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Potion · Cast Speed

Haste Potion

Increases cast speed of every skill except summons.

Effect

What Haste does

Increases cast speed of every skill except summons.

Haste is a level-up pick that raises Cast Speed for the rest of the run. Every further pick adds another level, up to 60; rarer offers grant more per level.

Per level

Haste by rarity

Gain per level of Haste
Common+0.02× Cast Speed
Uncommon+0.025× Cast Speed
Rare+0.03× Cast Speed
Epic+0.035× Cast Speed
Legendary+0.045× Cast Speed

Luck — from Fortune or the Censer — shifts your offers toward the rarer rows.

Skills

Skills Haste boosts

Haste multiplies a track these skills upgrade, so the two compound:

Arrow

Auto-fires at the current target, piercing up to 3 foes.

Fireball

Explodes on impact, damaging all nearby enemies.

Lightning

Instantly strikes target enemies with a concentrated beam.

Shadow Dagger

Blades orbit you, striking anything they pass through.

Blade Sweep

A wide sword strike in front of you that can knock foes back.

Shuriken

Spinning stars that ricochet between enemies.

Frost Nova

An icy ring damages foes and can freeze them solid.

Cyclone

A traveling vortex that briefly pulls foes and repeatedly damages them.

Storm Surge

Shocks every foe around you. Moving builds charge for harder hits.

Phoenix

Flies over the horde to a distant foe, then bursts into flame.

Sky Lance

Calls down a sunbeam that tracks foes and scorches the ground in its wake.

Thornlash

A line of thorns erupts toward the thickest foes, rooting them briefly.

Soul Reaper

A piercing crescent returns to you, hitting foes once each way.

Venom Flask

Lobs venom that leaves a lingering pool. Ground enemies inside take repeated hits.

Timing

When to take Haste

Take it once two or three damage skills are in place: Haste multiplies what you already have, so it is worth more with every skill you add. Out of slots? The Thorn Archive on each floor’s plaza removes a potion, and the Diamond Trader sells extra potion slots.

Builds

Builds that take Haste

SWren#1

Blade Waltz

ArrowShadow DaggerBlade SweepCyclone

Median floor 8 · Swarm 2:20

SWren#2

Thorn Thicket

ArrowThornlashVenom FlaskFrost Nova

Median floor 8 · Swarm 2:00

SWren#3

Solar Wrath

ArrowSky LanceCycloneFrost Nova

Median floor 8 · Swarm 1:50

AWren#6

Phoenix Flight

ArrowPhoenixFrost NovaLightning

Median floor 6 · Swarm 1:10

AWren#8

Relic Storm

ArrowSoul ReaperVenom FlaskCyclone

Median floor 8

BEmber#10

Ember Blaze

FireballCycloneLightningShadow Dagger

Median floor 7

BWren#11

Frost Bite

ArrowLightningShadow DaggerFrost Nova

Median floor 7

BWren#12

Venom Coven

ArrowVenom FlaskShadow DaggerFrost Nova

Median floor 6

BWren#13

Pyre Halo

ArrowFireballCycloneShadow Dagger

Median floor 6

BAshen#15

Ashen Vanguard

Blade SweepShadow DaggerLightningVenom Flask

Median floor 7

CWren#17

Iron Blade

ArrowBlade SweepFrost NovaSentry

Median floor 6

CWren#18

Swift Star

ArrowShurikenSentryLightning

Median floor 7

CWren#19

Volley Hunter

ArrowLightningShurikenSentry

Median floor 6

CWren#20

Cyclone Vortex

ArrowCycloneFireballFrost Nova

Median floor 6

More

Other potions

Movement Speed

Swiftness

Increases movement speed.

Damage

Might

Increases all skill damage.

Evasion

Evasive Step

Chance to fully avoid incoming contact damage.

Gold Gain

Prospecting

Increases gold earned from kills.

Max HP

Vitality

Increases max HP.

Knockback

Impact

Increases knockback dealt on hit.

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