Crown of Haste | |
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Area | Preloop |
Pro: | Pickups are worth more |
Con: | Pickups fade fast |
Tech
Strategies
CoHaste can be considered one of the better picks from the preloop selection, but that standard is not particularly high to begin with. While not the meta, its benefit can be quite useful only if the downside is properly negated. For this reason, Plutonium Hunger should be seen as high priority if taking this crown the whole run. A small boost to any pickup gotten will be helpful, however because of how quickly pickups can disappear missing out on a pickup entirely can end up being a net loss to ammo and health counts. Playing closer range to enemies and using Pluto as a crutch will help avoid missing out on pickups.
In preloop, CoHaste is decently useful as pickup fade time is very manageable. Having the extra boost to health is particularly helpful, as going from +2 to +3 a pickup alone without using up a mutation slot gives a very good added benefit. While Haste is not as useful as Curses or has meta utility like Destiny, the crown still is suitable to anyone with an aggressive playstyle. Haste will punish those who play very reserved/defensively the most, as pickups can easily be lost out on, so a good balance must be struck between playing aggressive without playing too risky.
In loop, CoHaste starts to fall off pretty hard in terms of usefulness. Any loop crown will do the player better, and CoHaste should be swapped off if the run allows for it. Otherwise a good way to make use of CoHaste is to lean heavily into its boosts. Taking Rabbit Paw will boost drops far more, and coupled with Plutonium Hunger the constant extra ammo and health will allow the player to lean entirely into an aggressive playstyle. While all ammo gets a benefit here, anything that is high ammo consumption per shot or has small yield from pickups(like explosives) will get the best yield within this playstyle.
In deeploop, CoHaste runs start to struggle much more as pickups start to fade far more quickly. Any half-baked meta set will fall apart at this point, as the player has to lean into CoHaste's strengths to keep the run viable. Many kills caused by any ranged weapons(including SPC) will cause most pickups to go uncollected, usually only enemies killed in close range(by Ultra Shovel) are going to be picked up. This means that IDPD Freak waves are going to be heavily leaned upon, especially during boss fights. Always keep an especially close eye on ammo and rads, as proper management becomes especially important in this state of the game. The longer spent lingering in areas, the worse it will be to recover.