just snakes and the mouse tracking spell. add poison multishot and whatever damage uprgrades you have and you got enough damage to clear the game.

basic rule of thumb is if you dont have at least 2k-3k damage per second youre gonna have a bad time in stage 3.

below are some examples of snake wands.

basic ~700 dps

good ~7.5k dps

optimal ~35k dps (old)

from a recent run ~100k dps (with relics)





there are other ways but this is probably the easiest since the only real issue is getting tracking.
tracking is rare so dont reroll common spells

spells:
fill remaining slots with anything increasing damage without added cost

-snake (tracking posion multishot)
-ghost fire (tracking duration penetration) only good 1star and above.
-meteor (tracking poison multishot bounce split)
-thunderstorm (tracking speed multishot poison power traction+accuracy)
-butterfly (speed multishot poison split) good on support wands
-magic bullet+ (multishot poison split tracking duration penetration) good on spupport wands
-spell breaker (multishot size(lots) poison forced cooling (if neccesary)
-rock 'n' ball (tracking+penetration multishot split) posion will leave a trail ill advised
-arcane explosion (size multishot poison split leg wire)
-disruption ray (tracking+split multishot poison)
-lighning dash makes you invincible and can be used to cheese some challenge rooms (use tracking)

summoning spells:
mr ke's head (troll serum parasites posion) good for unusued wands will follow across rooms
pop (troll serum parasites rest see magic bullet) the projectiles can be modified by enhancements
mr ke's hand (arcane nova or a charge on hit wand) has no summon limit but low damage
self aware grimoire (troll serum parasites) can cast any spell you want it to can also be used to create summon chains where one book summons 3 more books which do the same and so on.

dont rely too much on summons most later bosses kill them quickly

enhancements:
-poison
-tracking
-multishot
-frost crystal (completely counters monsters affected by it)
-enhanced damage
-mana box
-forced cooling
-silent flower
-split
-pyro core (better than enhanced damage)
-thunder core
-mimic cube
-guardian wand (good for unused wands)

get 2-3 for damage then prioritize survivability

some good ones:

-treant's robes
-ranger's boots
-bloodlust eye
-merlin's set
-endless bottle
-lucky clover
-devil's mask
-blade of fury (only if you have any crit)
-beasty fang
-gecko tail
-six sided dice (gives you a lot more choices pretty much a must have)
-healing belt (sinergy with endless bottle)
-dusty treasure
-treant's pauldron
-soul bone crown
-close observation (good for keeping up with summon hp. upgrades reveal more information)
-knight's chestplate
-chalice of greed

epic relics (very rare. usually only spawn with a health cost after boss battles)
-replica gloves (situational)
-soul bone armor
-goldminer's armor
-drill
-silver key

seems like with the new update you can no longer fight him. leaving it in anyway in case it becomes relevant.


to kill him in a reasonable timeframe you need a lot of damage. around 10k dps is enough.

the real problem is surviving long enough:

-focus on survivability relics

-save potions that can keep you alive (time slow, shield, invincibility etc.)

-get a second wand with a lot of mana regen and around 6-7 slots
put on the spellbreaker spell with a couple size increase 1 multishot and energy saver fill empty slots with mana regens. you need enough regen to keep the spell firing nonstop if you run out you die.

-dont try to put the spellbreaker on a guardian wand it will fly into the author and attack in the wrong direction

-put a resonance rune+ on your dps wand and main the spellbreaker wand.
homing snakes work well for this.

-put guardian wands (guardian wand enhancement) in empty wand slots if you have any

example build of my clear:

-chests are worth the key
-get the second wand slot asap
-you can cheese the one puzzle room in stage 2 with the 50/50 doors by pushing a summon onto the squares
-get shop rerolls
-dont focus too much on max hp rooms. healing is scarce
-focus more on relics and money than spell rooms (1-2 at the start is alright)
-always keep some keys on hand
-be careful about curses
-if you dont take damage during a bossfight you will get a secret room with epic relics costing health
(shield damage doesnt count)
-minibosses randomly drop wands no relation to damage taken
-look for potion rooms in shops
-dab on the cage spirit
-ignore the story
-dont take this guide too seriously