My paths of choice(just an opinion, I don't have anything against other paths
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-Sheep Burner.I feel the explosion upgrade is the only true explosion upgrade.I would define as other explosion upgrades as splash damage.Anyway, the Fire Shield upgrade adds a little bonus, but it adds up.The charge attack is pretty good because it'll pierce enemies, and in PvP, you can follow up with a fireball.
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-Golden Frenzy.It just feels like while the coin is in the air, you already added up about 60 damage with the guns.Also, if you're smart enough, the Yamato blasts will crush your enemies.I mean, with 160 damage a blast...On the downside, it just takes too long to charge.But it's good anyway.That's the only thing I find good about the path.That and the damage bonus.
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-Either.The shield path gives you a follow up with the stun upgrade, and a mean of retaliation.The sword path gives you the combos, and even though the Arkeyan Leap is more of a follow-up than a combo, the boosted jump(didn't want to repeat leap)distance can mess up melee attackers who were about to attack, as can the Bone Bramblers themselves.Aside from Slam Bam , I think Chop Chop is the only melee attacker with a ranged attack, and a good one at that.He totally wins against anyone who summons anything that can be defeated(e.g.
's babies,
's clones, etc)because of the Vampiric Aura upgrade, which prolongs his longevity by a fair bit, although it might be safer to use this with the sword path because you will kill said supports in 1 hit, or 2.
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-Pook Blade saint-Obvious why, right?Forest Ninja isn't all bad though.With some luck, you can lock your enemy in the middle of the scarecrows.That is a scary place to be.All upgrades get big mentions here.The combos because they greatly aid your offensive.Until you get the blade upgrade, I'd use the poison spores as my main combo.After getting the blade upgrade, the fun is at its peak.Z goes from no damage avoider to an avoider AND a damager, all other other attacks(including the stealth strike(what you do if you decide to attack while cloaked))skyrocket their damages, with the exception of Poison Spores, which stay the same.
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-Bone Crafter.Shade Master is just...bad.Yeah, sure, it gets more range, and a splash upgrade, but you might also note(at least on the Wii version)that the rate of fire drops like a ball of lead.After concluding the path, your RoF goes from 1 every half second to 1 every 1/1 and a half seconds.Bone Crafter gets a tremendous speed-up in casting Wall of Bones and Skull Storm(to the point of instantizing the former).A nice upgrade who be to increase the drop rate of the skulls, to be like Kaos' Hex's.I almost always get hit by one of those.The Wall of Bones becoming a damaging agent is a pretty good, yet passable upgrade.I mean, a tick of 20 every sec...is kinda forgettable.I'd just use it for the stalling effect it has.
Enough.I can't write anymore.Phew.Anyway just tell me what you think.