Non-Stop Lightning!

[@CardCheckerStS]

Timestamps for when Baalor picks up the cards in the thumbnail (Thunder Strike and Electrodynamics): Electrodynamics: (14:21) (Floor 14 Combat) Thunder Strike: (30:06) (Floor 28 Elite) The Defect made a thunderous appearance in the Spire today!

[@thebrickinquestion]

he bias on my cog till i lose focus

[@jeren5100]

A Sozu boss swap would’ve been suprisingly OK in this run (altough it’s definitely not better than the money bonus, especially with a first shop like that).

[@jshack461]

Me: "What the heck, you forgot self repair" Also Me: Dies to jaw worm in act 1

[@ozsun9736]

Reached the heart for the first time since I've got into A20 with the defect recently, but still perished:( it's amazing to see baalor play so consistently

[@TheChris7554]

This is like some of my best runs and you're so casual about it lol.

[@zay_jb]

Haha that’s so relatable. I think just getting to the level of strategy and consistency that Baalor is at is why he can be so casual about it. Once you reach that point of easily reaching a 10 streak for example. This is kind of run is inherently less badass feeling because atp every run is kinda just like that. Hope I explained that well enough

[@Starcanum-]

40:25 I would've definitely considered upgrade all in that spot, seemed super good

[@alexpapunasvili1488]

"heatsinks on the bottom kinda feels bad, hmmm, only a bit though" -Baalorlord after losing only 9 hp during setup, playing ~10 powers, getting donu and deca down to half HP, followed by nuking them out of existence in the next 2 turns. 58:19

[@thimokwiatkowski9405]

It took me until he answered the question about what winrate he has when getting to the Heart to remember that I was there when this run happend and WOW was that a run :D And yes I remembered this run because I asked that question xD (for everyone who didn´t ask) ;) But I would have remembered at the latest when he had the 2 times 100% potion chance... This run was such a joy to experience live :D I feel honored

[@rhaining]

Stunned to see potion chance reset after act 1! Didn't realize that happened.

[@ShemAtwater]

Lightning slaps hard

[@carbonsiren]

44:23 what's the idea behind playing only one biased cog here? I think playing either 1 or 2 will render your orbs useless at basically the same time, but the upside is much greater with 2 cogs

[@StrategenStube]

Good point, I guess if you expect the fight so go longer than 4 turns the punish is not as hard as if you had played both. Or if you expect to redraw it you can mittigate the debuff of the First one for 2 more turns. That is especially relevant because you are expected to have more orbes later in the fight than in the beginning wherer the effect of biased cog is the strongest. Also playing it later has also a added benefit with mummie Hand in this case. I think Baalor probably considered that or some version of this.

[@swordzanderson5352]

sometimes, having 2 biased cogs is overkill, but having only 2 focus is a bit underpowered, hence in this situation you'd want to space your Biased Cogs out a bit to stay ahead of the enemy for an extra turn or two, especially with Frost orbs, but 2 Biased makes sense if you can end the fight earlier and avoid damage in that fashion person above also makes a splendid point about how things will quickly go bad if 4 turns is not enough to end the fight

[@Xgya2000]

I learned a thing! DEFINITELY didn't know you could Smoke Bomb the first arena fight.

[@WhatSaab]

Now with trillions of lightning!

[@pairot01]

13:32 you'd have to use the block potion either way. That 9 damage from the blue slaver was lethal by itself.

[@Newhubb]

With the Orichalcum and Frost Orbs it would have been a full block if the Green Slime was dead.

[@treefish2666]

bro forgot about orichalcum 😂

[@ARatherDapperTapir]

I played a defect run at the same time i watched this and was surprised how similar it was. Same bosses, mostly same strategy, finished within two minutes of you. Bound to happen with so many players i guess.

[@nofall25]

never thought of fighting the champ that way, you build scaling and hold on damage before making him go to phase 2

[@sergioaguilar8160]

I’m always happy to watch a slay the spire video

[@victorsira8503]

hey im new here, i was just looking if you have a video on how to kill the corrupt heart with the watcher but im not finding that, if someone can help me to find it btw im just enjoying every single video so far, very well explained and detailed how to play slay the spire.

[@thinge4me]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5TdfXRjbKp_mq8 This is probably his most in-depth play through of an A20 heart win.

[@StrategenStube]

I think he will soon start streaking with Watcher. Will take some tim til it gets to KZbin but might be woth it to tune into the stream for that.

[@lusilverrr]

There might be a video on it, but that’s not really the approach you should take. Can’t kill the heart without getting through all 3 acts and obtaining the 3 keys. He said in this video, his win rate once he gets to act IV is 90%. Meaning if you can manage to get through all 3 acts comfortably, you are set up well to beat the heart. If there was any tip to beating the heart though, it would be having some form of scaling, and a good block mechanism. For the watcher, her best block cards are Talk to the Hand and Mental Fortress.

[@deano4138]

Watcher is mainly about stance management. Big damage in wrath, don't take big damage getting stuck in wrath. There are obviously other archetypes to build (like defect is about orbs, but you don't HAVE to make an orb build). But getting that down will improve your chances mightily

[@shayatz]

Sorry for spoilers (but common you'd expect as much from Baelord) but that Turn 1 Heart fight was too good to be true. Almost like how you'd wish things to happen. ❤

[@swordzanderson5352]

The Enchiridion, by Albert the Creative

[@-tinyang6867]

Defect is so hard I just had a 4 loss streak

[@FutureFreeman]

masterful

[@thefourstooges2376]

what mods do you use?

[@Baalorlord]

baalorlord.tv/mods

[@billmccormick4370]

Sozu at home

[@tomlaptain646]

Not sure I've ever been this early to one of your videos. 😅

[@jonathanbates8326]

I'm proud of you for buying that early game Mummy Hand (L) 😂

[@Alexander-sm6nn]

Aye third. I'll take it.👌

[@ElRIko_]

:D

[@Shadow-y6v]

First

[@littywitty5867]

Those potions odds in act 1 were insane. At least they gave you mummy heatsinks in the shop. Also didn’t know potion chance resets after the act. Im still learning through your all-seeing StS eye.