The Sicilian Defense, Grenade Launcher Variation - Shotgun King

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate Part 4 - my new favorite chess strategy. The moment I saw that grenade, I knew I had to devote my build to it. Nothing else mattered except for getting that sweet sweet crowd control.
Edited by: / benbenranger
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[@Aliensrock]

I heard they were going to show this opening in The Queen's Gambit, but backed out because they were cowards.

[@redneck_cowboy7826]

Howdy tyler

[@therabbithole5686]

Tyler propose it to the actual show Lmao

[@idoodooo3988]

Just didn't have the *balls*

[@diamondapocalypse5019]

@@idoodooo3988 here, take these ⚽️🏀⚾️🥎🎾🏐🎱

[@Patashu]

Out of curiosity, at the very end, it seemed like the grenade didn't go off right away. I'm wondering if this is one of those weird 'timed actions in an otherwise turn based game' where you COULD have walked out of the way if you were quick. (it reminds me of the floor timer elapsed boss in Loot Rascals, which moves in real time in a turn based roguelike to chase you)

[@Pyrranha]

I'm now convinced that black mist doesn't actually do anything.

[@StudyTeatime]

bugged?

[@ShennaTheShinyEevee]

@@StudyTeatime yeah, I think the last update fixed both of these. It now works with the boss and Kingly alms weird how Tyler found the two black mist glitches

[@Lukas99g]

same

[@jodysgamingchannel9480]

@@ShennaTheShinyEevee Our boy is just good like that.

[@ShennaTheShinyEevee]

@@jodysgamingchannel9480 he'd be a good beta tester that's for sure

[@someonesomeone7000]

That death was an ultimate bruh moment

[@Mathtriqueur]

By the looks of it, the extra turn from killing knights card doesn't interact well with a lot of other game mechanics.

[@_charademon_]

I guess bombs too need breaks in scedule)

[@corpserule1582]

not quite, it's beneficial to the player. Bombs explode after the enemy's turn (pieces move, then xplode), if they don't have a turn, there's no opportunity to explode. Similarly, despite the game's warnings, you cannot be killed on an extra turn, so you can use them to get out of tricky situations death free. edit: keep in mind it does matter which turn is "extra", bombs -> knights == upcoming turn is free. Bullet -> knight, extra turn is expended immediately, upcoming turn is not free.

[@Mathtriqueur]

@@corpserule1582 Yeah, interactions with extra turns need a bit of getting used to.

[@fonze5664]

The synergies from the extra turn cards gets rediculous if you have the right cards to support it. Killing knights can get a free turn, which nets a soul card, which can then also be used for another free turn. These synergize with strafe to allow for feee turns moving and firing with soul cards. You can kill half the enemy army in one turn.

[@UltraLuigi2401]

Looking at this title, I'm reminded of the Tennison Gambit, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation

[@Xephyra]

Gm Abishek Vikram Pranav Rajesh

[@jlco]

Ah, a classic play.

[@Woodledude]

Good ol' TGIBMV. They never seem to expect the thermonuclear warfare play, despite being a well-established tactic at this point.

[@smaragdchaos]

@@Xephyra Vikram Rahul Abishek Pranav Rajesh

[@Grilldude]

@@Woodledude is actually written as TGICBMV, the continetal's C is added becaude more letter= more frightening

[@S4B3_]

never thought explosives would be in a chess game but i’m all for it

[@Patashu]

There's a classic Chess Variant called Atomic Chess, where all captured pieces explode in a 3x3 radius, destroying pieces friend and foe. This leads to a funny edge case - if you place your king next to the enemy's king (there's no check rules in this variant) you threaten a draw, because both kings will blow up simultaneously. MAD in chess format.

[@S4B3_]

@@Patashu i honestly know nothing about chess and this is actually amazing

[@oledakaajel]

Aside from Atomic chess (which is absolutely hilarious) there's also the Tennison Gambit: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

@@Patashu In fact, once that happens, you should be able to force a draw. No matter where their king moves, you can just follow. They can never take your king because it will kill theirs.

[@oledakaajel]

@@jeezuhskriste5759 Actually, if you have the right pieces there are ways to force one king off the other and win

[@fonze5664]

This must be an earlier version, black mist has saved me from this exact scenario. Sad to see the run end this way, but hopefully that means more in the future! ❤

[@DNXTMaster]

that ending wouldn't have happened if you had used the bong cloud opening

[@corpserule1582]

Oof, i've always feared that happening, ... thanks for testing something i was too much of a coward to. Mechanic tip: you can use bombs at any range, don't confuse it for the range of your shotgun, in a similar line of thought, most right click/active (wands) mechanics have hidden aspects that vastly change their appeal (most for the better), i'd recommend confirming they work as you'd think. Also, the achievements for this game, whilst some are of the thought of "friendly combo", the majority of them are mean and are a struggle to finish even on normal difficulty (if you're looking for a break from the harder difficulties, here's something else to do). there are also a few... mysteries there (i have ideas, but are yet to solve, don't spoil)

[@Feraldok]

Bombs are extremely imprecise at high range the almost never hit anything, but yeah they do theoretically have infinite range.

[@umchoyka]

@@Feraldok They hit everything they land next to. You just can't be guaranteed they'll go where you want. Against a board with a ton of white pieces (like the pawns he spawned) the bounce is inconsequential. Bonus is that even if it kills a piece blocking a discovered check, you don't lose.

[@Feraldok]

@@umchoyka yes they hit everything around the bomb in a 3x3 area, but from what I have seen in his game and from my games I am pretty sure they bounce around more often and way farther when u throw them from a distance. When you throw them only 4 spaces away they will most likely only bounce once a couple of tiles.

[@umchoyka]

@@Feraldok Correct, but if you aim at the back rank it only usually hops as far as the second rank, occasionally the third. You can clear quite a few pieces before coming under attack, especially once you have the moat and a couple of ammo upgrades.

[@evanslat1783]

That literaly looked like the game glitched

[@umchoyka]

Grenades make the game easy mode: - They have unlimited range. Downside is that the further you lob them the more they bounce around before exploding. This doesn't matter especially once there are a lot of enemies on board as you're almost always guaranteed to hit something. If you start by aiming at the king on the back rank, you're almost always going to hit something valuable. - They don't cause you to die from discovered check. Killing a pawn blocking a queen in your direct line doesn't kill you - They don't need loaded ammo. In addition, you appear to haven't understood how gaining ammo works: If you move, first you reload your gun. If your gun can't be reloaded (because it's full or you're out of ammo) then you gain ammo instead. If you don't keep firing every other turn, you can gain ammo quickly by moving a bunch of times in a row. I've easily beaten King mode with a grenade build, it's the easiest way to win that I've found so far.

[@alasdairsinclair916]

Fascinating strategy, I myself use the Tennison gambit intercontinental ballistic missile variation.

[@Mem_Pyroman]

Such a long name just to change/ capture a queen

[@guncatto2625]

I myself like the pistol version.

[@cloudy7937]

@@Mem_Pyroman honestly i just call it the ICBM gambit for short

[@ScowlingZebra29]

If you hold shift it turns on a unsafe mode in which the shields don't protect you, it's good for if you have sacred crown or you know that you're gonna kill a piece on the board.

[@ScowlingZebra29]

Some of the runs that I do require me to use sacred crown on a spot that's unsafe and then move one more time so I don't get checkmated

[@fissshy7]

yeah and that's why grenades are a bad item they are good against some pawn groups, and sure, if you have the downpour wand it can really come into its own. But it guzzles ammo, random in where it lands, horrible at close range, and sometimes it can just fuck you on the bounces.

[@G.Aaron.Fisher]

Grenades definitely have their time and place, especially at higher difficulties. On Hard, they consume ammo at exactly the same rate as a normal shotgun blast, since loaded shells is effectively twice as expensive as unloaded ammo.

[@JJ-qz1dg]

I like grenades because it can lead to cheesy kills 2 grenades hit the king? Well now unless you gave him more health he has 2 hp and sometimes he's open enough for you to blitz him and win

[@umchoyka]

Grenade builds are the easiest way I found to win against high difficulties

[@hamishfox]

one thing I can't stand about this game is how when you select a choice after a round, the OTHER choice is the one that flashes

[@gamingwithowl6157]

This reminds me of peglen when you died to the red bombs nothing told you just unfortunate

[@QuigleTheGnome]

Yeah I’m starting to think black mist is a scam

[@hugosimpon3605]

Tyler: Gets the red book Me: Is he gonna get? Is he gonna get it? Tyler: Dies on floor 11 Me: Argh... not today...

[@michaelgrandchamp1067]

A glorious run, even went out with a bang!

[@joelsoaresgonzalez3025]

Right on time, love this channel s2

[@Bath0rius]

Had almost exactly this build, beat Normal for the first time with. Double High Focus, Moat, August presence, I called it "The social anxiety build"

[@brandonfalcon236]

The title is masterful, thank you for the great content, keep it up!

[@grande1900]

I think the demo is by default on hard mode, so that's kind of hard to deal with!

[@jamiesnow8190]

Thanks for the videos!

[@12-343]

12:31 the king is standing between you and his heir, it's almost kind of sad

[@redspyro4750]

This game looks like a fun spin on chess, I definitely want to see more of this game. I did consider not subscribing but ultimately I did. It's not like I will regret it. I like seeing what strategies other people have in strategy games. And I have been seeing your content a lot in my suggested videos to watch. And to be honest I don't mind. Again I like seeing people play strategy games as it is interesting. And you seem to be good at it.

[@Cobb]

The ending was great, laughed so hard

[@strawwpurry]

the demo for this game is great too love ur vids keep it up :)

[@joseluismatabuenasedano6881]

I think you are an amazing host, great videos congrats! actually the game almost does not mater, the quality and entertainment is always there

[@jamesbaten104]

Love your videos. They are very nice

[@dylanmasi4696]

This may be the best title I’ve ever seen

[@nthos5660]

Hey tyler! Just figured i’d give you a tip since i don’t think it’s mentioned anywhere. If you keep your gun fully loaded then you regen 1 ammo per turn rather than 1 ammo every two turns.

[@WheelDragon]

you mean if your reserves are full then it adds the new bullet directly into your gun?

[@kasrasanati9476]

Oh my god the best episode of the whole series suicide by bombs was amazing

[@KingTwelveSixteen]

Okay I'm not going to watch the video or anything right now but I gotta say: that video title is excellent. Good job.

[@CMP7778]

Been loving this game lately! Am I the only one who thinks ho should do twitch plays vampire survivors? He controls the character and twitch chooses everything else. Keep up the great content!

[@vampyrecat4458]

That sounds like an awesome idea

[@Gameknight2169]

*gets king on the side* “So anyway, I started blasting”

[@CalamitasBrimstoneWitch]

'I know you have no heir. I made sure of it myself.'

[@ultrio325]

That's the funniest death in shotgun king history

[@Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head]

The title of this video is a masterpiece

[@ThatOneKnowItAll-hx3nx]

Black King: What makes me a good demoman?

[@RenegadeClips775]

what an excellent title

[@FrancoisTremblay]

"It's kill or be killed" --Floweyrock, probably

[@mrmurpleqwerty4838]

11:58 White: HAHA! Checkmate! Also White: what wut-

[@AbossATeverything]

Love the title lmao

[@felixknowloveyoudlovetokno2324]

good upload

[@ukaszanioowski9722]

unfaithful steed is god-like you just gotta keep at least 1 knight on the board to get his cards, and some soul slots to move across the board like a mad man

[@vik-exe]

Can't believe he passed up 1 Grenada per turn with that extra ammo regen

[@akosijj8330]

That grenade chose spite

[@stylesrj]

Does the Tennison Gambit Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation still work or do you need to use the Albin Countergambit Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine Variation?

[@finntastiq1524]

I'm glad you're using my second favorite opening, can you try Hacksaw Defense - Machine Gun Variation?

[@vinnykitty1983]

"unless if it's exactly this pawn" I'm 99% sure the crown landed on that pawn or the pawn that landed next to it during the start

[@murphthasmurf5923]

incredible title

[@ntfoperative9432]

It's the holy hand grenade of Antioch

[@Geromethegnomeva]

it should have been called thy holy hand gernade

[@taikuri7126]

Very good video i really liked it! :)

[@CMP7778]

You have seen the whole video already?!?!?

[@taikuri7126]

@@CMP7778 watched it with 10x speed

[@diamondapocalypse5019]

@@CMP7778 he got a good gaming chair, thats how

[@CMP7778]

Ahhhh it all makes sense now

[@draine.]

As a chess player, that title is AMAZING

[@VoidedPink]

4:44 I am so happy that he made that undertale reference

[@vuelle9816]

Gods I’m watching you do this and I’m here, extremely angry that he wastes his ammo so frivolously without realizing the problem with it

[@ammonbergevin5302]

Dude I saw him take the book and I thought OOOOO HES GONNA BEAT THE SPECIAL BOSS but naw he stepped on his own grenade lmao

[@taechuK]

It *is* a gambit after all.

[@ktushy4727]

They should have called it the holy hand grenade

[@briansun9261]

cool

[@neovoid5008]

Are yhe bombs alowed to magically exxelerate 300% backwards?

[@junconglin]

When's the intercontinental ballistic missile

[@vincentpaynecole]

Love your videos! Been binging your backpack hero series. One gripe. August Presence is not pronounced like the month.

[@tzeneth]

You don't play enough goblins in Blood Bowl because that looks like the typical throw of a bomber :P

[@IsThisLossE]

nice

[@lxlsquidgaming3803]

This reminds me of those 'how to protect your laptop from an ICBM attack' videos

[@novaluename]

Guess that backgrenaded

[@nb-eq6rw]

Jesus what an aggravating ending

[@SmolSir]

4:25 that King's move is illegal in real chess! The two kings cannot stand on two fields with any adjacency (full side or corner).

[@kitthekat6844]

I mean... Having a shotgun and tossing bombs is also illegal... but yeah, let's focus on that move.

[@deadclawh3851]

Well shotgun king is not Actually king lol

[@SeymourDisapproves]

@@deadclawh3851 that's very true lol

[@poemes]

A Why wise man once said 6:15

[@h5melody178]

Nice video love the way you died lol

[@FoxDog1080]

14:22 3 flipped cards is fun

[@jonathanschmitt5762]

15:45 White King is Kenzou confirmed.

[@EvanG529]

Black mist not working at all is the most infuriating thing

[@DodgeThatAttack]

i get the feeling a good strategy is to do all your reloading at once by moving multiple turns in a row when your gun is already loaded, since if you keep shooting, you have to waste 2 turns by gaining ammo, then reloading your gun

[@hatimzeineddine8723]

grenades, more dangerous to the user than the enemy

[@benprange7689]

Grenades too good bro

[@ethanchristensen7388]

Too soon 🤐

[@danielslotten6101]

good people exist here

[@SockyWockyOsu]

Hey tyler quick tip for the knights : if the knight is on an white space it can only move to an black space and can only move again onto an white space which means it can only check on white spaces (its the same when thw knight starts on an black space but swap black with white and white with black)

[@user54363]

"hey guys tyler here" -Aliensrock

[@godlikefish1193]

The black mist might not of activated because there weren't any spaces nearby for you to move to (since it tries to move you out of danger), but that's just a guess.

[@Imp128_]

I didn't know they made it so the black king has a shotgun.

[@neutralflowerland]

alright the elite gem work good with grenade because you can do grenade in every 2 turn also it wasn't recommended to throw grenade at under 4 space away from king

[@skmd.imrulhaquesakkhor4814]

It should be called tennsion gambit intercontinental ballistic missle variation

[@umchoyka]

So one other thing it seems you are missing is that if your gun is loaded and you have space for ammo, every move gives you extra shells. It's far more efficient to load your gun and make a bunch of moves to refill a lot of ammo instead of always firing -> 2 moves -> fire -> 2 moves

[@JosiahBradley]

Finally took the book and.....

[@unpleasednut5476]

You should try a run where instead of making a synergy build for you, you focus on making a synergy build for the opponent and see if you can still beat them

[@JJ-qz1dg]

Also you can yeet cross map grenades Will they hit? Maybe

[@benlaurich532]

It’d be cool to see Tyler go for the secret ending.

[@vystorm]

That's a thing?

[@christianwright7581]

@@vystorm yeah, you need The Red Book and leave a Bishop alive during the final boss fight in order to get it.

[@futureddude4250]

God this game is so stupid but amazing, makes for great content and I love it

[@NoNameAtAll2]

I hope you'll look into Rude Chess too

[@thesandsofflowingtime]

I got handed a win once by getting double black mist. I abused it so much in order to get out of bad positions when I got cornered by everything

[@ilovehumongoushonkers]

i wish nades scaled with firepower

[@SeymourDisapproves]

13:03 I'm... Not convinced the devs know what the word "genderqueer" means, especially when the graphic and piece choice (bishop [man] to queen [woman]) already imply very binary identities. The "Crossdresser" ability that (I think?) came up in the previous video at least worked because there's an added layer of pun (bishops, crosses), so why not continue that thread by changing up the graphic a bit and calling the reverse ability "Drag Queen?" It was right there, it's like they missed it on purpose lol

[@ghad6799]

I did not know RELOADING was a thing.

[@vonheimheim4915]

Imagine if white played like stockfish 😂

[@theregularterrarian3933]

you blew yourself up again? what is this, peglin?

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Those who pickup the grenade, die by the grenade.