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« on: August 16, 2015, 05:06:34 pm »
Just had an absolutely ridiculous run on Binding of Issac as Cain. It started out fairly meh, the first floor treasure being a Dry Baby familiar which blocks enemy projectiles and occasionally fires off a room-wide AoE attack. But since it can be difficult to position the familiar without getting hit by the projectile you're trying to block, it's mostly useful for tanking the occasional hit.
Second floor, I got the Midas Touch. Turns enemies into gold on contact and deals a decent amount of damage. Also bought the Magic Fingers (uses coins to deal AoE damage).
Third floor, I found something awesome: The Gnawed Leaf. With this, if you remain stationary for a few seconds and don't shoot, you turn into an invincible statue.
So let's review: I can turn into a statue pretty much at will. Enemies that touch me will be turned to gold and take damage/die. If they shoot at me, they can hit the Dry Baby and possibly deal massive damage to everything in the room. And if I encounter anything this tactic doesn't work for (laser-beam spiders, for instance) or get bored, I can spend some of the coins earned from Midas-Touched enemies to deal damage whenever I want. I barely ever fired my tears unless it was to put fires out or something.
Mom was wrecked. It Lives was wrecked. Satan didn't deal a single point of damage. And I unlocked the Negative. All in all, my best Cain run ever.
Binding of Issac: Rebirth