Most Imp-ressive! | Monster Train (Episode 6)

[@Rsmall103]

The imp floor was simultaneously 10 IQ and 4000 IQ

[@alaskansalmon8666]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@freecrazymonkey]

Most of his plays fall into that category and it's honestly beautiful

[@nativechatter999]

@@freecrazymonkey Peak NL

[@henryholsten8802]

NL is really the "its not dumb if it works" archetype

[@Toxic-wp5cr]

POGGED out of MY MIND

[@ZebraLord13]

Hot tip: Play an endless imp on the frontline and let the enemy kill it to be able to play it every turn for that sick sick value

[@csguy3223]

Not a great strat to rely on long term because of the obvious flaw against bosses.

[@kingzut]

@@csguy3223 thats why you cycle the imp to super buff another minion

[@balrend588]

But don't put endless on the armor imp unless you have another endless imp-ortant work card. Because the armor imp only buffs the unit at the front.

[@fallouthirteen]

Honestly most imps. You either have them do 1 damage at the back or completely soak up one enemy attack (which could be a lot of damage since they don't overrun normally and most don't have multi strike) for your actual DPS unit. Like it would have still been extremely close, but not like to THE exact hit point close if he played those imps in front when he played them on lower floors.

[@Chromodar]

@@balrend588 If you put armor imp at the front he buffs himself since he's the front unit in that scenario. You get less imp deaths for triggers, but it's a nice way to tank some hits. But yeah, there are many other imps endless feels more powerful on.

[@Mp5k003]

My boi really managed to snatch victory from the jaws of the defeat he snatched from the jaws of victory; Let's Go!

[@christianclark9494]

"who's laughin at the imps now!??" *an enemy immediately laughs and leaves"

[@freecrazymonkey]

Underrated moment

[@joshphoenix3712]

I'm so sad he didn't comment on it.

[@mzb4608]

He has learned so much and become a hyper gamer, its the end for these enemies

[@Cronos804]

And with enemies he means his own Units.

[@072601107]

I havnt laughed so hard in so long.... "You know what? This is an imp floor now"

[@rizkyekaputra9960]

At imp floor actually has been his redemption

[@fallouthirteen]

You're laughing? That boss just got weakened to the exact point of being able to be killed due to that imp floor and you're laughing. Actually yeah, that's pretty great.

[@RareSt3ak]

Me, about to buy and play monster train since it came out today: 😁 Moments later, seeing a hour and a half Monster Train NL video: 👀 The game can wait another hour or two... EDIT: Now that the video is finished, NL saying “Ya know what, this is the imp floor now” had me cracking up! Can’t believe it’s the floor that made a difference too, fantastic stuff!!

[@randomtwist]

Same, it's downloading right nowwwww EDIT: Well boys, first run was epic, 27k points, died on the final boss, had armor imp with endless and spikes soakin up damage like a boss though.

[@pretentiousname01]

Bro, just play in windowed mode while having youtube open next to it

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

It would've made less of a difference if he put a chump blocker in front of his Animus, dealing 70+ more to the boss. It was a cool highlight but in reality it didn't need to be that close.

[@rbd6502]

picked it up as soon as i saw it was ~$20 :D

[@Snakke40]

Finally now the game is out I can make all the mistakes of NL myself while still acting that I don't miss extremely obvious things!

[@umbaupause]

Man, that comment is a harsh truth for many, I'm sure.

[@bamboospout]

Very true. I’ve been playing this week, and half of my games, I feel myself internally facepalming or misplacing a unit or forgetting a synergy.

[@noskes1]

I just came home and bough it :) its downloading ;)

[@Alpha7912]

Won my first run, I can truly pog off now.

[@noskes1]

@@Alpha7912 Learning on NL misteakes I win my first tutorial run :) Just copied 5 times fully buffed tanky sweep unit, and stack slay on main unit :)

[@Trumanlol86]

This series is so great. NL is the best content creator on this platform. Been watching NL every day for the last 5 years, can't wait to keep it going for the next 5 years. Or 10. Or 20.

[@josephs9303]

i swear it feels like ive watched nl since ive used youtube and i never plan to stop, hes just too content rich and has the perfect humor of pseudo intellectual that i do its amazing.

[@Northernlion]

Yooo, thank you

[@cptKamina]

Yea man, It's incredible how much time I enjoy waching his stuff.

[@teratoma.]

its gonna be 10 years here in a few months no one compares to NL

[@Jungleman-dq9kz]

Teratoma 彡 Prod. In 10 years instead of “Tomoooo” we’re all going to be hearing “Lunaaaa”

[@super37david]

He has done it. There comes a moment in every NL series when he takes not a step, but a giant leap in human evolution. Je ascended. May he bring many pogggz for many years

[@latenightlowlife4202]

THE POG TRAIN KEEPS ON A-ROLLING, A FULL SIXTEEN WAGONS OF POG STRAIGHT INTO OUR CEREBRUM, BLESSED BE OUR POG CONDUCTOR NORTHERN "RYAN" LION

[@simonluigi7264]

1 hour 23 minutes of pure serotonin. This man cannot be stopped. LET'S GO! PRAISE THE IMP FLOOR!

[@MrZelnoth]

The imp floor came in clutch! For bosses you should probably add the imps in front so they tank a hit. The quickstrike mob would have attacked 1 more time if you put the imp in front insead of the back.

[@anthonyluna352]

Yes. Imps are good meat shields once their summon ability has been used.

[@Jagglas]

THE IMP FLOOR HAS DONE IT!!

[@Slinkingcheeze]

I see a 1 hours 23 minute monster video, i get pogged out of my gourd

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Must be a speedrun.

[@alexjones4219]

I pogged so hard when I saw that

[@KfiB]

I have a hunger that can only be sated by more Monster Train!

[@Northernlion]

I pog up my train the same way you do - one imp at a time

[@refined9398]

Game released a minute ago, already in my cart waiting to be purchased.

[@jakobendres3771]

oh snap, the steam store told me it would be released in 2 hours but you are right, cheers mate!

[@Letaali]

Yeah, got the game too thanks to this series. Loving it so far!

[@williammitchell6254]

He won with an imp deck, pogged out of my mind.

[@jreyes9005]

He won with an imp floor no less!

[@Colorado0091]

Imp decks aren't bad per se. The thing is you need the unit, that has 100 attack and 40 life and costs 10 mana with -3 mana for every imp active. Then the deck starts to be really good.

[@aymb3242]

@@Colorado0091 and the spell card giving 15X number of imps dmg with infinite and 0 cost, then duplicate it !

[@Chaosinthesky13]

Finally I can both play the game and watch NL play at the same time It truly does not get more pogged than this bois

[@killisys]

All the misplays are going to cause hell for him once he gets into the higher ascensions. But it's also going to cause exponential POGS once he finally accomplishes maximum victory.

[@MoogleEmpMog]

The Imp Floor! That was the perfect way to get a win. Once NL starts putting imps in the front row as chump blockers, there's no stopping him.

[@Ironmonkey55555]

Oh my god! He learned how op imps are! I am pogged out my mind watching him do it.

[@fallouthirteen]

Not even completely. He's protecting those imps (when those imps should be shielding his DPS unit). He's only playing at like 90% imp level here and it's already extremely powerful.

[@adampotgieter8703]

Looking at this comment section,, my man IS the marketing budget. Legendary

[@kaussstorm]

Best way to sell a game is play it horribly so other people are tempted to play it optimally. Watching someone make constant mistakes makes you tilt and want to fix all the mistakes. That's how I've always felt about YT channels that showcase games.

[@pollyphemeus]

NL "Our units do nothing, and our spells do nothing too." Also NL 5 minutes later "we're gonna do the same parameters, because believe it or not I know what I'm doing." Also Also NL: Goes absolutely POG wild on everyone.

[@VirtualGnome]

Won my first run after the tutorial. Spike hollow (spikes, multistrike. Dude had 154 starting health)+ summons happen twice + starting with 4 units summoned floor 2 and a ton of holdover 0 mana cards that draw more things when played. As of writing this comment only 3.4% of players have gotten the achievement for beating Seraph. Pogged out of my freaking gourd dude

[@fallouthirteen]

"God I hate that you put the tanky enemy in the front, it's so annoying." - Ah, so that's why he's been playing them at the back in the previous videos.

[@csguy3223]

“I think we need to experiment with putting our champion on floor 2 so we can kill enemies that have already been weakened.” He finally said it. The most logical thing. Your front line should not be your last line of defense.

[@ASteelNeuron]

Really fun watch, thanks for getting me into the game! Some feedback: I think you should be taking all the upgrades when you have the money for it. You constantly leave 20 gold upgrades untaken, which would really help as there's no opportunity cost at all! Get those +6 attack and +15 HP even on a random minion if need be.

[@Spyder638]

Eh sometimes it can hurt when you only have 2 slots per card usually.

[@YTDaimera]

Against such impossible odds we have been blessed by a truly impressive run. Impeccable timing, it's always a joy to watch a series like this improve.

[@Dismoeyy]

"We need more draw" Aaaand skips the card saying Next turn, draw 3 more cards in the same moment. Love it!

[@xodus546]

That was the most amazing twist at the end, between both the main archetype of the build failing and the imp floor shock.

[@Dragonium10190]

Hey NL, here's Some tips: :) 1 Please start putting your best guys on the middle floor turn 1, so you have more time to buff them out of control, and damage floor 1 enemies before they climb, enemies being on the first floor doesn't matter if they die as soon as they get to the second floor anyway. 2 On the 1st floor just put a minion with endless that doesn't matter too much or has quick 3 Multistrike+rage is insane, repeatedly buffing a unit already with multistrike will give you an easy really fun win. 4 Take the challenge on the first 3 encounters at least, it gives you a good advantage and never is bad enough to destroy you 5 When you fight a lot of enemies with rage, don't put units on the first floor, stack 2nd floor (or 3rd floor if they have haste) so there is time for the rage to burn off and they get weaker by the time they get to your minions 6 One the awoken champion, stack the upgrades that increase his max health, he is the best tank in the game

[@willems9411]

He's Imp-owered this run to new heights! Great video & run NL!

[@BradleyCTurner]

Man that last floor was Imp-ressive.

[@randomtwist]

Just started playing and can I say the videos do the EPIC SOUNDTRACK for this game like no justice. The game has some sick hell-delving, heaven-battling beats!

[@jonahmuchnick4056]

Absolutely incredible run. Loving the series, keep it up!

[@terablast]

You know, I can't lie, I had lost all hope when I saw the thorned hollows go down. I'm impressed!

[@MrTiredHuman]

The Imp floor is an OSHA nightmare

[@chasep1147]

The music in this game is just another layer of the thiccest of pog onions. What a time to be a subscriber.

[@ScheduledDowntime]

Almost an hour and a half of straight up pog rains, what a frickin' blessing brother!

[@HaleFast]

I love that I can see you getting better every game! Thanks for the bonus run. I hope this series sticks around!

[@kinagrill]

I always loved the Seraph theme. At the same time it's intense but also holds a sort of 'somber sadness' to it.

[@davekachel]

Here I'm, shouting "You deserve this!" and "You don't deserve this!" at the same time. Sometimes furious, sometimes cheering. Also bought it yesterday because of this series. Love the game.

[@savage4242]

Why does anyone watch channels other than this man? No one else can entertain like NL

[@PongzeLor]

The Esports genius Northern showing us beaters what true skill is with that final room.

[@AussieBoiForLife]

You couldnt write a better pog script. Absolute spike domination, until the final battle. The spike strat which was obviously stronger than your champion ever would have been with slay stacks fell. Then, in a last ditch effort, the imps, overlooked until now sacrifice themselves on the last floor, to deal just enough damage for the locmotive to arrive in pog-ville. Truly, a captivating experience

[@cp49100]

The imp floor is the kinda jank that you can't help but love

[@sebastianley5779]

This deck was pogged into the stratosphere. I cannot believe the imp floor play actually worked.

[@justinjacob1169]

These videos have gotten me so hype to start playing this game RIGHT NOW!!

[@conorx3]

Just realized I’ve been watching every day for the past month and I’m not subscribed. Take it. Also so many mistakes much pog thanks egg

[@gmCriva]

Absolutely top tier content, these guys should be paying you sales commission because the imp floor just sold me the game

[@archerman6822]

Nl... please, put the imps in front of units so they can be used as damage soakers for the actually important units XP Aside from that, good job on your win! that was a super close one!

[@Alluvian567]

The imps in the back row constantly is confusing me so much.

[@posadistpossum]

They're good behind the front liners that benefit from healing, because at that point they're just extra damage.

[@Stanatano]

@@posadistpossum Yeah but in front of his hero and Animus of Speed is a no brainer to let them Multistrike more. The final boss and some other fights would have been so much easier if he just had sacrificed his imps to protect the real units.

[@posadistpossum]

@@Stanatano Oh yea anytime they were being thrown behind units other than the thorny lads was a huge misplay

[@mightywaffle51]

Yoooo let's go! Just picked it up and about to do my first run after this video. Yet another game I've picked up because of the Egg Father. Thanks for all you've done over the years NL, and for all the damage you've done to my wallet making me buy amazing games!

[@azariusflashfang5716]

Hahaha, okay that was just so utterly brilliant across the board in terms of both your deck and how you managed to recover despite losing a key piece of your strategy early on. The imp floor just really felt like you were cherry tapping Seraph and the fact you managed to win by literally one hit.

[@mathbookhero]

NL, youve managed to help me get good enough to win 2 in a row in this game. And im SO EXCITED to see you play more and more.

[@jamespark3510]

that was one emotional roller coaster; comparable to watching interstellar and inception for the first time. Think i was literally half sweating in my palms at the end.

[@wizewizard4422]

The imp floor was the most spectacular play, NL is pogging to whole new levels

[@JacobTheHappyDude]

Man, no series gets me as pogged up as Monster Train. Keep them coming NL you beautiful beast!

[@KnuspeRKalLe]

The best thing on earth is to play this game while watching NL play it.

[@waynebragg4707]

Amazing! I love it. I've never found any interest in the deck builder type games in the past, but this one has such a unique and interesting take on it, I'm in. I also find it far easier to understand and follow, while still having a lot of crazy cool strategies and synergies.

[@ZelosDomingo]

Hey NL, don't forget you can attack the boss directly a lot of the time, even before the final round. Love the series, keep it up!

[@banjothulu]

NL I love watching you learn and get better at this game. This was your best vid yet. Keep up the great content!

[@thomassteenkamp4575]

That last boss fight was such a mess but so beautiful. Imp floor had me Pogged out of my Gourd

[@fw9954]

Yo NL, I bought the game because of your series. Thanks for showing it! I would have never tried it, because of it looking so much like a spire clone, but it’s actually different enough to enjoy it. Looking forward to a helpfully long series!

[@xCRUSH3Dx]

This was the most thrilling Monster Train episode in history! Man do I love my daily NL fix.

[@wesleygeissler9571]

"We get nothing out of this, but at least I've demonstrated that I understand." O.o *Visible confusion *

[@AlbertSirup]

next level eggception

[@DocBees]

These are some great plays NL, I'm lovin watching you ascend. Make sure you double check the enemies abilities tho! I've noticed it's an issue in a lot of games you play, like Griftlands. Caught the stream the other day and saw you take stock of that final boss and got super excited. This Is Growth.

[@hewloe8312]

I am loving this series, in fact I even purchased the game because of this series! It is very fun to watch and it is even more fun to play! Keep up the great work NL.

[@OrniKArnaud]

What a run, I'm glad the Imps got the recognition they deserved!

[@frug_mungen]

Just gonna say it, these last few series, stoneshard, eden, and now this, this is a blessed time to be an nl viewer.

[@oscarvanbommel9631]

the sheer amount of emotion throughout this video is actually amazing, imp floor hard carried

[@tracyh5751]

I wouldn't say they carried but they were definitely in position to dunk the game winning alley-oop.

[@fiddleronthenet3360]

Imp floor MVP! That was amazing. I was watching this to fall asleep but instead I'm POGGED OUT OF MY FREAKIN GOURD

[@gaminggrump3281]

put the imps in front to take a hit. they still apply their summon skill. this saves your champions and good troops from taking hits allowing them to do more damage. i was yelling the whole video "PUT THE IMP IN FRONT AAHHHHH" they are literally cannon fodder.

[@bamboospout]

NL, some food for thought: when purging cards at the early game, you should clear out the basic heal and damage spells, because the train stewards don’t actually clog up your deck. They will all get played and should be used a sacrificial lambs to protect your champ when you don’t draw a tank, or to be the meat shield for overloading a floor. Only basic heal and damage spells clog up your deck, just like the basic strikes and defends in StS. The difference is that the basic cards in this game is on a magnitude worse, so you should get rid of them ASAP.

[@bamboospout]

PS: The way you beat the second boss on your first run, by stacking regen, could have been used to perhaps beat the boss that killed you on your first run.

[@bamboospout]

Another food for thought is to use the imps as shields. They usually don’t have any purpose after summoning unless you’re building a rage synergy. I see in this run that you had a lot of imps clogging up your play slots. My belief is that when you play an imp deck (when you get the frozen imp artifact), you should keep killing them so that you can keep playing new ones.

[@ethanmajor34]

Let's Go. Hats off the the Imp floor for holding it down under pressure.

[@tarnin]

This series is POG city. I'm so glad he decided to play this.

[@simonshead53]

That was an IMP-ortant lesson learned.

[@rowingpostal1838]

15 minutes in i realize this is gonna be a top tier episode. Then i realize its an hour and a half long. Stoked

[@Waynegameandwatch]

Loved it. Can’t wait to see NL at big brain level. Once the dial happens the runs will be awesome. Congrats on the first dub

[@chuck22diesel]

The only thing stronger than this title game was that run. Choo Choo Monster train release day is here. Keep em' coming NL.

[@Yuggy]

1h23 mins... You spoil us NL! :)

[@PongzeLor]

NL continuing this series into 2021 is imp-ossible

[@rakelodakel]

This is my new favorite series of yours, I hope its a long running one.

[@Colorado0091]

That was a spicy ending. You needed exactly that 1 bit of damage of your 7th imp in the last floor to kill the boss, that's ridiculous :D .

[@pogocoop]

This has to be one of my favorite series of all time. Thank you imp floor

[@delmattia96]

That regen used on the train steward on the floor above was terrible, but made him win. I can't. He is always on the verge of both a 300 and a 30iq play. I love you, Egg.

[@delmattia96]

Ok, I just watched your win against Fel. You played really well, good job!

[@delmattia96]

THE FUCKING IMP FLOOR DID IT. IT DID IT! I feel like an idiot, now.

[@38crippler]

Hey NL I just wanted to thank you for showing me all these awesome roguelite deckbuilders to play.

[@Mylesthemyth]

Saw the runtime made dinner and was captivated the whole time, loved those lil imps

[@diegogriese1067]

That ending was golden and honestly sold me on the game

[@Doomroar]

"Who's laughing at the imps now!" - Angel flees while laughing.

[@EviIPaladin]

The Imp Floor is absolutely the most Galaxy Brain strat the Egg has ever employed.

[@NessOnett8]

"Ascend the champion, but to what end?" To put the super squishy unit that is by far your highest damage dealer behind two tanks as opposed to one.

[@SpyCactus]

One hour and twenty-three minutes? Haven't even started the video and already excited.

[@mm0013]

Just played my first run in the full game while watching the episode in the background. Actually managed to win in the tutorial run. The stealing dagger is so good. I had so much money without doing a single pact. I bought out three shops with refreshing everything. Man this game is great. And the publisher even mentioned "influencer Norhern Lion" on a steam announcement.

[@valenciansun]

I thought I had roguelite deckbuilder fatigue but I'm really enjoying learning this game alongside you.

[@salyxxe]

1 hour 20 mins of pure unadulterated deckbuilding pog? O KAY

[@Sodmaster111]

HES ACTUALLY DONE IT! I'm pogged out of my gourd and now that the game launched we can all play it. Hell yeah brother!

[@wolfishbeast]

Love the imp floor. That was amazing!! I'm biased towards deckbuilders but I was even more pogged than when you beat Eden for the first time!

[@Wolord]

YESSS, was waiting for another episode because I just finished watching the other 5 like 1 hour ago.