Potion Maker, I Need Your Strongest Potions (Loop Hero)

Loop Hero comes out on Steam on Mar 4th, check it out (or play the demo) here: store.steampowered.com/app/12...
Devolver Digital gave me preview access to check out Loop Hero's release build a little early. I had an awesome time, check it out!

[@esspysr.5499]

Hey NL, here's a couple min-maxing tips for you if you're interested: - Once you get the big mountain, place rocks and mountains around it. It gives you +5 hp for each one you place. - You can turn meadows into blooming meadows by placing them next to ANY other tile (besides other meadows), including things like vampire mansions. - What I've found to be a good treasury set up is 2 rocks, one on top and one on bottom, and 6 meadows, 3 on each side. This way all the meadows will be blooming meadows. - If you completely surround your camp with placed tiles, the lich will not spawn any palaces. This is quite important since the lich is hella strong, even without the buffs. - You can use villages to stop goblin camps from spawning goblins. Creatures will not spawn onto a village tile (besides the bandits it seems, those aren't in the demo), so if you place villages on the tiles goblins would spawn, it stuffs them. Although I oblivion every goblin camp since they just stop your run dead on later loops. - The 'article of protection' trait you passed up is insanely good, I recommend taking it whenever you see it. I've found it to be the best trait in the game. - Just remove cemeteries from the deck. The skeletons are so powerful and don't give you extra good loot or anything. - Combining chrono crystals and meadows is good. They turn to blooming meadows and double their healing power. By placing a chrono crystal on a corner of the path, you can fit 2 meadows next to them. That's all I got off the top of my head. Been loving this game and looking forward to seeing you beat up on that damn lich.

[@sergnb0]

Can confirm that the 65% total hp shield is insanely strong, it carried me through my first lich kill single handedly. Also, it's good to try to time your tile placement when you are about to spawn the boss when you are at the end of the loop instead of just starting it. That way you can decide when it's the best time to do it and you can try to coordinate it when you are at full hp and with good equipment. If you think you are not gonna make it through the next loop + the boss, it's best to stop placing tiles so you can retreat safely with 100% of resources instead. Good tips with the chrono crystals and surrounding the camp tho, I didn't think of it. That's some good eats right there

[@Flike245]

Yeah, I just took chrono crystals out of my deck cause I couldn't figure out how to make good use of them, but I think I'll sub them back in for the cemeteries.

[@legion999]

I only beat him with that armor perk. And yeah screw the cemeteries. In fact if you can choose the armor perk, wait on that and take it right before the boss

[@esspysr.5499]

@@legion999 It will proc just before the boss fight so you can take it anytime :)

[@IYPITWL]

Yeah either villages or blood groves next to goblins to make those fights go away or easier :)

[@idfrigginkman]

More loop hero, more watching

[@bonoloksmith3471]

I do love loop hero with NL

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

We have only just begun to loop don't think you are leaving anytime soon.

[@disman32]

Leave this series! I’ll be playing on the 4th

[@TristianRuiz-monkey2717]

Thats the power of home depot

[@dogmanbitehurt8243]

My potions are too strong for you traveler

[@Hackimaster]

Potion seller, I tell you i am going into battle. And i want only your strongest potions

[@mityakiselev]

yOu cAn'T hAnDLe mY sTRoNgEsT pOtiONs

[@grinffi]

Potion seller, I am going on a loop

[@clutchmelon4587]

And I need

[@Stereocrabs]

you cannot handle my strongest potion!

[@MrZakrencony]

idk NL, I'm not Korean, but I have learned English from you, just by watching youtube videos when I started, I had to use google translate a lot, and now I live in English speaking country, finished university and got a job

[@RayVitoles]

enelle doesnt know it but he still teaches english

[@rohitchandra2619]

Hopefully you weren't going around saying ramsacked

[@legion999]

I learned English from Cartoon Network as a kid. No, really.

[@TheThursty100]

I mean I'm pretty fluent in english but I've gotta say a lot of that just comes from consuming english content. I was pretty well versed before I was made aware of NL, but he still taught some valuable new vocabulary. I've held an presentation in english class and just dropped a "I'm being facetious" in the middle of it while making a joke. My teacher asked my if that was a real word and how to spell it, because she couldn't believe it lmao

[@rolfsoldaat]

@@legion999 Same. Back when it first started airing, it was all in English with no subtitles.

[@dimplr]

I'm not even to the end of the video yet and I'm just pogged to see the needlessly abrupt ending

[@Denunion]

I can't believe you named the episode after something that happened in literally the last 15 seconds and effects won't be seen until next episode

[@od1401]

Valheim is great but it becomes a serious grind after a while. You think bronze is laborious to deal with, then you get to the swamp and think, shit, this is pretty hard. You put the work in and get iron gear after grafting through 20 crypts. Then you get to the mountain and you start to curse life itself. Not only do you have to get loads of frost meads just to survive there until you get a wolf cape (or you can fast track a lox cape to save some time), but the shit really hits the fan when you realise how painful mining silver is. Silver is just...well, you have to find it hidden underground, there's barely any in a lode compared to copper, and the amount of silver it takes to gear up and god forbid upgrade is abominable. The journey is great fun but the mountain killed it for me. Building gets better though in and after swamp as you get access to stone structure and iron plated building materials. But yeah in summary, great game especially for early access but it does drop off towards the end or rather becomes overly laborious for little payout. In my opinion of course. Anyway this is a loop hero vid lol, just saying this cos you mentioned valheim.

[@jessy17mei]

Every silver node has around 40-50 silver. And there are around 3 nodes per mountain. Iron was by far the most grindiest.

[@Orillion123456]

Huh, it seems like if you just put lots of random garbage around the camp, there won't be any space for the lich's houses to spawn, thus making the boss easier without requiring lots of obliviating.

[@RtisticXplosion]

NL, your content. Tis a treasury all it's own, meadows or not. Hope you and the fam are keeping well!

[@NWHaid]

My potions aren't fit for a beast, let alone a man!

[@LordNodim]

it's funny how this is so entertaining to watch! I think it's how Ryan is clearly enjoying himself combined with how fun the game looks, I hope the developers get well rewarded for their nice work

[@SnowFaceChamcham]

"intensive purposes" top tier joke

[@deathdyver5139]

Absolutely loving the content. Keep up the awesome work my dude!!

[@SteveZavitz]

NL, you might have been thinking of the word "ramshackle" which has a pretty comparable meaning to "ransacked."

[@i_am_ergo]

Why do you and NL both insist on the adjective form, haha? Ransack is a really common verb.

[@cobaltwerewolf]

Sounds similar but those two words really have nothing to do with each other.

[@dreadburnz3522]

Ramshackle is an alteration of the obsolete "ransackled" that was derived from the word ransack. However that's as far as the relation between the two words goes. Ramshackle is an adjective used to describe things that are poorly constructed or in a state of disrepair. Ransack is a verb that means 'to search in a disorderly or careless manner'. Although it is commonly used when talking about criminal activity, it can also be used to describe other situations from normal day to day life. Examples of the words in a sentence: The local motel was a ramshackle, so we decided to stay the night elsewhere. I ransacked my house but I couldn't find my phone anywhere.

[@ForTheGoldenOak]

Thank you, I needed something to watch. This is a bad night and you always help.

[@bamsmashes]

I didn't expect the soundtrack to go down this hard but God damn

[@The_PotionSeller]

You beckon me Lord Egg?

[@wolfyd9268]

Love watching you play this game!

[@kirin7945]

I was waiting for this since I finished episode 1!!!!😱😱 Heavy POG game

[@Aphirium]

I've been loving playing a bit of this so far and am thrilled to see you playing it. Our play decks are very different though.

[@AlluBB]

I'm really impressed by the game so far. Can't wait to try it out for myself someday.

[@joehughes5438]

Did I hear my guy right? NL said "intensive purposes" instead of "intents and purposes" right after realising he's been saying ransacked wrong

[@dud3inator]

I think that was on purpose.

[@joehughes5438]

@@dud3inator I was thinking that too. Its certainly on brand for his kind of humour.

[@Andre-gy5ml]

I feel heavy POGGERS energy flowing through me.

[@timothylindholm7812]

Cant wait til this comes out!

[@laneknauff2500]

I played the demo a bit NL and I found early on that damage to all was really strong for setting myself up for the future. What I mean by that is I ran the loop until lvl 11 or 12 enemies were spawning and getting super sick loot. I used oblivion to remove monster spawning tiles if my HP wasnt healing to full when I hit the camp. I think the best way is to slow play it and get really strong. One other tip is the blood grove tile can spawn a very hard enemy but the loot you get from it is absolutely worth the tough battle. It normally gives loot 2 or 3 levels above average and giving you a huge gear lead! Glad to see you are having so much fun!

[@charlesbuckles4758]

Loving the loop hero, dad craft as well

[@rubenvandijk1158]

This is the most relaxing game to watch you play.

[@tjpecor8022]

Hey northernlion, just finished a 6 day work week, you helped me so much after work and I will always look forward to your videos heart thumbs up emoji poggy

[@mrkillerful1]

I think towards the end he learned why the road lantern is such a valuable tile

[@tereziii]

been waiting all day pogey

[@BassMeisterable]

pogey wogey

[@fakeaccount663]

honestly i did not think i would enjoy this gameplay so much. something about loop hero is incredibly gripping

[@zacharyrockman6894]

This series is unbelievably good, can’t wait for launch

[@GrantNoble1]

Loving the game! also great change in camera placement.

[@joshuabeam8045]

When you love a game and NL's commentary so much you HAVE to go back and like every video lol 👍

[@wiktorchrusciel1966]

I'm absolutely loving the miniseries, I hope Eggman will make it into a full series

[@doubbleenchantment6029]

I forgot about that potion seller video, thanks egg

[@surfacedwellingscum7808]

I'm so happy he found out about the rocks on the corners of treasuries

[@jacobsocia3966]

This series is off to an amazing start

[@132azuma]

Hey really digging loop hero! Would love to see more !!

[@justinwhite2725]

I usually try to place treasuries as close to the path as possible. This allows you to place a chrono crystal nearby. You can get up to 4 blooming meadows around the treasury within range of your chrono crystal for a whopping 24 hp/day. Try to leave one 'side' of a treasury open, because if you get a second one you can double up the tiles for both. If you place anything down on a side it forces you to out the next treasury further away. When I beat the lich in the demo I had 86 hp/day, about 80 armour, 50% counter (with heal on counter) and was doing about 100 damage per hit. Only had 10% vamp but when you are doing 100 it's easy.

[@maltseasalt]

Hope this turns into a long series. Really want to see egg pog into end game material. Thanks again dad

[@noein88]

For optimal treasury placement you can try 2 rock adjacent to the treasury and 2 row of 3 meadows top and bottom.

[@alexvincent9810]

Just came in to say that title is 🔥

[@leevi3423]

Can't wait to play this

[@Dindonmasker]

Hell yea a new vid!!

[@rodion1056]

Pog Seller, give me your strongest pogs

[@elenaruh2144]

There is lots of great tips, one more, when you are about to summon your boss wait till you are very near your camp and spawn all you have then, so that you dont have to do an extra loop full of things

[@Summas76]

Getting some strong monster train vibes here, the run ending pogs continue

[@AmITheAH]

I need a million more episodes please.

[@TerranceTerranceTerrance]

This series is tremendous I am requesting more Loop Hero from you

[@Neekoolos]

As an English teacher in Korea I gotta say it is extremely beneficial that students hear Native speakers at a young age. Children's brains acquire language phonemes naturally at that age and it really shows in the pronunciation as they get older. I teach 6th graders and when I ask them why their English sounds good it's often 2 reasons (i went to English kindergarten or I lived in another country before) :D

[@colinpoo5]

Bit of an abrupt stop in the last video but I'm happy we're getting more loop hero. Loving the series so far NL!

[@alexandrebertone4351]

when he wasted the two oblivions I legit screamed, pog series my dude !

[@TheBeesKnees13579]

Thanks a ton for responding to my comment on Dostoevsky on the stream today. I always heard you reference him and notes from underground, and if the literature bug ever hits you again I’d recommend some of his other work. As a Russian literature major I can say that notes from under ground is not very pog rich, but even excerpts from the Brother’s Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, the Idiot, or the Gambler reign pog from the heavens. I would also recommend Tolstoy or Chekhov’s short stories; they are simple and interesting.

[@narthank22]

looks like a sick game

[@PerosslayFML]

This game is so fun to watch

[@grdguardian]

[@Ferno556]

I’m pretty sure putting 2 villages separated also spawns a bandit camp

[@GrunOne]

I was yelling 'retreat!' that entire boss loop

[@jetjavelin7593]

You can surround the Camp with Lantern, Grove, etc,... so when Lich come up, he cant spawn Palace

[@Sallust_]

This game is HEAVY pog.

[@PongzeLor]

The boss music is a banger

[@marshallguttormsson1553]

This episode has confirmed that this is game of the year

[@TheIlidius]

Watching him giving away every regen loot was good fun not gonna lie

[@matthewhutton8275]

I've really got to learn to know when to fold them while playing this game.

[@rangerryley3346]

This is heavy POG

[@Eclipse8502]

I miss the cool text

[@olivervde]

This is very heavy pog

[@ciannugent5550]

My gourd cannot handle these poggies, traveler.

[@shimoru6318]

Mountains and rocks around a 3x3 mountain will give you much better returns than placing another 3x3 since it doesn't create another big mountain. Also, losing 1hp per day by placing a meadow at corner of treasury is definitely worth it.

[@PanamaPunk1]

This game looks so dope. Less than 1 week to go!

[@rose4961]

heck yes, brother.

[@Shnarfbird]

The Hero do be lookin kinda cute tho

[@NichHell]

Yessss more more more!!!

[@malcolmbranch10]

Everything he says sounds slightly like a question. 11:46 next two sentences. He is such a good speaker. Pog Champion.

[@Peanutz75]

Game looks dope

[@ApolloBlepOwO]

Frick yes, let's goooooo!

[@razputinepanzerfaust]

Ramsack is apparently a dialectical alternate for ransack.

[@DONKINDONUTS]

If the algorithm doesn't love this series, then it doesn't know what it's doin'!

[@squigglytext]

First of all, mega pogged to get two loop hero vids in 1 day. And now an info dump: A big, big caveat, my focus is on first language acquisition, but I do have some experience in ESL and second language acquisition With regards to language acquisition there are a couple of things we might want to consider: 1) Age of student - this might matter because depending on what part of language we are looking at, there are different periods called "critical periods" where, before that time, the student seems to have a mechanism that aids in the acquisition process. For sounds in language, that time seems to be around 6 months - sentence and grammar structures are a little older, and there is a lot of conflicting studies on when the critical period might be, anywhere from 4 all the way to 13. But, the younger the better. The reason this might be relevant is that below that threshold, language is less of a thing you learn consciously, and instead seems to boil down to pattern recognition. We know children have remarkable statistical power and can make generalizations adults struggle with from small sets of data. And the generalizations they make are usually accurate, although it might take time to zero in on the fully correct grammar So, if the teacher is teaching young children, then even if it appears the children aren't overtly learning anything (or gaining metalinguistic knowledge - knowledge about language), they are still learning the patterns behind the scene (gaining linguistic knowledge - building the correct grammar in their head) 2) From what we know about (second) language learning, input is the most important factor that contributes to learning the language. Input is any example of the target language (the language being learned). So in a real sense, just hearing English is a huge help to English learners, especially from a native english speaker. Not all input is made equal, and it is true that passively speaking to students, even if they are young and below a critical period, will not be as effective as supported input. This is where pedagogy comes into play, theories of what kind of teaching, what mix of input and explicit teaching is most effective are still being researched and always will be. I could go on for a lot longer, but then i might fall into a technical rabbit hole.

[@jesseengland5967]

I believe when it says +.5 hp* loop I think it means each time you do a loop the hp gain will go up by .5 hp. So on the fourth loop you will be getting 2 hp per roadside tile. On the 6th you will get 3 hp per tile. (It's not saying you gain flat .5hp per loop.)

[@SexyBibliophile]

Loop Hero is really good. I think it has charm.

[@bytoadynolastname6149]

Ransacked buildings end up becoming ramshackle.

[@Reelyreed]

His evaluation of Vampirism vs Evasion is always so confusing to me. You can think of them both as healing stats except every time you dodge with Evasion A. It scales with faster since monster damage is always going up B. It needs no other support from other attributes, like say Vampirism reliance on attack speed C. A 10% chance to dodge with a single item is insane!!! You’re taking 10% less damage per loop.

[@PhineasKSliderVT]

"You don't get to play this until March 4." *Laughs in "Watching on March 19th... One year later"*

[@WilliamBeason]

The refusal to complete the treasuries is maddening!

[@WilliamBeason]

Update: Egg saw the light

[@TiiAye]

I like how NL said obliviate instead of obliterate.

[@deltamu436]

loop hero: exists me: poggy

[@garcipat]

Tht was a gud run indeed!

[@austinsharrett9073]

Sorry I haven't been commenting on all this hyper pogged content. I've just been so distracted with the pog that I forgot to comment for the algorithm. Chess, Luck be a Landlord, Loop hero, DEATH STRANDING???!!! RETURN OF TETRIS!!!Like come on man, the pog is just over flowing

[@fatguy140ify]

I see a loop hero video I watch

[@magicalcapi9148]

Armor and rocks often just give more max hp. If your hp is already not at max, it's not very worth to build more. Focus on stats, if you don't play rocks they become resource for future runs.

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

NL, pausing during battle doesn’t do anything. Simply mousing over the equipment is what stops it. What it does do, however, is immediately pause after the battle ends before any time has passed.

[@gheromesilvestre7803]

You love to see it

[@swalsh1123]

I need to work out more because these pogs are just too heavy.

[@harm4850]

You better go to a potion maker who sells WEAKER potions.

[@Ozymandias2x]

I think you might've been getting 'ransacked' tangled up with 'ramshackle'.

[@finnaustin4002]

Misquote reference in title Pog

[@julianchampion8807]

more loop pog please