Any% route - Charisma/Magicka build(obsolete)

John the butcher IL Speedrunning Guide

For anyone who wants to try its hand at the RNG fest that the John the butcher IL is, here is how you proceed.

Before starting the timer :
-Name and customize your character however you want, as it will not induce any time loss.
-Put all your skill points into charisma, as it will be the only stat you will increase thoughout the run

As per the rules, the timer start as you click on the validate icon in the new character screen.

The game starts with your character being thrown in a fight to the death with the FEARFUL PRISONNER. 
Before going further into the guide, let's present the options given to you for every battle:

-Walk forward (USELESS)
-Walk backwards (USELESS)
-Jump forward (USELESS)
-Jump backwards (USELESS)
-Charge (USELESS)
-Win the Crowd (USELESS)
-Taunt (100% of the actions you take are this one, its the icon of a shouting person)

Coming back to the first fight, all you need to do is shout at him until he somehow dies of acute tinnitus

After winning, you will be brought to the level up screen where you will put all your extra points into charisma.

Then comes the city center with the 5 following buildings
-Armoury (NO REASON TO GO THERE)
-Magic Shop (NO REASON TO GO THERE)
-Weaponry (NO REASON TO GO THERE)
-Church (NO REASON TO GO THERE)
-Arena (ALWAYS GO HERE)

Click the Arena, and you will be presented two options
-Duel, which you will keep spamming until level 4
-Tournament, which you will enter at level 4

So with that said, here is how it usually goes :
-Beat the Prisonner
-Level up
-Duel once
-Level up
-Duel once OR twice
-Level up
-Enter the tournament
-Beat the first two contenders
-¤You may have to level up here
-Kill John the butcher

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Swords And Sandals 2 : Magicka 60 run Guide

To start off put 10 points into Charisma. and continue putting points to it until you reach 26 on level 5
on the next level put 3 on Magicka and 1 charisma then from here to level 20 just put all points into Magicka 
Important things you should do :
1. In the earlier levels just taunt on your enemies 
2. Use magic spells when you get access to them
3. DON'T buy unnecessary spells like : teleport;gale;command.... you will just waste money it's better to buy damaging spells such as : Fireball ; Lightning bolt ; Hell Fireball ; Frightening Bolt etc ....
4. Buy armor before facing Marksman Dantus because he has a bow 
and also on Wizard Sagan because he has Deadly spells if you have seen my run i barely survived his spells even with great armour especially on the PC (downloadable) version because spells are buffed in that version
5. Play on the PC version NOT on the WEB version since the spells don't do alot of damage in this version compared to The PC one (version)
and that's basically it if you have any questions Feel free to send me a message

Waterfina's Any% Speedrun Guide

SAS 2 Speedrun Any% Guide + Tips and Tricks

Hey there! I've put together my knowledge from my 2000+ attempts of this speedrun to create this guide. I hope this helps!

Stage 1: Early game

The first three tournaments is where you will have the most resets and ultimately the biggest room for time save. However there is room for flexibility and you can choose between of these 3 strategies to fit your style:

Current World Record strat

8 Agility 3 attack Level 1

27 Agility 7 attack 2 magicka by level 7

10 Magicka at level 9

Faster but more risky strat

7 agility 4 attack Level 1

15 agility 8 attack at level 4(can afford 10 attack before level 9)

21 agility 9 attack 10 magicka by level 8

13 attack at level 9

Balanced strat

7 agility 4 attack level 1

15 agility 8 attack by level 4

24 agility 10 attack 2 magicka by level 7

10 magicka at level 9

First things first, enchant your rusty knife with a level 3 enchant. You want to have 4481 gold to purchase a yew bow before the first tournament. The amount of gold/xp a gladiator gives you is dependent on the gear that they have. You will need to fight gladiators with good weapons and low armor.  I'd recommend only fighting gladiators with up to 12/15 armor, as any higher requires too much rng (Sometimes gladiators will have armor called "None", and when one of those pieces gives 1 or 2, it will actually give double that amount in the fight). You will quickly learn how much money and xp you get from what gear setups, Which is important to know so you can minimize the amount of luck needed.

You wont need to buy any armor until level 7. Use whatever money you have after buying your sword and bow to buy gear, but try to buy as few as possible.

Tip: If you have enough money, I'd recommend just buying a chestplate. It should do the job and also has the damage to energy perk, which can save you from sleeping some turns and losing time.

Stage 2: Tournaments 4-7

By here you have got past the most difficult part of the speedrun. You will have enough damage to kill all your enemies in this segment, and the only thing that stops you is your accuracy. I'd recommend having 60 agility by level 21, but if you wish to have extra attack, you can settle with having one of the other 2 crossbows. You'll want to purchase some armor for the 6th tournament, as Wizard Sagan can do a lot of damage with his spells.

Stage 3: The rest of the game

After you reach 60 agility, ALL of your skill points should go into attack. The main skill based time saves past this point are how fast your clicks are in between each fight, and if you level up before an arena champion during a tournament. For armor, it is only worth having just over 800 total armor and health combined to ensure that you do not get 1 shot by Emperor Antares' Molten Death. If you wish, you can try spending your excess gold on enchanting your bow. This may save you some time and rng against gladiators with a lot of health, healing potions, etc.

Extra Tips:

Make sure to minimize the amount of trips you do to the armoury to save as much time as possible.

Have. Patience. You will have plenty of attempts where you wont even get past John the Butcher or even make it to him. However, once you break through the first three tournaments, the speedrun is actually pretty fun to pull off.

That's all. If you plan on trying this out, I would recommend completing a casual run first, just to learn the ropes and understand how everything works. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Good luck!

Nome	Autore
Any% route - Charisma/Magicka build(obsolete)	Megami_infini 8 years ago
John the butcher IL Speedrunning Guide	cubarateman 8 years ago
Swords And Sandals 2 : Magicka 60 run Guide	itzz_AM 5 years ago
Waterfina's Any% Speedrun Guide	Waterfina 6 months ago