Taking the long way (Slay the Spire)

[@roguelitepentathalon]

How does it feel to be living through the Northernlion renaissance? We out here.

[@tarnin]

These revisits to older series is fantastic.

[@melloyellobelly]

i love how every couple of months there is a new nl renaissance, last I heard said was his dark souls revisit

[@sharos404]

This takes me back to the old simpler times, with no facecam and just yelling at every single misplay with no belief that I would be even worse at this game.

[@VirtualGnome]

This is like the fourth "Renaissance" in less than 2 years tbh. I feel like we're still seeing the same egg from the golden goblets just with extra dad energy. He is trying to be reminded of his youth at this time I believe. More baby. Same POG.

[@kjb1231234]

This is my absolute fave series in no small part due to the commentary, hearing you talk through your thought process is great and feels very pre-twitch "banter" heavy NL where the podcast was only on Isaac and not every game

[@violetstarsign]

"I love just having the ability to put up a ton of blocks until we get the dream turn, and then we can play all these Smites" NL, congratulations. You now understand how the Watcher works. Also, yes, Pressure Points is *sick* and I absolutely love a build where I just say "no attacks only Pressure Points" because it scales really well.

[@jkt9977]

One day he will understand pressure points and his world will be changed.

[@icantranch9398]

How would you like a card thats like rampage and claw rolled into one?

[@wordtomyflag]

Oh no...pressure points is terrible though.

[@RiskOfRayne]

@@wordtomyflag false

[@UngodlyFreak]

@@wordtomyflag Ok, let's say you use two upgraded pressure points, so that's 11 + 22 = 33 *cumulative* damage for 2 energy already. With 3 that becomes 33 + 33 = 66, with four 66 + 44 = 110 and so on. Oh, and all of that damage ignores block. How is that terrible again?

[@beanie7965]

One thing I would recommend doing at the start of any 'your deck is a big pile of jank' daily is immediately going to deck and sorting by type. You don't have to read literally every card but being able to see what your deck is lacking in broad strokes goes a long way for informing your decisions in how you play and what you pick. If you see your deck is massively lacking offence then you can be seeking good attacks straight away and know that you should prioritize playing what offence you have to avoid drawn out fights. Love the content and these StS daily vids are always a blast.

[@ElizaSkold]

Few sights are sweeter than opening KZbin and seeing a new Slay the Spire episode. May this bounty of pog continue!

[@2014Alm]

Hearing NL collapse during the Giant Head fight was high quality entertainment

[@muzz5448]

bit of length on this one. Makes me excited

[@Matt-qt1oh]

That's what she said.

[@sushantheshreztha8777]

@@Matt-qt1oh There's always that guy huh!?

[@RozKounelakion]

Sus

[@coolfool183]

that's what bofa said

[@leeno_numbers]

Pause

[@Toaster_Warrior]

the sadness of seeing him not saving up those smites for a big crescendo turn to end the stone head fight :(

[@galen981]

I picked up this game recently after watching your recent videos NL, and I won for the very first time as the silent today! I'm having a lot of fun playing this pogged game. Bless

[@bababigaz2496]

This new slay the spire series brings me so much tranquillity its unbelievable

[@ianpeters1980]

you should upgrade that so it costs 0

[@JulianCentrone]

NL your gameplay and you going thru the turns is amazing! Thank you for this content!

[@LackOfHarmony]

I hope, eventually, NL gets over his fear of the Watcher’s mechanics. Seeing him embrace stances on occasion on this vid is a blessing.

[@yrynu40]

hbend jejejd

[@Xweetok93]

Poggy woggy bois, new sts dropped from the main man N to the orthernlion!

[@shimoru6318]

Rebound + Hologram + Pressure points is a good combo you could utilize

[@davidwalston8219]

You gotta love one video with the content of two!

[@thejohnkaufman]

NL, repeatedly: "Turbo" Me, internally, every damn time: "Tarbo*"

[@ogulcan8654]

Loving the series so far. Keep up the great work!

[@ryceborzym1402]

Targeting his crescendos and tranquilities would have been the move. Life saving and perfect protecting combo pieces

[@puffyping]

the perfect pre stream video ❤️

[@rmiah]

Been tryna sleep since 5 am, nothing like a fresh nl video to guide you to bed

[@kitakismatt]

Yes, let the Slay the Spire hooks take their hold!

[@milkoffline6586]

I've been getting like top 30 on the daily, I know its a weird flex but seeing your ranking kinda made me proud of myself.

[@2014Alm]

Great video. Mind flooding absolutely took hold for the final 20 minutes lol

[@ClaeFace]

I hope everyone’s mental health is doing ok today

[@drsombrero]

I hope yours is too!

[@GJPGAMESvideos]

Not using Crescendo to get the kill is the only issue I had in this run. I'm guessing his risk tolerance is not the highest 🤣

[@JrTheDragon01]

Obviously good plays to NL and I have lots of respect for him, but also those times where he had, say, 2 crescendo, 2 smite, an empty mind and 10 energy, and would do Smite, Smite, Empty Mind Like, I know it's on me, but it makes me cringe

[@GJPGAMESvideos]

@@JrTheDragon01 yeah i facepalmed at that. He was just talking about killshot with Crescendo Smite combo and the very next battle he doesn't do it 😤

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

this is what i subbed for 5 years ago

[@OceanicOsprey]

Can't believe NL is finally respecting Pressure Point, never thought I'd see the day!

[@davidballantyne4492]

Rebound/Pressure Points seems like a good combo which you passed up a few times!

[@blahthebiste7924]

Only valuable thing Rebound ever did

[@Chik0r0]

the Hologram Turbo play on the second boss was...lmao

[@Oxxyjoe]

the last few seconds of the video, that little preview window just decides to block the actual number, except for like for 1 second. at least it gave me that. Nice run. I don't know how to score high either.

[@grundletit2217]

Lasts over an hour AND a big fat deck? Sign me up.

[@TaraRaeDev]

I cannot believe this run. I loved it!

[@biggie_kellogs7919]

what a rollercoaster

[@dvelfeathered4083]

Why avoid rares for 50 points, if you can flawless elites with their help for more points?

[@burntowl2594]

So that he can flawless elites aaaand skip the rares for even more points

[@SNK575]

The trip to Mordor is indeed a long one. But a good watch.

[@linguinelabs]

1:00:15 was pretty pog

[@CadaverLordSupreme]

enjoying the pace.

[@mikewalker685]

Thank you for more STS

[@alternateending4841]

Loving the STS episodes but PLEASE consider crescendo more when the opportunity presents itself.

[@Walterthefriendly]

Good plays dude

[@mawillix2018]

29:17, with Barage instead of Cold Snap that would've been 72 damage, and would've been enough actually.

[@sushantheshreztha8777]

Is the new pokemon game Vods releasing today or tommorow?

[@mawillix2018]

At about one hour in you decided to "be a coward" and avoided the ? room. On that same choice, I decided to "be a coward" and avoid the monster room. I think that my cowardice payed off. EDIT: Your cowardice payed off too.

[@mateuscaldeirabrantaraujo]

I use this man as my ASRM

[@takkC]

word wrong

[@drsombrero]

Just here for my daily pog

[@anthonyvance9912]

I feel like the opportunity cost of not perfecting fights makes not taking yellow cards a bad investment in most cases especially this one where theres more elites and they all drop yellow cards

[@Iridium-77-g]

NL playing Slay the Spire is an early Christmas!

[@cday0075]

Santa brought it early

[@SwogFrog]

Hello yes I am engaging with this content thanks for the company

[@gjet35]

'Taking the long way'. Video is an hour and 16 minutes long. Hell of a long way.

[@royalz5225]

WTF, he's doing match and thinking the plays through. Is NL Ascending?

[@Mookae5]

i think i recognize the 5am incident, i may be watching too much content

[@MelvinDragonVT]

@Northernlion, my sweet egg. You've learned in this one run so much that makes the Watcher tick. Please, we simple commenters beseech you, run some 1-20/heart watcher runs. You would have a blast. We would have a blast.

[@Krigify3252]

angy robot is pog

[@davieslovesfloyd]

NL slays my spire

[@davidmacneil1946]

Over an hour video? Looks promising

[@mawillix2018]

I stole the TIme Eater's Turn multiple times with Vault on this challenge.

[@xXfzmusicXx]

I think it could benefit you a lot to play a bit of Watcher outside daily runs to learn more about the character and the cards. It could also make for good videos of course.

[@Redbill-zv5rk]

Unlock the crystal ship in FTL

[@mattp12]

Long video 👀

[@Cormier66]

Look, you got the prefect on the first boss... but you could have ended that fight like 3 turns before you did. Edit: Watched the entire thing, Egg man disrespects crescendo. Good run though.

[@Samuraiasteca]

lets goo

[@Dan-qq5tu]

i got the 25th spot :p

[@davidballantyne4492]

NL: 34:37 "The dark orb is gonna crush, man" Also NL: **Plays Dark Orb for 24 damage 2 turns later when it's gaining 12/turn**

[@Jamesss6]

Pog

[@WaterCat5]

No snecko makes me sad.

[@BoliceOccifer]

I hate to be the slay the spire youtube comment goblin, but a part of me died when he picked up another crescendo based on the reasoning that he already had a lot of them at 18:59. edit: nice run overall tho

[@GoodbyeCeci]

spoilers: he didn't make it to the front page 😔