User:Bpat

I'm bpat and I play Insane difficulty a lot. I also write guides sometimes.

Accomplishments

• Seven AoA Insane wins (three pre-1.2) and EoR Insane wins with all three Tinker classes. Winners table link.
• Wrote lots of ToME guides.
• Helped rework Mindslayer for patch 1.2.
• Probably somewhat responsible for Draconic Will having a fixed cooldown after repeatedly abusing its synergy with Timeless.

List of helpful guides

• Beginner's guide. If you're new, read this first.
• Inscription guide. Guide to Inscription selection and use. Doesn't cover Tinker classes and Inscriptions.
• Insane difficulty introduction. If you want to get started on Insane, read this.
• Berserker. Looks good at first glance but I haven't read it in depth.
• Bulwark. I think this guide is bizarre and suboptimal but the guy who wrote it beat Insane with Bulwark and I haven't so he must be doing something right.
• Arcane Blade. This is tuned for Madness and really bad on Normal.
• Shadowblade. Looks good at first glance but I haven't read it in depth.
• Archmage. This is tuned for Madness but it still works well on Normal.
• Summoner. Quality guide that showcases Sheila's weeb nature.
• Oozemancer. Read HammyHamster's comment, my original guide is outdated and his is better and up to date.
• Doombringer. Looks good at first glance but I haven't read it in depth.
• Temporal Warden. I wrote this so I can answer any questions.
• Paradox Mage. I wrote this so I can answer any questions.
• Solipsist. I don't understand why this works but apparently it does. Skipping Thought-forms is unthinkable to me but apparently it worked out.
• Gunslinger. I wrote this so I can answer any questions.
• Psyshot. I wrote this so I can answer any questions.
• ToME Tips. Not a guide but a very useful resource. Easy to navigate talent database with links to the source code for free content.

Class tier list

Tier S

• Paradox Mage
• Archmage
• Arcane Blade

Tier A

• Temporal Warden
• Brawler
• Sun Paladin
• Psyshot
• Sawbutcher

Tier B

• Doombringer
• Mindslayer
• Reaver
• Marauder
• Oozemancer
• Corruptor
• Doomed
• Berserker

Tier C

• Gunslinger
• Summoner
• Anorithil
• Solipsist
• Stone Warden
• Wyrmic
• Shadowblade

Tier D

• Alchemist
• Bulwark
• Rogue
• Cursed
• Archer

Don't know

• Necromancer (theoretically very strong but requires extreme patience and skill to play optimally)
• Skirmisher (haven't played it enough, probably in tier C)
• Demonologist (haven't played it enough, probably in tier C)