11 Things I Hate About U
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11 Things I Hate About U is the Summer 2024 special challenge path, introduced on May 15th, 2024. This path adds variant rules and restrictions to an ascension run. Its description in The Bureau of Reincarnation reads "Is are good for you and I, but Us are bad for you."
Divergences
- Functionally equivalent to rotten dolphin thieves, ewes will steal items that otherwise would not have dropped. They then appear as a free wandering combat and will drop all items stolen. They are a scaling monster.
- Every 30? adventures receive a random buff from Eye-eye-eye!
Equipment
- If a piece of equipment has an I or a U in the name, it receives an additional enchantment on top of what it already has.
- If it has both Is and Us in the name, it will have two enchantments added - one positive and one negative.
- Is give a positive enchantment of increasing strength with more Is, while Us give a negative enchantment of increasing burden with more Us.
- The enchantments vary by what kind of equipment it is:
| Slot | I enchantment | U enchantment |
|---|---|---|
| hat | +combat initiative | -combat initiative |
| back | +Max HP/MP | -Max HP/MP |
| shirt | nothing? | nothing? |
| weapon | +weapon damage | +Fumble chance |
| off-hand | +item drop% | -meat drop% |
| pants | +prismatic resistance | -meat drop% |
| accessory | +meat drop% | -item drop% |
| familiar equipment | +familiar weight | -familiar weight |
Consumption
Food
- Attempting to eat food with non-zero Us gives: "The Us in this have made it rotten."
- Attempting to eat food with zero Is gives: "There are not enough Is in this food to be worth eating."
- Otherwise, adventure gain per fullness is 1.5 times the number of Is. Quality is ignored.
- For example, a four-fullness digital key lime pie has four Is and will give 4 * 4 * 1.5 or 24 adventures.
- None of the above apply to beverages. You can drink them even if they have non-zero Us or zero Is, and they give the usual number of adventures. This may be a bug.
Booze
- Drunkenness is increased by 1 for each U in the name of the item. The extra drunkenness does not give more adventures, it just fills up your liver.
- However, the extra drunkenness does give extra adventures if you cast Ode to Booze.
- For example, the 3-drunk Tequila sunrise has U twice and will give 5 drunkenness but the same number of adventures, except if you cast Ode then you get two extra adventures.
Spleen
- Spleen items do not seem to be affected by I or U.
Text
The Council text reflects the path restrictions.
Strategy
Combat
General
- If you need an item drop for a quest, pay attention to what the ewes pick up: if it's the last item you need, consider making progress on a different quest until the ewe shows up with your item.
- Equipment might end up with negative enchantments that cancel out the enchantments you wanted in the first place, so pay attention to your equipment as well.
- Some equipment pieces have a valuable function that isn't affected by changes in enchantments. For example, that F.L.U.D.A. you have might not boost item drops, but will still be able to force item drops.
- If you aren't using Lucky adventures on anything else, the distilled fortified wine from the Sleazy Back Alley is worth considering.
- During the Island War, the Hippy side is at a disadvantage as the War Hippy outfit has several Us and the Frat Warrior outfit has no Us and some Is. An example is if you decide to do the nun quest; the War Hippy outfit has a slight meat drop debuff while the Frat outfit has a small meat drop buff.
Moon Sign
- If you are after consumables then Chez Snootée in Little Canadia and The Gnomish Micromicrobrewery in the The Gnomish Gnomad Camp might possibly help, while Degrassi Knoll has its Bakery for cooking.
Astral gear and consumables
- The astral hot dog is inedible in this path, so don't take them.
- The astral pilsner is drinkable, but they seem unaffected by the path changes.
- The astral energy drink is usable as normal. It might be worth taking to turn them into more distilled fortified wine, unless you absolutely can't spend spleen or turns to get them.
IotM
- Most of the IotM equipment isn't really affected too much by the negative enchantments, and it's easy enough to just unequip something temporarily when you need item drops or meat drops.
Softcore-specific advice
- When pulling food, take a look at the consumable before you pull it. Some food like the hi meins and spectral pickles are fine, while a grue egg omelette can't be consumed.
- Foods without I's are inedible, and foods with a U in the name should be avoided.
- Likewise, double check equipment pulls if you want something for its enchantment.
Rewards
- Finishing a run while it is the current special challenge path -- between May 15th, 2024 and August 14th, 2024 -- gives players 50 (in Normal) or 100 (in Hardcore) extra karma points the next time they visit Valhalla.
- Players will receive a Thwaitgold Illinigina illinoiensis statuette upon defeating the final boss.
References
- The path's name is taken from the hit rom-com film 10 Things I Hate About You.
