Part 12

Learn the best upgrade priorities in Rogue Legacy 2, from essential Smithy upgrades to less crucial stats, to maximize your gold and survivability.

This guide breaks down upgrade priorities in Rogue Legacy 2, sorted from highest to lowest importance (5 to 1). Focus on higher priority upgrades when you have coins to spare. The order within each priority level is flexible, but generally, it's best to upgrade abilities with lower maximum levels first.

Priority 5:

1. Smithy/Enchantress/Architect: Base upgrades essential for unlocking further abilities.
2. Unlock Shinobi/SpellThief/Miner: These unlock access to various other upgrades.
3. Upgrade Lich/Shinobi/Barbarian/Knight/SpellThief/Knave/Mage/Miner: Level these classes as soon as possible. They are inexpensive and significantly improve class performance, potentially aiding in damage reduction or easier fairy chest room completion.
4. Gold Gain Up: Max this upgrade quickly. A 50% increase in gold gain provides substantial long-term benefits, especially in early game stages.
5. Randomize Children: Doubles the chance of acquiring a favorable character.

Priority 4:

• Attack Up: Enhances offensive capabilities.
• Health Up: Increases survivability, making health-restoring items more valuable.
• Crit Damage Up: Deals significantly more damage, especially when combined with Attack Up.
• Crit Chance Up: Crucial for dealing massive damage, especially in later stages. A maxed Crit Chance Up provides a 50% critical hit probability.
• Invuln Time Up: Provides a few extra seconds of invincibility, useful for escaping, collecting items in hazardous areas, or attacking safely.

Priority 3:

• Equip Up: Upgrade only when necessary to use better equipment, which is vital for a strong character.
• Upgrade Lich: Unlocks the Death Defy upgrade. Recommended only when you intend to level Death Defy, as the Lich class itself is not exceptional.
• Death Defy: Can be useful, but may activate when intentionally dying. It restores minimal health, and recovery can be difficult. The cost increases significantly with upgrades.
• Mana Up: A larger mana pool is always beneficial for spells and abilities.
• Potion Up: More valuable when health and mana are high. A maxed Potion Up increases the restoration from potions and chickens by 50%.

Priority 2:

• Armor Up: Generally less useful than Health Up, except in late-game stages where it's needed to mitigate damage. Upgrade only once until Health is maxed.
• Magic Damage Up: Primarily beneficial for specific classes like Archmage and SpellSword. Often less useful for other classes that don't rely heavily on spells.
• Mana Cost Down: Situational, similar to Magic Damage Up. A larger Mana bar is often preferred for frequent spellcasting.

Priority 1:

• Haggle: Low priority if gold is managed wisely, as the savings are minimal compared to the upgrade cost and potential waste on subsequent upgrades.
• Down Strike Up: Offers limited utility as pogoing is situational, and players proficient enough to utilize it effectively likely don't need the upgrade. It also doesn't unlock anything new.
• Bestiality: The Dragon class is niche and generally weak, making this upgrade not worthwhile as it can lead to selecting a weaker heir.

Difficulty Scale:

The game's difficulty can fluctuate, especially at the beginning and end. This is influenced by several factors:

1. Timing and Patterns: Learning enemy attack patterns and environmental hazards (like flame and spike rooms) improves with experience.
2. Evasion: Mastering evasion and striking at the opportune moment is crucial, especially against flying enemies with projectile attacks. Observing enemy