Halo of Devilpuss (r101) [Special]
| Description | Kind of grotty, but Devilpuss hasnt got much use for it now. |  Multiuse Average Rating [?]
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| Attack |   + |
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| Defense | N/A | ||||||
| Reflect | N/A | ||||||
| Effects | N/A | ||||||
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| JN Price | 53,000 NP | ||||||
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| Notes | Prize for beating NQ2 at Evil Difficulty |
Distributions - Halo of Devilpuss
Minimum: 5.50
Maximum: 10.00
Mean: 7.75
Maximum: 10.00
Mean: 7.75
Ratings - Halo of Devilpuss
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Rating: | Price/Power (0/5) Very cheap right now, but, nothing in comparison to the various higher icon count items you can get today. Too many hours of work required to earn one for free. Countermeasures (0/5) It isn't bad to offer 5 solid icons of one type, but given that darkness is still easy to block and there are many different options out there I find it hard to think this is decent. Alternatives Upgrades or Downgrades You can go all out and use the Void Blade if you have one in your SDB, the price otherwise may not be the best option for you. There are plenty of better options such as the Barbat Throwing Star or even the similar but more predictable Sun and Moon Chakram Other Points Final Thoughts Great example of items losing their usefulness over time. Shame, Rated on March 30, 2022 |
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Rating: | This weapon will only be rated for Regular 1P/2P use, since it doesn't have any niche or league use. Price(0/3): Completely worthless. Any neopoint spent on this item would be a waste, so it doesn't matter if it were dirt-cheap. Power(0/5): The amount of icons this weapon does is too low for today's battledome. Even at its best it wouldn't be able to deal enough damage, making it completely worthless since your opponent would out-damage you every time. Icon types don't really matter when the damage output is this low, so even if it had the best icon types this would be useless. Uniqueness(0/2): Sadly, most weapons tend to be rather underpowered or bland, be it because of lower than average icon count, easy to block icon types, or just oversaturation. This isn't the exception. Overall it's just your average underpowered, useless item. Nothing worth checking out here. Because of that its final rating is 0/10. I can't give a rating of 0 however, so it gets a shameful 1 instead. Rated on September 30, 2021 |
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Rating: | At a Glance (1/3): Toss this discus-style at your opponent, dealing 5 dark and 0.5-5 physical icons of damage! It looks kind of worn though; I wouldn't throw too hard! In-Depth (1/4): This is an interesting item to use in that it has a good amount of darkness alongside a fair amount of physical damage. You can use this to pair up with various 10-11 icon constants such as Sun and Moon Chakram or Jittery Jipple Pear Potion. The main thing that hinders this halo is that its physical damage is variable, not constant. If you got 5 icons of constant damage, like Wraith Scroll, you would be able to take more advantage of it. An average of 2.75 icons a turn rather than 5 is quite a difference, however minuscule it appears. And that's without considering its main counters, such as Hanso Charisma Charm and Golden Compass! Price (0/2): This weapon is like a weaker version of the aforementioned Wraith Scroll, having variable physical damage instead of constant. That's a big problem for the halo is because that scroll is now ~6k, while this lingers at ~5k. Hard pass. Bonus (1/1): This weapon is the second clear example of what "power creep" does to a game, probably more so than what happened to Ramtors Spellbook. Power creep involves newer weapons taking the place of older ones for a variety of reasons. In this particular case, the halo was replaced because the wraith scroll was basically a stronger version of itself for an extremely similar price tag. That should be noteworthy for people who are unaware of the concept, and why battling styles such as L97 exist. Final Score: 3/10 Rated on January 28, 2015 |
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Rating: | If you want an idea of how the Battledome has changed over the years, consider this: In 2004, I paid nearly 400k for one of these. Back in those days anything that dealt more than 6 icons had a premium price tag to it. Fast forward to the end of 2012 and this can be found for under 10k on the Shop Wizard. Why? Because there is no longer anything special about a weapon dealing 5.5 to 10 icons. We now have consistent 9 icon weapons that can be found for under 1,000NP on the Shop Wizard like Ridiculously Heavy Battle Hammer and Throwing Cutlass, nearly eliminating the need for fairly random weapons like Halo of Devilpuss. The .5 to 5 Physical icons is gross. Physical is easily blocked, and the potential for this weapon to generate near nothing in the Physical department makes it even worse. However, what this weapon does offer is 5 Dark icons, which is something difficult to come across in low-level battling. Here are your other options for a Dark-heavy multiple use weapon on a budget: Scroll of the Dark Star Ramtors Spellbook Sword of Apocalypse The Ramtors Spellbook and Sword of Apocalypse are unbuyable, putting them out of some battlers price range. That leaves Scroll of the Dark Star, which does 6 constant Dark icons for about 1,000NP. Halo of Devilpuss, despite its wide range, averages 7.75 icons, with 5 of those icons being Dark icons. Chances are you will be better off with more consistent 9 and 10 icon weapons at lower level battling, but if you really need to deal a solid amount of Dark icons, this weapon is ... ▼ Read More ▼ |
