Bah, one time I grabbed a superman while trying to execute a death combo. So I flew off and all like the powerup usually does, but as soon as it was over, the game killed me off the combo timer.
I kinda underestimated the power of height. Big difference when you stop rocketing down to smash groups of gummies and focus on hitting balloons and reaching the clouds. You don't faceplant on the tops of those doors. Or maybe they're just thicker at the bottom?
If you mess up and die with artifacts you haven't escape-winged, are they lost to you permanently? There are multiples of some so it's hard to tell, but you can eventually find them later, right?
You need Gunslingers to kill the apprentice quickly, their ranged attack does not cost MP and is therefore more consistent. I think it took me 20-30 mins with a lvl13 gunslinger and 2 lower level mages. But you also have to keep cycling through the PIs to get to the good ones.
Yeah, changing keys would help a lot. I just want one hand for movement and the other hand for other stuff. That R and S just throws me off when I can't use the arrow keys.