Slay the Spire - Northernlion Plays - Episode 6

[@DrollOrchid]

I like how NL takes proactive steps to gimp his damage output AND his winning strategy EDIT: I like how he handles bosses. Looks them in the eye while throwing away his hand, just to show how he can crush them at any moment

[@MartoRoss]

It pains me watch him exaust te +2 streght for a single clash ..

[@XeroDain82]

Marto Ross right.

[@claytonsturm236]

He lost his freegh-king mind on the boss fight.

[@lifelesslife2651]

He miss plays sooooo often like at about 9:20 he said we still have 2 mana left over well why didn't you leave perfected strike

[@MoriMemento117]

The way of a true warrior.

[@zanexzxz]

"ah, it ignores the debuff that's right" -NL about 10 times this episode

[@mkatapodis2]

*Duplicates the 6 damage card twice instead of the 18 damage card* hmmm....

[@Luxordus]

This man can't count. It's lovely.

[@nicholasvelleca9788]

21:40 HE DIDNT DOUBLE THE CLASH WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN

[@legendaryp1geon628]

Nicholas Velleca Thank you, I literally shouted at my phone for god sake

[@kanekiamano8250]

Nicholas Velleca imagining NL scream this sentence makes it so much funnier

[@ranoomlampoon3704]

I went o this time and got very confused, and had to go back 30 seconds to actually understand what you were talking about

[@nicholasvelleca9788]

Whoops

[@nicholasvelleca9788]

The hubris of this man will kill me one day

[@ILikePi31415926535]

Why did you exhaust perfected strike? You could've exhausted the regular strike and had plenty of energy to play perfected.

[@TheIncredibleNO]

Huecalpixqui Jean III I'M SO CONFUSED BY HIS LOGIC

[@rbd6502]

While i can understand the both of you, cant we all just be happy that he finally got Feed to work? Remember 2 runs ago when he couldve used Feed, didnt use Feed, and we all bashed our respective heads against some type of hard object?

[@ILikePi31415926535]

I don't blame him for making play mistakes when learning a game, and I'm glad he's getting better. I'm honestly just pointing out things he could've done better/differently so he can learn from them in later runs.

[@mateusz7953]

I wouldn't really call learing how to count as learning the game.. but you know... The man is a mystery. I saw him solve a music puzzle in undertale in 30 seconds, it's hard to bash on him now. He's a freaking music genius.

[@FinalSampling]

Huecalpixqui Jean III If he kept perfected, the enemy would have die before he can use feed right?

[@ІванПавлушко-щ9э]

Creating copies of anger instead of clash..... Oh no🤦‍♂️

[@kickolas1200]

If it wasn't for pen nib he should be dead as hell

[@JonathanSharman]

And then later on... creating copies of clash instead of anger (when he couldn't play clash). 🤦‍♂️

[@ILikePi31415926535]

Sever Soul in that shop would've been great for you. You could use it to exhaust wounds and dazes that make your Clashes whiff.

[@rhyno4152]

Huecalpixqui Jean III he got a sever soul later on so it didn’t really matter

[@Doomroar]

He completely ignores how good severed soul is because it cost 2 energy, he is a simple and dumb man like that.

[@A1phaz0ne]

He ignores it because he doesn't like exhausting cards. Even when Exhausting is a gigantic benefit for his deck. Its actually insane.

[@Htown1738]

Nl, the question marks are usually sooo much better than regular combat

[@GeeDoggy123]

Well it can really help if you want to get more cards. ? can also be negative

[@VertigoCross777]

The danger is that you could be low on cards, which can get you killed by elites.

[@TheDrCN]

World 2 question marks in particular can give you the vampire event. It makes it so easy to gain HP from regular enemy fights.

[@Schobbob]

depends what you need, fights give you cards and gold, question marks can be great but can also give you nothing at all if you don't meet the requirements

[@fallouthirteen]

But how is he going to get a bloated, unfocused deck if he does that?

[@soulrunnerz]

All hail the Pen Nib!

[@Doomroar]

The relic that time and time again saves his ass while remaining completely unacknowledged.

[@Olodus]

"It works in mysterious ways" - NL

[@gustavrsh]

CLUCH MELON

[@chrisstans9606]

soulrunnerz DRY PEN NIB

[@TheEnglishQuail]

ALL HAIL THE PEN NIB although the spinning top trinket is nuts too

[@ayrexen7506]

This is such a good game.

[@rev0lve638]

Is it okay to agree with both of you?

[@vidalbalkaran3691]

This will be a game.

[@Nicecool76420]

Agreed.

[@RematodeRanger]

Will this be a game?

[@drewx123]

@@RematodeRanger Just checking in four years later, this is definitely one of the games!

[@louissmith3485]

When the Egg doesn't triplicate Clash+ NotLikeThis

[@thompsonharper4861]

NL pls. you Dual wield Anger when all you talk about is how good Clash+ is....

[@DanimalHype]

Drove me insane.

[@19bleach91]

He is going to drive us all to insanity

[@Croak80]

It physically hurts me how bad NL is at quickly calculating what will do the most damage and if an enemy will die or not.

[@Ciclopotis]

That's not even the issue for me: in games like these, you don't have to quickly "do" anything. It's better to take 5 extra seconds to think before acting, which will in turn save a lot more time in the long run anyway.

[@Teal_.]

yea but it's more boring for the viewer in most situations

[@jairprieto96]

He's actually so bad

[@Croak80]

@Ciclopotis Except NL takes 5 seconds to decide to take 5 seconds, then half asses his calculations for 5 seconds, then realizes 5 seconds later he miscalculated anyways.

[@gokunorris5351]

NL can't do quick mafs

[@mkatapodis2]

I can't wait to see NL react to the wounds ruining his synergy

[@mkatapodis2]

Ayy thanks

[@RobotIceCreamSandwich]

13:19

[@kanekiamano8250]

Hopefully he's smart enough to use the card removal service on them instead of splurging on random cards

[@mateusz7953]

Wounds are added during combat, you'd need to remove them with a card.

[@kreur]

Actually he is realively safe from them now - have some ways to counter them and huge deck also helps. Well relativly safe if he plays reasonably... so...

[@Marzipaniv]

Exhausts Perfect Strike so he can play a Strike and leave 2 energy left was my favorite part. NL figuring out what Pen Nib did then forgetting and only winning because the math wouldn't let him screw it up was almost as good. Stop buying bad cards. Stop wasting potions. Buy Strength Potions and save them for the last boss.

[@HeavensOfMetal]

NL, I literally have had the flu for a week, my brain is so mush it's as if people teleport in and out of my room - I can't even remember what I did an hour ago... but compared to some of your plays here, I'm Steven Hawking jammed full of Nvidia's latest deep learning AI cards. Love you man, card games are complicated - you'll pick it up soon brother.

[@stabdu]

WHEN YOU EXHAUST PERFECTED STRIKE INSTEAD OF STRIKE

[@AbdulrahmanMajash]

The "huge misplay" at the final boss tilted me so much I started laughing. Can't help but empathize sometimes; I know the feels so good.

[@01NiCk01]

I'm so fucking triggered by NL's lucky and idiocy working in his favour this entire episode. lol

[@LittleunlikelyGiant2222]

Dual Wield Anger instead of Clash...? Am I missing something here?

[@JaMaAuWright]

He was trying to metagame waaay more than he needed to by trying to create more anger copies, that would then copy themselves more. I think.

[@ShadowbaneOverload]

Yeah, egghead was just being a dumbo and forgot that Clash does like a million more damage than Anger, whose sole saving grace is doing slightly less than a Strike for free, even if it copies itself into your pile exponentially -- Strength+Anger stacking is a fantastic build if NL had a draw-based deck, but noooo.

[@SaddisticSpeller]

dream divider He picks the worst cards to. Demon form is one of the best cards in the game and he picked deal 3 when you gain block, instead of every turn gain three for every card you have that also stacks. The complete lack of common sense and basic math skills are infuriating.

[@johnbalogh7015]

Take a shot every time he says clash

[@LamentOfOrpheus]

What, you want us to die?

[@mnhmckenzie]

i paused the video came back to it read this comment and hit play, hes said it 4 times in 2 minutes not a fucking chance am i taking shots

[@matrixphijr]

Reinier Kaper You’ll be dead before you even finish reading that comment... F

[@recognize2463]

That pen nib play at the end of the floor is one of the clutchest things ive seen in my life

[@analychemist]

I'm just here for the realization of the wounds in his deck.

[@davidhong1934]

Immediately gets a card that removes wounds. NL luck at it's finest.

[@analychemist]

And his deck is so bloated that he can get away with it

[@dontcryzanzibar]

This series is the best. Keep up the great content and horrendous play, my lovely bald man!

[@EpicGamerScout]

>On a turn where enemies aren't going to attack >Lets throw away the -strength instead of either block aaaaaaaaaaaaaa >Dual Wields the free 6 damage instead of the free 18 damage AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >it works Calculated

[@Dezorey-]

>Has the ability to make 2 copies of a spell >Looks at 0 Mana, deal 6 and 0 Mana, deal 18 >Duplicates 0 Mana, deal 6 This hurt my soul

[@LordDragox412]

Save yourself the pain and buy the game. I'm beginning to think that game devs pay people like NL to intentionally play games like this to drive people insane so they have two choices, buy the game or suffer from watching an incompetent egg play it >:P

[@Dezorey-]

I do play the game, I just also watch

[@gregunderwood4679]

Really enjoying this series. Demon form is one of the most powerful cards in the game.

[@-Bente-]

at some point I had like two Demon Form+ I became a God it was amazing

[@austinwyant2928]

Not really, there are quicker, more efficient ways to get strength. I'd say it's an average card at best. A powerful card isn't just the one that EVENTUALLY generates the most damage if the time that it takes to get there is valuable.

[@CarmsCelestia]

+3 damage to everything per turn is very quickly going to be really much tho. On the 2nd turn with 4 attacks its 12 extra damage. On the third turn with 3 attacks its 18 extra damage. On the 3rd turn with 5 attacks its 45 extra damage...

[@gregunderwood4679]

SpasticSurgeon pls give examples of quicker and more efficient.

[@Aspartem]

Greg Underwood Flex+Limit Break combo is more flexbile, doesn't hog a whole turn (infact costs just 1) and can get out of hand even faster without the clunky setup. If you ever get 2 Flexes (which is a good thing to have in your deck anyway) you can get 16 Power for 1 Energy and then Pummel someone for 90 Dmg Turn 1. Obviously, if you can set Demon Form up and hold the gates for a few turns it's nuts, but the most efficient decks i've played cleared level 3 Rooms in 1 or 2 turns, so there was no need to set it up. Extra Energy Relics + Offering + Battle Trance into whatever disgusting combo you want to throw at the enemies has a way higher ceiling of damage.

[@michaeloreilly9693]

the play at 11:46 to 11:54 had me screaming but i still love the videos NL

[@michaelgilliland1975]

AH I LOVE THIS SERIES

[@willblaster3469]

NL you better thank pen nib for saving your ass. This hurt to watch at the end but at least it's entertaining.

[@Doomroar]

He needs to build a shrine to worship the pen nib.

[@peroxideoxideptm8309]

NL bring a calculator or something Jesus that boss fight

[@Phearzmeh1]

I'm so mad NL didn't lose for all of his misplays on the boss

[@achbach5645]

All hail the pen nib

[@paulmorenkov]

I love how he manages to miscalculate either his energy or damage nearly every turn

[@leeb86]

No hate just tips: sometimes it's better not to take a card after combat. "All killer, no filler" Loving the series

[@DocDoesGamingTV]

Binge-watching the entire playlist, this is how to spend your day-off best tbh

[@notsleepwalker2577]

Those misplays during the final fight actually hurt my soul...

[@louisvankliff4354]

I'm mad 4 videos in a row. Wanna open a kickstarter for brain surgery for our boy?

[@Fartuess]

I might need one too after watching this lol.

[@kuro450]

How is 3 strikes with 11 dmg better than 2 strikes aka 11 dmg x2 and one clash x19 brah cmonbruh

[@0Death0by0Name0]

Not to mention clash costing 0 energry

[@covya]

yea he was a complete mess on turn 1

[@Zorrotsu]

You can not fathom the amount of rage this caused me....

[@DaggerSkullery]

theory: he's being paid to do this stuff to irritate us so that we buy the game to do things right ourself.. it at least feels like that but he is just an egg

[@hockeyhacker97]

what's better, 3 strikes and ending the turn or 3 strikes and a clash since clash costs 0... hmm... looks like doing extra free damage was a worse option since he didn't choice it.

[@IBeCthulhu]

I'm so happy this mini series will probably be 400 episodes since you do classic NL MISTAKES!

[@RematodeRanger]

1:31 why didn't you clash, you EGG

[@godspeed8002]

Hey NL, a few usefull tips (Spoiler Free): - A good tactic is to keep the deck neat and small. You can simply choose not to take any of the cards if they do not match your play/strategy. Because a large deck with a lot of mediocre cards or useless cards for you current strategy.. is a pain in the ass. You just keep drawing the wrong cards instead the one you need in the given situation, the one important for your strategy. - When you choose an attack card and hover with the arrow on the enemy, look down on the card and it will show you the ACTUAL attack power. Because the cards in the bottom always only show the damage YOU deal based on your current strength. But after you chose the card and hover with the arrow on the enemy you want to attack, it will THEN calculate / take into account the enemies debuffs and the card ability itself, if it has an strength multiplier. - Relics are life. Whenever you can, get a Relic. But save money for a possible Apotheosis in the shop, it is almost a game winner. Anyways, Cheers Daddy =D

[@sinomirneja771]

To my understanding so far you want to maximize the number of the following encounters in the following orders: 1) Elite fights 2) Question marks 3) camps fires 4)shops 5) normal fights * Shovel pus campfire and elite fight in the same level of importance above all else. * Shops will have the highest importance if gold > 500, and least priority if gold < 200 (or you have apotheosis and less than 100)

[@kornjerkerable]

Biggest misplay of the season

[@G33KST4R]

EGGLUCK > strategy

[@vladdangel]

I hate when episodes are over. Why can't this just be my life? Please play this all day long every day on stream or at least 2 videos a day!

[@TheRealMandalore]

NL I'm really enjoying this series and I hope you continue it when more content comes out. Thank you for keeping me sane in 2017.

[@Bokugo1]

Yussss. My daily fix has been satiated.....for now

[@SerAsmodeus]

@Northernlion at 28:08 when selecting a redraw for a hilarious attack turn, ensure sever soul is your top priority. Your FABULOUS dreams would have came true XD

[@hheecckk526]

The pen nib clutch reminded me of my clutch win against the final boss with the top relic. It gives a card when you have 0 cards and kept giving me 0 energy attack cards and flexes. Was able to kill the boss when I by all rights should have died

[@Brisarious]

one thing I really like about this game is that no matter how stupid your strategy is, if you go in on it hard enough you can make a good run out of it

[@SnowFaceChamcham]

Just so you know, NL: If an enemy is vulnerable and you want to know how much damage they will take, hover the attack card over them. the damage number on the card will change to suit the vulnerability bonus.

[@Torakemi]

HE DUPLICATED ANGER INSTEAD OF CLASH THE MADMAN

[@SuperStarman2000]

I actually spend the whole episode shouting at my screen what is wrong with you egg man. Also loving this please more.

[@mateusz7953]

After starting to beat the game quite often I can safely say that you need to build your deck in order to acomplish 4 goals. Once you do that you are basically set on the win unless you get fucked because of rng. So once you have: 1. Block - get them +8 blocks, around 1/3 of your deck 2. AoE - multiple enemies encounters (attacks and powers, 1-2 cards really) 3. Single Target - bosses (something like a main attack card + substitutes) 4. Buffs/debuffs (and powers) - bosses and encounters / single target damage enabler (stack 'em, they are op) You win, just like that. Add a good relic or two and you are killing everything withing few turns. That's for Iron Clad. Dunno how's it like for the poison lady. P.S. There's a really fun build that allows you to kill with almost exclusively block cards. Noone stands a chance, probably the easiest to win with.

[@TheILChrias95]

MVP pen nib for the comedic value added in this episode

[@jillsandwitch67]

1000+ hours played slay the spire neckbeards are so mad at this guys 5th run ever, it's insane

[@masterplusmargarita]

That turn on the boss with all the clashes and the defends and the world's worst dual wield may be the most pain I've felt for a week and I had a tooth removed two days ago.

[@Bodgie7878]

I can't believe that NL didn't even remark on the fact that one of those relics was called "Tiny House"

[@h0verman]

please don't expect this man to play perfectly all the time. i don't even know whats happening half the time, and i'm often surprised by the egg's slightly more frequent good plays

[@TheEnglishQuail]

In this game the most valuable resources are mana (energy) and card draw! You can just keep swinging for days as long as you have those

[@Chainsawmainiac5]

My entire thoughts about the second level boss fight: congratulations you played yourself

[@pitfriend]

It's easy to forget and not notice some things in this games but you'll have to see the errors you make to learn from them. Such as using your Bash to make an enemy vulnerable before you use all the other attacks. Or the possibility of Dual Wielding your Clash if you plan on using that attack.

[@shamygo]

Northernlion: we won’t be able to kill any enemies Also northernlion: oh, he’s dead

[@Squedism]

Adding more vulnerable doesn't make them take more damage, it just extends the number of turns they're vulnerable for. Same with weakness.

[@Lightzealot]

Hey NL, Please consider upgrading Armaments in future runs. Once you end up with it in your deck, it is so much better upgraded, as it then upgrades every card on your hand. So, for example, you use it to allow use of Clash, which in turns upgrades the Clash card(s) as well. This, in my opinion, is a better investment than upgrading every one of your clashes in the deck. Eventually after going through the deck a few times, most random cards will get the splashed upgrades and simply work better. Adds scaling to the deck. o/ Nice watching you cover the game.

[@CordovaMage]

Pen Nib MVP. Its saved my ass several times too. There is good balance in this game damage wise and it shows this when items like Pen Nib disrupt it and tip the scales slightly towards the player at times.

[@p0llister]

Please stop taking every card, you need to keep your deck small to cycle to your most important cards...

[@galaxieschild4235]

but a big deak stops status efects from screwing you

[@ultimateshedinja2049]

Yeah but i think the problem is he has the impression he is forced to take a card every combat

[@XeroDain82]

If only he knew

[@RobinDude]

20:46 This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever.

[@cjayb5394]

Dude i love these episodes man i dont care how bad or good you are at this its very entertaining I have to admit the last minute got to me i was getting angry thinking you had lost the run again on the second level

[@TimtheWinzard]

It's almost a new year, but it looks like we'll keep the classic NL. Don't ever change, my dude. EDIT: Okay, maybe work on your math skills NL.

[@TheRoonage]

How does he keep getting away with it!? Stay strong my dude. Loving the series

[@fancypanda98]

Hey NL, upgrading Armaments is very strong, it makes it so it upgrades all the cards in your hand. Hope this helped, I'm really loving the videos.

[@mechakinggidora]

Your math wasn't as terrible as you think NL, you had the relic which makes your 10th attack deal double damage. Also, loving the series. Hopefully you do more because it's a lot of fun to watch. Problem is it makes me want to buy it but I'll deal with that issue later.

[@bankasai3120]

Never thought I'd ever get mad at how someone else is playing a game. this is a first. NL, youpissed me off this episode

[@vettemaster1996]

I'm glad I bought this game because watching the egg play this is going to give me an aneurysm

[@elitenoob2141]

Btw my best runs by far work from using combustion and brutality in combination with the card that gives you 1 STR for every card damage you take. Combine that with J.A.X and hemokinesis and you will get so much STR that your attacks will do over 50 dmg. The only way to survive is to get the reaper card tough.

[@burningicecream9095]

The pen nib in the clutch was the best part of the video

[@MyBoyNewton]

The pen nib saving your ass was actually great, what a run.

[@sgttiff]

Aye NL! Well nice run so far... Well there is some stuff you should consider. First of all... Think about applying vulnerable first to do more dmg. Sometimes you forget that. Then you can upgrade armaments so that one will upgrade ALL cards in your hand. Another thing... Perfect strike scales with all strikes wich are the basic strikes, twin strike, reckless strike and even perfect strike itself. Keep it up!!!!!

[@the8thDwarf]

The best card combo I have found so far is Brutality and Rupture on ironclad. And if you can swing it, Anger and Dual Wield

[@liamwinkworth9939]

Does the card removal service remove wounds?

[@datonkallandor8687]

Yes.

[@liamwinkworth9939]

Then NL should be taking advantage.

[@MrMolester666]

Demon Form is OP. When an enemy is doing no damage on its turn and you have Demon Form it's usually gg, just armor up and destroy.

[@mikecoleman5070]

Take a drink every time he says clash.

[@jacobdudley307]

For future reference, Double Tap, then Headbutt is it's own solid +1 combo. Douple Tap+ also doubles the next TWO attacks, making the combo a +2 combo. And Headbutt let's you recycle Double Tap. If you have two Heabutts, you can do this every turn. If you aren't worried about taking damage, it's pretty solid damage. EDIT: I'm pretty bad at the game so far, so there may be better uses, but the above combo is one of the better ones I've found to this point. EDIT2: While it might seem good, Clash is kinda a trap. Most decks should have some non-attacks, and Clash's requirement is too restrictive more than not. Perfected Strike is also a bit of a trap, as Heavy Blade is all around better, and requires fewer cards in the deck to get higher damage. Last bit of advice is that, at least in traditional TCGs, you want your deck to be as compact as possible. Removing cards is extremely important, and you should only take cards that will make your deck stronger without flooding it with dead draws. I recommend removing your basic attacks or basic blocks first, as they're quickly outpaced by better cards.

[@nathanialb8717]

I truly believe that whenever NL plays this game all of his intellect and common sense go out the window

[@menpower1]

That was so freaking clutch. I think the RNG Gods took pity on NL after all his misplays.

[@johnrevell2284]

your cat is safe for now

[@andromeda7319]

and THAT is why you dont just give up when all seems lost

[@thetiminator_562]

Egggggg upgrade armaments. When upgraded and played it upgrades your entire hand ( just for combat ) . It's actually insane

[@fatherjimbo]

The back seating is real.

[@wesleyboyer6654]

Slay the spire drinking game. Take a drink every time NL says clash.

[@Draukagrissah]

Oh my god that sever soul hurt my body

[@Richxkim]

NL. I think you should upgrade armaments. The hand upgrade is so good. You should look at the relics before the cards. Also build a strat early. During the three birds. NL you should have tripled clash because anger only helps if you go long term. You've gotta start optimizing turns, or else the third floor bosses will eat you up. I love this series btw. I cant wait until he meets the op unfair third floor enemies.

[@KKomrade]

the egg is gonna give me a stroke from watching his misplays

[@RebeccaS1231]

Damn, those misplays on the boss were ridiculous. I can't believe you still pulled it off

[@DrDouche75]

NL is really underestimating the beyond, Cant wait for the elite enemies in the beyond to uhh.... Crack the... EGG!

[@jakehocker1234]

*Cough Cough* Nemesis *Cough Cough*

[@matrixphijr]

0:25 - “So if we play our cards right...” Me, internally: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@markushamilton1554]

33 minutes? Did Egg actually do this?

[@tissueoflies2780]

Through pure dumb ass luck, saved by pen nib

[@RichardionnoidrahciR]

Exhaust Perfected Strike made me cry