Talk:Crowns/@comment-98.169.8.151-20150107204646

Crown of Blood is pretty useful before looping, provided you can handle an increase in enemies (which means lots more rads). Thanks to a laser minigun and a bit of skill, I was able to get an ultra mutation on Horror before fighting the throne for the first time.

Not only that, I was able to get into the crown vault twice before the fight and pick up an ultra shotgun I left in the proto chest in a previous run, and use it without worry because I was already at max level. After two loops of relative ease, my run was ended by...you guessed it, a Shielder. Thanks to the fact that reflected projectiles do the same damage, my death was swift.

I'd say the Crown of Blood is a fair trade-off, but should be replaced immediately when looping, because bad spawns + too many enemies = unavoidable death.