Better to just keep all farmers alive. I did this AND had enough food, but the random illness death risk lead to them all dying despite being well fed. Pretty broken.
Monk is probably the easiest, but they are all very similar in difficulty.
Monk gets hungry faster, but heals when he eats which cancels it out.
So effectively he just has 2 more health than the fighter who has no perks, from what I can see. And 4 more health than the wizard who can do a little more damage with summons, but summons are not great anyway.
Since Hunger and health are most important, Monk wins.
Yeah, it is mostly about how you build your deck. The first 20 floors are actually easy once you understand the mechanics well. I can 'beat' the game every time now, regardless of RNG.
The first turn is basically the most important. After that the enemies usually get boosted shields. The terrain die weakens your first turn. They will help you deliver massive damage, but eliminating at least one enemy in the first turn is very valuable, which is a tactic the terrain die impedes.
If you do endless mode you'll find that the enemies are tougher than the bosses. Your run will usually risk ending once you fail to eliminate one enemy in the first one or two turns. After maybe 15 games i have done better every time without the terrain die. There may still be an optimal strategy that can exploit it though.
How far have people gotten? This went quite smoothly for me. Biggest change I would have made was taking HP over browsing over disappointing new dice more often.
