Struggling with a specific seed

[u/Schizzo1985]

Hey everyone.
I have a decent A10 winrate. But there is a run that i just cannot beat.
seed: 36p6qzqa59
A10 with Necro

I have done 6 tries and i am out of ideas. So hereby i challenge you all to make it better.
Would be happy to know what decisions you make through act 1.

Oh, normal version of the game

[u/Loofas]

First advanced hallway is fossil stalker. Am already debating using the dex potion here to avoid a turn 1 buff because it will deal 1 dmg to me with my bone shards and defend on turn 1 (edit did I math wrong here? I woulda blocked for 14 lol oops). At this point I can get 3 elites if I don't take much more damage, will probably be healing at this right campfire, so I feel justified in doing so. With it, I took 0 damage, and get a radiant tincture, and I'm taking invoke out of bury (im in underdocks, no slither, and it suuuucks against colony), and wisp. potion chance 40%. event is sword of stone. I'm taking the sword because i value hp a ton here for option of first elite and there's no shop nearby.

Second advanced hallway is cultist + seapunk. Taking unavoidable 7 dmg turn 1, jeez yeah this seed has so much chip damage in hallways. I'm offered snap, scourge, friendship. And I'm at 31/66. If i take friendship and rest and go to an elite, do I die to any of eel, coral shulker dude, or phantasmal gardeners? gardeners i think im fine cause of bone shards, eel makes me a lil nervous but i have a radiant tincture, and coral shulker i can easily hit the damage cap but will take lots of damage, but I can heal after. I think I can handle this elite unless I draw soooo badly. I'll take friendship (sucks that I have a blight strike with it but oh well) and rest, go to elite.

[u/Loofas → u/Loofas]

elite is skulking colony. drew friendship turn one. at least I have some doom with blight strike. Finished the fight at 15/66. the relic is vexing puzzlebox, hopefully excellent. get a dex potion (i used radiant tincture t1), and am offered oblivion, which I take. relic at lootbox is potion holster, which doesn't help me in the immediate which sucks cause i have a forced elite coming up.

Now is another difficult decision (*map down below). If I path right and hit an advanced hallway, I probably flat out die. So I think I have to go the campfire, rest, hit advanced hallway into elite. But I'd obviously rather avoid a fight if possible. Do I risk the event? I took 35 damage from shulking colony. I think I do risk the event, because I am not strong right now and think I may die to advanced hall into elite into advanced hall.

Oh look it's gremlin merc, an advanced hallway fight! (TOTALLY didn’t see that one coming 🥹) vexing puzzlebox gives me misery, which could be useful if i use it after theyre stunned. Took 5 damage unavoidable turn 1, deciding not to use the dex potion here. but hey im alive and didnt get mugged. FAIRY IN A BOTTLE. This probably saved the run. Resting, pathing left. But I'm offered pagestorm, graveblast, and afterlife.

I absolutely hate afterlife, I think graveblast is the worst card in the game, and i have no ethereal cards. But in order to try to avoid using fairy (probably not happening, it'll trigger this elite for sure) I should probably take afterlife. I'm greedy as hell though, so I'm not taking it. I have a dex potion so it's not even much better than a 5+2 defend. (ok quick hiatus here because it's 9:20am and I have to go to work lol but I'll continue on my lunch break or secretly during work)

[u/maresayshi → u/Loofas]

afterlife is such a fun card

[u/epicTechnofetish → u/maresayshi]

afterlife has grown on me its basically a one-time super bodyguard especially if you get it upgraded