Most Wins on Every Character!

[@Baalorlord]

Baalor will be in chat to answer questions and talk when this video premieres - Don't miss it!

[@soxandbears]

that defect win with the busted crown boss swap was absolutely ridiculous

[@wachalzetym]

I seen that one. Yo, every card reward was a better hit than most of my runs. By act 3 it was getting so disgusting I was about to call the police!

[@hermit5941]

which video is that

[@user-un8jx8yo7z]

@@hermit5941 Pretty sure it's this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4aUi39ql959jdk

[@enormousiserratic8276]

There are great players and there are great teachers. You sir are both :) looking forward to spire 2 shenanigans

[@pcexp]

Hey man, I just wanted to say that I was pretty bad at this game until I started watching you play. Since then I have improved, even went ascension 20 on the Clad, Silent One and Defect. Thanks for the great content!

[@quailron1581]

I’m pretty sure Baalor’s made me better at other card games besides spire, too! Just by narrating how a skilled card battler thinks.

[@trutty]

2023's mastery challenge content was some of the best gaming KZbin content I've ever watched. I'm glad 2024 was a good year for you and I hope 2025 brings you to new heights with the release of STS2.

[@kenrickvezina3694]

Couldn't agree more.

[@Ontaro]

Prismatic challenge is the challenge I'd love to see more from Baalor, the option to see all other cards sounds an amazing field for deck states.

[@CardCheckerStS]

Timestamps for when each section starts (had to wait for the premiere to end lol): Ironclad: (1:09) Silent: (9:53) Defect: (17:41) Watcher: (28:00) General Discussion: (37:25) Audience Questions: (43:14) Even if I haven't had the chance to stop by any of the streams, it was nice being here for the premiere!

[@Baalorlord]

We are glad to have you around!

[@nap_onYT]

Sometimes building around a curse card could be pretty strong. The best example would be a Pain curse card & rupture+ while also having a Limit Break+ as a cherry on top! I'm pretty bad at the game but this build gave me many wins with The Ironclad

[@Mika-chamnmnm]

Baalor, sou brasileiro e assisto seus vídeos pra me ajudar no Slay the spire, muito obrigado.

[@hugoboss3689]

This is the real spotify wrapped.

[@SkyrimSoldier]

Lol

[@justsomewater339]

+2

[@guidoperezmoro8331]

What about bingo runs? With items like "duplicate a curse", "skip a relic", "feed on a boss (Ironclad)" like harder goals; and some simpler stuffs like "end a turn with no cards in hand", "have 6 energy", "remove/transform 4 cards". I think a pool of objectives and a randomizer can go a long way.

[@jaysonthing1]

50%+ WR on all characters is nuts

[@elim9054]

I'll be happy if I can just get 50 on watcher before sts2 comes out 😭

[@MisterKwyjibo]

Thank you for a full year of streams! You're my go to when I'm stressed and need to relax

[@trutty]

@24:30 another card I love with Amplify is Equilibrium. When you have a deck with a lot of powers, being able to hold onto the Amplify an extra turn to match it up with the best power for that situation is key

[@themangoninja8]

I only just started playing Spire within the last 2 months, but your videos have helped me improve substantially. I loved watching the mastery challenge videos over your newer content. It was a really unique challenge and it expanded my veiws of how to play the game. It would be fantastic to see more expansion in how you play or challenges that alter your playstyle! Thank you Baalorlord!

[@steelsteel10]

This is an awesome wrap up for the year. Thanks dude for a great year in the spire

[@Icedragon481]

I picked up STS this last year after viewing it from afar for a while, and it quickly became a new obsession. I've learned a ton just from watching your videos, Im up to A13 on IC and not too far behind with the other characters as well. Thank you for making such entertaining and informative content, man!

[@AMcJV12]

These retrospectives are something I look forward to every year. Thanks, Baalor!

[@7deathshadow]

Hey Baalor, your content has been fantastic, informative, and has reinvigorated my enjoyment for Slay the Spire. Showed a friend stuck at A20 your content and he beat it within a day using things he learned from your videos. I hope you do well to take care of yourself and avoid burnout. It's not fun! As some challenges for the new year which might be interesting: Max curse in deck per character challenge (Maybe not even requiring a win?) Mod character runs (e.g. Going through a bunch of mod characters for X days or Y runs each) Mod characters would be especially interesting to get a retrospective on likes/dislikes and how they compare balance wise to the original characters. Thanks again for everything!

[@jamiecal11]

Silent generally needs the first boss relic to make an impact more than the others imo. Jump to act 2 can be brutal if you can't get to the good cards regularly and quickly.

[@HardxCorpsxKali]

Cool challenge could be to draft a deck only picking up an attack card from your first reward (skipping if there is no attack) then a skill. Then repeat with attack and skill alternating patterns. That makes for an insane deck since you have to basically pick an attack or skill so you have the ability to pick the other type in the future. Powers wouldn’t be mandatory because of rarity but possibly could be bonus after a complete cycle of attack and skill pickup. 🤷🏽‍♂️seems like a fun challenge to me.

[@In_Space]

A Lord of hell takes on The Spire 329 times. This is what happened to his win streak.

[@benbooth2783]

Chubbyemu.

[@Raphael_246]

45:00 I think the neow "gain a curse" should be a new type of curse that auto removes itself after a certain condition. Either X floors climbed, X times discarded, or something similar. All of the current ones are too painful to be worth taking

[@brysonskaar3070]

Really enjoyed 2024 and also as a new viewer sifting through the previous mastery challenge. As a musician from a working university/academia setting I relate to balancing passion and burnout. This game is super fun and I like that you prioritize fun while being so proficient. Excited for the coming antics and Spire 2!

[@MrSeventyAce]

@17:01 I've noticed the Silent has am underrated ability to hit multiple times- obviously shivs, riddle with holes, skewer, and also a good amount of 0 cost attacks available. Combine that with excellent draw, phantasmal killer is easy to set up for massive damage

[@tatshmorningstar8811]

Yoy sound like a dreamer, keep the dream alive bro

[@ogolthorp]

PK is a card that’s best with well laid plans, and when you have good but not great physical damage. You have to be able to survive the turn you play it, and have good attacks to play the turn after. It’s certainly useful sometimes, but overall is fairly niche.

[@HardxCorpsxKali]

The seeded defect run from 2024 was the strongest run in spire history. I’ve rewatched it several times. I absolutely love that run. I wish it would’ve been mentioned as it is definitely the strongest run in spire history. No other spire run will ever hold a candle to how powerful that defect was. Could’ve taken all 3 characters, heart, act 3 bosses, act 2 and act 1 bosses… shield and spear… it could’ve handled every single opponent in spire at once it was so powerful. Defect tapped into his inner saitama for that run. 😂

[@user-un8jx8yo7z]

I guess it's kind of late now but if you want a visual aid for your opinions of the card you should use multiple arrows if it went up or down more than slightly.

[@3nbreen]

I think the death charts would be better as a percent for when you reached that act.

[@AmatsukiHane]

15:19 I can feel my brain expanding

[@noelkbang]

Appreciate you sir! Provided us so much content this year to enjoy

[@michaelsmith3223]

This challenge helped me get first clad and silent a20 wins! Thanks for the entertainment, education, and community!

[@matijapongracic4812]

I still believe that Rushdown is the most broken card in the game. Unless you're doing a divinity run, it makes your deck come very close to infinite, or at least enables doing enough stance dancing that enemies are helpess

[@Theologica]

Would love to see you tierlist the cards again with these new character perspectives.

[@kingheenokgaming4783]

Congratz. Crazy good stats. Can't wait for StS2!

[@valerielusa8000]

I think of Wish similarly to Black Star, you take it when your deck is already strong enough and you want to leverage that early advantage into later advantage. Or you just really don't have any better strength sources and need scaling for bosses.

[@mad-zr8wy]

I watch most Baalor’s videos, why not this one..

[@siiiimmo]

Thanks for the year of videos!

[@Sonareklipse]

Is there any repository of more granular data about 2024's runs? Being able to see how often a card or relic was in a winning or losing deck for instance would be a really interesting resource.

[@Senorgato029]

I’ll consider the draw > remove philosophy on silent bit more. A struggle character for me (currently climbing ascension, at time of commenting A18 on all characters) by a lot easily my worst character, not only do I find her hard but I don’t find her super fun either.

[@arctyphon2023]

I feel like defect I either get the absolute nuts (usually a core surge, biased, frost line) or I get wiped

[@user-un8jx8yo7z]

It mechanics are cool but at the same time however I think the scaling of A20 hurts it a lot. Frost and focus are so ingrained in the core strategy of the character that it's pretty damn linear. It can experiment less than any of the other 3 imo. I know this is true of a lot of characters but act 4 really makes the decks look very similar for defect. You're always hoping for the same cards and relics basically even more so than the other characters.

[@jwilky37-se2bo]

Baalor da goat! Happy New Year!

[@kenrickvezina3694]

I've watched so, so many hours of your Spire runs, and honestly after this year's sustained push to improve your win rates and win streaks with each character I'd be perfectly happy if you left StS alone until StS2 comes out later this year. That said, I loved the mastery challenge, and if you can come up with something similar that presents you with some novel goals in the game I think that'd be a lot of fun. Incidentally, I hope StS2 takes a page from Monster Train and includes a selection of bespoke challenge missions with game modifiers that range from silly/fun to downright cruel.

[@tymoore253]

Love the channel!

[@lollipanker2229]

I think it’s worth noting that just because there weren’t a lot of deaths to shield and spear directly they often the cause of death nevertheless. I remember a few heart deaths throughout the year where going into the heart fight damaged from shield and spear directly caused death to heart. So the data might not be revealing the entire truth on that matter

[@connorbrooks7501]

I really enjoyed this analysis and your perspective. I think you would really enjoy prismatic shard runs! i'd enjoy watching them on YT as well

[@jared_tech3511]

After this year, who is your most enjoyable character?

[@Bunta_Fujiwara]

Defect boss-swap also removes frozen core from future boss-relic pool.

[@shrewdagency6588]

Semi gone off StS - I think because number 2 is so close and I just want some new angles to work with... However these slightly deeper dives pull me back in a bit to try and change up some strategies... 🧐🧐 👍😎

[@rhaining]

I'm curious if you have stats for 2024 of which cards / artifacts were used in successful vs. unsuccessful runs.

[@A__Crab_onYT]

Which character do you think you'll have the biggest improvement with next year?

[@pikachu-uk1bg]

Welp! I got the minimalist challenge earlier today with Ironclad. Demonform dupe potion and then heavy blade away at Deca and donu

[@CeciliaDoughty-e1y]

I'd love to see some of the stats for your 'for fun' runs on other characters you mixed in, how much of that clad and silent increase retained?

[@OfficialJab]

No duplicates and 3 copies are great ideas!

[@conorrogers7845]

Idea for a challenge: seeded pbox boss swap streaking. Massive potential for crazy decks.

[@chaos9620]

with STS 2 coming out next year will you do a full year of something on STS 1 or will it be a complete swap to STS 2, interested for whatever comes next Baalorlord been a staple in my breakfast and or pre sleep routine the past 2 years. edit - now seeing the burnout section, no expectations, playing the same game especially when playing for optimization is a really easy way to start to hate the game done this myself many many times.

[@zaqw1111]

Just curious: do you ever watch other top players with the intent of learning? Or is solo practice enough at your level

[@winniethexiinwesttaiwan8578]

And they forgot to include a busted crown winning streak.

[@Exozik]

I am here trying to get my first kill of the Heart on A20 with Silent and after around 40 attempts, I did not kill it yet..

[@iwanttocomment8966]

Hey, what's his mod to legend paths on the map?

[@impossiblefix1134]

boy howdy what will STS2 bring for the gamers this fine year

[@travispick5160]

Take every prismatic shard

[@tomekk.1889]

You remind me of my uni prof. Cool guy

[@VolvedorZ]

For a challenge, what about no 2 copies of the same card allowed ?

[@gtothee5723]

Is a “win” a heart kill or duo boss kill?

[@Baalorlord]

The game counts killing the act 3 boss as a win, but for Baalor, it's heart kill only.

[@gtothee5723]

@ thanks Baalor, so the community all counts win streaks as heart kill pretty much?

[@Baalorlord]

Correct

[@danielpallesen6534]

Good video

[@mitchelldykens]

I'm curious - is the streak still active?

[@Baalorlord]

If you're talking about the Watcher streak, it ended at 25.

[@АндрейВозмитель-д9и]

Nope, sadly

[@АндрейВозмитель-д9и]

He stared rotating streak and lost a looot

[@misterman1144]

Baalor i am here eagerly awaiting your buttery smooth voice

[@florianfanderl6674]

My A20 Heart winrate is like 3-5% 😂

[@nathansbored]

Hi Baalor

[@argaen21]

I hated this challenge and hope it never comes back. 😀

[@elim9054]

Bro watched a slay the spire streamer and got mad he's streaming slay the spire

[@FALCONLICK]

Think you should play more different stuff on stream. You seem burned out of spire. More breaks would lead to burning out less and better play. Spire might be the greatest game but I watch the stream for you.

[@cgoldbac]

Do you really want to do a whole another year of Spire?

[@Timonmans]

Maybe play the game and keep track of things like these and try to get them as high as possible during the year: - The highest amount of block - The highest amount of damage in one hit - Most poison - Most cards in deck - Etc. That will maybe encourage you to break the game even harder to, for example, try to beat your highest damage in one hit (and not focus on winning that game).

[@beaub9418]

Unfortunately many of those stats are really just a test of patience once you have a deck that can infinitely scale and can also stall out an easy fight.

[@lordteensie6156]

I think there's a big flaw on the reasoning against tools and prepared. Not that it's incorrect exactly but incomplete. Tools for example, yes if you hadn't added tools to your deck you would not be any further through your deck on your next turn than if you had, but this is missing half of the power of a card like tools for the trade. The second, and perhaps more important, benefit of tools is that you get to see an extra card on your next hand to better craft your turn. And that's true for all card draw, it's the utility of cycling to your better cards and gaining more choices for the turn.

[@buttecake]

He is not saying they it is not a benefit. He is saying you don't get the benefit until 2 turns after playing the card. If you didn't have tools in your hand you would have looked 1 card deeper on the turn you played it. Then looked the same depth the turn after. Then 2 turns later you look one card deeper

[@lordteensie6156]

@buttecake that's precisely my point, that's incomplete analysis, yes you only get so many cards deep into the deck but that's not the only metric that matters. Card draw has two major benefits, one is cycling through the deck to get to your good cards faster, the other is improving your current hand. When you focus solely on the cycling part you're missing the current hand part Edit: think of it this way, without tools of the trade on your first turn you only see 5 cards on your next turn, but with tools you get to see 6 instead, thereby improving your hand by letting you choose the 5 you want instead of drawing whatever happened to be the top 5 of your deck

[@buttecake]

@@lordteensie6156 on your first turn you see 5 cards, however one of those cards is tools of the trade. So if it was not in the deck we would see one card deeper. So with tools we can think of it as the first turn we see 4 cards plus tools. and on the second we see 6 so 10 Total. Without tools in the deck we see 5 cards(4 of the same plus one instead of tools) then the next turn we see 5 more so again 10 total. So it is not until the second turn after playing tools that we begin to reap the rewards of playing it. Though as baalorlord points out the discard aspect of tools and prepared is actually valuable and we get to reap that reward on the first instance of it activation

[@lordteensie6156]

@@buttecake you're not listening homie, I've understood and acknowledged what you're explaining multiple times, you're just providing the object lesson for what I was explaining

[@buttecake]

@@lordteensie6156 after re reading your 2 posts I still fail to understand how you will be in a better position the turn directly after playing tools than if you had not added it to your deck. Other than activation of discard effects. Perhaps a specific example highlighting how your hand will be in a better state that would be unachievable had we not played tools would help me understand. Edit: after asking this I have come up with an example. B =block S = Strike C = Curse/dead card Say we have card 5-10 as B B S S S B If we had not added tools we would only have access to the 2B 3S hand, if we had played it we would have access to the 3B 2S hand and the 2B 3S hand. Thanks @lordteensie6156 for enlightening me :)