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InForspoken, there are lots of ways to level up and get stronger. Beating up enemies gets you experience, collecting mana lets you unlock new spells, and exploring the world will net you new equipment and abilities. One great way to become stronger is by taking on Flashback challenges. These are accessed through the Monuments of Wisdom that you’ll certainly have seen littered around Athia.
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Junoon has five different Flashbacks to experience, and they’re some of the hardest in the entire game. If you want to attain the highest scores, you’ll need skill, high stats, and a whole lot of patience.
Challenge: Defeat the boss within the time limit (10 minutes)
Grainstone x1
Mana x3
10,000
Grainstone x2
Mana x4
18,000
Beamstone x3
Mana x5
24,000
Beamstone x4
Mana x6
28,000
Beamstone x5
Mana x7
30,000
The boss in this fight is theBandersnatch Simulacrum. This monstrous beast is a tricky foe - it has wide-reaching attacks and summons huge hordes of lesser Nightmares, specifically Riven Wings and Riven Carcasses, that make every inch of the battlefield dangerous.
The key to this fight is ignoring the lesser Nightmares and focusing on the boss, usingOlas’s Magicto whittle it down bit by bit.Pulse Dartis your best bet for single-target damage, though Storm Dart can work if there are simply too many Riven Carcasses to navigate. Don’t attempt to use other magic types - Olas’s Magic is simply the best for both range and damage and is your only hope of the topmost scores.
It’s important to stay on the move at all times.The boss and the Riven Wings have laser attacksthat will destroy your health bar incredibly quickly - never stop Flowing for more than a few seconds if you can help it.
The Blossomwoods Flashback Challenge - Impregnable Defense
The Blossomwoods Flashback
Challenge: Take out all the enemies within the time limit (10 minutes)
11,000
34,000
41,000
45,000
Waves:
The individual fights in this challenge aren’t too tough to deal with, but this flashback has a very set of score requirements. If you’re looking for the best rewards,you’re going to need to be consistent in both your efficiency and your evasion. Use the weaker enemies (Breakzombies, Kelaino, Boggarts) to build ascore multiplierbefore eliminating the more high-value targets (Varanus, Goliaths).
Use Sila’s Magic to deal with the first two waves. A good tip for dealing with the Varanus is to section of a part of the battlefield withCrucibleand then throwBlast Slicesthrough the wall of fire at locked-on Varanus. This should give you plenty of time and space to avoid their poison attacks.
The Boggarts fall very quickly to Fan Bolt, and you may usually take out a good few of them at a time with it.
The final wave is the hardest, as it’s important not to get hit. The key to this isnot getting greedy- don’t charge a spell longer than you need to, and try to take out each Goliath at a time. Trying to use Storm Dart, for example, leaves you too open to attacks.
The Wolfwoods Flashback Challenge - Monsters' Lair
This challenge involves defeating a lot of enemies, including a trio of very tough Ogres.
The Wolfwoods Flashback
Challenge: Defeat all of the enemies within the time limit (10 minutes)
23,000
33,000
40,000
44,000
Rather than defending one spot, you’ll have to travel to each wave of enemies.
Having avery high Green Magicstat and being able to take out Ogres without any fuss is the key to a high score in this challenge. Switch to Sila’s Magic to deal with the Kelaino and Varanus, and then deal with the Ogres. When the Boggarts spawn during wave five, throw down aPrimeand aDisperseto try and deal with them, and start using Storm Dart instead of Pulse Dart to take out any stragglers.
The biggest threat in this challenge is the huge number ofprojectilesflying around - it’s very difficult not to get hit.
Physic Garden Flashback Challenge - Run The Gauntlet
This is the trickiest ‘race’ challenge in the game thanks to the platforming you’ll have to do. Make sure you have a good handle on how Scale and Float work, and make sure they’re both enhanced before you take this challenge on.
15,000
31,000
36,000
39,000
The route and enemies for this challenge are pretty simple, the complications come from the fact that you’re running through a Breakstorm, so your vision is severely limited. There are some things you can do to help with this:
The enemies here are all Riven Wings and Riven Carcasses, so you can make do with just your regularFrey’s Magicshots. Just make sure you’re looking around you when you’re up against Riven Wings, as they love to teleport.
Don’t fall off! You’ll have to start the challenge all over again.
Crosstide Coast Flashback Challenge - The Last Stand
This is possibly the hardest Flashback to contend with in the game - no other task or challenge in the game pits you against the sheer volume of enemies that you have to face in this one.
Challenge: Keep the townspeople safe for the allotted time
75,000
100,000
120,000
Mana x8
135,000
This challenge is incredibly chaotic. Thewaves coming from the valley ahead of you are almost non-stopand you’ll also have to be wary offlocks of flying enemies coming from behind the townspeople, too. This flashback will put your offense, evasion, and multi-tasking skills to work.
Firstly, you’ll need to employ every trick you have to keep the attention on you - the enemies will run right past you, and this is very problematic when they come in such large hordes and are very fast. Support Spells likeDisperse, Prime, Crucible, Aggression, and Compulsioncan all be used to control various areas of the battlefield. Cast them as soon as they recharge.
The key to getting a high score in this challenge requires that you do something that you won’t have done much in challenges past -ignore weaknesses. The best spell in the game for dealing with lots of enemies isStorm Dart- it has a huge area, staggers foes easily, and deals a lot of damage even if the targets aren’t marked by a dart. In addition, when charging the spell regularly, it’ll deal a pulse of damage for each level charged, which is a good distraction technique. As a plus, Ogres are weak to it, and Ogres are the toughest enemies to deal with.
The strategy is to boost your Green Magic as high as it’ll go - preferably to the max - and use Storm Dart. The only enemies it cannot reliably deal with are the flying ones, but they aren’t very common in this challenge and you have Disperse to deal with them.
You’ll still need tokeep paying attention to your evasionand try to build solid combos if you want to hit the highest scores, but Storm Dart will simplify the process greatly.
