Let The Rage Flow Through You! | Monster Train (Episode 30)

[@tintom3t]

I was about to lose my mind when he was considering using piercing brand on his 1hp hero but I secretly wanted him to do it.

[@AlanMru]

I was literally about to post this cuz he had no clue that it was gonna kill his champ, luckily he found another route that distracted him from doing it XD

[@MRCOLOURfilld]

WHEN WILL YOU LEARN YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES?!? If he did it I would have gone mad, but maybe he’d start reading.

[@vincentepage7012]

It actually frustrated me because when I played this game, dark deal killed my champ even though it had armor and for some reason his just lived?? Honestly kinda why I refunded the game. The mechanics just decide to work differently

[@MRCOLOURfilld]

Vincente Page they probably rebalanced the card. Maybe it had piercing when you used it. Just read and most things make sense.

[@markvanvelzen7559]

@@vincentepage7012 Would you not agree that the chance of you having overlooked something small is way higher than the game's mechanics being somehow stochastic? A really easy way for that to have happened is if somehow you increased your Magic power and not realizing dark deal would suddenly do more than 5 damage. Bugs can happen of course but I've not encountered much if any with this game, plus, the mechanics seem all very simple and straightforward programming-wise. They have not been randomly performing in different ways for me at all (or for NL as far as I have seen).

[@MegaAnno2]

NL trying to figure out why his champion dies. PEAK CONTENT!

[@TankorSmash]

10:42 What was the answer? I didn't see why either. There was 10 dmg from the bomb to the Imp, and 3 from the dude who gets powered up on Incant...

[@Pyregrammer]

@@TankorSmash even with the bomb, the front most enemy acts first. So the dude strikes for 3 on the imp, killing it. Then the healer goes, and finally the bomb, killing the champion. Piercing cards get past all shields, meaning the horn could be used to kill the bomb and save his champion. As a side note, I've definitely also struggled with overlooking the simple things in this game. But NL playing it is always a POG time

[@DeAnPoCaLyPsE]

I was SCREAMING at my monitor. "ITS THE FREAKING BOMB DUDE!"

[@ashark8968]

Even went through all the steps, just forgot the front unit acts first (unless something is quick). Since bomb explosion is an action (even gets dazed), it still acts in order.

[@TrentFinney]

In the demo build, the bombs used to go off first, before attacks. I think that's why he was confused.

[@MrMedievalLord]

NL would have 1000% accidentally killed his own champion with branding rite if he didn't have to apply it to the animus lol

[@Tshirt380]

21:44 Your Champion would've killed shield guy giving him armour to survive an extra attack from the boss, moving him up lost you ~150 damage.

[@bricklife5196]

"Alright guys where gonna do a random run today screw it." Me knowing damn well its about to be an awoken run

[@alexkinder5858]

39:20 Me: Screaming at NL so he doesn’t pierce the champion’s armor and lose the game NL: I really want to put armor on the champion here

[@andregoepfert2745]

Lol I was the same! totally saw him do it already in my head! :D

[@blondedegg]

1:20 NL makes a desperate attempt not to say "pogged out of my gourd" for the six hundredth time this series

[@nutterjk3965]

Honestly wasn't sure what was happening here. At first I was like, "Is he okay?"

[@ossiandobson9030]

Nutterjk his pog-ticks are geting worse.

[@airget]

It's hilarious how he almost threw the run with "Branding Rite" if he wasn't aware it did piercing damage.

[@desaillywilhem4064]

Yeah I got scared when he talked about using it on his champ haha

[@GolemCC]

I was on the edge of my freakin' seat dude. It would have been the end of everything.

[@clem-1917]

I was yelling for him not to do it, whilst simultaneously awaiting his reaction when he did.

[@poisin224]

I gotta admit that I got baited. I saw a 42 minute video and said "oh no". Turns out it was NL's fastest win yet, gg wp!

[@survivor45661]

He really was about to do 5 pierce damage to his 1hp champion if his animus didnt need the armor.

[@godlyoli7821]

I'm so happy NL has been able to see the rage-induced light that comes with the Hellhorned. Once he said on stream that the hellhorned was trash I thought "All this man needs is one Pogged rage-build and he's gonna love em" and here we are!

[@Yuggy]

What an extraordinarily pogged run

[@thomasmitchell7815]

There is nothing better than watching him fail to understand how the lifesteal boss lives or the bomb doesn't go off until the front units attack. He thinks about it for 5 seconds and just gives up.

[@wilkic2]

NL’s smug face at 8:23 is truly hilarious

[@CrymsynMoon]

39:25 The madman. He almost did it. He 100% forgot about the pierce on Branding Rite and was inches from killing his champion. Thankfully he spontaneously decided to ise it elsewhere. Ngl though, it would have made a hilarious end to the run.

[@Metisminds]

Despite all his rage, he is still just an imp on a train

[@Overgears]

I love the passion and energy you have for this game. Having these vids on while I work gives me more joy when I actually get to play it later. Keep up the great vids, the joy you have for this series really comes through!

[@michaelwrobel8044]

Spike on this champ are op since they count as slay. Those floors with tons of low hp enemies give huge stacks

[@noobandfriends2420]

You can trigger rage on your units by using torch or any damage spell you can target your own units with.

[@fategrandorder2451]

Short video, "Rage" in the title, debuff-cleansing boss. This will be another disaster, isn't it? Edit: need to buy a new gourd :(

[@CreeperSlayer365]

2 minutes into the video is the reason NL values glimmer so highly, that card can be such a life savior.

[@MrDodgerdodson]

That was a Pog run. I'm learning that the things that are cumulative are OP in this game. Frostbite, armour, rage - they can all be exploited to go super large, and I'm here for that. Keep up the good work NL, love your content, and you're the only KZbinr I haven't become bored with, I've been watching for 5 years now.

[@TheAwikak]

21:40 the time NL learns what slay-trigger means!

[@Calvert212]

2:05 was a rollercoaster of emotions lol

[@bigboy7209]

4:06 that reference got me

[@solh0029]

Nice job NL. Two things worth mentioning on this one: 1. Sharpen on this champion variant is sick. Support units will slam into him and die, giving him both rage (from revenge) and armor (from slay). 2. With most of your rage coming from the imps, you should have considered diverging into multi-strike so you could kill more units per turn (more slay triggers and an easier time on the upper floors).

[@TZerot0]

4:07 subtle bastion reference. Nice

[@TheAwikak]

I've noticed a strange thing in the games code! If(pick==random){ choice=random(Clans) If(player == Northernlion) { choice=Awoken } That must be some kind of bug!

[@gimmecat6251]

if(player == Northernlion) {MyGourd.Remove("pogged");}

[@ashark8968]

Nvm since he picked Hellhorned it was a 25

[@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh]

Eww nested if statements

[@hantuchblau]

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[@MrVovansim]

31:00 -- big league big brain plays from NL. You gotta love it, brother, let's goooo

[@IkEisawesome7]

Haven't watched this series until now for some reason. Seems like a cool game!

[@tylercroushore8636]

Welcome. This is Egg's 2020 gift to the world. Best running series since Eden.

[@ashark8968]

Tyler Croushore better then Eden, but Eden was also still really really good and fun to watch

[@Northernlion]

It's a great game and series!

[@Haroku34]

@@Northernlion Don't break your back patting yourself that hard ❤

[@IkEisawesome7]

Northernlion I was a HUGE StS fan so this game seems pretty up my alley

[@Hyliare_aud]

waiting with bated breath for NL to kill his 1 HP champion with piercing damage. >> he doesn't. LET'S GO

[@Chunkosaurus]

I was waiting for it and it almost happened

[@ashark8968]

This was a great run, almost smooth sailing throughout. And was almost all unknowingly thrown away at the end.

[@elliotreid7401]

What's the solution to a boss that cleanses all your Rage? NL: MORE Rage! Me: Well, he's not wrong.

[@leovaeg]

10:40 - the reason it was dying is because the units attack Front to Back (so the 2 front dudes kill your Imp, and THEN the bomb explodes dealing 10 to champion)

[@lecram86]

A great thing to see NL slowing down and also trying out new builds. Trying new things is the way to learn faster about the cards and improving. Today's advice will be on floor occupation against bosses. If you can, on boss levels you want the maximum number of creatures on all floors, even if they are train stewards. Remember that any damage on empty floors will go to the boss if it stays there and it helps a lot against the boss in the end : )

[@madmaneddy]

Hero at 9, Glimmer restores 2 hp Eggman: so glimmer will take you to 10... OOOOOH THE MATHEMATICS HAVE WORKED OUT IN OUR FAVOUR

[@user-pf2ic1ph2e]

39:21 oof almost killed accidently killed his champion thank god he priotized saving his animus.

[@ClaeFace]

The Bernie impression is on lock. I’m a little jealous

[@tracyh5751]

22:04 by escalating the enemy unit your champion didn't get a slay trigger, so it didn't get the buffs needed to kill the boss on the bottom floor. Also great video as always.

[@conorJJK]

I think one of the best parts of the series is being able to watch a pogged out run and then immediately go play monster train myself

[@Egalia_1]

For once the hero was the ultimate carry. What a mad lad

[@Daenym]

Turn 2 of that first fight was some top-tier NL

[@WeGooniesNeverDie]

“AM I LOSING MY MIND?!?!” He yells, joining the chorus of me losing my own.

[@marsgreekgod]

to be fair they did change how bombs work

[@Scarthcaroth]

NL combat in Monstertrain resolves top to bottom, left to right. This means everything in the top most floor fights first. Then the left most winged attacks first, then the one to its right and so forth until it's arrived at the right most unit. Resolve triggers go right after their attack. This means what had you so confused early on in the run was this. You imp died to the attack first because the attacker was further left than the bomb. And only at the very end does the bomb trigger its explosion. Since your imp was dead at that point the explosion then would have killed your champion.

[@jacobc.2456]

9:57 30 episodes and he still doesn’t realize the enemies take actions from front to back? Never change

[@SnazzyRapture]

Is there anything more POG than a single character doing 794 damage in one hit? I'm drowning in all these pogs NL, keep this series up.

[@GygasDistruttore]

A single character doing 794 in an hjt, while being costantly nerfed by the boss?

[@Sir_Orange_Dinosaur]

I'm pretty sure they cap the damage at 999, I got It once in the demo I believe, was pogged.

[@joshuamarshall2870]

generic name I wouldn’t doubt it, I got capped at 999 block before.

[@Darentir]

Not gonna lie, thtis was one of the best episode so far. You realy upped your game. Thanks Sinvicta for telling me about your channel.

[@cookiedragon8234]

Only two words can possibly be said... LET'S GO!!!

[@Dice-Z]

>Two or three runs ago >Confuses Rootsplit Mask's rooted with dazed >Realizes it and points it out >Takes the same relic within the first minute of the run and reads the description out loud >"I guess you go for the PYRE DAZE on that one"

[@EpiDot52]

Glad you overcame the desire to go capacity this run!

[@Hymensintact]

ALLL ABOOOOOOOOAAAAARD THE MONSTER TRAIN! Engineer Egg is pulling us out of the station! WOOOOOO WOOOOO!

[@jamesputter9328]

What an amazing run! Pogged up the entire video!

[@OrniKArnaud]

Super glad you got to give a fair try to that champion variant, it did massive work for me too the first time!

[@hrhomer73]

21:40 This is why AS SOON as you see the red X on the boss, you hit "End Turn."

[@Hymensintact]

I really appreciate that when the channel logo comes up in the end card, it overlaps NL's Camera feed. Nice touch.

[@Onkruid]

Those 2 glimmers really buttered my goddamn egg-roll

[@Mankus100]

This video got me excited about hellhorned/awoken once again, will try it myself tomorrow

[@Forakus]

Super fun run to watch, great work!

[@neonlyte]

I've never talked to the TV before but I was just like horn break the bomb horn break the bomb! Imp had one hp, front unit did 3 dmg, healer did nothing, bomb did 10 dmg to your 10 hp champion

[@Xaivor2TV]

Great run NL getting better each time

[@BIGALI42]

Yooo thanks for the content NL. Killing it these days

[@yotamlevy1410]

I like it when he says something's "spicy"

[@deejaydee1578]

i love how nl's brain just doesnt compute areas where he uses glimmer

[@highgamer51]

This Video was very satisfying. The ending was just a shot of dopamine.

[@jamessaunders6776]

what a POGGED up episode!!!

[@condemned70]

So pogged dude, great job!

[@wilkic2]

This whole time I thought imps had enormous noses and just now realized that that was their torsos

[@imreverheijden5476]

LET'S GO! A great win, mister Lion, once again. Thank you for the amazing content!

[@OrangeIncarnate]

Your champ died when you removed the shield guy because he lost that slay trigger armour.

[@Zeroniumer]

Episode 30, NL learns unit attack order, rejoice!

[@jamesputter9328]

I am pogged up for a classic Hellhorned Awoken run!

[@kokosan09]

now that was a gorgeous win!!

[@killisys]

13:37 Wrathful vs. Brawler Revenge Rage X2 | Multistrike = All Rage X2 Slay Effect X1.5 | Multistrike = Potentially Slay Effect X2 Damage 25 | 15 x 2 = 30 25 HP | 15 HP + 10 Armor = 25 Point being that Brawler should've been the obvious choice there IMO Still pogging though, I love these vids, brother.

[@alexanderwales7870]

1. The reason that the imp and champion died that you were confused about was that the bomb triggers after the other enemies have done their attack. Imp gets attacked for 3, bomb hits champion for 10. 2. The reason that the boss took less damage when you ascended his tank was *probably* that you were depriving your champ of a slay trigger.

[@PhyrexianPhreak]

My dude, @ 11:39 when you're trying to figure out the 47/31 thing, the first number is attack modified by rage, second number is base stat.

[@DanimalHype]

NL, enemies attack front to back. The imp was dying to the 3 damage attack and then the bomb explodes because it was in the back, which kills your champion.

[@MrVovansim]

I'm poggin outta my noggin for this one

[@playremember11]

"Anger is power, unleash it!" Also GG.

[@HaleFast]

Maybe the best run yet!

[@fleiftorben]

Just a word thats gonna be burried or whatever but anyways: I really enjoy your content. You are literaly a beast with the quantity and quality of your videos and it's just so damn nice to have like a round of Monster Train, an Isaac run or a NL tries in the afternoon before bed. Watching your videos has become the relaxing part at the end of my day and I wanted you to know that I really appreciate that. Keep up the good work and take care of your wife and soon your daughter.

[@markebert5838]

The Pog in this episode is very strong.

[@AlanMru]

Nice seeing NL go for different a different archetype :D

[@greindes1579]

Btw at 39:19 Branding Rite would've killed your champion (Piercing)

[@nomoturtle1788]

34:57 ... You had 655 gold. Cost -25% is equivalent to getting (your gold - guild marker cost) *1.33 = 625. The game rounds up the prices too, so it's a little worse.

[@ossiandobson9030]

The pog is strong in the wind today.

[@rdhao]

Wrathfull is so much better than i expected when i tried it for the first time, happy to see NL try it!

[@rdhao]

Aaaaand he upgraded a train steward

[@Warlock8ZERO]

Was about to go crazy when you was about to forfeit the run because you thought your champion was going to die and didn't see the unit you could play to block the damage. Played a champion synergy hows it's meant to be played, nice work NL!! great job. Pretty please try Awoken thorns+regen or card draw. fyi NL, multistrike on your champion does a lot more than the other bonus, 200x2 is more than 300 dmg, plus he can kill more units on the bottom floor.

[@nicholasbeshel813]

Move this man up in the algorithm

[@sid3620]

That was a really fun run!

[@Darkxification]

around 22:00 you made the boss take less damage by removing a slay target from your champion, so he had 15 less health. Early on your champ died because the bomb goes off after the enemy attack phase, so the guy with 3 dmg killed the imp, then the bomb exploded for 10 on your champ.

[@jakespitznagel5173]

HE'S POPPIN OFF

[@davidballantyne4492]

Haha, he was so close to murdering his own champ with branding rite on the last boss. I would have hated it, but perhaps it would have got him to start reading cards.

[@fallofmanbrand]

amazing video

[@ninakuup21]

39:18 thank god he didn't play the Branding Rite on his champion. That would be an instant game over for the run since Branding Rite has piercing.

[@WhiteShyGuy]

there are 2 types of monster train players: Those who don't touch it when it says the boss will die Those who learn the hard way (for the record I'm in the second group not throwin any shade, stay pogged my dudes)

[@ChozotheBozo]

The absolute mad lad made his lads mad

[@saberaxe]

Watching NL get one of the most powerful synergies in the whole game and then just not use it is uniquely frustrating and hilarious. Great video keep them coming and my pogs will keep flowing. EDIT: Oh God he was so close to killing his own champion with the brand from not reading that it has piercing

[@markvanvelzen7559]

What synergy are you refering to?

[@saberaxe]

@@markvanvelzen7559 Hellhorn champion with slay + armor / revenge: rage and thorns. All the little dudes slam into your thorns and give you huge amounts of armor and damage from rage since they all do significantly less damage per hit than you get armor for their deaths. In the later fights you will very quickly rack up hundreds of armor and damage incredibly easily. The reason it's so powerful is that screwing it up is almost just not possible on top of making your champion nigh immortal and have insane damage, the game practically plays itself. Just think how of much damage NL's champion had but then also like 500 armor instead of 54 when the boss came out in the Seraph fight.

[@DanTodd_]

IM POGGED OUT OF MY GOURD

[@ronaldduttweiler1578]

In the Fel fight put your train stewards on higher floors to get them out of your deck!! Playing them means you can't draw them again

[@brianjarema264]

I Pogged so freaking hard when NL did not kill himself with the Peirce armor gain card