PSA for new players: Strength is good

I keep seeing all the 1.0 players talking about their DDs and toula or the lucky tooth and want to spread the gospel of strength. Strength is an alternate to death defiances. You get only one life but in exchange you get a significant damage reduction and a damage bonus for yourself. This in turn means that healing is a lot more effective now. Stack it with knuckles bones in the final biome and you can face tank either final boss with enough health.

Strength and Death defiances are pretty equal in terms of balance so give strength a shot and see which playstyle you like more.