Northernlion Plays Slay the Spire's New Character - Episode 1: The Watcher

[@theseabear3008]

That literal hail Mary judgement was some of the greatest shit I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@amidamaru4414]

It was also somehow the most standard NL luck of all time

[@Pedroebut]

@@amidamaru4414 Except that he could have literally seen if it was coming and edited out to seem like luck? (as if he did editing lol)

[@amidamaru4414]

Pedro Henrique hahahahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha edit.... yeah..... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah..... oooohhhh..... I needed that... thank you 😂😂😂

[@rosemarygrant6424]

Couldn't have seen it coming since judgement was the first card after the discard pile reshuffled ​@@Pedroebut

[@AREPlp]

Definitely one of the people who'll watch another 100 episodes of StS

[@michaelsikoryak6526]

AREPlp same here

[@iami3rian394]

I think it's hilarious that he thinks he's beating A20 with this guy in only 100 episodes. = D EDIT: Just finished watching. He literally misplayed more than half his turns. I'd be amazed if he hits A5 undefeated.

[@mikeygarriga]

Cheers to this.

[@miguelchris6374]

I know im asking randomly but does anyone know a method to get back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any assistance you can give me

[@damiengustavo3391]

@Miguel Chris Instablaster ;)

[@kingofkings6161]

My body is ready egg head, take me back down this country road

[@aGemmstone]

To the place

[@MrUrbnGamr]

West mountaaaain Mama rode meeeee

[@MrUrbnGamr]

Ur the nerd, dork

[@TheEnmineer]

@Geddes I'm not your pal, bucko

[@crackrawkz]

I love that new Miracle card! It reads “This must be the first card played every combat, whether you need the energy or not” Never change Eggman, keep em comin

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Oh yeah it's my favorite when he's floating 3 mana turn one at end turn. Definitely did not waste it in any way.

[@Chunkosaurus]

I know it's so good and is retained

[@fallouthirteen]

Yeah, how many videos before he realizes it's not like ethereal and in fact is retain? He's playing this like he has the ice cream relic.

[@iami3rian394]

@@fallouthirteen twenty, at least. I'm sure as shit not tweeting him. = )

[@GoodKnight5252]

OMG this is killing me everytime he ends "T1" with 3 energy! I guess pro strats hahaha

[@MaxCuberful]

That was a hilarious peepee dance finish: Judgment card right in time for the relief

[@fallouthirteen]

This character was made for NL wasn't it? I mean with cards named "Just Lucky".

[@GrandpaWorm]

@@fallouthirteen NL couldn't wait to play "Empty Body" after the episode

[@Pirsqed]

The pure triumph into speed exit was, indeed, hilarious. What a great way to start this series back up!

[@fallouthirteen]

@@GrandpaWorm And his usual play is kind of "Empty Mind". I mean how long before he figures out that he doesn't have to play miracle turn 1 unless he actually needs energy, then how much longer before he remembers that he figured it out? And then there's the other issue that even in his other series he barely grasped of "play damage buffs before other attacks". At least he called out himself missing that one several times in this video so he's aware he does that wrong.

[@slinkyshade9558]

@@fallouthirteen if I wanna see good gameplay, I watch jorbs. If I wanna have entertainment and a fun time, I watch NL. It is that easy ^^

[@HolyDeviant1]

Huge props to the Megacrit team for not just making the new character unique to the existant three, but also unique to the Slime Boss, Marisa, and the Disciple, the three kings of the Steam Workshop. Incredible that they can still add new things to the game that don't look like anything else!

[@SexyBibliophile]

HolyDeviant1 You can tell that they actually care and try to put only top notch quality additions into the game.

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

Takes them a year to release a, free mind you, new character. You can see they put that time into every little detail

[@shamblestheclown]

@@ironmaidenmetalgod the game literally released earlier in the year lmao what are you on about

[@HeatIcegame]

@@shamblestheclown Slay the Spire came out in early access in november 2017 what are you on about

[@benhillman8384]

It is very very similar to the character who puts on different masks in steamworld quest though.

[@DoctorShroom]

1:13:00 I'm convinced that Ryan is the protagonist of his own Yu-Gi-Oh spin-off series.

[@JacobDejarnett]

Hahahah

[@Zyjem]

*_H e a r t o f t h e c a r d s_*

[@oisinowens7786]

I haven't watch a lot of your vids lately, is this replacing Nuclear Throne?

[@dshockeybreaks]

Good memes brother

[@ALittleMessi]

Nothing can replace nuclear throne

[@takkC]

nah this replaces tumbleseed

[@dshockeybreaks]

It actually is replacing episode 6,000 of flash Isaac

[@bosshunterman]

Nah, it's actually ment to replace Wizard's Lizard.

[@Jaketoadie]

every time he scrys then moves his mouse to the end turn button I suffer a minor stroke.

[@JacobDejarnett]

Jaketoadie right there with you brother

[@videogamerluigi]

THE THIN DECK THICC DECK ASSENCION 20 DADDY WRANGLER IS BACK FOR ANOTHER 200 EPISODES OF HIGH OCTANE SPIRE SLAYING

[@Owen-dt6vr]

I read this in Dans voice and I don't regret it

[@InsightReasoning]

@@Owen-dt6vr I think we all did, and I think none of us regretted it.

[@meursaulty6672]

I for one, regret nothing.

[@graysonguinn1943]

MagnumPiCactus LETS GOGH

[@MCeeEscher]

THEY GOT BALL PLAYERS TOO

[@UGotSerbed]

I love the amount of thought you put into the free miracle in every single fight. The amount is zero, but I do love it :-)

[@mitjajop1868]

That last judgement was incredible. He has one card to play next turn, 1 hp, the boss is attacking, he will draw 4 cards and 3 cards that aren't judgement are in his draw pile...

[@remon95]

yup exactly, just lucky you can say

[@mr.bojangles9215]

Rem0_ N lucky? No. HEARTOFTHECARDS

[@Dynamod123]

"Retain is a new mechanic"...it feels good to be back, egg

[@slothfuldaoist9144]

I mean, it being on a single card is new.

[@Dynamod123]

@@slothfuldaoist9144 to be fair, i've played a lot with the workshop content for marisa kirisame, which utilized a lot of retain on cards directly. Still, the silent definitely has it in the base game, sooo say what you will, egg's being an egg, what can you expect?

[@Bappie0]

@@slothfuldaoist9144 I think you forgot about well laid plans there my friend

[@arceus521]

Baptiste Gyselinck I think he was saying this is the first time in the base game where cards retain themselves

[@iami3rian394]

@@Bappie0 ...and ya know. Runic Pyramid, which P.S. doesn't stack with retain abilities as of yesterday. = )

[@DarklinWolf]

I know this is on PC but I was still disappointed that this video didn't start with Mario Maker 2 in the Switch background before switching to StS.

[@stephenmoore1606]

NL calling himself daddy curdled the milk in my stomach

[@ktktktktktktkt]

Stop drinking milk then.

[@ALittleMessi]

Daddy scrambled your eggs 😏

[@SexyBibliophile]

stephen moore He is Daddy tho...A Thin Decc Daddy 😜

[@TheTrueJesterGuy]

Are you new here?

[@OhNoTheFace]

Get over yourself

[@pepper99ish]

Holy shit that ending. If that's not classic NL I don't know what is

[@x-ray3437]

WELL WELL WELL, HOLY BLESSED DAY. he's back baby

[@nuhji]

"most characters have 80", uh, only 1 character has 80 and that's the Ironclad

[@iami3rian394]

You CANNOT expect NL to know ANYTHING about a game he's only played for 600+ episodes and 2k hours. That's a little unreasonable, no?

[@ravelordneato4107]

heckin' egg at it again, he misplayed the characters HPs

[@noszelias]

"I know what scry does" never change egg, I love you just the way you are

[@DJ_Locks]

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAID.... He would never come back!

[@HunHaze]

We've got card players too.

[@iami3rian394]

Literally no one said that.....

[@m-rots]

NL himself said it right before they announced the new character lol

[@KurticusZen]

SLAY THE SPIRE IS BACK BAYBEE EDIT: i'm looking forward to all the wasted miracles in the coming weeks.

[@ALittleMessi]

He kept it on the final boss at least lol

[@iami3rian394]

I can't wait to see him get punished for his exorbitant amount of misplays. Like, literally more than half his turns.

[@cptKamina]

So happy about more Spire. So please guys, stay civil and constructive in the comments so Eggdaddy doesn't get burned out over negativity. If you wanna insult him just write "thanks for the company" instead.

[@SexyBibliophile]

This is a golden comment, brother.

[@OlujaDoTokija]

Why would anyone want to insult Eggfather when he is always making quality content for everyone to enjoy for free?

[@kittycatlover8000]

I swear!! I love seeing him play this game!

[@cookiebandit18]

Thanks for the company

[@noatiendoboludos]

YOU GOD DAMN EGG WHY WONT YOU UNDERSTAND IM THANKFUL FOR THE COMPANY

[@sagbag]

I'll watch you play another 100 episodes of Slay the Spire.

[@Sinvicta]

Ryab

[@speedfastman]

Get outa here ya stinker!

[@Mathmachine]

Every time I think I'm out Eggman just keeps pulling me back in!

[@l4rry199]

JUDGEMENT!!! SEE YA Damn, more exciting than endgame😂

[@faefriend5702]

This is my game and I'll watch another 100 episodes of sts

[@amidamaru4414]

Rj Talamini I see your hundred and raise you another hundred

[@amidamaru4414]

Brandon Bevill I’ll stake 150 lost runs before the view drop strangles the series. Ill raise you a like on each and every video

[@Andre-gy5ml]

Egg playing miracle 1st turn every time is triggering me

[@nathanp.3206]

Andre triggered af

[@setk1189]

NL just rolled that 1/18 chance to win on 1hp. What an absolute legend.

[@minsklit5811]

Just when I thought I was out, you pulled me back in

[@SamueleTorregrossaDev]

The voice change in the span of 2 years is crazy

[@fandomtrashfullmetalunderg923]

Im so happy this series is back. I love watching you play or just putting it on in the background. This episode was super engaging. Thanks for the company egg.

[@TheWhiteD]

12:40 yeah, don't kill the sentry in the middle with 2 attacks, instead take 3 damage trying to block its attack... THE EGG IS BACK!!

[@MellowJelly]

When he said Scry I just remembered that detective game NL played that takes place in England and it was just video clips of actors

[@Kokonutzlz]

s c r e w d r i v e r

[@nickkellner1719]

So happy to have sls back. And I've now played it so can appreciate how good nl actually is at the game

[@iami3rian394]

Lol, fuck me.... The sincerity in this comment is almost as hilarious as its inaccuracy.

[@nicolasgenereux2530]

Ragnarok with Wrath deals 50 damage without any strength when you think about it

[@FlamingKittenOfDoom]

oh yeah, in a wrath focused build it is cuh-razy dude

[@Dice-Z]

Which is 16-17 damage per energy. It's good but not extreme either.

[@IBlack04]

Galaxy brain: he says "this is going to confuse people", what he means is "this confuses me"

[@ronaldwangdra9675]

That was such an amazing heart-of-the-cards moment there at the end. I could almost see NL growing spiky hair with layered colors through the bald facade.

[@BirdRaiserE]

Who would win a race: The Flash Vs. Northernlion (full bladder)

[@taraghnéasach]

just so you know Northern, the scrying does work the same as in magic (As in scry 3 means check the top 3 and do what you want with them) but you're right ofc that its either top of draw or bottom of draw, not discard in MTG

[@MicoDossun]

Unless they also add an orange and yellow character my love of balanced triangles is gonna be very upset.

[@iami3rian394]

I almost guarantee we're going to be getting a fifth character. Probably not for a while, since they've been talking about adding alt routes on act four/a fifth act, but they're not nearly done with this gem yet. Expect at least another two years of development.

[@MicoDossun]

IamI3rian oh yeah I’m sure. It’s just weird that the release build was so heavily built around triangles and then now we’ve got a fourth character that doesn’t really fit into any of those niches. I trust them though even if so far I think the watcher is kinda a bad character

[@iami3rian394]

@@MicoDossun what do you mean bad, like underpowered? Not fun? I disagree _INCREDIBLY_ strongly on both of those points, if that's what you mean. = )

[@MicoDossun]

IamI3rian no not necessarily either of those but sorta like bloated and inelegant? I feel like every card tries to make itself a synergy instead of the other three decks which are many simple ideas that make up a bigger idea. Like Mantra in a vacuum is an interesting idea but it ends up being way sloppier. I will say I still think they’re a good and fun character but a step down from the other 3

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@MicoDossun And I think they are a way more complex character than any of the other three characters so far. And also, the Ironclad is already kinda orange. I do think yellow will be next tho

[@GeorgesVTV]

I have been watching your vids for at least 4 years and that was for sure the fastest outro of them all

[@Fullonnoob]

My heart tells me yes, but my brain, my brain just screams endlessly into the void.

[@iami3rian394]

Watching this left my eye twitching. He's SO bad, it's laughable. I've watched people (NL included) make fewer misplays on their first run.

[@LackOfHarmony]

Once I got the stances figured out, I had such a good time with this character. Glad to see you’re as excited as I am about it. 😊

[@MrNavetse]

I didn't knew how much i missed hearing "archetype" until i heard it.

[@TalkingMachine]

as someone who began my slay the spire journey on the switch, i've been waiting for this.

[@ahandsomefridge]

Straight out of work and straight into a new StS episode. Feels good to be home.

[@GlitchWolf]

This is my game! I'll watch you play another 1000 episodes of Slay the Spire!!

[@Tellah3]

So close to being right about Scry.. If only there was a tooltip with the proper information..........

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

i think he thinks miracle is ethereal. he just uses it without reason

[@joehemmann1156]

He's also wrong about how it works in Magic, so there's that...

[@OhNoTheFace]

They did take the magic name and then do it wrong compared to magic

[@morganrusnai4579]

@@cultoftyler9045 yes.. but it only gives an energy that turn. and he wastes it every time. usually ending with unspent energy every time he uses it

[@9terminal]

@@OhNoTheFace no they didn't the only change from magic is you put it in your discard pile as opposed to the bottom of your deck, otherwise scry x does exactly the same thing in both games

[@caeligocielo5634]

Watch the staff when the stance changes. I do love little details like that.

[@Raiko01]

19:00 Yeah, its a combo with the card in 11:25 (play all your hand from left to right)

[@XFeuerFestX]

1:00:33 "Reach heaven" shuffles "Through violence" into your draw pile. Love the slick little Kill 6 Billion Demons reference

[@ArcasCorricol]

obligatory lionBlind in chat, ok let's get this show on the road

[@not_ryuka]

greatest ending to any episode ever

[@diearschmeister]

Double damage is going to be “one of those” mechanics for NL lol

[@andrewmcreynolds3692]

Well, it is a new character, I'm sure he'll figure it out

[@iami3rian394]

@@andrewmcreynolds3692 I've won 6/8 runs, with five straight and I'm on A5 already. Don't give me that shit, it's a new character for _ALL_ of us. P.S. won my first run, easily as well. No heart kill get though. Haven't bothered.

[@femimark5021]

@@iami3rian394 we get it you are a pro, now kindly keep your toxicity to your self

[@iami3rian394]

@@femimark5021 I'm sorry, is pointing out that you're making excuses for a demonstrably bad player toxic now? Holy christ, you kids are such coddled little babbies.

[@caelandemaziere7939]

People like you are the reason NL got burned out on recording sts and other games like sekiro. It's okay to criticize, but this is just being toxic

[@Salati00]

Holy heck the card effects were different

[@ZebraLord13]

Uh no, Scry 2 in Magic would be "Look at the top 2 cards of your library. You may put one or both on the bottom of your library. Put the rest back in any order."

[@HOBOSRUS33]

ZebraLord13 What NL explained was explore, kinda... if you remove the part where if the top card of your deck is a land then it just instantly goes to your hand.

[@umbaupause]

Yeah, that looks much more like surveil...?

[@JeckolaEcho]

@@umbaupause Yeah, scry in slay the spire is literally just surveil.

[@HOBOSRUS33]

Samcaesar yeah but surveil puts it to the bottom of the deck while explore is in the graveyard/discard it.

[@ladygeneveve3805]

"Its over time eater, I believe in the heart of the cards!"

[@sradac]

"I dont understand! I discard the card I click on!" We Secret Badman now boys

[@iami3rian394]

The fact that he thinks his audience has (potentially) as much brain damage as he does is borderline offense.

[@lucasnadamas9317]

I love how him of all people is always making remarks making fun of metaphorical dumb people who he considers to be the average person, while...well you know

[@kosviik9584]

Small correction/expansion on the Scry mechanic: Magic the Gathering: Scry X: You look at the top X cards of your library. Then you can place any number of them on the top and/or bottom in any order. Example: Scry 3, you put two on the bottom and leave one on the top, you can choose which one will be your last and second to last card Small extra: Scry is a mechanic featured in a rule called 'Vancouver mulligan' in MtG. STS: Exactly the same, but you don't seem to be able to choose the order if you leave them on the top. For the discard it doesn't matter(*for now), since it's shuffled anyway. *later on we may or may not see an effect which draws back our last played card from the discard pile, this would make that part also important

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

lets go. i really wanna see how he plays the monk. NL really is a good STS player.

[@iami3rian394]

...said no one ever.

[@mitchellmaftean9217]

Wow that final turn. I'm in so much awe. God bless you Egg, never change

[@IBlack04]

Oh, he's saying 'weave'?... genuinely heard "weed is expensive" and "we gotta put weeb in our hand"

[@CarmsCelestia]

I'm so happy this is back. 9:30 Path to Victory upgraded makes it free. This card imo is really good sans Time Keeper 15:30 Is okay, happens to all of us 34:16 Heyho bonesaw6969 Not scrying weave is questionable at times... That ending was godlike. After all that, even though it ended questionably, I gotta admit, well played.

[@iami3rian394]

Lol, WHAT?! Well played? He misplayed literally more than half his turns. That's the DEFINITION of poor play, my dude.

[@night4345]

Why is this dude using his Miracle card first turn even though he won't use all his energy? Also I'm glad you're doing Slay the Spire again.

[@LegendLeaguer]

Scry 2, 3, etc. works the same way in Magic. You look at the top X cards all at once, and can order them however you want at the top or bottom of the deck. "Scry" here works more like "Surveil" from the Guilds of Ravnica set, where instead of the bottom of the deck you can mill them.

[@jordanwhite4291]

NL, miracle isn't an ethereal. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT TURN ONE!! It also retains!!

[@2014Alm]

Very excited to learn this character with NL

[@iami3rian394]

You'll be laughably behind the rest of the community. Some of us are already reporting bugs, my dude. = )

[@2014Alm]

@@iami3rian394 not active in the community and haven't played in months, so it's a good thing that won't affect me!

[@iami3rian394]

@@2014Alm fair enough. Just, do yourself a favor and do almost the exact opposite of what NL did. = ) He literally skipped two of the best cards (and another amazing card) that the watcher has, because he was too lazy to read cards after act 1.

[@HFTVChannel]

Great ending , good to see this series back! Im looking forward to the art for the cards.

[@chriswirkus286]

That ending was insane! Really glad to see this series back for a bit!

[@user-sp6os6tc2r]

NL I will watch you play 2000 episodes of Slay the Spire

[@Angelon471]

Yo i was just watching the twitch vod where Nl talked about the new character. So hyped about the return of slay the spire

[@CptnFabulous]

BOWLING BASH did my boys from megacrit play ragnarok?

[@diegogriese1067]

That judgement topdeck saved the run and NL's bladder

[@RenzoLanceloT]

Misplay the Spire is really back, huh? The Miracles auto-play hurts every time.

[@callumdixon5177]

when weave "is discraded from your deck" it goes to your hand, if your hand is full that means it gets discarded directly from the deck to the discard but that means it goes to the hand etc, which is why it just kinda got stuck the middle of the screen

[@nathanjacobs1468]

IT'S BACK. SLAY THE SPIRE IS BACK YESSSSSS. I AM A VERY HAPPY EGG IN TRAINING.

[@xavierpaquin]

Been itching for a good card game, so glad I found this

[@Author_G]

ATTACK BEFORE YOU CHANGE STANCES! You kept halving your damage and THEN attacking! Arrgh!

[@diearschmeister]

Wiz my favourite is choosing to take damage over 20+14+14 to one shot the enemy

[@itsmaeday_2105]

What a banger of an episode for first time back

[@michaelmooc]

So like another 200+ video to get A20 On watcher?

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

Im ready

[@iami3rian394]

...at least. Lol, he thinks he's doing it in 100.

[@bruhmoment490]

I won't be able to sleep tonight and can't cope with myself but i see no comment about the "pure water" thing. Song instantly starts playing in my head and imagining Egg Daddy rapping his soul out.

[@hikane8869]

I'll watch you play another 100 episodes of Slay the Spire Daddy

[@jaykay8316]

Lets friggin go. So happy to see sts back and all those weird (mis?)plays with the stance changes mean we will hopefully be here a long time.

[@pokerdoke14]

I'd watch another 100 plus like another 900

[@SkiddlyDoo]

Bro NL looks so much better today than he did when this came out. Dude has been seriously looksmaxxing

[@trulsarnes8277]

+2

[@ZebraLord13]

Maybe stop using your Miracle right away when you don't need it? It's got Retain my guy, there's no sense in just throwing it away.

[@Dice-Z]

NL! You only take damage from enemies at the end of your turn! You don't have to go into Calm right away, utilize your wrath! Have fun with the new char.

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Jesus Christ NL can you please not play Miracle until you're sure you need it?

[@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974]

jesus christ can you relax?

[@ALittleMessi]

Fortunately this character doesn't seem to run out of energy that often

[@daddymyres4067]

@@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974 jesus Christ where did he seem angry in his comment?

[@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974]

@@daddymyres4067 you mean the whole comment? lmao

[@DerCnark]

Yes, everytime first thing he does is play it without needing it haha It's even retainted...

[@dogboy__]

NL in magic scry works almost the same as it does here except in magic you can change the card order and cards get put on the bottom of the deck instead of in the discard. I would say that it works the same as Magic’s keyword “surveil” except you can’t change card order

[@purplepeople3960]

I will watch sts until I'm an old man

[@georgecastaneda1779]

Monk is like driving on a two-lane road: calm = cruising behind a semi; wrath = hit the gas and try to pass without getting smashed by oncoming traffic.

[@ALittleMessi]

Instead of incorrectly explaining scry, could have just looked at the very simple explanation that was right there

[@iami3rian394]

Must be new here. You don't expect NL to actually _read the screen,_ right?

[@robbynash8530]

Wow 4 years in the future, some of those cards were broken, sure wish flurry of blows worked that way still, exhaust synergies are great

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

This is gonna be nls game of the year i can tell by 1. Playing it all the time on his off time 2. The sheer joy on his face when he opened up the map at the start of the episode

[@iami3rian394]

...and never checked his first floor boss.

[@kyozm4909]

Yup this is going in the classic NL episodes playlist

[@alexl.1806]

Hey NL I’m one of the 100 who love series; and would appreciate you putting out some more episodes. Either way the decision is yours. Keep up the great work eggy boi

[@midnightproductions3442]

I'm convinced that the peepee dance is actually some strange ritual Enelle does to get incredible luck. Only explanation for that topdeck lethal

[@MrMaradok]

Ok, so what I’m getting is that the Weavers strategy revolves around holding on to certain cards while milling through the deck to create combos that utilize both the Retained cards and whatever Stance you’re currently in. In essence, it’s like they took one part Silent and mixed in two parts Defeat...I like it!

[@95fetter]

i noticed something- when he killed the collector with lesson learned, 3 cads got upgraded. I guess since the minions died, it counted as killing them. Neat.