Beating the Puppet Master [WIP]

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Iā€™m just gonna jump right into this because I donā€™t have a good introduction to this and I donā€™t have footage of the entire fight (re-fighting all the bosses). I will, however, flex that I was one of the first ten thousand or so to beat him because over the summer, I was stalking the wiki :p

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Before you start, you should have these ready.

Wizard

  • You should be at a fairly high level (above level 80, although a guy without a skill issue[1] has beaten the Puppet Master at around level 80).
  • Thanks to the mass-readding of removed gear, you should have a set with a high health and defense bonus (e.g. the Celestial set with over 850 health at level 100 the last time I checked).[2]
  • A wand with a healing spell (e.g. the Ice Cream Stack, which also has a very high power bonus), high-damaging spell (e.g. the Titan Power Katana, which is one of if not the most powerful wand in the game), or spell with an elemental advantage (e.g. the Dual Blade, which also has a high power bonus) will be extremely helpful.
  • Take advantage of all your bonuses from mounts and buddies. Buddies now give extra bonuses on top of everything else, which is very useful. If you were at level 125 with just the Celestial set on, youā€™d have 980 health. Meanwhile, with a Sparkle Puppy from the Treasure Track and a Flower Bush Mount from attending Springfest, you can up that number to 1,050.
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Pets

  • Now that pet gear has been added, try to get really good pet gear on the pets youā€™re going to use. A power or health bonus will be especially helpful, as well as a defense bonus.
  • Do not choose a glass cannon pet* (high damage in exchange for low health) or any pets that do not have a good, high-damaging spell.
  • Just like your wizard, make sure your pets are at around the same level as you. I know that you probably know this, but just to reiterate it: higher level = higher stats.

*Of course, if you can use a glass cannon pet well, then you can try. However, youā€™ll need to heal it constantly.

Strategies

You canā€™t just spam your high-damaging spells in the beginning. So, how do you beat the Puppet Master?

Before you read, note that these are essential:

  • When the Puppet Master steals your pet, unlike 99% of stolen things, he will give it back. So, even though the pet will attack you, donā€™t attack it back.
  • These strategies are written for a tank and a balanced pet (more specifically, Shivertusk and Magnome respectively).

All-Out Beginning

This is pretty much what it says: go all-out at the beginning.

Notes:

  • If possible, whenever you or your pet(s) are low on health, use a healing spell.
  • Keep trying to do extremely high damage before the Puppet Master recovers 1,000 health.
  • Once the Puppet Master recovers 1,000 health, keep going all-out on him.
  • Speaking of all-out, you should also use All-Out Attack, but it wonā€™t really one-shot him.

Do you have any more strategies to suggest? Suggest them in the replies and Iā€™ll add it.

  1. Unfortunately, that person canā€™t use the Puppet Master set because itā€™s level-locked at level 90. ā†©ļøŽ

  2. All of my personal experience, which is what Iā€™m using to write this, came from July 2023. Tons of things have changed since then. For example, while I would use the Celestial set to beat it now, back then, I had to use the Draconyx set and a wand that no longer has a healing spell. ā†©ļøŽ

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fun fact: the puppet master fight was officially announced a couple of months late

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Lol, im doing shadiow cebollini rn.

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lol, I just released my forest guide wip at the same time as this

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Exquisite news, my friend

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Welcome BigBoyJay!

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Thank you, my friend

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Very useful guide! This would definitely help someone who was struggling with the puppet master. 8.9876556/10!

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Nice guide! Full of information and very detailed!

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What are good wands that I should go for?
Im using a 289 ice sickle.

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titan power katana is REALLY good, has a physical spell though, but it has a 355 power bonus. if you canā€™t get that, then use the dual blade which is like ~2,000 gold and has an astral spell

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are physical spells bad?
imean,I know shadow is resistant to it, but 355 power looks like it can make up for it.

(where do I buy these two wands.)

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My dragon Isle physical wand has 365 [1] power, and it will obliterate shadow type even with resistanceā€¦
You buy the Power Katana at the titan shop, and the Dual Blade at the wand shop in lamplight town.

  1. Might be 360 ā†©ļøŽ

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Where is the titan shop? I need good wands

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thatā€™s the problem

what rift is that?

go to the titan or go to the left of the town square

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Rift 24, but the pet is mostly Pomprickleā€¦

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BUMP (mainly so its easier to see when I fight the puppet master soon)

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I feel like BUMPING this topic

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OOH we should put some good heal wands.
The only one I have is the toy parrot, but it is still really good.

u honestly cant beat it without heal

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No, you should put the celestial wand if youā€™re a high enough level, because it has the most powerful astral spellā€¦
But if you donā€™t have enough coins or levels to get it, then yes, a good healing wand will work.
:+1:t2:

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