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| ==How to Speed up your Hardcore Runs==
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| The purpose of this guide is to show you how to break the fve-day barrier as quickly as possible in hardcore, and to comfortably ascending in 6-7 days each time. My first 5-day ascension was as an Accordian Thief when I had 21 skills, so don't go thinking you'll need 50-70 skills to be able to break the barrier. I did have a lot of shiny toys and Mr. Items though, so it did take a bit of meat to get quick.
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| ===Starting Off - Your First Five Skills===
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| I'm going to assume you have zero skills (or at least, zero skills Hardcore Permed). In this case, your best bet is to start off being a Disco Bandit (if you've already picked your class and it's NOT a Disco Bandit, don't worry about it, keep going with HC and ascend DB next time).
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| Ideally, your first five perms should be:
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| * [[Superhuman Cocktailcrafting]] (DB)
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| * [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]] (DB)
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| * [[Pastamastery]] (PM)
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| * [[Advanced Saucecrafting]] (SA)
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| * [[Amphibian Sympathy]] (TT)
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| So, if you ascended as a PM, SA or TT, then just perm the relevant skill and then go DB for your next ascension for the Cocktailcrafting skills. Why do I suggest these first five perms? Because turn generation is really key to initial hardcore success, and to your sanity. After only a few ascensions, you'll end up being able to generate far more turns than before, and it will drastically cut your daycount.
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| Else, if you've ascended as an AT or SC, then I suggest perming [[Moxious Madrigal]] if AT, and [[Musk of the Moose]], or possibly [[Pulverize]] as a SC.
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| Either way, get those first five skills permed!
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| ===The Next 15===
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| Certainly these are a little harder to really say than the first five, but here's a non-exhaustive list of next good skills to perm, outside the first five I mention above:
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| * Seal Clubber
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| ** [[Musk of the Moose]] - +5% Combat Frequency
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| ** [[Pulverize]] - Smash Stuff into Wads, gaining you a few precious adventures.
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| ** [[Double-Fisted Skull Smashing]] - Weild two one-handed weapons. It's not that useful, but it CAN make life easier as a low-skilled character.
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| * Turtle Tamer
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| ** [[Empathy of the Newt]] - +5 Familiar Weight. This isn't as useful as Leash of Linguini as it costs more MP.
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| ** [[Shieldbutt]] - An auto-hit combat skill.
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| ** [[Hero of the Half-Shell]] - If you have a shield equipped and your muscle is higher than your moxie, then you will take SUBSTANTIALLY less damage. I highly recommend this being one of your first skills you perm before you start doing any muscle runs.
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| ** [[Tao of the Terrapin]] - Doubles the power of your hat and pants for defence. For example, when you're doing the Level 12 quest, instead of the War Hippy/War Frat outfits giving you a total of 340 DR, they give you a massive 680. For more information on why this is incredible, see the [[Damage Reduction]] page.
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| * Pastamaster
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| ** [[Leash of Linguini]] - +5 Familiar Weight. This will end up giving you more stats, more items, and more MP over a run.
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| * Sauceror
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| ** [[The Way of Sauce]] - Allows you to summon an extra 2 Reagents per day. This might not sound like much, but it allows you to use them in many more situations, and to buff for every boss you'll eventually fight.
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| * Disco Bandit
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| ** [[Mad Looting Skillz]] - This is a passive +20% Item Drop skill, and is useful literally every second of every run.
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| ** [[Disco Power Nap]] - Allows you to cure Beaten Up, which will be a godsend in early HC.
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| ** [[Ambidextrous Funkslinging]] - An incredibly useful skill, this will make the battle against your shadow a thousand times easier.
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| * Accordian Thief
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| ** [[The Moxious Madrigal]] - +10 Moxie, for a negligable MP cost. This is one of the most useful skills for making Day 1 more liveable ever. With +10 Moxie, you can afford to run more +ML and level up faster.
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| ** [[The Ode to Booze]] - Turn generation. As I mentioned before, turn generation is incredibly important in early Hardcore, and the more turns you get, the quicker your runs will be.
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Knifefork.gif You acquire an effect: My Breakfast With Andrea
(duration: 40 Adventures)
