Talisman Synergy Guide

[bort]

I'd like to see some sort of talisman synergy guide (ie, topic) - something either that would list characters whose passives, attacks, or skills would receive more benefit than normal with the set, or talisman sets that work together (and a corresponding list of characters that would fit the slot requirement).

Maybe post some obvious or not so obvious ones here and hopefully we get enough responses to muck together something that works?

Deathbat has a list of talismen and their corresponding locations here (https://forum.ironmaidenlegacy.com/showthread.php?10506-I-ve-created-a-handy-guide-to-LOTB-Characters-and-their-Effects!&highlight=deathbat), though it seems to be slightly out of date.

I am struggling right now with the problem of too many characters, too many talismen, and trying to figure out which should go where.

Maybe could cross reference this with Deathbats other guide (same link), and add a "best"/"backup" talisman setup.

[Amarthir]

Present and Warlord provide phenomenal synergy. That's like the immediate big one I can think of at the moment, I may add more later

[FBomb]

Shadow / advantage; warlord / sustaining; greed / warlord; sun / steel; future / energy was my go-to for Horus (for almost guaranteed stun on all enemies).

[scott-5496]

Great idea for sure - well worth a sticky once we get a lot of combinations.

Shadow / advantage - I use this in several characters in Gauntlet and it can be a great combo.
warlord / sustaining - this too is one you see a lot in arena and I use it too.
greed / warlord I have thi son my KP I think it is - works well 95% of the time.
sun / steel - Of course this has to be good as 'sunlight falls on your steel'....not tried this yet that I know of so will see who that can work well on.
future / energy is a nice combo that I use in Gauntlet too - in fact future to me are ones that I generally like to use on a few different allies in Gauntlet - Horus is one as is any ally that casts a useful nasty on the opposing team. No one seems to mention them much on here but these are a good set to have for lots of characters - especially if they have Magus slots to fill.

One thing also that can often help me in Gauntlet are the BNW based talisman sets - the ones that have those specific skills and an extra turn to the wearer (or to the wearer and a team mate) - these can speed things up and also allow for decent extra turns as well as hitting the opposing team with something nasty. if you stick some of these 4 sets on lower rank allies that can be pretty decent but need to test them out more - I like Rage, Meteor, Heal, Lightening, Quake and Zones on some of my lower down allies - pretty useful and in most cases are paired up with a strong green talisman with plenty HP and DEF/MR - especially Rage and Meteor.

[HK-47]

Sun+Inspiration+Life on the Magus Undead Rescuer is pretty good

[bort]

So here are some of the ones I have; most are fairly obvious:

Angel - Placed on The Alchemist to ensure that your team is cleansed every round. The only thing that stops this is perfect sleep.
Avenger - Works well with Icarus to get repeated burns. Would like to know if Accuracy/Perfect Accuracy works with this
Blind - Works well with Sentinel Soulless Demon. Was not nerfed with freeze, and Blind/Taunt is a nice combo
Destiny - I heard it makes Gunner Krampus nigh unkillable
Dominance - Works well with Sustaining; I have that on Alex
Echo - any character that has a % chance to gain extra attacks works well with this. I have a set on Samurai Eddie, Hallowed Eddie, and Crimson Pharaoh Dog.
Eternal - I don't know the "best" characters for this, but I have a set on Final Frontier Eddie and Horus
Freezing - Works well with Future; I have a set of each on Corrupt General
Future - Works well with any powerful effect that has a low percentage. I have it on Corrupt General and Maclo
Invisibility - Works well with golden pharaoh dog
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I'll have to come back and fill in more blanks later.

[bort]

Sun+Inspiration+Life on the Magus Undead Rescuer is pretty good

Looking at the talismen/character, that is a great combo.too bad the only sun tal I have is Will

[HK-47]

Looking at the talismen/character, that is a great combo.too bad the only sun tal I have is Will

yeah mine are Will too. And then they released the magic ones that you could only buy. Oh well I'll just keep waiting.

I also need another Tower talisman but they are not returning, dammit

[bort]

Necro-bump for the following:

Post if you have a particularly good combo with the following non-cosmos talisman sets, whether its synergy with a specific character, another set, or both. Please add in if there is another non-cosmos set I've missed. Feel free to note that the talisman is garbage (in your opinion), as well.

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Aim
Alchemy
Angel
Avenger
Blight
Brave
Destiny
Dominance
Eclipse
Eternal
Eternity
Fate
Firestorm
Fool
Fortune
Frontier
Gate
Ghost
Grail
Greed
Hex
Hunter
Immortal
Labyrinth
Light
Mark
Mimic
Necropolis
Oracle
Orbit
Penance
Persecution
Present
Primordial
Quantum
Radiant
Reaper
Redemption
Sacrifice
Saint
Serenity
Singularity
Snow
Space
Steel
Sun
Sustaining
Tomb
Tower
Trooper
Warlord
Valor
Venom
Viper
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jesus there are a lot of talismen.

[infinite dreamer]

You're not kidding, that's a lot of Talismans. Also: Tower, Persecution, Dominance, Firestorm, Penance, Blight, Sun, Snow, Light & Labyrinth

[bort]

You're not kidding, that's a lot of Talismans. Also: Tower, Persecution, Dominance, Firestorm, Penance, Blight, Sun, Snow, Light & Labyrinth

And Aim. I forgot about Aim.

I'll update this post with any of the combos I've found especially useful.

[Sidney]

This is an awesome idea! I'll post some as soon as I get some time!

[HK-47]

Alexander + Orbit

The skilled subset of the Orbit talismans are just a bonus

[Hank93]

Alexander + Orbit

The skilled subset of the Orbit talismans are just a bonus

Building up on this, I've added a char with siege, Killer Beast with whatever, and Warrior Hierophant with Gate Talismans. One or two furys from KB, and as long as the enemy can't deal with your golden effects, they won't do damage to you. Made some farming increadibly safe, even with a low amount of relics.

[Ydex]

If your character does "additional random damage based on [something]" and you can buff up whatever that [something] is with team synergy, then Chance talismans are very effective. From what I can tell, the critical chance is calculated on each "hit" of damage.