20 Minutes Till Dawn Diamond is a Masochist, Endless Mode Guide

Mid-Late Game Preview:

At around levels 40 and above, leveling up takes so much time that you can consider your upgrade build to be finished at this time. So how can you scale? Through chests and tomes that bosses drop, but that also takes time, which is where Diamond's unique character upgrades shine.

We're gonna be looking at Berserk and Bulk Up, but mostly Berserk, because that gives us what we need to overpower everything. In the video, if you look closely, the smite skill will trigger seemingly like a hundred times on a single mob in just under a few seconds. That's because of the insane fire and reload rate Diamond has, paired with the Mini Clip synergy, triggering a reload every x milliseconds which in turn also triggers smite. This goes even crazier the more you take damage, which you also just heal back up because currently, smite's heal, Angelic, is either bugged or just has the wrong description. Instead of healing the player every 500 kills, it feels as if it's every 500 smite hits instead. What does this mean for us? We just need to take damage every time we have health to spare to get tons of fire and reload speed, then just hold your fire button for a few seconds to heal it back up, then get hit again and so on... The faster we trigger a reload, the more smites we'll have, meaning more damage and faster heal, inevitably turning us invincible until our PC can't handle it anymore.

Updates To Guide:

Sep 5, 2022

- fixed some markdown formatting errors.

- added a video preview.

1) Character

Play as Diamond (we'll be focusing on a build where you get hit and heal it back up).

2) Weapon

Use your weapon of choice (I recommend Shotgun for it has one of the fastest hit and reload times, which we'll need for our Smite skill. Aside from that, the shotgun doesn't shoot too far, so it won't kill enemies too far away, which is just what we want, because that way we won't have to get too many pick up range upgrades or move around too much)

3) Smite Skill Tree

Prioritize getting the whole SMITE skill tree - Holy Arts, Holy Might, Justice, Angel - (this will give us tons of damage and heals later on).

4) Burn Skill Tree

If smite is not available, prioritize getting Soothing Warmth from the BURN skill tree - Pyro Mage, Intense Burn, Soothing Warmth - (I didn't include Fire Starter upgrade in the skill tree because we don't need that)

5) Frost Skill Tree

If burn is not available, take Frost Mage or Frostbite (need to take Frost Mage once before being able to get a Frostbite), we'll need Frostbite as much as possible for damage later on.

6) Frost Fire Synergy

If you have at least one Intense Burn and Frostbite, the synergy Frost Fire should start showing up, get that when you can, because that will help for Soothing Warmth procs (heal)

7) Mini Clip Synergy

If smite, burn, or frost are not available, take the path for the MINI CLIP synergy, because you'll need at least one of those to unlock the full potential of the smite skill.

8) Other Upgrades

None of the above shows up? Generally, take Health -> Fire Rate -> Movement Speed -> Pick Up Range. NEVER take any knockback. Knockbacks will push enemy just a little bit outside the smite's range.

9) Tomes Of Rage & Elements

For the TOMES, take Rage, if it's not in the choices then take Elements, if not then don't take any, they'll just reduce your Max HP or your Reload Speed which we don't want.

DO NOT PICK UP TOMES unless you already have at least one Mini Clip synergy.

10) The Masochist

Lastly, if you have killed enough bosses to get Diamond's unique character upgrades (either Berserk or Bulk Up), stop shooting if you're at full HP and just let your HP go down, then heal it back up with your Smite's Angelic or Burn's Soothing Warmth.

Notes:

This guide was made when I had around 8 authentic hours of experience on the game, I've only gotten 2 achievements and only unlocked very few characters and weapons, meaning I don't have experience with any of them, or the other skill builds.

I've already reached my goal of lasting long enough to survive in endless to the point that it just gets so laggy to play enjoyably. That means I won't be playing it as much or at all, so no updates on this guide will be made if requested, unless I do play again.

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2858531363

Diamond is a Masochist, Endless Mode Guide