I was gifted this game and I put a dozen hours in it with the first couple days. I need to commit to trying to win more than just 1 run. I've had plenty of runs get far, but sometimes it seems like all it takes is a bad boss matchup to completely tank your run. I do like it as a time killer if I need something to do for 15-20 minutes. I like the art, sounds, and presentation, I just had to turn off that shaky effect I found it annoying. You got any tips on how to win, or some OP Jokers to look out for?
1. Establish base mult early. Don't skip if you don't need to, seeing a shop and getting round money is much better than almost all the skip tags.
2. Build econ. Try to get to the interest cap asap (while keeping in mind scoring requirements). Don't take more than you need unless its an extremely good joker.
3. Have a gameplan and build your deck around it. Deck manipulation lets you draw the cards you want which lets you win.
4. Focus on xMult mid-late game. I try to usually go for one good econ joker, one good chip joker (or utility joker if planets are scaled), one good base mult, and two good xMult jokers.
5. Don't rush too much, take the time to make sure you aren't making braindead plays. It's very easy to do something completely retarded and then kick yourself for it immediately after. Like playing 4 cards accidentally on the 5 cards only boss.
For OP jokers i'd look for anything that has scaling xMult. Vampire, campfire, steel, etc. xMult on scoring jokers is great too if you can build your deck around them like bloodstone and idol.
Deck manipulation jokers are amazing too. Trading card and DNA are amazing jokers especially early game. Look through the joker list and find ones you haven't unlocked, there are lots of good ones locked by default.
Sometimes even with a perfect run you'll get hard countered by a boss and there's pretty much nothing you can do. In the end it's a gambling game and sometimes you lose from bad luck.
I'd watch some Balatro University on youtube, nigga is an autistic wizard at the game.
