Northernlion Plays Dicey Dungeons For A Bit: The Robot [3/?]

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About this game:
Become a giant walking dice and battle to the end of an ever-changing dungeon! Can you escape the cruel whims of Lady Luck?
In this new fast-paced deckbuilding roguelike from Terry Cavanagh (Super Hexagon, VVVVVV), Chipzel, and Marlowe Dobbe, you'll fight monsters, find better loot, and level up your heroes as you work together to take down the Goddess of Fortune, Lady Luck herself. Balance your carefully planned strategies against the unknown of a dice roll.

[@jayg9283]

Someone keep this madman away from casinos

[@i_am_ergo]

Why? If he loses everything (which he will), we'll just get NL content 24/7, because it's the only way he knows how to make money. It's a lose-win-win.

[@arrowtongue]

@@i_am_ergo the man already releases like 5 videos a day and streams give him a goddamn break

[@wolfox7776]

You don't understand tho, that's when the NorthernLion Luck begins and wins it all

[@dwayneissac2302]

I guess Im pretty randomly asking but does anybody know of a good site to stream newly released series online?

[@dennisricardo1590]

@Dwayne Issac I watch on flixzone. Just search on google for it =)

[@boosur6558]

i always find it interesting how egg believes that rolling another dice is always better than five raw damage

[@MarkSKristensen]

boo sur gotta get that extra 1 damage for mechanical arm, who needs to KO the enemy this turn...

[@brandonrandonandon]

he missed lethals becuase of this and i want to pull my hair out

[@L454RU5]

It's like that episode from family guy where he gets to pick between a mystery box and the cruise ship.

[@SamuraiFoochs]

Also the number of times he used Buster Sword instead of Short Circuit, I just don't...

[@ALittleMessi]

That's blackjack bb

[@Daenym]

It's not a Northernlion video if I'm not shouting at my screen to remember a game mechanic

[@ELauti]

Daenym do u know these mobile Game adds where they play really bad and ask you if you can do better? Im so tempted to get the game to not do the mistakes he does!!!

[@graysonguinn1943]

E. Lauti it’s the trademark NL marketing strategy. It’s why I own slay the spire and streets of rogue

[@TwinBladedAxe]

Spent an hour shouting no! You should have done this and that instead. There were multiple times he could have beaten enemies in less turns.

[@PruneauYT]

@Daenym May I introduce you to NL plays Monster Train? You're gonna have an aneurysm.

[@Daenym]

@@PruneauYT I've had several

[@jankfly9434]

> has Pog heat sink, mechanical arm and short circuit synergy > never uses it

[@leobat7007]

He misunderstood what heat sink actually does

[@predragmarkovic2682]

NL didnt realise how good Heat Sink is here

[@sebastiandelfos]

I dont think he understands what it does... At 46:38 he says he wants to increase the counter by 7I think he means he wants to increase the MAX CPU not the counter.

[@catlover0000]

He just doesn't understand how it works

[@merclegis3429]

He used it effectively on Twitch but he also had chat backseating

[@IkEisawesome7]

Predrag markovic 100%, I'm actually pretty mad about it.

[@IkEisawesome7]

Merc Legis At least he learned. That's what matters here

[@DrSnap23]

"We can't guarantee our jackpots yet" Uh NL that's literally what autoroll does

[@killedacatuskilledacatus6355]

After watching the vods and the uploads specifically to the channel, this is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Watching it just keeps me wanting more

[@WuxianTec]

Playing it makes you realize how many mistakes he's really making, so be warned.

[@i_am_ergo]

@@WuxianTec That's true about every game he plays though. So the warning might be superfluous.

[@JadedJragon]

Killed a catus Killed a catus NOT TOP ANYMORE

[@maxcarter50]

Heat Sink+ "I don't want to decrease the CPU counter by 7. I want to increase it by 7" ^ It doesn't reduce your maximum CPU, but the current counter based on your rolls on that turn. It's actually a super good equipment when upgraded coz it lets you redo your rolls, thereby increasing how many dice you roll, thereby scaling up equipment like Mechanical Arm. And I mean, of course it does this. That card is called Heat Sink.

[@randomdude7052]

Puts 2 in heat sink plus, Gets 7 more counter to get effectively utilize, profit

[@predragmarkovic2682]

NL forgot to turn his luck cheat off,so he kept rolling 6s when it was the only roll he didn't want

[@jackwiedemann]

If the 6 is the only thing you don't want, just use up everything else and put the 6 into Buster Sword if you get it. If you get anything else, you can still use it.

[@danlongname]

Game: "Ok, you can either deal 5 damage OR, roll for 67% chance of doing less than 5 damage". NL: *I THINK WE SHOULD ROLL HERE*

[@OutandDown]

NL uses buster sword every turn, considers upgrading it to be bad.

[@ADirtyEwok]

"If you bust" Let me stop you right there, I know this one. It makes you feel good.

[@SSj5Bob]

This series should be called Northernlion Is Abused By The Number Six For A Bit: This God-Damn Dryad [6/?]

[@SSj5Bob]

[66/6]

[@AG-gh7br]

PLEASE MORE. I hope this becomes a long daily series

[@animeye]

NL, Heatsink decreases the COUNTER, not the LIMIT. Without the upgrade, it lets you "refund" an even die (counter went up 4 to give you a 4, now it goes back down 4). Upgrade, you are actually decreasing the counter with every die, letting you roll a (nearly) unlimited number of dice! Combine that with Mechanical Arm, and suddenly you have an attack that can potentially do _unlimited_ damaged.

[@saintpyo]

^ this exactly

[@Urthopify]

Eh, not unlimited, it's not reusable. Still very good though.

[@khajiit92]

I wish he'd at least TRIED heat sink before swapping it out.

[@connor2238]

He had it on the VOD and used it then but his smooth brain just slid that memory straight into the garbage.

[@RyeBread271]

Pretty funny that the equipment that was immediately discredited when he picked it up helped him the most in that final boss fight. Now imagine if he used it with Heat Sink!

[@GrammasFavorite]

"These are not mistakes of the mind" Ehh... 😬

[@xn85d2]

He's means it's not a mistake of deliberate calculation, he's just going with his instinct on what seems better.

[@CroissantMoon]

Yeah why would you want to reduce the CPU counter by 7 and get a substantial amount of extra rolls

[@MinecrafMobber]

I think NL misunderstood it as reducing the max cpu

[@CroissantMoon]

@@MinecrafMobber I find that highly unlikely, because he has already used it before properly in the same video

[@s.m.2523]

@@CroissantMoon He used it one or twice, pretty sure he forgot what it did by the time he was at the upgrade. And before you juge remember he's talking and playing at the same time, it's horrible for short temr memory (as anyone who've seen enough streamer can attest).The way he was speaking it's clear he though that it would reduce the maximul counter by 7.

[@L454RU5]

Why would you not dump a 6 if there's only one spot to dump it, before risking a bust

[@speedfastman]

Adds that extra rush of dopamine when you pull the lever.

[@awfulpancakes]

Watching this run right after watching Alpharad Plus's run really shows you how different two runs with the same character can be. Alpha and Jo used a bunch of cards to manipulate the counter and jackpot, like cheat code, increment, and fixed payout. They got jackpots super often. Meanwhile NL was more focused on rolling as many dice as possible since he was using cards like short circuit and mechanical arm.

[@MagikarpsSplash]

Ryan calls all of his friends 'smooth brained' yet in this game he keeps making smooth brained plays, classic Ryan.

[@drigger225]

My god, it's painful. Using Jackpot after busting is the smoothest of smooth brain plays

[@davidhong1934]

Is smooth brain the new galaxy brain?

[@nathanielmohr9622]

@@davidhong1934 Quite the opposite, my man

[@MagikarpsSplash]

@@davidhong1934 yeah I have only heard it from Ryan, but I believe he says it to imply their brains have less surface area and are therefore worse.

[@drigger225]

@@davidhong1934 yeah but opposite

[@kairaljohnson6894]

That first run was the most unlucky thing I've ever witnessed

[@jamma246]

He also didn't play it very well.

[@josephs9303]

Nl doesnt know how heat sink works

[@komgladclaus100]

When you use the autoroll it rolls the needed dice to get you to jackpot, so when you're on 10 and jackpot is at 13 you will get a 3 when you hit autoroll

[@heysimone]

He played on stream and knew this previously, so idk man. It happens but it’s frustrating to see, especially when the auto rolled die would greatly improve his situation.

[@mastershield5]

Hey NL. You had Heat Sink on stream and it reduced your roll total, not the target number.

[@mastershield5]

Cuong Le, I see. Thanks

[@FunkyToe369]

@Cuong Le How was this before the stream? He had no idea what Calculate meant in the VOD he uploaded yesterday and yet explained it here. This run was definitely after the run OP is refering to.

[@yesman12345ful]

Evan there was another stream he didn’t post here yet

[@aaron2718w]

"I dont want to decrese the CPU counter by 7 i want to increase it" ........ WhAt??? You spend a die and suddently you can roll 2 more dice! Why would you want to increase the counter!

[@PotionSellerYe]

"The sum total of all ur dice added together" does nl know "sum""total" and "added together" all mean the same thing

[@mkatapodis2]

NL rolled a 6 on 6 and busted 3 times in like 5 minutes... talk about unlucky

[@navetscarter8935]

Uh.. Bustin makes me feel good

[@castafiorept7309]

@@navetscarter8935 iconic

[@Rumcake256]

Yessssssss Dude I'm LOVING these videos. Keep em comin

[@Huntybun]

You'll never hear a man talk about not wanting to bust in any other scenario.

[@Huntybun]

Egg Head Lmao

[@mokingit578]

29:03 I love how happy NL is with himself after this galaxy brain moment

[@viziroth]

NL misunderstands how ridiculous upgraded heatsink is

[@Kryptnyt]

You've gone and busted my good man. You've gone and busted my good man. You've gone and busted my good man.

[@Nikkibuh]

thanks for playing.

[@EricS53]

The dryad will smack you up if you're not careful.

[@budjameson7805]

Me thinks the Robit may require more brain synapses firing than our egg man has in his head

[@dantedamean]

Of course the character with a gambling mechanic is his favorite....

[@fakesmilez1]

I can not wait for some more of this series! The Assassin’s episode was so good (ps the later episodes for that character are fantastic, ep2 is just plain fun and ep3 takes a lot of calculating/ forethought) and can’t wait for the misplays he’ll likely playing the inventor/ witch.

[@MrUrbnGamr]

In this episode, an egg can’t stop busting

[@tswan137]

Keep this series going!!

[@Tyranzor64]

Short circuit+ is phenomenal NL. It's an almost always instant take

[@RedReaper666OG]

This game has an interesting mix of rpg and strategy, thx for explaining your strategy thoughts. It's fun, and you play pretty well :)

[@RedMinion5051]

Thank you game, for finally giving NL my luck with the robot. So many jackpots on the stream.

[@get_your_mood_right_]

yusssss I've been waiting for this all day

[@KashMoneyKale]

Hey NL, reducing CPU counter by 7 is actually nuts, it adds so much free damage cuz it guarantees at least one extra roll, synergizes well with short circuit and mechanical arm. Combine it with the other jackpot items and it's insane. It has saved me several times already :D

[@JavierTorres-ww8iq]

Just started playing this game, great game, really enjoying it, thank NL

[@wonderball69]

Love this series especially the robot!!!

[@illuminati7ov373]

Before this started i got an ad for egglands best

[@Perhapsntly]

please tell me this is coming to switch

[@mordecaaai]

My man's pull out game with the busts are too strong for me.

[@snoboreddotcom]

A loss in the first few minutes of a run? Oh no. I'm getting slay the spire vibes

[@Kineth1]

not Streets of Rogue?

[@Simtask]

NL - Heat sink is godlike. It reduces your total roll, not how much you can roll to. So if you roll a 6 on first turn, you drop it into heat sink to drop your counter to 0. So you get a credit for a roll and have more space to roll more since 6 was removed.

[@meeeeee423]

The heat sink is so good tho use a 2 to take away 7 to roll a 2 and a 5 and end up the same place

[@ieshi23]

doesn't the short circuit upgrade remove the need to roll 4 dice?

[@michealjackson3520]

Raise your hand if you just learned that the opposite sides of a die equal to seven *raises hand*

[@servantofcygnus]

“Okay, so what’s so special that makes NL like this robot?” >he compares it to blackjack “Oh, my fucking god, no.” I’m only a couple minutes in and already fear for him.

[@creacher570]

I am loving this game

[@TurtlesC4nFly]

just instantly "autoroll" You don't need to bust and then play it, because it gives you the perfect amount of dice to the limit anyway...

[@Monkey-xi2tb]

This game belongs on my phone

[@xenos_n.]

Every video of yours I watch is a new type of being frustrated at you.

[@pdonjax]

NL just had the unluckiest streak

[@RagingRedhead69420]

This game seems awesome. I’m terrible at math and real time strategy. But it seems like I would really enjoy myself playing this!

[@O-M-0]

The Robot is my spirit animal, because I also tend not to do many actions after busting

[@DragonFreaktheGreat]

The robot is my favorite too! Followed very closely by the Thief

[@guywhocomments1393]

I think Short Circuit is a problematic upgrade because the upgrade removes the mechanism that made it interesting in the first place?

[@Norade]

The entire game is about minimizing risk. Saying that removing the 4 roll mechanic from short circuit via and upgrade is like saying that turning a 5 into two sixes so you can always activate effects on your weapons is also problematic.

[@guywhocomments1393]

@@Norade Oh I totally getcha there, I was just saying that it makes the ability boring-er. Not as exciting from an "OMG are we gonna bust or not" standpoint. I like for things in games to not only be effective, but fun to use (sometimes the only thing you need to do to make something fun is add a cool sound effect).

[@Anno_AD]

He's not here to have fun he's here to win. Oh wait that's the thief nevermind

[@CrobatmanIamthenight]

you going to show up videos of the mage and the enrd im guessing at some point soon

[@12345678967392]

When he didn't upgrade short circuit I had an aneurism

[@SamuraiFoochs]

He upgraded LITERALLY the worst possible item. Aaaaaagh.

[@YourXavier]

22:15 Lucky shot is the better option. Even with the extra roll bonus to the mechanical arm, you still have to do 4 damage with a single random die to match lucky shot. That means it's 2/6 to do better, 3/6 to do worse, and 1/6 to break even. You traded 3 dmg (roll of 2 + 1 for the mechanical arm) for the safe 5 dmg of the lucky shot. Aren't you happy you have such a dedicated fan-base :)

[@SamuraiFoochs]

Am I the only one who hated his upgrade choice? Like, a lot? But Streets of Rogue plus this is an ACTUAL banger lineup, Egg. A+++ content. Cheat Code over Heat Sink WHY Both upgrade choices were the actual worst oh my God why

[@wolfe9655]

Feelsbadman

[@WokuGames]

Damn, maybe you should complain about it

[@gvid1]

Bro the robot is so easy to constantly force jackpots with

[@viyami]

I can't wait until you discover how delicious jackpot meta can be.

[@dwanedibly8129]

Remarkable. This game was inspired by Enter the Gungeon, in that it makes The Robot the most challenging character!

[@clogmonkey]

Heat sink lowers the counter, allowing you to roll more dice. Upgraded heat sink is super super good!

[@KzintiCV]

I thought that by watching the twitch vod of the robot run and then this one, he would get better with the character. Silly me.

[@raygillgumm7537]

Healing Crystal upgrade is extremely good, just for the increase in pip cap. It's especially good for the Robot who doesn't have a lot of 4-pip options (average Mech Arm value, and not much else). The poison mitigation is just a nice bonus.

[@raygillgumm7537]

Also, Heat Sink is amazing, but it really helps if you use it

[@josephrigby3112]

The heatsink fuck up angered me enough to make me buy the game and do it right. Never change egg. We love you

[@jaypham3393]

Good series to get back into NL content 👌

[@laxur1312]

Ultima Weapon or BUST! (literally)

[@GeoffPlays]

Looking forward to seeing him do Thief episode 2

[@fatmexicant]

I cannot get enough of this series. Sometimes I’ll buy a game cuz Egg is so bad at it that I buy it just to prove I’m right, but I bought this one cuz it just looked so fun. This series better get the slay the spire treatment; play through all the episodes for all characters please egg father.

[@hidood5th]

@Northernlion AutoRoll will automatically give you dice values equal to the number needed to hit jackpot. This means if you havent rolled and you have CPU 11, You may get a 6 and a 5, or 4 or 5 low-value dice, or just any combination that equals 11. It also works this way if you have already calculated, so that you can calc once and check to see if you want to Autoroll or just calc manually.

[@fakesmilez1]

Was hard to watch NL take out Heatsink without ever using it :( the item is so good my dude.

[@ALittleMessi]

I think Egg plays smarter in this than he does most games, his biggest flaw is once he finds a "rhythm" that's all he can execute on

[@TheMrTangamandapio]

for those wondering, the odds of getting 4 dice whose values add up to less than or equal 11 is around 23%. You'd have to take into account the odds of you getting exactly 11 with just 3 dice and using jackpot to get the fourth, which is 12.5% Short Circuit has a 35.5% chance of working at any given turn.

[@Alec30]

This game is amazing

[@Ryan38475]

and why doesnt he like reducing cpu counter by 7 in his build? it seems op

[@jordibear]

He doesn't know how it works. He thinks it's lowering his cpu by 7.

[@ModernArtery]

Cool video NL! Just wanted to say that the average roll on a die is 3.5, so in a lot of cases it's significantly better to take the guaranteed 5 damage from Lucky Shot, instead of rolling another die, when you're just going to put that extra die into Buster Sword anyway. Obviously sometimes you want the extra roll to activate other equipment, but in a lot of combats this video that wasn't the case, and you just random rolled 4 or less damage instead of taking the guaranteed 5.

[@leleo1o]

Forehead reducing the counter allows you to roll more dice. An "even" can make you 2-3 extra dice by reducing the counter

[@Stovvadz]

NL Heatsink is so good! That upgraded version would make it for your counter goes down and you can roll more dice! Lowering it by 7 makes it for you can roll another dice no matter what

[@docterfantazmo]

- Doesn't want 6s but ditchs Heatsink Egg, please... - Doesn't know how CPU reduction works EGG, PLEASE!

[@latersatyr]

Hey NL, you seem to be undervaluing Heat Sink. One way to think of it is as a reroll of any even die you don't want, plus adding an extra roll to your Mechanical Arm.

[@jpbowlin97]

Why wouldnt you upgrade buster sword?

[@saltysmooth]

Every time this man chooses roll a dice instead of deal 5 damage so he can get one more damage out of mechanical arm makes me want to die.

[@Regulith]

bustin bustin bustin bustin bustin

[@AzraelZane]

I haven’t watch you in ages but when did you start adding you at the bottom of your videos?

[@ALittleMessi]

He started this summer. You get it in pretty much everything except Isaac

[@UNOwenWasMe]

lol use heat sink perfectly fine on stream but yeah just delete all of that information as soon as you record some youtube eh

[@bobhogan8210]

Thanks for the company

[@LimitTheInsane]

I'm really tilted by some of the decisions in this episode but this character is hella cool

[@snow8624]

I'm convinced this man doesn't understand what decrease means.

[@AwesomeNuke]

Combine Dice will always give the highest value: 6+2 will always result in 6 & 2 4 + 3 (7) will always result in a 6 & 1 5 + 4 (9) will always result in 6 & 3