Strategy: The end goal for this map is to acquire as much experience as possible. Using this cycling strategy will totally suck for getting drops from mobs because you walk so little. Here we will be thoroughly abusing Soul Blade's range and Soul Rush's boost distance for all its worth to make cycling the map extremely fast. You do not need to use the jump + soul rush trick to further boost jumping distance. Regular soul rush is much easier to perform and the super soul rush is not needed here.
Using a pet here is also not recommended. Due to the awkward platforms, sometimes my Kino pet would run to the right side of platforms B, D, and F; jump up and down; and be completely useless. I'd recommend against using a pet here since you won't get much from it with this map cycle. Just keep your eyes peeled for steelies and 60% scrolls.
------------------
Looking at the map above, you come into the dungeon on platform A. This is a reference point for you. Don't even bother with the platform in the far upper left corner. Only one drake ever spawns there, and it's generally not worth the effort invested to climb up the rope and kill him. So, hop down to platform B, use Soul Blade to attack left, then right.
Now you have a choice. Glance at C. If you see nothing on C, use jump down to get to D (shown in next image below) and preferably stay on the left side of D. Otherwise, soul rush to C and clear out the mobs there. Then soul rush to D.
Okay, you're on platform D now. It's best to be on the left side of D. Soul Blade once to attack right, then
jump down to F. Do not soul rush to E. This is because once you're on F, you can soul blade once to the right, then immediately soul blade once to the left to hit everything on E. This is why you needed to stay on the left side of D so that when you jump down to F you're in easy soul blade distance of the E platform.
So, use soul blade to slash up the F platform, then turn and soul blade the E platform. Jump down onto G.
Now you'll also see why it's important to stay near the left side of F. If you were too far to the left, you'd end up on the rocks on the left side of G. Since mobs like to congregate under the rocks, you'd have to get off the rocks to hit all the mobs under you. So make sure that when you jump down you stay off the rocks. The range of soul blade will also allow you to slash once to the left and once to the right to clear G. It's generally recommended when you soul blade to the left that you jump a little bit before soul blading. A drake generally spawns on the rocks, so jumping will kill that drake along with any drakes under the rocks.
From here, you can climb up the ropes to go back up to F, D, then B - killing mobs along the way. Use Soul Rush as needed to boost yourself to the ropes. Repeat the cycle.
Once you get good at using and abusing this map cycle, you can easily clear out all of platforms B, C, D, E, and F in about 8-10 seconds. If you're incredibly lucky, the room will respawn as soon as you hit the G platform and you'll have an extra dense mob at the bottom.
Bookmarks