How to Get the Minimalist Achievement | Slay the Spire Guide

[@Baalorlord]

What 5 cards were you able to get the Minimalist achievement with? Comment below!

[@mkstewart1698]

Defend+ , Bash, Searing Blow+8, Shrug It Off, Necronomicurse

[@TheDilla]

I just did, Creative AI, Glacier, Glacier, Zap, and Dualcast. All upgraded. Only picked up glacier early to stay alive, and then Creative AI at the boss. Turns out it's a pretty good card when it gives you multiple sources of focus and capacitors. Astrolabe'd into second Glacier. Picked up Data disk, and a medkit. made like 1,500 gold that run with an early golden idol and then trading it away too. Got mummified hand and Cursed crown, but wasn't extremely relevant. Final boss was Timeater, so the fight was a breeze.

[@KrivitskyM]

@@TheDilla Defend+, Eruption+, Vigilance+, Inner Peace+ and Rushdown+. This is an infinite loop where you play Inner Peace and Eruption, get your energy back and draw both cards due to Rushdown's effect. The tricky part was dodging Falling event, cause boy, would I hate spending such a long time trying to get this damn achievement just to get screwed at the very end...

[@Szylwius]

I got the trophy on PS4 some half a year ago with: 2x Defend+, Demon Form+, Bludgeon+ and Shockwave+. I was really surprised that so few block cards got me through Act 3, but I had Snecko Eye after Act 1 and quite often I could play these high energy cards on turn 1, especially that I also had a relic for +2 strength and +10 block turn 1, and an Ice cream relic for conserving unused energy between turns. Also, I got a relic for all removal costing 50 and after Act 2 I picked up +2 str (enemies +1). All in all, I felt very strong and it was a very satisfying run ;) Will try now to get it on PC.

[@Norcim133]

Just got it! Spot Weakness+, Whirlwind+, Defend+, Bash+ and Uppercut.

[@thekilla1234]

Brainless strat for Watcher: Skip every card except Fear no Evil and Rushdown, upgrade Eruption. That's all you need.

[@YourName_2023]

Thank you for that, i did it in like 3 attempts. Also i beat the boss in 1st turn so 2 achievement in once :D

[@lichade5927]

@@YourName_2023 Just did exactly the same, got both achievements in one, awesome deck

[@JustMhiqz]

So you got fear no Evil, eruption, vigilance, rushdown and? A strike?

[@jacquesrossel5562]

Thank you ! I did it first try even tho i didn't get fear no evil, I had the relics that makes getting out of the calm state give you 3 mana so i could just infinite combo with eruption and vigilance. Full hand was eruption, rushdown, vigilance and the two other dont really matter you just have to not play them otherwise it might fuck your draw partern.

[@anonony9081]

Thank you this worked for me except I lost Fear no Evil so I took a pressure point instead. It ended up amazing because I could play pressure point twice a turn. I destroyed the last boss in a like 4 turns. I had to restart for probably 4-6 hours before I finally got some runs with rushdown and fear no evil in them.

[@drip_chicken_]

I managed to get the achievement first try after watching your video I never thought The Defect would be a good choice for this achievement

[@squeak2455]

Also, in act 1 you noted that Shovel was a relic that you could get to help you remove cards, but I'm pretty sure you meant to say Peace Pipe. Just in case anybody in the comments is confused.

[@LucyTheBox]

My minimalist challenge was completed with the watcher. Relic: Violet Lotus Cards: Eruption, Vigilance & Rushdown The moment you get this deck down to 5 cards, you have an infinite combo.

[@LasKerfuffle]

Duel wield, dropkick, body slam and 2 defends. You might realize that there is no vulnerable to infinite with, and that is because I lost my bash in the falling event and had to improvise with a fear potion and abacus+body slam to kill time eater before they could heal.

[@Stupidiusity]

This is very funny! Good on you to win the run regardless!

[@DopeTracksOnly]

i'm very late but fuck the falling event fr

[@AlecSedgley]

Scrape, Hologram, Streamline, Claw, and Recursion - all upgraded. Being able to play 13 cards a turn from a 5-card deck was great. I'd been trying this with Ironclad, but after you talked through your Defect run it gave me a few different ideas. Thanks!

[@DripNZ]

A fun combo for watcher is; Eruption+, Vigilance+, Rushdown+, Deus Ex Machina+ and Conjure Blade+. You are guaranteed to draw Deus Ex Machina which adds 3 extra miracles to your hand for a total of 4 (assuming you kept starting relic). With this and maybe an extra energy from a relic, you get a 1 cost Expunger worth 8x5 or 9x5, or 6/7x5 if you needed to Vigilance on turn 1 to block damage. The Expunger generally ends up being worth more due to strength and rage stance. You also play Rushdown so your collective hand, draw and discard is just Eruption, Vigilance and Expunger. From there you can play Eruption > Expunger > Vigilance as many times as you can in a turn, either once or twice depending on energy relics, and Expunger does a solid 150 per use. It's a lot flashier and quicker than the Feel No Evil infinite.

[@kylespanish2es]

Just got it! Doom and Gloom, Darkness, Glacier, Capacitor, Dualcast. After trying for this awhile I found going to as many events as possible helped a lot for removals and gold.

[@floriancazacu4504]

The swag play on the next-to-last turn skipping auto-shields to distill more claws while generating exactly 40 block at the end of the turn to take 0 dmg. Beautiful mastery, my lord!

[@haydencox5859]

I did my minimalist deck with: barricade+, true grit+, shrug it off+, body slam+, power though+. Just tank everything and hit back hard.

[@erickraz]

I got my first minimalist win with Searing Blow+11 and offering. Destroyed woke bird without touching the cultists, was super fun!

[@jeepersmcgee3466]

just those two cards? dayum!

[@swordzanderson5352]

+11 what in the unholy kentucky fried f*ck

[@Mosstoad]

Woke bird?

[@Max1mum0R1d3]

@@Mosstoad Awakened One. He's the one that has a few cultists and gains strength if you use powers during his first phase, he then goes hard during his second phase.

[@levelthreetunt9620]

Thanks for your videos; I've learned so much about this game! Got this with 1 Vigilance and 4 Pressure Points. I was down to 4 cards until I got offered a fourth Pressure Points as a card reward two floors before the Time Boss. 2nd turn kill. I also got the Common Sense and Transient achievements. This was the 1st time I had killed him before he faded, and I did it twice in the same run. Keep up the great videos. I'm excited for your channel. It's really taking off.

[@realdefalt4923]

Watched the video and applied the tips on the ironclad, as he's the character I know best, to get the achievement, so thank you! Relics: - Burning Blood (contemplated switching it, but I wanted consistency) - Bag of Marbles (combo'd beautifully with the Dropkick) - Girya (made me really want a limit break, which I got after Act 1 Boss!) - Pear (was ok) - Medical Kit (Act 1 shop grab, best choice ever with the small deck of cards, set me back one removal though) - Whetstone (upgraded 2 strikes that I ended up removing :() - Busted Crown (the extra energy was nice for Bash setup with Dropkick, and I already had 4 of the 5 cards I ended up with; Offering was acquired in Act 3 shop) - Red Mask (Didn't want it, but it was an event, and I didn't want to lose my gold. Was nice for artefact clearing on Donu/Deca) - Peace Pipe (removed the card I didn't remove when I bought Medkit) - Strawberry (was ok) - Empty cage (reward Act 2 Boss; allowed me to buy Offering in Act 3 as it set me down to 4 cards) - Question Card (useless) Cards: - Bash+ (for vulnerable) - Shrug it off+ (for Block and drawing Limit Break+/Dropkick+) - Dropkick+ (Looping Limit Break+ with the vulnerable) - Limit Break+ (3-6-12-24-48 Strength on turn one, 96-192 Strength on turn two, 384 Strength and one hit kill Deca/Donu on turn 3) - Offering (For the extra Limit Break+ on turn 1) Honestly with this setup, I don't think I would've lost againt any of the Act 3 bosses, as Shrug+ gave me decent block alongside the ridiculous HP from Pear and Strawberry. Was definitely a fun run!

[@Zii_Vii]

Still works lol. Just got it on the first try. Didn't find a second claw though so I had to make due with the channel lightning+claw.

[@YayWalterSullivan]

Watching this video before attempting the achievement seems to have served me well, got it on my 2nd try using Ironclad (and got damn close on the first). My final deck was Bloodletting+, Cleave+, Bash+, Rampage+, and Shrug It Off+… with a decent amount of help from Unceasing Top.

[@brendanbarrypie4682]

Got it with searing blow+9 and double tap, had some nice relics like bag of marbles and bronze scales which helped me beat an otherwise unwinnable darklings fight. Love the achievement guides :D

[@oldmanstrolseeyt2121]

Literally just finished a run with this same build! I didn't have the same relics though and almost got stumped at a mob of darklings. Luckily, I looked through my relics and found I had one that dealt 5 damage to all enemies for every 3 skills played. Was able to Defend+ into Shrug it Off+ and then draw/play the Defend+ I just used to get the activation and slowly burn them down. From there it was smooth sailing with the Time Snail boss for Act 3!

[@OMGitisCoCo]

Love the twitch channel and thanks for the awesome guide! First try with Zap, Auto-Shields, Streamline, Claw, and Scrape.

[@Zeldavenue]

Ended up accidentally doing it on The Silent with: Neutralize+, Heel hook+, Prepared+, Reflex+, Tactician+ Managed to find a peace pipe which helped me get rid of a couple of unnecessary cards I added early to get through elites

[@skyfish1353]

i did it with choke+, blade dance+, neutralize+, survivor+ and strike+. plus i had a bag of marbles and a ninja scroll meaning i was easily doing over a 100 damage every turn one. one of the funnest challenges i've done

[@astrolabe54]

Fun challenge! Managed it with Bash+, Pommel Strike +, Impervious +, Power Through+ and Body Slam +. Had a medkit to remove the wounds from power through and prevent enemies spamming with statuses. Managed to perfect Time Eater with the help of Paper Phrog and Champion's Belt making the Bash+ OP.

[@adam230594OP]

Just got it after 4 tries thanks to the guide! I had a floor one pressure points so I decided to go into that direction. Unfortunately I didn't find any other pressure points for the rest of the run. I did however got a swivel/ragnarok from pandoras box and combined with an akabeko helped me smash through hallways and even elites. Loving the content and excited for more. Thanks Baalor! Ragnarok+ Talk to the hand+ Swivel+ Pressure points+ Flash of steel

[@Bordelll]

I got it yesterday on my first try with Rainbow+, Compile driver+, Charge battery+, Recursion+ and Defragment+. It was very effective, I had doubts, but it worked really well. Thanks for the guide.

[@IAmGabrielWells]

Thanks for the tips! Finally got it along with Common Sense (unintentionally). Hologram+x3 and Claw+x2. Only had a handful of relics due to skipping Elites - I think the only essential one was Peace Pipe.

[@kylie9871]

I watched this last night, and felt inspired to try today. My first attempt was a success because of this video! 😁 I ran into the enemy that gives you the parasite as well, but thanks for the advice about saving an attack. Basically, thank you so much for this video! 😊❤ Deck: Glacier, Streamline, Claw, Claw, Dualcast Main useful relics: Blood Vial, Nuclear Battery, Vajra, Sacred Bark

[@colinkavanagh2291]

Finally got it done with Rampage Bash 2x Defend and a Shrug It Off

[@Venvoli]

I know I’m super late to the party, but this video helped me finally do minimalist! I even mimicked you a bit on this one 😅 2x Claw+ Hologram+ Auto-Shields+ All for One+

[@trevorgayheart8110]

Of course you got ceramic fish lmao

[@bobhouse9331]

I really appreciate the humble remarks during the champ fight, I put 500 Plus hours into this game at A20, and this will be my last achievement so I'm watching your video to not lose once 😂

[@dirkthewrench]

Got super lucky with watcher and got singing bowl (+2 health instead of card reward) and teardrop locket (start combat in calm) really early on helped so much

[@hobez64]

I've actually managed to do it with Ironclad, ended with Uppercut, 2 Shrug It Offs, and 2 Dropkicks, luckily my run ended with Donu and Deca instead of Time Eater or else the run would be over

[@TalOfTheEast]

Thanks for this video! Just got the achievement on my first try with the Defect, with Defend+, Zap+, Streamline+, Scrape+ and Reinforced Body. I couldn't find anything better than 2 Defend+ cards in the entire run, then I hit the Falling event on floor 48 (foolishly didn't listen to your advice) which cost me one of the Defend+. But I had Dream Catcher and the RNG was kind so I picked up Reinforced Body at the last rest before the Awakened One.

[@BrianFLState]

Just wanted to leave some love and say this video was extremely helpful, and your narration is excellent. Much appreciated!

[@mythmakroxymore1670]

My run was an Ironclad Power Through+ deck, with Second Wind+, Flame Barrier+, and Fire Breathing+ x2. Getting Fire breathing is enough to supplant your strikes through early sentries, 2 of the act 1 bosses, and several normal enemies down the line such as the Chosen, Flame Barrier is excellent for multihit enemies like byrds and the Guardian, and Second Wind lets you control the number of Wounds you draw per turn, letting you do at least 40 damage to all foes per turn with minimal block loss. You’re really only looking for a one energy relic, preferably Mark of Pain, you don’t necessarily want Runic Dome, as sometimes foes won’t go for the expected multihit attack. Card draw relics like the top, watch or puzzle, and Mummified hand also helps with setup/tempo. Stone Calendar is a cherry on top.

[@StellarCluster]

Same build but with (All for One) instead of (Hologram). Did it on the first attempt, awesome strategy you had!

[@TheFloatingEyeball]

Got the Minimalist award after 5 or 6 attempts after watching your video - won with Ironclad ; Defend+ X 2, Shrug it off+, Bodyslam+ x 2. I had the Shapes as the final boss and was able to get enough block a turn to mitigate most of their attack damage and hit them for a decent amount each time.

[@SamRoads]

Watched your video. Did Minimalist second attempt. Ironclad. Demon Strength 3 blocks and a damage. Key relics: Abacus and Calipers. Thanks!

[@GarnonEre]

I saw what you did there at 7:20. I noticed. I will not forget.

[@ChildOfKos]

Thanks for the tips Baalor! Just got it with Defend+, Zap+, Dualcast+, Glacier+ and Blizzard+. It was the first run that actually made Blizzard work so well for me and it was a ton of fun

[@Baalorlord]

Nice work!

[@scrungo7610]

After probably 20 tries with the watcher, I gave up and tried with the iron clad. Literally did it first try what the fuck but I’m so happy

[@olofbjork]

Saw this earlier today and had to try it out. Ended up building a defect deck with Equilibrium (f1 pick) 2x claw, coolheaded and flash of steel. Took it all the way and beat the heart. Almost ended up with 6 cards , but got peace pipe from my final elite in act 3, so I could remove a card on the last act 3 fire. Swapped my zap for flash in act 4 to get a very good rotation on the claws.

[@SilkNeon]

I got so lucky, managed to beat the heart with my build. Watcher. Fear no evil +, halt +, eruption +, rush down +, pressure points +. I got rush down right before awakened and greedily took it hoping to get rid of one of my extra pressure points in an event. No dice, six card deck. But I also got all the pieces for the ending chapter. I get rid of my extra pressure points at the store, but there’s a problem: the heart forces bad status effects. My lucky solution: I had the double effective potions relic and three power potions. One of the power potions was useless, but the other two got me rush down and foresight. I was able to draw enough extra cards to also use halt in the infinite combo and make sure I started my turn with the cards I needed via scry. So I got to luck my way into the minimalist achievement.

[@mitjonen]

Thx for the helpful video. I got the achievement the very first time with Ironclad. My five cards were: Demon Form, Ghostly Armor, Bash+, Dropkick+, Whirlwind+. Was pretty much smooth sailing...

[@yorusign]

Just got the achievement yesterday with watcher. Ended up with a ridiculous set of cards: - alpha+ - windmill strike + - flurry of blows + - Vigilance + - Defend + I still had 8 cards (including eruption) at the start of act 3. There were 3 shops I could visit, but I ran out of money for removals after the second. The falling event saved me, but had me choose between eruption and vigilance. Chose to remove eruption to maintain a chance of blocking sufficiently. Beat time eater in the turn it would have killed me with one overpowered windmill strike (and a continuous barrage of omega damage each turn). Good times

[@ardynizunia9709]

2:00 How the hell do you have Ascension 20 unlocked but you're still missing card/relic unlocks on the Silent here?

[@Xax992]

I never goes past ascencion 3 and I never beat heart. But I did this achivement same day I saw this video. I had similar build, but instead of draw 1 card I draw 2 cards.

[@briankelly1240]

As in the video helped you, or you happened to beat it same day you found this video?

[@Xax992]

@@briankelly1240 it helped me if I remember correctly, but I had to do 3-4 attempts

[@rareroe305]

I got it with a Watcher infinite last year. I just like hearing you talk about StS.

[@cyans14]

I just got both the speed climb and the minimalist in mine with zap, streamline, ball lightning, dualcast and thunder strike. so much fun

[@KaiserSoze679]

Maaaaan I had almost the same start here, with 2 claws, but never got any reliable source of block like Auto-Shields. That makes this SOOOOO much more difficult. I also came up one shy on removals, but after a couple random card transformations I had 3 Claw, 2 Hologram (which I used to re-draw my Claws and speed up their progression), and 1 Leap (that I got by transformation.) Sooooo close to being doable.

[@TheTimeholder12]

Thank You! I finally got this achevment because this video with a Defend+,Anger+,Flex+,Limit Break+, and Spot Weakness+.

[@fearsan2375]

I did it with hyperbeam, 2x claw auto-shield and curse writhe. I did it for the 1st try after watching this video. Thx for help

[@SuperDustful]

Did it first try, thanks to your guidance! Did it as watcher with: Perseverance, Evaluate, Vigilance+, 2x Pressure Points+ It was really close and lucky. Got the peace pipe on the last floor and had to use all rest sites to remove cards, finally entering the Time Eater fight with 30 HP and 5 cards in my deck. :D

[@not_a_canadian_spy]

A bit late to the party, but I finished it with the Ironclad on Ascension 0. Searing Blow+9, Thunderclap, Dropkick+, Shrug it off and Defend. It was a very fun challenge

[@hazagiigazah]

5 cards with the silent were survivor+, neutralise+, poison stab+, deadly poison+ and catalyst+. Got very lucky with the bosses all being ones who dropped quickly to poison, and having the snecko skull helped quite a bit too

[@sjbirrell6943]

Did it on watcher with dual cast, reinforced body, all for one, zap and cold snap. Honestly one of the easier fights against doctor who in act 3 but took me some pain (and fighting muscle memory) to get to there. 4th attempt. Thanks for the tips.

[@Amateur2CombaT]

I finally did it ! Your video helped me a lot. I started with transform 2 as defect , got Multi-Cast and Hello world. I ended up with Multi-Cast + , Doom and Gloom, Reinforced body + , Go for the eyes + and a defend. Was lucky enough to find a membership card to afford the removals. The fights were pretty easy towards the end as I could just stall with go for the eyes and reinforced and finish with a big multicast on a Dark Orb , took me about 10 tries to get the achievment tho.

[@dastevenoch8795]

Just cleared this with Scrape + Claw + Claw + Impatience + Buffer. Amongst a bunch of bad relics, I've gotten sundial, which managed to turn this into an infinite. I literally beat Donu and Deca on turn 1, it was so satisfying!

[@floppyfox6930]

i didnt even know that there is an achievement like that . congratulations on the run ! :)

[@tanaastanaas5784]

Thank you for the video pretty much using same with maybe a card difference setup i was able to get minimalist and common sense achievement at the same time.

[@kajev5811]

Thanks for the good vid! Really interesting :D

[@calvinwitt955]

Ironclad - Demon Form, Necronomicurse, Defend +, Heavy Blade +, Rampage + A lot of growth to help with long fights but I did this with mods on, even though they were only bonus character mods I didn't even get the achievement but it was my second attempt so I haven't truly experienced what pain that would have been

[@qwerty3793]

I did it with Searing Blow, upgraded many times. Backed by Pommel Strike and five energy by act 3, this card won the run.The bigger challenge was removing the excess cards, but Neow helped with 2 free removals and I got two removal events during the run.

[@iamnotxj9]

Got minimalist on my climb to A20.. My run was on A14 meaning I had ascenders bane curse. My deck was just bash+, dropkick+, dropkick and ascenders bane.

[@dragoncrash1234]

Cracked frost orb and the orb generating relic is my favorite relic combo to roll into on defect!

[@EvolvedDinosaur]

Mine was on Watcher with Vigilance, Empty Body, Prostration, and 2 Pressure Points. I had Unceasing Top to help with draws and going in and out of calm for energy. It’s crazy too, because I had so many attempts on Defect that just couldn’t make the cut in Act 3. But then I tried it once on Watcher and got it. I saw PP on floor two and thought “well if I’m gonna have a small deck, this would be a good card to play a bunch”. Turns out it’s actually CRAZY good if it’s the only card you’re playing hahah

[@ShoRyuBarbie]

"PRO" TIP: I just found out that apparently, bottled cards can not be removed at shops.

[@limeypi1539]

Got it with Reprogram, Streamline, Go for the Eyes, Equilibrium, and Auto-Shields (all upgraded of course). Pretty fun challenge, especially once Act 1 Astrolabe gave me the scaling I needed (Reprogram)

[@adaephon]

Searing blow+8 Double tap Whirlwind Armaments+ Bash Got lucky enough to get the Remove 2 Cards boon to start, found the removal shrine, Winged Boots to hit extra shops/fires, got a snecko eye. Got to upgrade my whole hand first turn and keep buffing sear blow while killing most things instantaneously. Searing blow is so much better when you draw it, buff it, and swing with it twice almost every turn!

[@banbranmuffins]

Defect: 2 Claw+, Auto-Shield+ and Reprogram+ with a Dualcast i couldn't get rid of, and a Singing Bowl so all the card rewards didn't go to waste. i just quickly killed the cultists against the awakened then just cycled reprogram and auto-shield, with claws to build up the damage, str and dex so i could kill the 2nd phase in 1 turn. Also got Jaxxed this way.

[@beanburrito4405]

I beat the game with 3 cards- Fear No Evil, Eruption, and Rushdown. It’s an infinite loop, but you can’t rely on getting it until later in the run; surviving until that point is the challenge. I had to face the Time Eater that attempt but I still won

[@keplerkech3368]

Thanks Baalor for this guide ! Donu and Deca terminated my defect attempt but i've managed to do it with watcher : Ragnarok+, Empty Body+, Eruption+, Vigilance and sands of time. Fun challenge

[@Mono789]

Well, I just got it on Watcher with Eruption, Vigilance, Mental Fortress, Rushdown, and Flurry of Blows. Violet Lotus made it infinite and Sundial meant I could slip the Mental Fortress down and deal with spikers. Since I got Donu and Deca as my Act 3 boss, I also got to knock out You Are Nothing. Good guide. =)

[@achromatic_anima]

Defect with: Claw+, Glacier+, Sweeping Beam+, Charge Battery+, and Hologram+. Some notable relics were: Toxic Egg, Inserter and Incense Burner. I was really lucky with my transforms (I took Pando's Box and some other transform events) and basically just outblocked Donu and Deca while scaling up Claw. Having only Sweeping Beam and Zap for 2 bosses for damage was terrifying.

[@ZacharyAaronHere]

Ironclad: Flex Rage Enrage Double tap Pummel strike.

[@bjorn9875]

Vigilance, Rushdown, Tantrum (Unnecessary, was using Eruption until I got below 5 cards, so swapped it for no real reason...). + Violet Lotus. I went for Watcher, as her starter cards are almost enough for an infinite... First attempt I almost got it, added Rushdown on floor 1, and Inner Peace soon after, sadly was about 20 gold short to remove a card when I got to the last shop... A few tries later I got it, Added Rushdown, then got Violet lotus, so only a single card was needed to be added... However I did get really lucky with events, in addition to remove 2 cards as meow bonus in exchange for Current HP, I somehow managed to get down to 4 cards early act 3, so I picked up a tantrum for a tiny bit faster kills. Followed by removing down to the following three cards when fighting The Awakened One: Vigilance, Rushdown, Tantrum. Had it not been for Violet Lotus I'd have needed an Inner peace, however that would not have generated block. Not that block would have mattered for any boss but Time Eater. Also note that thanks rushdown + tantrum being able to draw cards, I don't need to get down to 5 cards to get the infinite rolling, so I pathed pretty heavily into Elite combats, this is because they give more gold, and removals get very expensive.

[@RMGamer31O]

The most fun way I did (I’ve done this a few times) this was as Defect using Discovery+, Coolheaded+x2, Fission+ and Streamline+. Coolheadeds allow me to redraw the Discovery and whatever is generated, Fission allows me to do this a lot of times on turn 1, Streamline is how I didn’t die in act 1, and Discovery is a very fun card as defect. With it, I can usually generate a recycle, a plasma orb, and a multicast in the first few turns, but can struggle if I don’t get very lucky. Lucky for me, the fission and one of the Coolheadeds were from an Astrolabe, so it was rad. After also getting Empty Cage from act 2, I decided to mess around with some shop items like Medkit and Discovery, as I thought my deck without it died to Time Eater as I didn’t do enough with just a Zap in its place. Against the Time Eater, I just found like four storms and a Thunder strike, and that was good enough to win on exactly one health. Since I am insane, I also decided to fight the heart for some reason. I proceeded to remove the Zap at the end with the rest of my money. Against the act 4 elites, I get kinda chunked but still manage to come out with double digits of health, and wouldn’t you know it, at the 11th hour, I get a Sundial from the elites. Proceed to generate infinite energy and block against the heart, and then somehow manage to get the main Gameplan online by turn 3. With 999 energy and 995 block, I watch a dark orb get evoked around 1000 times and watch the heart withe in pain. I then let it do the honors, and have it kill itself on my Bronze Scales I got from my second elite, Lagavulin. One of the best and most difficult runs I’ve ever had. 10/10 would recommend. Edit: Also, shoutout to the random artifact potion on like floor 3 helping me not auto-lose to Chosen. If you are doing this challenge and find an artifact potion, I HIGHLY recommend this, as I’ve had similar decks die immediately to Chosen.

[@giuseppedimauro7697]

Great video! I did it with 2xDefend+, Auto-Shields+, Dual Cast+, The Bomb+ (and an Essence of Darkness pot)

[@philolapook]

Got it 1st try with : auto-shield, hologram, zap, bullseye, dualcast! Your guide was useful!

[@deliro8758]

I never understand builds like yours and never saw it on video ever. You are literally doing 50 damage per round tops and get 16 block per turn?

[@PrinzoTheCat]

Nice video! I had a really awesome run with this cards: Streamline+, Auto Shield+, Hyperbeam+, Turbo+ and Skim+ It deals around 100 Damage each turn :-)

[@Destrolll]

turbo+skim work well together indeed

[@piazzaj88]

Love having you on KZbin!

[@thesoftestblanket4244]

Finding the frozen core might be more difficult than just having Glacier instead of autoshields! Also beat it with 4 cards thanks to the forced removal event. One less claw.

[@squeak2455]

I had 2 Shrug it Offs, with a Body Slam and Bash and probably a defend. I also had a Sun Dial, so I was able to play shrugs until I had 70+ block, then Bash and Body Slam to kill most enemies, and have plenty of block for any that I couldn't.

[@Smogwastaken]

Just did this with Electrodynamics, Cool-headed, Charge Battery, Bullseye and Zap. Shreds everything but bosses and single enemy elites but as long as you don't take any on with low health you should be fine. Very fun deck.

[@danielmerriman8066]

Achieved using Defect: Beam Cell+ Doom and Gloom+ Streamline+ Dualcast+ Steam Barrier Pandora's box + Molten Egg meant I swapped most of my starter Strikes and Defends for upgraded cards, and I found Shuriken and Kunai for scaling. Time Eater was the final boss, but defeated easily by dualcasting dark orbs.

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

Just beat it with watcher despite never actually getting the rushdown I was looking for lol. My final deck was vault, carve reality, fne, eruption, and vigilance (all upgraded of course). I did have some pretty great luck for my relics unlike my deck though. Some notable relics were gremlin horn, nunchaku, ink bottle, lantern (which was huge in getting big setup and damage with the vault round 1), and ornamental fan. I also got an astrolabe after the act 1 boss that gave me a judgement, like water, and carve reality from. The judgement was actually hugely helpful with how well it synergized with gremlin horn, a lot of the group bosses would have been much more difficult if I didn't have those 2 things, and the judgement survived until floor 46.

[@starpup2002]

Just looked up this guide and said "hm yeah I like claw so I'll play defect" First run I got discount card, bought a singing bowl, got two claws, a glacier, and a hologram and kept dualcast. Got so many remove options and hardly used any. I truly was blessed and for some reason Purity also triggered.

[@marxmeesterlijk]

Just got it thanks to this video. I did it with; Spot Weakness, Spot Weakness+, Armaments+, Heavy Blade, Shrug it off. Got 13 relics of which Peace Pipe, Fusion Pipe, Torii and Self-forming clay where most notable.

[@kobarsos82]

nice one man. I will try it. its a difficult one for sure. Without the autoshield which is pure defense value at 1 cost, and the 2 early claws, i'm not sure what other cards can really replace these for a whole run, cause the scaling from the claws is indeed needed and is relevant throughout the whole run. Also the inserter, the smiling mask and the frost core did insane job on this. Not sure if it would be even remotely achievable without the luck on those relics.

[@nilsmogensen6559]

Tnx a great video!! And i did it with a double tap+ and rampage+ and a bash+ ofc. (on Ascension 5)

[@notpumkin]

Gave it a try and basically got the exact same run as you except I picked equilibrium instead of auto shields and 3 claws with a hologram. Got pretty close in the nemesis fight as well but everything else was smooth sailing. Almost messed up the run by not ratioining card picks on the first floor but a lucky empty cage helped it succeed!

[@lollipophugo]

I got minimalist with silent - on low Ascension. It involved getting a piece pipe from neow as a relic reward and then toking constantly, picking up 2 heel hooks in act 1 and going to every campfire. With neutralise I was going infinite by act 2. I got a third heel hook and after image and even managed to beat the heart by just tanking it's hits (wouldn't work on higher Ascension due to 2 damage beat of death and ascenders bane). Time eater would have killed it of course and with no shuriken it took forever to kill anything but it did work. I even managed to upgrade a heel hook by the last bonfire lol.

[@sethperlman5281]

I'm one of those people with 1000+ hours in STS missing only this achievement! My first attempt just died on floor 47 when I was 7 gold short of my last card remove. Deck was Zap+, Dualcast+ (removal target), Thunderstrike+, Ball Lightning+, Equilibrium+, Biased Cog+.

[@Verendus0]

I got it my first try with the Watcher! It was actually my first victory at all with the watcher, I usually have trouble managing her forms - not an issue when you're always holding Vigilance and Eruption. Deck was: - Flurry of Blows - Eruption - Vigilance - Ragnarok - Wallop/Sanctity (I lost Wallop to the Fall event, then bought Sanctity at a shop) Flurry-Vigilance-Flurry-Eruption-Flurry-Miracle-Ragnarok won most normal fights turn 1. I managed to get the Runic Pyramid and Niltry's Codex, which made the deck feel much less constrained / repetitive, and the Gremlin Horn, which made it possible to kill the blobs in level 3 on turn one. Super fun, unique way to play.

[@najwanabusaleh7271]

Just got this with Imprevious, Bodyslam, Barricade, Shrug it off, Defend+. was super strong, turn 2 u get to do two bodyslams with 40+ damage, finished the deck quick by the begining of act 3 was already 5 cards ( had remove cards at rest site relic )

[@sj0o]

Kept: defend, eruption, vigilance Added: reach haven, windmill strike And a bunch of helpful relics

[@Theo_haha]

tried it with ironclad after watching this guide. I was successful in my second attempt! my final deck was Flame Barrier+, Spot Weakness+, Shrug It Off, Rampage+ and Iron Wave+. I had a Heavy Blade+ but I had to remove it in act 3 because falling event. it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I ended up with 4 cards and picked up the Shrug It Off from a store. this enabled me to play rampage twice each turn, scaling it further and further. combined with spot weakness I was getting 16-20 extra damage on the rampage each turn. demon form who? 😆

[@Adjusting1]

I did it twice as Watcher (Ascension 2) Alpha+ Evaluate+ Vigilance+ Sanctity+ Third Eye+ (Ascension 3) Cut Through Fate+ 2x Pressure Points+ Defend+ Evaluate+ (This one also counts as only Common cards run)

[@m00nf0lk2]

Just got this today on Watcher with Perseverance+, Cut Through Fate+, Vigilance+, Reach Heaven+, and Eruption+. I had Sozu which let me go Reach Heaven (15 damage) > Vigilance (12 block) on turn one, then on subsequent turns, Eruption (9 damage - enter Wrath and gain 2 Energy) > Reach Heaven (30 damage) > Cut Through Fate (18 damage, draw Through Violence) > Through Violence (40 damage) > Vigilance (12+ block from Kunai) to start the cycle over again. The Perseverance could be used to stall, and since the Through Violences were retainable, I could save them to go nova on a better turn if necessary. Got Deca and Donu at the end, which definitely helped, because it was pretty hard to do without getting more potions, however, I had a strength potion which helped that boss fight immensely.

[@joemoriarty5063]

I think I got pretty lucky. Watched the video and then got the achievement on my first attempt. Ended the run with 3 Streamline+, Reinforced Body+, and Equilibrium+. For boss relics picked up an empty cage and nuclear battery so I had plenty of energy to play my two cost cards and once the streamlines hit 0 cost I could rack up 36 defense a turn while hitting for 60. Even picked up smiling mask for removal, toolbox for some additional card options, and anchor to block for me while I got the streamlines going. Absolute dream run.

[@rhaining]

Super helpful, thank you!