First Look at The Vacant | New Favorite Modded Character? | Slay the Spire

[@wallaby3083]

Laugic walking up to modded sts shark tank and facing the biggest shark of all: Tricky

[@glassid]

Such a polished character. The enchant mechanic seems like a lot of fun and the art and sound are excellent, grats to the modder.

[@Laugical]

Thank you!

[@Laugical]

:D I'm super excited to see you play the mod! And very glad to see you enjoying it so far, thanks for checking it out! Going to post thoughts as I watch instead of trying to hold them all for 2 hours and 40 minutes lol Your first run being an Anvil run is awesome xD Anvil is one of my favorite cards, so I'm very excited to see your thoughts on piloting a deck with it! One thought at around 19:50, Treasure was indeed going to give you 10 Block, but 2 of that was from Void (due to your draw pile being empty), so playing Jab turned off the Void and turned it down to 8 Block. There's lots of stuff to keep track of!

[@Laugical]

Just finished watching the first run, that was super fun! I'm so happy you like the character so much ^-^ I know the character is on the stronger side, definitely a few things to look at still in terms of balance. And wow, can't believe you're doing two runs in one video xD Excited to see the next one!

[@KurosakiYukigo]

I've always thought your character had some potential. Doesn't help that I'm a sucker for mill mechanics in any card game.

[@blue3149]

honestly don't even think the character is too strong. it kind of just feels that way because it *works*, yk? at least i feel that way. there's definitely some tuning that needs to be done, but regardless it's an amazing mod! although i will admit that all of the different mechanics were a bit too much at first, haha

[@tabbatache]

Good job on the mod, one of the most polished StS mods I've seen. I wanted to ask a question, is the name of the character a joke? I mean its a skull and its name is Vacant. No brain, head empty.

[@Laugical]

@@tabbatache The name Vacant is in reference to him missing his soul not his brain ;P (The goblet stole it)

[@Laugical]

What a crazy second run as well. With respect to the thoughts at the end of the video, looking at rebalancing lots of the things you addressed. I think I'm going to leave Return for now as affecting any card in the draw pile on Corporeate, because otherwise when your draw pile is empty it does literally nothing when played (And Return being consistent with what it does on Thoughtseize I feel like would be better too- since Thoughtseize can't do the Mill return thing since it doesn't Mill.) I think I'm definitely going to have to rethink Treasure, because it is a core component of a bunch of crazy strong builds to enable them to do what makes them powerful, and is also a super easy way to make Enchant crazy strong. Diamond is Unbreakable being X-1 unupgraded feels like it would be very unfun to play, but I'm not sure what else I could do to make it less crazy strong when upgraded. I'll try and think of something. Also trying to think of ways to address the wording crossover. Thanks for all the feedback!

[@tricky8068]

All your points here make a ton of sense. Keep in mind these are the things I felt compelled to point out, just because I don't want to offer NO constructive feedback - I love the character. Treasure kinda reminds me of Slime Boss's Prepare, in Downfall. Common card doing 3 things is powerful. it could maybe lose its block effect or something? Once again thanks for your reception and for asking me to try out The Vacant!

[@makelgrax]

So, I share a completely different vision than Tricky, here's the gist of it: • Dimension tear has no reason to be dealing _any_ damage at all: a 2-cost 6x3 could be a rather good attack card with this character, and the other effect is already good enough for a 2-cost (compare with exhume). • There's not really a good way to nerf the "Diamonds are unbreakable" _card_ (or at least I haven't found anything good after fumbling for half an hour). However, modifying _diamonds_ themselves such that they aren't as explosively useful works as a proper nerf to the card. Diamonds now: N buffer charges, -1 at start of turn. Diamonds "nerfed": Gain a buffer at the start of the turn, -1 size. _(This would also keep consistency with the other gems)_ Contrary to Tricky, I don't believe Treasure to be that strong - sure it's slightly overtuned - but what enabled the brokenness was the *(REALLY COOL)* Enchant card. Luckily, nerfing it should be simple: • Enchant now: 2-cost lose a gem, buff a card by the gem's ability. • Enchant "nerfed": 2-cost chip a gem, then (if the gem is still in play), remove it and buff a card by its ability. _(this would shift the power away from infinites and into stuff like rubies, while not making it any less useful and keeping its potential intact)_ I... Have a lot more things to say, like: I really like the reaper blast and how it can heal the enemy, antifact is hilarious and I can't believe you managed to make self-debuffs a viable strategy, and the amazing art really shows that there was a lot of work put into this character! Do you have a way to take longer feedback/chat? I have quite a few more ideas for rebalancing this awesome creation, and I might be able to lend a hand via testing/pseudocoding.

[@Laugical]

@@makelgrax Thanks for those suggestions Makel! I’m always open to more discussions/feedback. I’m on discord and in the StS discord if you wanna talk more there! (I’m currently Laugiiiiic the Conductor there cuz of a silly nickname trend lol) Sorry for the late reply!

[@Sir-Taco]

@@Laugical you are cool ❗️❗️

[@JeremyMYG]

After watching everything, I’m under the impression a miner found a cursed chalice, and when they touched it their soul was bound to it. Pretty awesome character. I like the gem/enchant aspect.

[@mdgraller]

3:30 core-PORE-ee-ate

[@raynecoleman8817]

The antifact in the heart fight was stripped by Jab triggering Kunai. Love all the modded content dude!

[@RiskOfRayne]

YO! Laugic is a great guy and I did a handful of testing playthroughs on this mod. It's a great character!

[@lettsplay8124]

Just found your channel and I'm like YASS ANOTHER STS NERD This mod is cool. The whole theme is pretty good.

[@YourTapir]

Great content, keep the moded characters coming!

[@mintyfresh8732]

I’ve been watching spire content for a while, though I’m a bit new to your channel. Just wanna say I’ve been enjoying your videos, it’s good stuff 👍

[@noyou6216]

Enchant seems like it could create some insane builds with the gain an energy and draw 1 gems being put on Jab (or Flash of Steel to further simplify it), especially through generating them both and getting block with Treasure. Having energy gain and card draw attached to a 0 cost card that can easily be gotten again or replaces itself would let you start looping those effects and dig back into your deck to replay the gems/Treasure and Enchant, sounds like fun to put together and watch pop off.

[@deepakrajendra8019]

2:34:43 That Pac man sound is from that Pac man card, "Cleanse Soul" I'm pretty sure! :D

[@Corbin13ftw]

yeah when it mills a curse or status

[@92eddiekrueger]

I see Tricky, I clicky, and with fancy new modded characters! Inspires me to take a look at the modding scene

[@julianalvarez4231]

Love how many mtg references there are in the cardnames

[@hak-en-slash4636]

corporate in this is that same word as the one we use to describe companies. It comes from the word corporeal (as in having a physical form) and means to form into a body. The funny thing is that even though incorporeal is the opposite of corporeal, incorporate is actually a synonym to corporate instead of having the opposite meaning.

[@mirageowl]

Kinda hoped Anvil to have a judged/bludgeon like effect

[@zedex9892]

I sometimes hang out on TSS and see this as one of few modded characters that's integrated with the AI. I'm surprised to see this mod on this channel!

[@thegooberst]

I like how he went for the opal instead of the diamond and then wondered why they took damage

[@tricky8068]

Yesss

[@BlackLegendful]

This mod is sick

[@GuilhermePereira-hb4nf]

A 0 cost deck what an insane thing to do

[@MercuriusXeno]

Absolutely degenerate combos make my day.

[@Laugical]

Seems like Tricky had a pretty bad cold this run

[@furiousfemmeyazeth3362]

Eee a 2-for-1 now that's v a l u e hehe. But jokes aside this is a really interesting character and I sincerely like its design and appreciate how it feels as if it could be a main cast character; one aspect the Ferrothorn modded character lacked, but otherwise another fantastic character to add to one's modded StS. In terms of balancing from the cards I have seen in these runs, and the ones with the greatest impact a lot of my sentiment is the same as Tricky. Although I wouldn't change the effect of Treasure but it definitely shouldn't be a Common card as it has the value of an Uncommon card for certain. And given that the mining mechanic is new it is important to have a linchpin card to help new players. For Reaper Blast, hmm, in a lot of ways I do like that it has Reap but the overall card is definitely too efficient; my 2 cents would to increase its base cost to 2 and just have Reap be a non-stackable debuff even if that's a bit unconventional but alas only a suggestion as there are a lot of ways one could tackle the card >u

[@snailwholovesmud]

What is the difference between mill and scry?

[@JeremyMYG]

Scry gives you the choice of what to discard while viewing X cards. Mill simply discards X cards. And if this is sarcasm, my bad.

[@Music-nn9mi]

Is there a modded character that revolves around the curse cards?

[@redhyina5260]

19:52 jab went into the draw pile stoping void (havent finished sorry if you found out later)

[@TerraReveene]

27:48 No pun intended? :d

[@BlitzDG]

Edit the conf file to play it on asc 20. I really want to see a bit of a struggle with these characters to challenge the kid. Asc 0 is just do whatever until infinite.

[@tricky8068]

You think this would be better for first-looks at modded characters? I've wanted to do this, but afraid I'll just die too early due to some misunderstanding & that it wouldn't be a good look. Or if I win on Asc20 with them first try, then they'll look trivially easy.. Thoughts?

[@Laugical]

​@@tricky8068 I personally like the climb up to a20 on characters. It helps you experiment with the possibilities that the character has in a less difficult climb so you learn what's good or not

[@BlitzDG]

@@tricky8068 100% it would be better imo. You could die for sure, but I'm thinking you'll play harder knowing that and I think that will bring some epic close calls, some more careful play, and a better evaluation of what is good and what isn't. Like in this run, if this was asc20 you would HAVE to use the void mechanic or you'd just die. That alone makes the review more complete. If you die extra early just keep it in the first look, and go again. Talk about where you went wrong, what you learned about the character, and adapt. That's the kinda content I want to see at least. About winning Asc20 with them, I think most people here realize modded characters are about 13x stronger than the base characters so, I wouldn't worry about it. It will make the early game more exciting and tenuous, and I'll bet you'll still be rocking something insanely broken by act 3. Currently the first looks on asc0 just seem like you legit cannot die because for some reason every 1 cost attack does 15 dmg, and then you reach a point where you kill everything in one turn. Alot less engaging than even the basic characters on asc20. My 2 cents. Maybe in one of these vids ask people to comment on what kind of content they want to see. I would bet you'll get some extensive feedback on what is keeping people coming back! Also, keep it up man, I'm pretty sure there are a ton of us who can't consume enough of it at this point. It's great!

[@BlitzDG]

@@Laugical I enjoy the climb when I'm playing myself as well, but for a youtube channel, we don't really get to see the climb, and I don't think I'd want to. Most of the difficulty changes are really minor and it would be a slog.

[@him4real262]

I’d say one run to test it out then change to A20 afterward if the characters worth it like in this case

[@him4real262]

Watch every video that comes out tricky is a great guy. Do you have a discord server we can all join.

[@tricky8068]

i should probably make one

[@warriormouse3005]

I'm pretty sure Corporeate is pronounced core-pore-ee-ate. As in making something corporeal.

[@Chubbyunicorn60]

a mod you should try is the thorton mod. if you watch frostprime you will know why

[@him4real262]

I’ve been pushing for this I agree

[@bigzigtv706]

Thats it, im makin a mod

[@geometrydashkubbington6665]

Good luck

[@Laugical]

Good luck and have fun!

[@tylerfehr7883]

I've been thinking about this for a while. With DALL-E generating art the amount of work should be but down by like 80% and it also gives an excuse to learn Java. Honestly the hardest part will be balance and creating interesting cards to play around with

[@bigzigtv706]

@@Laugical also really good job on the mod, really like how youve implemented the core mechanics of mtg (one of my fave games). Would be cool to see maybe a further continuation with different archetypes and color mantras from mtg. Do you have a discord?

[@bigzigtv706]

@@tylerfehr7883 yeah dall-e is a great idea and Java is my bread and butter so should be easy to navigate and get started

[@josephlewis739]

Thorton run waiting room

[@him4real262]

Been saying this on every video

[@brandoncronan348]

It's pronounced core-pore-ee-ate

[@МихайлоБояров]

Tricky, please play DIO mod

[@dphalanx7465]

As long as a card's Keyword does not match a card *in the card set being played,* why should you care? So it means something else _in a card set you are not playing--_ that has no relevance. I'm sorry, this kind of pickiness is a turnoff and a downvote for me.

[@BlackLegendful]

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