Defeating the Shopkeeper! - Cobalt Core

This one was difficult! Took a few tries to get a one turn kill going, and almost blew it! Poor Cleo, but at least her glasses are useful :)
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00:00 Shopkeeper
00:36 Phase 1
01:02 Phase 2
02:13 Phase 3
02:53 Final Boss
03:03 Phase 1
03:59 Phase 2
05:00 Spoilers
05:17 End Screen

[@ITR-Challenges]

Hi everyone! Did you know that my fastest time in Cobalt Core is shorter than this video? If you're interested in seeing that, feel free to check out my channel ^^

[@proud22beme]

That is one of the best thin decks I have ever seen, well done! It honestly makes me laugh with how stupidly effective this deck is. Reminds me of the blob faction thin decks in star realms a bit.

[@thoonk5160]

Imagine if they had flywheel

[@MeowCat-bc9xp]

Haha I think a lot of people came after seeing retromations video!! First time I faced the shopkeeper was crazy Goes from a 3 size ship and slowlllyyy scares the shit out of you...!!

[@mlzovozlm]

i came after seeing 6.2% ppl actually do it, i'd expect these kind of achievements to be

[@shadowkhan422]

I just started laughing on my first try. The way they do his presantation is just so over the top xD

[@iconica9516]

​@@mlzovozlm 6.2% is crazy

[@TysonJensen]

do the frog challenge, take the frog's card that makes the enemy missiles fire backward. Survive two turns and draw the frog's card. That takes it from whatever percent it would be up to 6.2, since the frog shows up every 3rd run or so. The main problem is all those seeker missiles... but if they shoot the shopkeep instead?@@iconica9516

[@RmAFearox]

You only need 1 card and 1 artifact to oneshot. Parry (requires Peri in you team) to deal 42 DMG and the Impaler (or whatever the name was) which makes your first attack each turn piercing. Granted it only works on normal where the shopkeeper has 40 HP. Not sure if they get more with higher difficulty, but if you want to hunt for the achievement, that's all you really need.

[@-w-.]

Same, tho my version was parry + whatever the drone that copies your attack called. Deal enough damage to one turn the boss (first try)

[@clordtrundle]

oh hey thats what i did, although i did have to wittle my deck down to four cards to ensure i got it on the first turn

[@cabininthewoods1]

I just managed to get my first shopkeep kill with a crazy build involving Peri, Isaac, and Drake. I got super lucky at the start of the run and got Pillage and Plunder through the random rare card boot option, then killed basically every single enemy I encountered with it to get an absurd amount of health. I also got the relic that gives extra hull for elite and boss kills pretty early, so that added even more. Then I managed to get two From Hell's Heart B cards as well as the relic that pierces for your first attack every turn. I had about 36 health going into the Cleo fight and just whittled down the ship a tiny bit turn 1 with a single piercing shot, then finished it off turn 2 with a 37 damage From Hell's Heart B. I was so hyped about it lol, this game is amazingly fun

[@SoulCrusherEx]

Nice deck. Wow. And the Metal goes hard on the shopkeeper battle theme

[@Giguv05]

I´m so sad this track does not seem to be included in the official soundtrack :

[@Spearmint22425]

What does the shop keep say to you after you see him on the next run?

[@ITR-Challenges]

As far as I can tell, nothing across loops, but if you hit more repair yards in the same loop the repair yard will be empty and you get some dialogue about it.

[@SeetheAutmon]

There is also a chance that you will have to fight another enemy after healing for 1 point of health.

[@Phudoodloos]

If you get the Peri card Parry, you can one shot her as soon as you draw it. It deals damage equal to the total damage of your opponent's shots, which for Celo is like, 40. It's how I killed her

[@mayuzanevideos]

Dang, good job. Didn't think you could defeat her without Parry.

[@morthgarrow641]

Nice job! That was some good deck cycling!

[@ITR-Challenges]

Thanks!

[@ldiajadegaming1451]

As a wise man once said. "Kboom"

[@greniza2811]

Could you get a 1-turn with War Mode and Parry, or am I misremembering the amount of damage that does?

[@ITR-Challenges]

yeah, that would also kill

[@mchero323gaming]

that was awesome! nicely done

[@stephenblotkamp6542]

This seems like a good strat, I had a bouyant parry which won it for me. if you have the piercer artifact it one shots on turn one, probably one of the most consistent strats though I didn't get that supporting artifact.

[@ITR-Challenges]

Yeah, we were talking about it on the Cobalt Core discord earlier, might try to do a speedrun of it

[@georgeseimon458]

Great job! thanks for uploading. I was sure there was a way. I just got smoked yet again by the shopkeeper.

[@seantaggart7382]

Quick question How do you fight him?

[@ITR-Challenges]

You unlock it after doing a few runs

[@sober667]

This deck scraping infinite gave me anxiety XD Well done

[@MomirViggwilv]

What a sick build!

[@omgitsabist]

gg! i personally got my cleo kill with draw shots and 0 cost evade cards to get a shit ton of evade wish i couldve recorded it :p

[@TRex-fu7bt]

very enjoyable a-ha moment when I figured out the win condition here

[@Masterfusion]

I was like wtf, how do you deal dmg and then charge shot... I swear some cards need to be rebalanced, free draw is a bit of a trap

[@rahn45]

As they say... Your curiosity killed the cat!

[@Yuiopdude]

Just did this today with Books, Max and Riggs. Riggs had flywheel and Books had two crystals in the deck, thinned the deck to 5 cards, then it was draw shot, mage hand, and just spam crystals.

[@zaxtonhong3958]

Wow I never knew Cleo had seekers

[@omegaguy3265]

sick deck! Is riggs just the best crew member? It's so much harder for me to win when I don't have her on my crew.

[@TheTrueCopyUniverse]

I'll have to look into getting that charge beam! ...Maybe the 0-cost version.

[@shadowkhan422]

You can get a relic that makes a selected card not expire. Gives you permanent charge beam that you can use on draw ed infinum

[@BoopyTheFox]

THAT SONG THO

[@sidewinder2716]

Short as it is, I'm sad it's not part of the OST

[@JackCarregan]

not a good reward considering you can not use any repair yards (big disadvantage considering you can get 1 more energy per turn from much better artifacts for almost free.) They should have made the reward super op to justify the effort.

[@ITR-Challenges]

I feel like that's kinda the point, like, you really had no reason to do that to poor Cleo