Let's talk about the conclusion first: Hanging up in this game is the lower limit for you to become stronger, and beating the BOSS manually is the upper limit for you to take off. If you want to advance efficiently, don't waste time on repeatedly swiping mobs in the early stage. To put it bluntly, the idle system is to save you gold coins and basic materials. The profit curve is very smooth, but if you want to expect it to drop good equipment, it is almost like buying a lottery ticket. The shipment rate is impressive.
Here's the key point, the most easily overlooked thing in the early stage is actually the taskbar. For those missions such as "kill XX mobs" or "strengthen equipment XX times", the rewards often directly give you the advancement stones and stamina potions that you are most lacking at this stage. You must follow the tasks and clear the tasks that you can do first. Especially when the main line is advanced to a stuck level, you can look back at the tasks and collect the rewards. The combat power is often just enough to pass the stuck line, saving you the torture of blindly swiping the map.
Regarding equipment, I only have one core point: don't touch the ordinary boxes in the store. You have to spend all the diamonds and gold coins in the early stage on your physical strength to push the map to open a new chapter. The basic income of hanging up the new chapter will directly crush your old map for a day. Throwing all the resources into it will only make the progress stagnate to the point where you want to give up. The principle of equipment replacement is very simple. Which item has higher combat power and wears which item? The compatibility of the bonus is just a cloud. The numerical crushing in the early stage is more real than anything else. When your main city reaches a higher level, go back and build and strengthen the appropriate set, which will be the most cost-effective.
In terms of skill matching, don't bring a bunch of fancy active skills. In my actual testing, two of the active explosive skills are enough. The remaining grids are filled with passive skills to increase basic attack and critical hits, because the frequency of being hit in the early stage is far less than you think. The speed of pushing the map is the last word. The faster you play, the more efficient you are at idle. This is the biggest advantage of snowballing. The storage limit of blood bottles is not high, and resources are limited. When manually operating, you must keep one hand. Shake before using skills on the BOSS and run away. Wait for the CD to be good before going back to fight again, but don't be greedy. You can't beat the BOSS while idle. You must arrange time for action during this period.
By the way, a crucial detail: before going offline, be sure to clear out and use up as many materials as possible to strengthen your equipment and upgrade your skills, because your combat power is calculated based on your graduation status, and equipment sitting in the warehouse will not help you defeat monsters. Also, gold coins are given priority to strengthen. If the main line card BOSS is really difficult to deal with, I would suggest that you take a nap and hang up to save gold coins. But the next day, you must first prioritize equipment strengthening to keep up, and then continue to push forward, otherwise it will become a vicious cycle again.
Finally, let's talk about BOSS fighting skills. The forward movement of the ultimate move is very obvious. When it has obvious charging action, you need to keep the distance. After it is released, use the displacement to rush the output. It can be taken away in two or three rounds. Don't rely on skills when operating manually. It's very expensive to restore blood volume in this game. Losing blood once means burning a lot of gold coins, which hurts the rhythm. If you master the rhythm well, the pile of gold coins and purple equipment dropped by the BOSS can basically make up for or even cover the potion money you consume, making it a guaranteed profit without losing money.
To sum up: follow the mission in the early stage, be forced to hang up to assist in raising equipment, don't use all active skills, passively add damage to ensure safety, and never hang up to fight manual BOSS. This game looks simple, but it actually has a lot of details. If you follow this idea, the progress will not be like a headless fly. I wish you all to clear the Demon King's City as soon as possible and see you on the forum 👋