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Tqs-Remx

Current Guild: Impervious (Guild) Timezone: AEST (GMT +10hrs) Achievements: 60 / 60 Personal Philosophy: "I can see you with my ears."

Who is Tqs-Remx?

If I were to summarise myself in three words they would be:

• Analyser
• SEA's PvE-King (dude that's not 1 word)
• Insanity

As a 90+ day 'total game time' player (game timer at 96:18:36:29 as of now), there are very little things that an endgame Knight, especially if they're F2P, can do that will have a significant impact on their gameplay style or on the value of their weapons and equipment.

I am, and I acknowledge that I am, on the verge of quitting Spiral Knights as long as it does not offer any new content. I still continue to play as I have not reached my personal endgame which consists of optimal uvs on certain weapons and completing all the shadow lairs. But once I have acquired said uvs and conquered all shadow lairs, I will most certainly disappear and leave this wonderful game that I have invested so much time and effort :C

Of course, I'll come back for the new patches and content.

Anyway, let me expand on the three words describing myself:

• Analyser

Spiral Knights, in my perspective, is not a complex game in comparison to AAA MMORPGs out there. Therefore it does not take much effort to understand the fine details of the game in terms of game mechanics, armor and weapon stats, enemy stats. All it takes is experience, access to the number values of armor and weapons stats (in which SK wiki is so useful) and most importantly - Intuition. I cannot stress how important intuition is in determining the gamestyle that you develop, which in turn dictates the overall difficulty of any improvements and achievements. Intuition also plays a significant role in your decision towards optimisation of your weapons and armor as, for example, if your... ah use your intuition to figure out what I mean.

• SEA's PvE-King

Yes, I dubbed myself as PvE-King of SEA, with absolute confidence. For I have not seen anyone who has the same high levels of latency as me and still be to achieve such pro gameplay (once again, experience and intuition allows me to objectively judge). Furthermore, as SEA's PvE-King, my gameplay style allows me to survive much, much longer than players with full OP US connection. (Hey! A king must survive all his battle to be able to rule his kingdom :3)

I guess paying $100+ per month on an excellent internet connection is a good investment.

PvP on the other hand, well that's a different story. High latency + data packet loss = tp everywhere + getting hit from attacks 10 meters away. Its just not fun.

• Insanity

Does one need to explain Insanity?

What is the purpose of this and everything below?

The only purpose of this page is to document all experiences that I have gained throughout my Spiral Knights career and to share any wisdom that I have retained, for free of course :3. In addition, opinions and free thought of mine will be presented here and thus as an early warning, it will all be subjective and through my perspective. Therefore, I am required to show you this warning:

	The topic of this article or section is subject to personal opinion, and does not represent any one absolute truth.
	If you disagree, discuss your concerns on the the talk page before editing.

Basic Core Mechanics

Basic core mechanics consists of learning to move, attack, shield, weapon charge, use and interact with items. Things that a new player will grasp within the first few hours of their gameplay.

The other basic core mechanic is the damage type in relation to monster family. Attacking a monster with its vulnerable damage type receives a small bonus, while attacking a monster with its resistant damage type incurs a large penalty. (At depth 28, the vulnerability bonus on 5-star swords is about 75 points of damage, while the resistance penalty is at most 84%.

Note that normal type damage is deliberately left out in the 'neutral to' column. Any guides regarding to the table below will tend to not focus on normal type damage.

Monster Family	Vulnerable To	Neutral To	Resistant To
Slimes	Shadow	Elemental	Piercing
Gremlins	Shadow	Piercing	Elemental
Beasts	Piercing	Shadow	Elemental
Fiends	Piercing	Elemental	Shadow
Undead	Elemental	Piercing	Shadow
Constructs	Elemental	Shadow	Piercing

Advanced Core Mechanics

There are many mechanics that are core to the game, but are not taught by the default game tutorial. Usually players learn these via friends, video walkthroughs, forum posts or just by plain experience.

Here is a semi-detailed list of the advanced core mechanics of Spiral Knights.

• Shield Cancelling

If you do not perform the final attack of either the sword or the gun, you can shield immediately after an attack to 'cancel' the ending animation of the attack. This will quickly place you back in the idle position and therefore allowing you to attack again.

• Shield Charging

To perform this, hold up your shield, then press and hold your 'action' button. Wait for ~1 second, then release your shield. If you performed this correctly, you can skip the default weapon charge mechanic and skip the first attack.

• Action Charging

Very similar to shield charging, but instead of using your shield, you are required to perform an action first. Those actions are: consuming a pill, throwing a vial, throwing water or ember, picking up a mineral, placing down a key, statue or cursed sprite. Perform one of those actions listed with your 'action' button, then hold it like you were charging a weapon. Your knight will immediately skip the first attack similar to shield charging. Action charging is significantly faster than shield charging.

• Vial Cancelling

Once your weapon is charged, you may choose to literally cancel your charge by activating a vial. This forces your knight to hold the vial with two hands, thus removing your weapon charge. You may then choose to recharge your weapon via action charging. (side note: you cannot cancel a weapon charge with a pill or mech, hence why it is called vial cancelling)

• 2 Shot, No Reload (guns only)

This mechanic will only work on guns which have 3 or more 'bullets' per clip. Basically, shoot once normally and then shoot and hold the 'action' button for a charge. However do not let it charge fully. During the charge, release and immediately press and hold the 'action' button and your knight will shoot twice followed by a charge animation. Repeating again will create a shooting pattern which you can shoot indefinitely without reloading if done correctly.

These last 3 core mechanics are actually quite difficult to explain in words, if you want to know, drop me a message and I'll demonstrate it.

• 3 Swipe Exploit (heavy swords only)

You can actually attack 3 times in quick succession with a heavy sword (and this is no lie), despite the fact that everyone knows that heavy swords are a 2 attack combo sword.

• Heavy Sword Extended Range Glitch (heavy swords only, obviously)

Once again, it is actually possible to extend the reach/range of a heavy sword and cover more area than normal/non-heavy swords. I use this core mechanic vigilantly everytime I hold my GF/DA.

• Quick Switching Weapons (usually with alchemer guns)

AKA. 'Q,E switching' with my keyboard setup. Using this core mechanic allows you attack, reset the reload mechanic and attack again. Works wonders with alchemers, but is adaptable to all weapons, even bombs if you so choose.

Endgame Default Loadout

Equipment	Optimal UV	Acquired UV
Skolver Cap	Increased Stun Resistance: High	Increased Stun Resistance: High
Vog Cub Coat	Increased Shock Resistance: High	Increased Shock Resistance: High
Barbarous Thorn Shield	Is not required	N/A
Voltedge	Charge Time Reduction: High	Charge Time Reduction: High
Gran Faust	Attack Speed Increase: High	Attack Speed Increase: High
Polaris	Troll High UV for Trollaris	Charge Time Reduction: High
Warmaster Rocket Hammer	Attack Speed Increase: High	Attack Speed Increase: Low
Penta-Heart Pendant
Penta-Heart Pendant

Endgame Arsenal

Swords

Divine Avenger Charge Time Reduction: High

Fang of Vog

Gran Faust Attack Speed Increase: High

Final Flourish Attack Speed Increased: Low

Lionheart Honor Blade

Voltedge Charge Time Reduction: High

Warmaster Rocket Hammer Attack Speed Increase: Low

Handguns

Argent Peacemaker Damage Bonus Versus Construct: High

Biohazard

Blitz Needle Damage Bonus Versus Undead: High

Callahan

Polaris Charge Time Reduction: High

Storm Driver Attack Speed Increase: High

Valiance

Bombs

Ash of Agni

Dark Briar Barrage Charge Time Reduction: Low

Dark Retribution

Electron Vortex Damage Bonus Versus Undead: High

Radiant Sun Shards Damage Bonus Versus Constructs: Medium, Damage Bonus Versus Undead: Medium

Shivermist Buster Damage Bonus Versus Construct: High

Stagger Storm Charge Time Reduction: Low

Venom Veiler

Voltaic Tempest

Helmets

Mad Bomber Mask Increased Curse Resistance: Medium

Mercurial Helm Crown of Winter, Cool Vertical Vents, Heavy Mustache

Perfect Mask of Seerus Increased Normal Defense: Low

Shadowsun Stetson Increased Curse Resistance: Low

Skolver Cap Increase Stun Resistance: High

Snarbolax Cap

Vog Cub Cap Increased Fire Resistance: Med

Armors

Mad Bomber Suit

Snarbolax Coat

Vog Cub Coat Increase Shock Resistance: High

Shields

Barbarous Thorn Shield

Crest of Almire

Grey Owlite Shield

Swiftstrike Buckler

Wyvern Scale Shield

Trinkets

Elite Sword Focus Module

Elite Slash Module

Tetra-Heart Pendant

Tetra-Heart Pendant

A Trip Down Memory Lane