well i liked the shrines...you could pick the challenges you wanted i liked extra fast,slowing attacks,extra damage,life regeneration and the bomb dropping thingie
well i guess there's the plus mode as well, if you want to increase more than one aspect at the same time. But i think with the right potions the counterblocks get's to strong, had no problems whatsoever after attaining the ability to heal with those blocks+bonus dmg potion per block.
yeah counterblock is really stong...rarely used it tho...just shotgun and breaker bow kill pretty much anything...later on i switched the bow for the musket...well that and i got the autocrit on low hp potion...once you hit 33% its instakill anything