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How's ascension levels this time around? Easier or harder than the first
near plinth
How many act 1 bosses are there? I have seen ||fish, vantom, waterfall giant, the 3 goobers and ceremonial beast||.
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this is such a hard choice
i know i should take tracking but man fan of knives is so fun
this is one of the funniest things i've seen
i understand why the made blade dance exhaust now
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in love with silent in this game
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my babies are back
near plinth
this is one of the funniest things i've seen
I took that on IC yesterday. It was fun.
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defect run huh
earnest tartan
"defect" run
near plinth
I cannot play IC to save my life. That was like 4 runs on A0 lol
Energy cheats are pretty strong since there is no straight fwd +1 energy relics. Stampede feels pretty good. Primal force was the main carry. Getting a big hand of attacks and then turning them into rocks feels real good if you have the mana cheats to play them.
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Energy cheats are pretty strong since there is no straight fwd +1 energy relics....
i could never get primal force to work, 1 energy 15 damage doesn't seem the best in terms of there being alternative ways i felt were better when presented with the option
near plinth
Upgraded, it is 20 damage. It's pretty energy efficient. Plus if you factor in vulnerable, it becomes very efficient. But you do need some other components. I had offering and bag of prep to generate big hands to serve as targets for primal force. Stampedes helped a lot too with managing energy.
Double stampede was like 40 damage per turn. That's like budget alpha from StS watcher.
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bloodletting being common is a little broken
ironclad has been my most consistent with near infinites so far with expect a fight
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I wanna try multiplayer
ready?
peak socket
0 for 4 baby, ima refund this game
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it's gonna be ruin my run but this is gonna be so fun
peak socket
0-10 this game is ass
earnest tartan
Necro feels like the strongest class
Very good cards
Summon is also very broken
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i am feeling the opposite
clad got so much better
1 cost get 4 energy is not ok
vicious is better rushdown with taunt
silent has master planner
lmk what's been working with you for necro
arctic scaffold
but defect is also broken
man i feel so strong with all the new changes
for clad the strong options are just watcher
bash - eruption
vicious - rushdown
forgotten ritual - calm
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managed to get all the epochs
last one was kill 15 bosses with necro
still have no idea how to play her properly
near plinth
I just treat her like an ironclad with built in barricade.
glass flint
so where is the easy mode for this game
Are you taking cards from every choice
arctic scaffold
it's insane how every run i do i keep thinking a certain class is the most broken
and then i do anotgher run and i'm like wait no this one is
near plinth
You can either build a deck.
Or throw 3 shops worth of cards and relics at the boss.
Act 3 boss relic was "Buy everthing from every shop you encounter for free".
I was trying to be strategic and avoid shops, but turns out 3 question mark nodes were shops.
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woah they do second rows now instead of that arrow huh
also grats, that's a first
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Act 3 boss relic was "Buy everthing from every shop you encounter for free".
i was so avoidant on that because i was thinkinig it's gonna add so much junk was gonna be added to my deck
but i guess the relics make up for it
near plinth
Yes. Also when you add so many cards, it evens out. In the sense that you also get enough draw to counteract the deck size growth. You also inevitably end up with some synergies. The strategy is either to avoid all shops or hit everything to kinda get a giant mess.
Also, it's not just relics. It buys all the potions and gives you a free removal.
peak socket
Act 3 boss relic was "Buy everthing from every shop you encounter for free".
i had that and i think it flooded my deck with too much
reason i went with it is cuz i was on silent with a sly deck and had a bunch of draw and discard
i might have won if i got a different act 3 boss though. i unno how well sly decks work into that bound guy. he kept screwing me out of so much potential
near plinth
What a win condition.
I can see queen screwing over shiv decks similar to time eater.
If she binds you shiv skills.
Bet in higher ascension, she binds more than 3 cards.
near plinth
i might have won if i got a different act 3 boss though. i unno how well sly dec...
Yeah, queen can mess with skill heavy silent. You can mitigate by having more draw so that you can ignore the bound cards and dig into your deck for answers.
near plinth
This is such a interesting boss relic.
You can select the order of those relics. So, you can eval the relics from the weakest to strongest and pick in that order. With right pathing, you can have the strongest relic last the entire game.
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If she binds you shiv skills.
it's not really been a problem
i don't think it's a good idea to go pure shivs obviously but that probably helps
but "have good draw" applies to anyone
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You can select the order of those relics. So, you can eval the relics from the w...
that's a good tip, had no idea.
peak socket
i get if you are good with deck builders sts2 is prob not anymore difficult than sts1 but as someone who is absolute crap at it. this game is like 10 times harder. i breezed through a0 in sts1
near plinth
i don't think it's a good idea to go pure shivs obviously but that probably help...
I don't think shivs require a lot to work. A couple of cloak and daggers which are good even if you are not going shiv and the knife trap card.
I did go all shivs and it felt fine for the most part. But that will def change in higher ascensions.
I think the act 3 bosses probably need to be to be tuned a bit more to be unique. Right now, they have their gimmicks, but not in the sense they counter entire archetypes.I feel like you can roll them over, but I guess I am comparing A20 versions to early ascensions. I will reserve judgement until I hit A10.
near plinth
i get if you are good with deck builders sts2 is prob not anymore difficult than...
The enemies are def more complex, but the character power levels are significnatly higher.
I feel liek the relationship is the same as the one between HK and skong.
The game just assumes a certain degree of competency.
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back to sts2 grind today
current progress is ascension 5 for ironclad, 6 on silent, 3 on necro/regent, 5 on defect
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just made sts1 calculated gamble with the unexhaust event lol
peak socket
i too will be doing a grind today. maybe i can get a win
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Yeah, queen can mess with skill heavy silent. You can mitigate by having more dr...
near plinth
This would never happen to my boi time eater.
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yeah the bosses/elites need to counter specific strategies more
i don't feel like i actually need to plan ahead for specific encounters
near plinth
Yeah, it feels like you can beat everything the same way at times.
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what's been a must buy relic you've seen and taken every time in the shop?
for me it's ghost seed
like i don't think it should be in the game, it's too broken
how is this ok
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damn that's a big stack
peak socket
rate my deck
peak socket
i feel i was only able to do it cuz tent
near plinth
rate my deck
Good frost spam. I guess the win con is hide behind frost orbs while hailstorm does its thing?
agile zephyr
am i missing smthing about regent? climbing each characters ascensions together and it always takes me multiple tries with him compared to like 1-2 with everyone else
peak socket
its double its damage i think
agile zephyr
obviously regents high rolls feel godly but im just talkin consistency
peak socket
if the glass orb has 0 though i dont think it does anything
agile zephyr
is he the weakest or am i shit
delicate pendant
who up for some slay the spire multiplayer
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obviously regents high rolls feel godly but im just talkin consistency
imo i can't rely on his rares at all since most of them are untakeable
so i just try to build solid commons
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who up for some slay the spire multiplayer
gimme like an hour
delicate pendant
gimme like an hour
i should still be down so sure
near plinth
Regent's star synergies are pretty solid. There are some good cards that generates stars, plus that power that gives you block when you spend it.
peak socket
voidform is cool
near plinth
Yeah, I am not sure why they printed "end your turn" on it. It's never relevant.
near plinth
relevant for you sherlock
If you are slaying the second spire, plz lemme know. I would like to watch. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
near plinth
It is not over until you have a 70% winrate on A10.
arctic scaffold
@delicate pendant ready? i'll join a vc you're in
delicate pendant
<@717589204468498495> ready? i'll join a vc you're in
sure
peak socket
how does transform work? does it only transform into a card of its type?
near plinth
It is arbitrary, but will preserve class (i.e regent card always transforms into another regent card). Though it will always transform a curse into a curse.
sleek jacinth
If you are slaying the second spire, plz lemme know. I would like to watch. Than...
mild lore question; is it the same spire from 1 or is it a different spire
peak socket
the spire is the state of mind when you roll bullshit rng
peak socket
knowledge demon has to be the most unfun enemy ive encountered in a rogue lite
earnest tartan
knowledge demon has to be the most unfun enemy ive encountered in a rogue lite
Trust me there are less fun ones
Silent hunter or whatever its called
peak socket
is that the play? to just have a good enough deck to tank the crazy amount of incoming damage? i get overwhelmed really fast after the second stack
earnest tartan
I am also not a fan of coral man
peak socket
Trust me there are less fun ones
i made the joke with sherlock that the devs took the wrong inspiration from silksong. you have the leeches from the worst area debuff and you have a boss that looks like the little shits that jump out of the swamp with blow darts
earnest tartan
Aw that guy is fine
peak socket
i havnt learned the names of anything, so i unno what you mean by silent hunter
earnest tartan
Idk it either
Its a normal enemy that debuffs you with "whenever you play a card, lose 1 strength 1 Dexterity this turn"
peak socket
oh thats prob why i dont know it cuz i mostly play defect
the fog creature i really hate
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Its a normal enemy that debuffs you with "whenever you play a card, lose 1 stren...
i also hate him
i also hate the 4 worm elite
curl up on every turn ragh
earnest tartan
i also hate the 4 worm elite
oh in the docs?
yeah i also hate them
docs just kinda sucks imo
very hard elites
very hard bosses
peak socket
finally the tier lists are starting to come out. now i can play the game proper
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the before and after relics wise after paels wings is so funny
i love this relic
peak socket
if you enchant a card with the extra damage, is that just flat damage or does it trigger each time with multihit?
near plinth
Ok, I can see how soul spam can be a bit degen.
arctic scaffold
if you enchant a card with the extra damage, is that just flat damage or does it...
per hit of the multihit
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Ok, I can see how soul spam can be a bit degen.
oh yeah dirge huh
near plinth
Not even. The deck was one of those decks where I didn't realize that I had won until I had won.
The soul gen engine was:
Had a mini doom engine running in parallel too.
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void form fan
earnest tartan
deck was feeling kinda iffy until a3
i got the scarf
and suddenly everything flowed so well
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how are you guys doing neow starts
i pick transform every time
i feel like they're really good
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crazy how this is viable
peak socket
im so upset, i actually finally had a good silent deck and run. killing elites left and right and nothing was a bother. shitty ass mind boss killed me. everything i needed was at the back of the deck. what a tilter
near plinth
Silly defect deck in StS1 style. Managed to get double echo form into mayhem for the final boss. The game was auto-playing 4 cards for free at the start of each turn. Borderline impossible to lose.
Lightning rod is a good defect card. A defensive lightning card is really good to have.
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My opinion of defect at this point is just get frost orbs and win
There's really no enemy that can outscale you once you do that
near plinth
I think orb spam is strong in general. Focus is way more consistent this time around as it is attached to more common cards. Both hotfix and focussed strikes are really good. You are not as reliant on defrag or the other focus card.
peak socket
doesnt waterfall giant prevent stalling like that though
near plinth
Nah, waterfall giant dies real fast if you have like 2~3 lightning cards with either hotfix or focussed strike.
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near plinth
doesnt waterfall giant prevent stalling like that though
I had waterfall giant in the last run. I just played lightning rod a few times and spammed hotfix and that took care of him real fast.
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I think orb spam is strong in general. Focus is way more consistent this time ar...
i never even focus on getting dark or frost
they just happen naturally and the enemies just die
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apo my beloved]
near plinth
just getting carried by events and no thought or skill
Skill is for the weak. Luck is where it is at in the fiscal year of 2026.
earnest tartan
How did you get only one apparition?
peak socket
How did you get only one apparition?
I had 3, got an event that removed the exhaust keyword from a card
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Anyone notice weak is insanely strong
And getting fasten just wins you the run
Lowkey bomb is really good with defect
Since you're blocking everything anyway and there's so much aoe
Rolling boulder is hot ass
3 cost for such sad damage
peak socket
i took a rolling boulder with voidform which was kinda funny
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Voidform is win button
peak socket
watching NL and i think i under valued prolong
earnest tartan
And getting fasten just wins you the run
A lot of the colorless cards are very strong this time around
Omnislice is super good aoe if you have vulnerable at all
peak socket
correct me if im wrong, but in sts1 IC had a card that did something if you play power cards right?
peak socket
i knew it wasnt as good as defect but i thought they had something. had a fun power build going and was fishing for something that helped with powers
i gotta go do some irl stuff but later tonight if im in the mood i wanna get a silent win. so if you are down for a coaching session ill ping you
near plinth
i knew it wasnt as good as defect but i thought they had something. had a fun po...
Lot of defect powers were ass. They had to balance it around creative AI.
earnest tartan
holy based power batman
missing two removals hurt but it was super broken to deal close 800 damage turn 1 everytime
near plinth
I really like the design behind neurosurge.
earnest tartan
i do not lol that card is super broken
near plinth
Interesting way to do the "Take another turn" type card.
It is more reasonable if you don't have it in a busted deck and you are in a low health situation where the downside matters.
earnest tartan
i dont even think its ok normally
the downside only matters if youre already losing
near plinth
It feels like a version of adrenaline/offering that is more well thought out. Adrenaline is just.."Take another turn".
earnest tartan
nah i think adrenaline is fine
necro needs to be +2 on normal and +3 on upgrade imo
near plinth
I can see that being an acceptable nerf.
Or they can make it +10 doom instead of +3.
Just lean into the downside more.
earnest tartan
yeah increasing the downside would make it much more interesting
right now its a snap pick if i ever see it
peak socket
alright i could be persuaded to do a run
peak socket
4 wins in a row, that means its solved right
peak socket
whats ic starter upgrade relic do?
near plinth
Heals for 12
agile zephyr
this gotta be my favorite card since limit break
not even upgraded but this is just the funniest card
peak socket
saw you typing notha. i had a card that played from exhaust but didnt have the exhaust keyword naturally so this mid card i took didnt have the potential i thought it had
which is why i asked. but i forgor
agile zephyr
the only card i know that plays from exhaust is some rare Regent card, but that one also has exhaust built in so idk
peak socket
yea thats how i thought this card worked
which is why i took it
but then it just went back into my deck lol and was a brick
agile zephyr
oh ive never taken this card lmao
exhaust ironclad was really good in the first game but i havent tried it much in 2
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i love sai so much
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this solves so much
agile zephyr
this solves so much
one of my favorite runs so far was when i got burst with this bad boy. shiv silent being more fun than last game was something im pleasantly surprised abt
oh wait ur talking about bombardment LMAO
ive never tried it out yet tbh
arctic scaffold
great card since there's so much aoe
near plinth
Sly is also degen, it seems. Just spamming prepared.
near plinth
i love sai so much
Yeah. Just very reliable.
near plinth
I think they need to fix this one way or another. Bombardment is just straight up busted while this is kinda garbage.
Hmm, maybe not. IC just has a lot of ways to damage.
peak socket
Sly is also degen, it seems. Just spamming prepared.
glad i inspired your run
near plinth
Yeah, my win condition was slightly different. It was more of sly-poison hybrid.
Killed the Q in 5 turns.
I think I would have lost if not for the apothesis hard carry.
peak socket
I think they need to fix this one way or another. Bombardment is just straight u...
i dont know anything about ic but i can never jive with it. everyone says its unga bunga damage but i always seem like im energy starved or not having block when its important
near plinth
Yeah, that's the same for me with IC. I cannot play that character. I think it took mel ike 6 attempts to clear A2 while silent only took 2 tries. I wasn't even paying attention in the first try.
arctic scaffold
Sly is also degen, it seems. Just spamming prepared.
it's so funny how prepared is one of her best cards now
earnest tartan
Always has been imo
arctic scaffold
oh idk about that
the reward for discarding was nowhere close as high as it is now
earnest tartan
Idk zero mana -1 look at 2 more cards is very good
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i don't think it's horrible it's just that her other cards were so much better
earnest tartan
Very fair
I always compare it to an older mtg card with the same text
And its banned in several formats
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and vice versa some stuff that was very strong from last game became weaker, even though they're the same card, due to the context of this game, just because of what's needed
like after image is lower value even though it was like a must take in sts1 due to shivs not being such a dominant strategy compared to discard stuff now
it's still good i can just name way more cards better than it now
arctic scaffold
yeah isn't it
earnest tartan
Do you think part of it was the blade dance nerf?
arctic scaffold
even though blade dance is weaker, i don't think it made the overall package of shivs any weaker as a whole
they more than compensated it with the rest of the cards
i think shiv stuff is just stronger now
it just doesn't work AS WELL for this game compared to the rest
agile zephyr
i feel like shivs are one of silents best packages, i think poison is shit in this game tho
sly is obviously good, but its sometimes hard to find an actual wincon with it. Its nice to just throw the common valuable cards in any deck tho
arctic scaffold
i think pinpoint is ridiculous
the wincon is just never end your turn
and the game's added so many ways to thin your deck
biggest glowup i've seen on the same exact card is obviously prepared, but insanely enough, the bomb
agile zephyr
stalling strategies in general got better, most bosses dont scale that fast
outside of like knowledge demon
arctic scaffold
stalling strategies in general got better, most bosses dont scale that fast
absolutely. act 2 is much easier this way, and without threats like book of stabbing or gremlin leader, you can outshield basically anything
before, if you tried to play slow, those two would punish you severely
peak socket
Anyone done a claw run yet
peak socket
what do you guys think they were thinking when adding snake bite
peak socket
have you guys done this event and if so how good is the reward
peak socket
man wtf. had a fun dark orb run going but legit only 1 frost orb reward popped up. how are you suppose to play this character with no frost. got to the final boss and just hits too hard
peak socket
who are the sts youtube content creators to look out for? i swear you watch one tier list and your reccs get flooded with videos. dont want to watch some clickbaiters
worldly abyss
it depends what style you want
near plinth
who are the sts youtube content creators to look out for? i swear you watch one ...
I watch Jorbs. The man likes the game enough to make powerpoint slides about it.
Also, good video.
I recommend.
earnest tartan
who are the sts youtube content creators to look out for? i swear you watch one ...
Baalorlord is the one I liked for longer more thought out runs
Frost prime if you want noise in the background
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who are the sts youtube content creators to look out for? i swear you watch one ...
navegreed
watching him improves my game so much
he's boycotting playing the original characters because he thinks they're too strong, so he's just doing necro and regent runs rn
near plinth
Has any of them done a balance discussion yet?
arctic scaffold
throughout the runs yeah
near plinth
I am curious to hear what everyone thinks. I think mainly that a majority of the elites and the act 2/3 bosses need some tuning either to make them unique or to make them a bit more challenging.
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tldr
act 1 is where your turns will end the most, once you survive that, the rest of the game is pretty free
original trio are too strong
he would nerf basically 90% of cards and don't think they belong in the game in the way it is rn (shockwave being on all classes, hotfix, forgotten ritual)
some relics are game changinng and are way too strong (example: cloaked clasp available on all characters, pael's wings, remove card ancient options)
blocking and stalling is too strong right now
lack of needing to change your strategy on act 2/3 fights, wants something like the inclusion of the heart to really counter majority of deck types
near plinth
I def agree with the last point. I feel like once your deck is functional (which I guess is the point about the act 1 being a filter), it is pretty hard to die. I also think act 2 regular encounters can use a little bit more sauce. They are pretty tame compared to act 1 and nowhere near the horror show that was sts 1's act 2.
arctic scaffold
i think act 2 normal encounters are harder on paper but we get so strong by that point
near plinth
@peak socket I would recommend that Jorbs video. You mentioned that you wouldn't have considered serpent form in that sly silent run, right? I think the idea of "jobs" that Jorbs is talking about will help with identifying why picking sforms was a good idea in that situation.
arctic scaffold
baalor and xecnar in the same twitch chat what the
peak socket
<@235508559641575436> I would recommend that Jorbs video. You mentioned that you...
i unno if my adhd can handle a 45 minute powerpoint
agile zephyr
Regent is fun but it feels like Watcher where im basically just going for the same build over and over in higher ascensions atp. I really feel like his other archetypes like Forge and colorless feel so bad
Stars is just so much better and it feels like he has the least amt of variety compared to any other character
near plinth
Bulwark makes forge pretty viable if you pick it up early. You don't really need that much enable forge.
Stars is very strong though.
Spot the enabler
peak socket
obviously the kick
near plinth
It is the fan favorite, snecko eye.
It also randomizes the star cost.
I picked the star cards with the highest cost, slapped some draw on top and called it a deck and sent it.
I kept taking damage because I kept forgetting that void form ends the turn.
I think they did that to balance against relics that replays cards. I took one this game over a safe energy relic because I thought it doubles the first card played every turn and thought it was ez echo form. Turns out it is once per combat.
But I didn't get double void form out of it.
agile zephyr
btw the Reflections event can Downgrade and Upgrade the same card lmao
I got lucky and it just upgraded both of the downgraded ones
near plinth
Osty maxxed the test subject
Dirge is kinda silly with necro mastery
Stalled him to death
earnest tartan
dirge is such a good card
near plinth
Yeah, defense + soul wincon at the same time
earnest tartan
super flexible too, triggers skill synergies even at zero, goes nuts with replay
near plinth
I was cycling into invoke endlessly, so I had like 12 mana turns and just kept playing huge dirges.
If you necro mastery + dirge is an auto-win for the most part.
Friendship is an extremely good power.
-1 str for 1 energy.
-2 str unupgraded, but I don't see necrobinder builds rely on direct attacks.
It's just free energy
earnest tartan
yeah and not a huge tempo loss
peak socket
this is that simpsons meme
arctic scaffold
i really hope act 2/3 gets as much love as act 1
i think act 1 is basically perfect
it's so well designed and balanced really well
i don't think i took damage as soon as i cleared act 1
peak socket
is that your first max ascension character?
peak socket
Defect has been my favourite so far. I like the idea of regent but I need to learn how to balance multi resources before I go ham
earnest tartan
why does this ancient choice exist
I love this relic if you have a strong draw engine
I think i took it on a claw defect run too
peak socket
is the triangle elite the most worthless one in the game
arctic scaffold
Vaku take the wheel
peak socket
also icecream with a 0 cost deck is so peak
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I was kind of anti multiplayer before it released, thinking why would I ever play it, but after trying a few runs I am so sold
agile zephyr
every time i get this pairing i cry tears of happiness
getting a relic every fight is just too fun
Pael my beloved
agile zephyr
you said you only do star builds?
Basically I find one or two solid damage dealing star cards like Devastate, Gamma Blast, Commet, or Seven Stars. Then the rest of the deck is just making sure I have near infinite resources from cards like Big Bang, Alignment, and a couple Glows and maybe hidden cache. My main block options are from stuff like Cloak of Stars, Reflect, Guards, or Particle Wall.
Then theres some other support cards I pick up from time to time like Photon Cut, Crush Under/Astral Pulse for AoE, Guiding Star, etc
peak socket
i think my runs on regent get front loaded with damage and i find myself never having enough block
agile zephyr
A lot of Regents best block cards are in his Star package
cards like Reflect are fucking broken
theres also a power to get block from using stars too which I use a lot
his other archetypes get like 1 good block card max like Bulwark
peak socket
alright i think i came across a bug. sherlock said sneko randomizes star cost. adding slither to a card does not
earnest tartan
his other archetypes get like 1 good block card max like Bulwark
Bulwark just good imo
Even without forge synergy
agile zephyr
Bulwark just good imo
yea but its competing against other blocks that are easier to find and still synergistic
i have picked up bulwark in early act 1 tho just to cruise with it
peak socket
im sorry what?
peak socket
well that was mostly free
near plinth
Ok. I found something that the queen kinda hard counters.
Good ole unceasing top decks.
Nearly killed me.
Hard to cycle 0 cost cards if you can't play your hand out.
near plinth
im sorry what?
It is the universal basic income of spire. Star printer goes brr
Surprisingly good card.
Don't use it in the sandworm encounter though. It burnt all the escape cards lol.
peak socket
Good ole unceasing top decks.
whats this mean
peak socket
ahh name of a relic
near plinth
My 2 win cons was a) biased cog and cross your fingers and b) use unceasing top cycle through my garbage insertion cards like turbo, boost away and fight through and then play flak cannon.
peak socket
i see i see
peak socket
whats the neow tier list?
near plinth
I just vibe select the neow options.
agile zephyr
whats the neow tier list?
the Abandon Run option after you transform a strike into dogshit
but its actually the option that gives you two relics upon killing the boss, ive never not picked that one
earnest tartan
whats the neow tier list?
I like either shear alot
near plinth
I go with the hard cash option a lot of times. 150 gold is more or less lets you skip an elite fight.
peak socket
whats about the greed one
near plinth
I take that too. Cannot say no to cash in this economy.
near plinth
I think there is actually a bit too much energy generation in early turns. Every class has a strong card that generates energy/draw and the newly added candle relics are pretty strong. Probably better than the ship relics.
peak socket
hopefully they do good on balance
near plinth
The ship relics are stronger early game, but free energy on your setup turns is pretty wack in late game.
peak socket
potions also do it
agile zephyr
I think there is actually a bit too much energy generation in early turns. Every...
I think its balanced out by the fact that getting 4+ energy is way less common/as important than before.
praying for an energy relic after the boss everytime is more boring than what we have now which im greatful for
peak socket
ok i guess
also i didnt know he ran spreadsheets of his runs lol
is bread actually a good relic?
arctic scaffold
is bread actually a good relic?
very
earnest tartan
Goes extremely hard with paels eye
arctic scaffold
peak socket
in sts1 could this happen? i thought merchants were more balanced in where they could be placed
arctic scaffold
Yep
arctic scaffold
So true
peak socket
you been watching charlie sts 2 runs lys?
peak socket
video popped up on my rec and i remembered you were watching his older vods for sts1
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He seems to be really enjoying himself
arctic scaffold
down for multi
earnest tartan
down for multi
im down
arctic scaffold
have i been baited
near plinth
im sorry what?
THis card compared to genesis is so silly. Pay 2 for payoff down the line or instant gratification.
delicate pendant
dreams dead
peak socket
Just witnessed peak sts. Streamer was trying out an exhaust deck and it pumps out numbers. Decided to hit an elite that was right after the bonfire. Said ok before this elite we are upgrading this demon form it's pretty much our win con. First turn plays cinder and it exhausts the demon form
Still did it no problem but the timing was cinema
peak socket
how do you guys like the cards with the effect "change cards into different cards in your hand"
agile zephyr
how do you guys like the cards with the effect "change cards into different card...
like regents cards? cause all of those are pretty good since they exhaust themselves
but smthing like primal force for ironclad is pretty bad
peak socket
like regents cards? cause all of those are pretty good since they exhaust themse...
regent has one and ic has one i think with the boulders
agile zephyr
yea i mainly just use regents to fix my deck and make my draw + resource generation more consistent
arctic scaffold
Not sure which one you're referring to but charge on regent is great
Anything that allows you to target exhaust is great
peak socket
i thought it was the one that turns cards into the block ones
arctic scaffold
If it says turn card into another card that exhausts, it's OP
near plinth
but smthing like primal force for ironclad is pretty bad
Primal force is pretty solid I found. The damage to energy ratio is incredible. It is like 3 strikes for 1 cost and primal force itself is a zero cost card. Coupled with stampedes and even tiny bit of draw, you can push out some silly numbers.
peak socket
exhaust deck is pretty fun. funny thing is i unlocked the good exhaust cards after completing this
arctic scaffold
exhaust deck is pretty fun. funny thing is i unlocked the good exhaust cards aft...
brand is amazing wdu mean
agile zephyr
Primal force is pretty solid I found. The damage to energy ratio is incredible. ...
i never gave it a true shot, theres just so many other rares it actively competes with that i take like 90% of the time
arctic scaffold
i failed the connections, wasn't familiar with the new relics argh
earnest tartan
dude its hard
peak socket
is that an event?
peak socket
do you guys like the fact that necrobinders pet doesnt share your buffs and debuffs?
near plinth
Nearly ended my run. Getting copies of curses and bad cards. 
Souls too busted though. Took like 20 turns to kill doormaker with only haunt as my damage output, but kill him we did.
peak socket
Oh I thought that would just be card rewards but ya it would work with just regular deck play
near plinth
It was card rewards, but you also have events that gives you curses. Transform is also considered adding a card to the deck, so that also stuffed some garbage.
arctic scaffold
big mushroom relic makes me the same size as mecha knight
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agile zephyr
i did an ironclad infinite today w my friends and it was their first time seeing it lmao. that shit is so cheap im never doing it again but its funny as hell
thats cool u did it with the regent card which is just pommel strike 2.0 lmao
arctic scaffold
could not find another one so i had to settle lol
peak socket
i saw a ic infinite that just auto played itself, couldnt stop playing cards till everything was dead. wish i could do it
agile zephyr
iirc its just 2x pommel strike + Hellraiser. Its not too hard to set up since you prob take pommel strikes any time alr and atp its just finding that one power
peak socket
you ever just have a genetic algo at like 50 stacks but during the boss you only drew it during boss debuffing?
near plinth
peak socket
peak socket
most fun deck ive done so far. something about starting with more energy, turbo, double energy, multicast+ for a billion damage
arctic scaffold
big deck
near plinth
Why can I not win with IC?
peak socket
Why can I not win with IC?
just get one of those juicy exhaust decks
peak socket
we do a little memeing in this household
peak socket
There was a point where I knew the deck couldn't win cuz I got too greedy with the strikes. But then I got the dupe the entire deck event and thought you know what, in for a penny in for a pound
peak socket
why is this worded oddly?
oh wait nvm i just got it
its 8 damage then 8 damage split between everything else
earnest tartan
its so if you have a debuff on an enemy that improves damage it can spread
peak socket
what do you pick here
arctic scaffold
what do you pick here
what's the deck
peak socket
it was scuffed but was looking like a status deck
also i learned rampage is horrible if you end up getting the crab boss
earnest tartan
they gotta nerf dirge
arctic scaffold
real
earnest tartan
i mean the issue is that doom doesnt matter if you get to deal infinte damage
you can have 8000 doom stacks
and it doesnt matter
because you have a 12000 health osty
and your unleash does enough damage to kill
arctic scaffold
i like having barricade and body slam in my starter deck
arctic scaffold
hmm
i still think defect is
and then ironclad goes infinite too easily
but silent has discard BS
earnest tartan
hm
arctic scaffold
it's cool that it's hard to decide
earnest tartan
ive only gone infinite on ic once
agile zephyr
IC>Necro>Defect>Silent>Regent to me
silent and defect can swap
but i truly do think u can force IC infinite and get it pretty consistently
arctic scaffold
it's like this for me
agile zephyr
it's like this for me
ordered within the tier?
arctic scaffold
no
earnest tartan
tingsha was good
but having the upgraded silent unique was pretty good
and being able to stack 6 vuln t1 was very good
arctic scaffold
Nah suppress is broken
Wdu mean 17 damage 0 cost 5 weak
Those numbers are too big
earnest tartan
yeah very strong
and i would have two copies of it
so 34 damage 15 weak
- dexterity
basically didnt take damage
peak socket
and you said my deck wqas large
earnest tartan
my deck was doubled
and i had a relic that heavily recomends you take every card reward
near plinth
Just max slop.
Master planner feels good on a fast cycling deck.
It's overall power level might be somewhat boosted by sly being pretty busted. Prepared is basically 0 cost, draw 2, play 2 cards for free in this economy.
peak socket
earnest tartan
absurd that this doesnt trigger on the cards you draw per turn
peak socket
did defect lose the card that evokes then channels the orb?
arctic scaffold
I LOVE UPROAR
What the hell is uproar
arctic scaffold
did defect lose the card that evokes then channels the orb?
If you're talking about recursion, yes
peak socket
that must be why my dark orb builds have sucked 
near plinth
What the hell is uproar
I think it is like do 5 damage twice and play a random attack from your draw pile. I guess if your draw pile had more uproars, it can kinda be funny.
peak socket
first time ive gotten to a sts with the potion debuff. didnt realize how shitty a time having only 2 slots is
i didnt think much of it
also am i crazy to think that some common encounters require more thought in your deck than elites?
maybe thats the wrong way to word that
earnest tartan
What the hell is uproar
2 mana deal 5, cast a random attack from your deck. Feels pretty good if you get more uproars or big attacks like sunder or meteor strike
arctic scaffold
Watching navegreed play slay the spire is so silly
He's so good he finds random ass strategies I've never even thought of
Got ghost seed, picked up gambit and fumes, and just played then just played gambit end turn for the rest of the run
A10 btw
arctic scaffold
how is this ok
Been saying this
near plinth
That's a neat strat
arctic scaffold
Shows a few things:
ghost seed is broken
Too many ways to exhaust in this game
Enemies don't hit hard enough and don't punish draw enough
Too little scaling, making stalling strays too consistent
peak socket
how did sts1 punish draw
arctic scaffold
Better phrasing would be drawing would not be as rewarding
There were less infinites, more ways to brick your draw, and resources spent on draw would not be so easily recouperated
peak socket
what does the sword of stone turn into
arctic scaffold
3 strength
near plinth
starslop
I don't know how this won, but it did. No real scaling. Just cycled lotsa random damage.
Manifest authority is very very solid.
The average quality of colorless cards have gone up. So it's not as much of a crapshoot as it would have been in sts1.
The neow relic that gives you 3 upgrades for an empty chest is also very strong. relics don't seem to be as much of a game changer, but 3 free upgrades is a huge deal.
arctic scaffold
The average quality of colorless cards have gone up. So it's not as much of a cr...
it's just worse than stars
even tho they may be better
it's still introducing rng in your otherwise more consistent stars
near plinth
Yeah, but working in a card like manifest authority is actually not that detrimental. Especially in act 1. It's just an above average block card on its own.
Kinda like leap or shrug it off.
I would also say like stars is probably the only way to win it seems.
Forge is just weak as hell and colorless card gen is not a win condition. More of a support strategy.
peak socket
wheres your ranking of the characters?
near plinth
A5 on IC, Silent and Regent. A4 on Necro and Defect.
peak socket
i meant where do you rank all of them from your favourite to least
near plinth
Regent -> Necro/Silent -> IC -> Defect
peak socket
im hurt, you dont like my boy
near plinth
Defect is kinda...I dunno. I played too much defect in sts 1 and I don't enjoy the orb cycling as much.
peak socket
how you going to look at this and tell him hes the worst
arctic scaffold
adorable
agile zephyr
Defect is kinda...I dunno. I played too much defect in sts 1 and I don't enjoy t...
I think hes stronger now but Frost became even stronger somehow despite being his best consistent package last game
but this game has a lot of consistent playstyles with charas that I dont really enjoy. Frost stands out too much, Infinite IC stands out too much, Stars stand out too much, Discard/Sly stand out too much
Necrobinder has a lot of viable shit though so I dont mind that souls is strong since I can actually try different builds on her most of the time
peak socket
i dont think ive had the same win con with each of my defect runs
agile zephyr
im not talking about win cons, but I do believe that you generally want to add frost to literally every Defect deck at any point of the game
frost doesnt have a specific wincon but you can add it to set up ALL your wincons
thats how I feel in a10 atleast, enemies do a shit ton of damage to the point where I feel like its almost necessary
peak socket
ah thats true, im still working my way through the mid levels of ascension
they need to make a focus noise again
agile zephyr
focus noise?
earnest tartan
shops
peak socket
if you lack some good block cards is it fine to take more than 1 piercing wail?
peak socket
first poison win, id have eaten shit on higher ascension
grand roost
only 512 Squeezes
peak socket
you robbed me of my only achievement
arctic scaffold
if you lack some good block cards is it fine to take more than 1 piercing wail?
There's no such thing as too many piercing wails
It's one of her best cards
arctic scaffold
Clone is so funny lmao
peak socket
this should be an auto win right?
earnest tartan
Lot of multi attacks
peak socket
starting to see why people like this game
agile zephyr
u didnt before?
peak socket
nope, too stupid for deck builders
arctic scaffold
Have u been rage playing this game
arctic scaffold
also does thorns seem way more powerful in this game compared to sts1?
It's better in this game because blocking is better so thorns as a damage option is better
peak socket
Have u been rage playing this game
sts 1 at the start maybe you could say that? hated feeling dumb but didnt stick with it long. then my group of friends who i play board games with, one of them picked up the physical version of sts and he thought it was interesting enough to pick up the pc game. so i reinstalled with him and it was a race between the 2 of us to climb ascension levels
wasnt going to pick up 2 but i got gifted a scratch ticket that won 30 dollars a day before the sequel dropped so thought why not
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Prep is dead
BAG OF PREP?
peak socket
wow they killed defect
dont know how big of a change the rest of these changes are since i only play 2 and a half characters
near plinth
dirge shot on the streets
prep is also super dead.
oh reworked doormaker
Necro got away with a slap to the wrist. Dirge being dead is cool and all, but she has many weapons. Like a Nazgul.
near plinth
its now 1 mana
Gotta say, having to pay cash for prep does not feel right. That is 8 years of legacy down the drain.
peak socket
was prep the same in both games?
near plinth
yeah
arctic scaffold
absolutely not
near plinth
It is so much delayed value.
arctic scaffold
well one - guards was exhaust
charge is unlimited targeted exhaust
it just solves your infinite for you
makes like every other build irrelevant if you see it early
near plinth
Yeah, but guards was exhaust in your hand and did both deck thinning and defense. Charge is 1 energy now for deck thinning later and you have to draw spend 2 draw on glorified strikes.
Hmm, I don't aim for infinites.
So maybe that's why I don't care for it.
arctic scaffold
i mean there's not caring
and then not realizing how broken it was
big part of regent (like every other character at a10) is exhausting your entire deck down and going infinite
and that's his most consistent way to do it
it's a 1 card deck thinning solution
they don't brick your draw pile, so your next deck draw cycle is better
it's basically a burning pact except it does 14 upgraded to 20 damage
those numbers are absurd
near plinth
It looks like they are shooting infinites as they should. I didn't care for burning pact either. Maybe that's why my IC win rate is ass.
Regent seems to work fine outside of infinite domain tbh.
arctic scaffold
i really like the direction they're going making infinites harder to achieve/impossible
peak socket
did they nerf that card that plays strikes as you draw them?
arctic scaffold
every run would look the same
arctic scaffold
did they nerf that card that plays strikes as you draw them?
it was never strong so no
ironclad had way too many things that took priority to nerf than hellraiser
peak socket
isnt that how ic goes infinite?
arctic scaffold
the biggest priority being stoke
which is great that they nerfed it
thank god
that card should not exist lol
near plinth
I didn't notice that minion strikes also draw. That defintely makes it a bit better in my opinion. It's still not a card that gravitate towards. I will have to give it a try next time.
arctic scaffold
isnt that how ic goes infinite?
no
clad goes infinite by exhausting your deck, getting forgotten ritual, pommel strike, bloodletting, vicious etc
it was so mindlessly easy because most of the infinite ingridients are commons
which made it very consistent
i posted a few clips here of it but honestly you just mishmash a bunch of stuff while exhausting your deck and you'll just happen to go infinite
stoke made it too easy
earnest tartan
that card should not exist lol
i think its basically unusable now though
arctic scaffold
i think its basically unusable now though
why would i want to make more cards in my deck smh
arctic scaffold
hey if you have a whole hand of defends and strikes
earnest tartan
at 1 it was fineish
arctic scaffold
it's not the worst thing ever
arctic scaffold
thank god they buffed the gold gaining relics they were ass and i was sad whenever i saw them
near plinth
I think too many deck thinning mechanics just makes removals lower value though. I think shooting those cards is probably healthier in the long term. I don't know whether I like stoke's current incarnation, but I didn't like it before.
arctic scaffold
oh god thank god they nerfed preserved fog
earnest tartan
im not a fan of that nerf
arctic scaffold
why does this ancient choice exist
^
earnest tartan
its worse empty cage
arctic scaffold
5 cards remove is just too strong
peak socket
I found out if you take the gold from neow, not the one with greed, you couldn't afford any relics from the shop is it was an early shop
So if that got changed that's good
arctic scaffold
i love buffer
peak socket
New door maker is cursed
peak socket
man i love defect, just had a run where i think i had 9 orb slots, started the fight with 3 orbs, and a barrage that did 15 damage per orb
arctic scaffold
mm orb slots
peak socket
errant sphinxBOT
https://x.com/i/status/2035279316024709184
peak socket
some of these normal encounters are so fucked man, how are you suppose to deal with the worm ghost summon without taking any damage
agile zephyr
i think they just nerfed him in beta branch tbf
peak socket
is finisher outside of shiv a good card?
arctic scaffold
some of these normal encounters are so fucked man, how are you suppose to deal w...
yeah it's basically an elite lol
you need attacks
i actively look for good attacks on defect every time i get that act 1
peak socket
that rage post came off the back of the silent
im just a couple bosses left before i have all the silent unlocks
peak socket
i cant get a run going since reaching this curse ascension
arctic scaffold
Dumbest deck I have run.
WTF lol
near plinth
It was stupid. I had to waste so many adrenalines digging for corrosive wave or speedster. Once I got it, it was joever. But turns out 96 adrenalines is a lot of adrenalines.
peak socket
does boot work with enemies who have tangible
agile zephyr
It did work in the original
peak socket
i have come to the conclusion that a white noise build gamble is not the way
near plinth
White noise is a feel good card.
You remember those runs when you win by high rolling echo form against heart.
agile zephyr
I will always think its funny Defect went 2 for 2 on the better version of shared/similar card designs
Infernal blade and distraction are so dogshit compared to White Noise
peak socket
yea but if 1 zero cost is good what if i had 3 zero costs. i could get 3 echo forms
agile zephyr
and Hotfix was so much better than Flex and the Silent one that gave dexterity
near plinth
yea but if 1 zero cost is good what if i had 3 zero costs. i could get 3 echo fo...
Yeah, go for it. Better to be lucky than good.
peak socket
yea i died like a bag of dicks to the claws
near plinth
and Hotfix was so much better than Flex and the Silent one that gave dexterity
They nerfed the silent version too.
peak socket
they just want to make silent bad again
near plinth
What do you mean? The 96 adrenaline archetype is alive and well.
We should do a run sometime compound.
and lys too
and zyx too
peak socket
What do you mean? The 96 adrenaline archetype is alive and well.
its funny cuz i did get the ability to clone a card and i did put it on adrenaline but i died to that stupid summon encounter before i could use it
i could be convinced to get a carry
peak socket
is there an upgraded starting relic for necro/regent?
earnest tartan
ye
peak socket
what they do?
near plinth
Kinda unconventional deck for me.
Took a relic that gave colorless rewards and act 3 reward was free potions at start of each combat since I had potion belt.
Fasten feels really good on silent.
Like a superior footwork as her better block cards give ton of block, so just improving defends is a huge deals. +5 to defend is like 2.5 footworks.
arctic scaffold
Fasten feels really good on silent.
fasten super underrated
near plinth
New doormaker bit of a menace. The fact that he eats your draw is more annoying than the card removal.
Drawing 4 cards on turn 2 is pretty rough.
near plinth
Ok. I am a CHARGE!! convert. I can see the vision. It's a lot of damage and filtering out status and chaff is really good.
There is also a relic that doubles minion cards damage output.
And the power that gives you +1 strength for every colorless card you play
I can see how CHARGE was probably better when it was minion strike beacuse of the draw.
I will take the draw over additional damage, but this is also fine.
The every 5th card is free is probably one of the best ways to get void form out.
arctic scaffold
The vision is strong
peak socket
anyone else bothered that its called right hand hand but ostry is on the necrobinders left hand side
arctic scaffold
I thought that was the joke
near plinth
Hit echo form with catastrophe+ and then playing catastrophe+ with echo form active is such a hit.
Doormaker can't eat those cards either coz they are not drawn.
arctic scaffold
i have no idea how i feel about catastrophe
i never picked it up
but with new doormaker hmm
could be strats
near plinth
It's an ok option. Not the best. But not terrible either. Good way to cheat some energy.
near plinth
Got a funny deck demolished by the queen.
Cascade+ with imbued. Offering with exhuast removed and deck had a catastrophe+. Turn 1 was some wildshit.
Turn 2 oth is not something that should be spoken about in public spaces.
near plinth
It's cool though. I ran it back with another funny cascade - whirlwind - chemical X run.
Expect a fight is a sick card.
earnest tartan
Cascade+ with imbued. Offering with exhuast removed and deck had a catastrophe+....
Cascade imbued is actually very silly
And only gets better with an energy relic
near plinth
ey another patch just hit
near plinth
They reverted prepared, reworked the outdoor conveyance mechanism and the emo corals.
peak socket
jorbs gasing up doormaker video is already outdated
near plinth
They mention it is still supes disruptive.
So, let's see.
My regent got owned just now. I don't think forge is a real mechanic. I took like the least commital way to scale forge and still got owned. But that's probably because I didn't click on enough star generation cards.
Turned up my nose on gather light. This is what I get...
Also, interesting. Sovregn blade only costs 1 if it is upgraded. I had the relic that upgrades cards that you have already played.
peak socket
They mention it is still supes disruptive.
sounds like each form could be doing a different thing which i like
near plinth
@arctic scaffold @earnest tartan How do you evaluate cards that give you energy, but not draw outside the context of infinites? (i.e bloodletting, borrowed time, turbo etc) Are they good? I don't understand how to evaluate them. It is -1 draw for +2 energy on average and lot of times that doesn't feel good if your deck is largely 1 cost cards.
arctic scaffold
<@706980182426124318> <@277595799989518338> How do you evaluate cards that give ...
one important concept that i've been leaning towards especially in this game is how much would playing a card save health throughout the run
if you play bloodletting to be able to kill an enemy faster, who would've taken 20 health from you throughout the fight, it pays back its 3 health cost in dividends
near plinth
I understand the health cost, I am more concerned about the draw cost.
arctic scaffold
in that case just consider what you're enabling by picking up that card
would it help you get closer to your win con?
how much health would that save?
near plinth
If drawing bloodletting prevents me from drawing my powers or other strong cards (especially in the setup phase) and I draw bloodletting instead, then it feels bad. I think the conclusion is that I need to look at how likely am I to draw it along with my expensive win cons.
arctic scaffold
yeah it depends on how consistent your draw is too
bloodletting obviously becomes a lot better if you have good draw, or consistent access to your good cards with exhaust/a smaller deck
near plinth
yeah, do I draw it with my wincons or my efficient draws.
It is trickier to eval than 0 cost draws. 0 cost draws are almost always an autopick for me.
arctic scaffold
well those are the ones you listed
borrowed time turbo and bloodletting, at least the first one, is ALMOST an autopick for me
near plinth
I mean cards that cost 0 and draw. Battle trance, escape plan and overclock and such.
arctic scaffold
well battle trance is one of ironclad's best cards
near plinth
I am usually hestiant with 0 cost energy gens. But need to pick those more.
near plinth
Escape plan is also really strong, I feel.
arctic scaffold
even better on silent because of her access to weakness, footwork, and strength down cards
with the recent changes i definitely think silent is the strongest character
near plinth
New doormaker is pretty interesting. More complex. But..less hard maybe?
arctic scaffold
definitely less hard
near plinth
He does not hit as hard.
The debuffs are on a much slower cycle.
The exhaust is kinda whatever.
near plinth
orbit is a very good power
When upgraded.
For all practical purposes, it is essentially "Gain +1 energy every turn".
The edge cases are like X cost cards and like every 4(or 5 turns?), you only get 3 because you got energy for the last card play the previous turn or something.
earnest tartan
<@706980182426124318> <@277595799989518338> How do you evaluate cards that give ...
I usually reflect on my turns. If im playing most of the cards in my hand, im less inclined to pick them up. However if I have a lot of draw(or a class with a lot of draw, like necro or defect) ill snap it up to enable those cards better.
Really the only two im hesitant on is regents, mainly because it requires draw and other star cards to be better than ok. IC's has a downside that I think has mattered once to me
arctic scaffold
@earnest tartan https://youtu.be/W0y_XU-zTCY?si=Uyx9VWcyYqNktn3s mtg player loves playing discard silent
is this u
earnest tartan
He reacted to prepared the same way I do. So maybe
This is one of the hall of famers for mtg btw
arctic scaffold
This is one of the hall of famers for mtg btw
what's he known for?
earnest tartan
Limited iirc
Not a format im versed in, but hes very good at it
Limited is
3 packs
Pick 1 card from a pack
Pass it to the next person in the group(groups are 6-8 people)
Repeat untill all cards in packs are gone
Build deck from drafted cards
peak socket
i thought the best slay the spire streamer was only on a break for a week but its 3 weeks
arctic scaffold
i thought the best slay the spire streamer was only on a break for a week but it...
navegreed is great to watch if your only metric is skill
tho he's looking more to test things now since he's tired of winning
peak socket
i need the one liners that NL provides
near plinth
Stole some tactics form navegreed.
Calcify and rattle were the missing component for the osty deck it seems. Doubled my deck coz doormaker
near plinth
I did not realize that it was max HP and not my current HP.
It's ok though. I just kept sending with cascade and it worked out.
arctic scaffold
I did not realize that it was max HP and not my current HP.
It's honestly worth
Max hp not that important
See brightest flame being one of the most broken cards
For that event, I also usually click 3 times. The power you get from that early on lets you snowball hard and saves more health than it takes in the long run
near plinth
Yeah, barely noticed it.
My favorite act 1 event is the one that lets you pin slither to your expensive cards. That one is a run winner with a lot of 3 cost damage cards being an encounter solver.
peak socket
out of curiousity in sts1 how did you guys get the achievement minimalist?
arctic scaffold
watcher lol
peak socket
were you allowed to do a seed or did you just happen upon a god run
arctic scaffold
random run
arctic scaffold
Great questions but saying elites are harder in sts2 than sts1 is crazy
Sts2 players don't know the pain of a20 nemesis, repto, goblin mob, book of stabbing
near plinth
They did it again. They patched the game.
peak socket
The ppt man cometh
thats so funny cuz im in the middle of a vod that started like this https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxdrEyWnjDdGLnXxSKL00pail6RoCUEP-Z?si=gA6fQjn2YPG183ib
peak socket
bit of a departure of his normal videos
def edited for his regular audience vs sts fans
arctic scaffold
Ah yeah the speed run strat
Transform=OP classic
I like watching him for games I know nothing about because it sounds more impressive
But since we know how stupidly broken/accessible infinites are in this game I'm just here to be happy that this gets introduced to more people
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how the fuck do i pick between these goats
earnest tartan
thats a snap bulwark imo
near plinth
Is this the neow reward? Bulwark solves a lot of act 1.
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Really fun run. Crash landing interaction with arsenal and supermassive is really good.
Getting like +5~6 strength of a 1 cost card play is fun. Ran minimal star gen to fuel reflects and won off spamming crash landing and supermassive.
Diamond Diadem is super clutch. Making half the damage disappear is so clutch in the queen fight. The deck had good chunky defense due to fasten and glitterstream, but really really bad draw. Diadem is really helpful in those turns where you are just having mediocre draw and taking like 50 damage.
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Is this the neow reward? Bulwark solves a lot of act 1.
nah random floor 1 reward haha
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Diamond Diadem is super clutch. Making half the damage disappear is so clutch in...
saves so much hp in act 3
allows u to set up so well
high cost powers etc
near plinth
Somehow ironclad went from my worst class to best.
arctic scaffold
Shocking, what did u change?
I don't think I'm ever beating my silent consistency
near plinth
I just started clicking on more exhaust cards. I think I realized that I don't need to scale infinitely, just enough to dent health bars. Like Ashen strike looked sus at first, but once you exhaust like 10 cards and it is hitting for like 30, you start ot see the light.
I think the other thing is that it is actually quite easy to mass exhaust, so you hit the required numbers within a deck cycle instead of playing something like demon form and waiting for like 10 turns.
That plus all the exhaust synergies just add up.
I am pretty consistent with silent too. I think StS 1 playstyle just carries over well. Sly and hiding behind block is pretty viable and that's what I did in StS1 anyway.
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He reacted to prepared the same way I do. So maybe
Holy shit first and only reply on this vid so far from me https://youtube.com/watch?v=rXtBXmVSqn4&lc=UgyiG8VLgHG85GID8OB4AaABAg
earnest tartan
Everything I've heard is that he's a super nice guy. + he probably appreciates a detailed response
Kinda wild that he didnt value suppress highly
arctic scaffold
It's probably habits from playing sts1 because energy boss relics are so good
I don't blame him
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I basically treat prismatic gem as busted crown
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And very fun
It is so fun
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Take from navegreed: fasten should be removed from the game, it solves the game because the fights don't require that much output and one fasten is enough
Also "regent is about watcher level, and silent is above watcher level"
"Defect might be the weakest but still stronger than the rest of the sts1 characters"
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Watching him continuously say "we need more block" and then skipping every piercing wail, anticipate, and blur is hilarious
peak socket
I was watching one from yesterday as Ic. He goes into the shop and says whirlwind is nice but I'd rather cut a card so we can do our win con easier. The next encounter I kid you know is the decipede and says we have no aoe
arctic scaffold
That's my fav parts, the comedic timing is so good
He knows what he needs
Decides to go against jt
Instantly punished
near plinth
Forge deck thoughts: Forge does not need a lot to be good. Bulwark-Summon forth and maybe conquerer as a soft scaling card. The main problem is that it is really bad in AoE fights like Decimillipede or Gardners or act 3 fights. Powerful boss killer though.
Stars are probably a requisite for every regent deck. Regent cards too expensive to not dip into a secondary resource. A lot of good star cards are either 0 or 1 energy which enables playing cards like sovereign blade as you don't have to pick between defense and offense every turn.
Silver crucible is too good of a starter relic.
near plinth
I was wondering why snakebite feels bad compared to bouncing flask despite similar output. I think it is because of the retain, you are often evaluating it against other 5 other cards, while boucning flask, you are only evaluating against 4 cards. Snakebite just faces more competition.
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I was wondering why snakebite feels bad compared to bouncing flask despite simil...
Did u watch the jorbs vid
near plinth
I did. I take snake bite semi-often. Lot of times, it just stays in my hand for like 2~3 turns before it gets played.
Which is not ideal for a poison card
peak socket
is there an optimal order to kill the snake tentacle worm elite thing in act 1
earnest tartan
I think its 4, 1, 3, 2
