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One of the guides floating around here had me thinking unique traits don't stack. Did some testing today, and that's absolutely not true. I didn't test them all, but the ones I did test stacked. The traits screen shows that they all do, though. Traits are more important than weapons. All the clears I've seen have over 60 area reload speed, but the weapons vary wildly. Hopefully someone finds a normal, pierce, or summon build that can clear wave 100. I've had the best results stacking area reload and damage, choosing reload over damage when I can. The unique versions give better stats and also apply to the shotgun, so they take priority but are pretty rare. A bit of debuff duration, range, and knock back are really helpful, but you don't need to go crazy stacking them. I've almost cleared it with the healing bot, but I did this with the knock back guy. He's really useful for the red guys and bosses. I'm not sure how helpful it is, but I took all my levels out of the bonus xp upgrade. My reasoning is to delay level ups until im at a higher wave for better chances at golden traits. Again, not sure if it works like that, but it's what I did. Also, never take the extra xp passive weapon for the same reason. When you have 2 of a passive weapon, merging to replace one with a green will be a net loss. 2x green is equal to 1x blue, but 2x blue > 1x purple, and 2x purple >>> 1x gold. Anyway, that's all I've got. Let me know if I made any mistakes, or any other tips I missed.