

Removing an option rather than removing value. If Sozu were brought up to Fusion Hammer's level, Sozu's drawback would be "regular combats reward more gold instead of potions" or "Potions cannot be used outside of Boss combats". You get a card pre-upgraded or it's staying unupgraded. No smithing, no event upgrades, not Armaments, nothing.
#Slay the spire fusion hammer upgrade
If Fusion Hammer were to be brought down to Sozu's level, Fusion Hammer's drawback would be "You can no longer upgrade cards". Most energy relics with a drawback directly reduce future value (Cursed Key, Ectoplasm, Philosopher's Stone, Runic Dome, Velvet Choker, Mark of Pain) or reduce options (Busted Crown, Coffee Dripper, Fusion Hammer). Something like "Normal combats no longer reward potions" to allow events/alchemize/shop to still work, "Potions work at reduced strength" so that potions still work while maintaining the theme, or even "potions are automatically transmuted into gold" so that potion value isn't directly lost. I feel like Sozu would have to be buffed to make up for the loss of modern potions. It also has negative synergy with ], ], and ], it causes potion-rewarding events to be dead floors, it makes ] a dead draw.there's so many things Sozu removes the value from, and event floors and monster floors can't be routed around like campfires. Sozu removes a lot of future value from potion rewards and removes the option of buying them at shops. I almost never pass up Fusion Hammer as an Act 2 reward. Most of my smithing happens in Act 1, too, and Act 3 starts giving you upgraded cards as options. The biggest thing I seem to be passing up is upgrading my gold card from the boss, but that was never guaranteed to happen in the first place. Even if I don't have any of those relics yet, there's still a chance of encountering them later down the run, and even if they aren't encountered, I can still Rest and Recall at campfires and get plenty of value. With Fusion Hammer I can route through more elites (since I'm recovering health at campfires instead of upgrading) and gain synergy with ], ], ], and ].

Using this card is just like “storing” your Energy in a bank.Fusion, as one major source of Plasma Orbs, is a card requiring much strategy to utilize.
