all your bases with a 1-use item like a Thick Smoke Bomb. Or, that's what you don't have yet! A Downsize! https://items.thedailyneopets.com/items/downsize Downsize! (yes the item name has the exclamation point in it) is a Once Per Battle item that reduces all damage by 50% on the turn it is used. It usually sells in player shops for around 3k-4k, currently on the super wiz the cheapest is about 4,475np. It restocks for a little cheaper if I recall correctly, at the Defence Magic Shop, and it restocks fairly frequently too. Thick Smoke Bomb, can be bought at the Secret Ninja Training School, or from other players who have access to that training school, it blocks 100% damage, but is only 1 use and it's gone. The next step up from either of these items would be Thyoras Tear, which blocks 100% damage Once Per Battle and is sold at the Defence Magic Shop. I would love one someday. Right now of course to buy from other users is to pay a LOT more than they are worth due to the ongoing plot. My recommendation would be stick with getting a Downsize!, Thick Smoke Bomb, or keep that slot open for one of a variety of shields or cheap reflectors that will help based on whichever opponent you might be facing. In that order of priority.

Hmmm, they're all pretty close, though The Order supposedly has slightly the best odds this round according to Oxrbidge's predictions. Not sure yet who I'll go with yet.