The dawn of duck meta (Super Auto Pets)

[@Sheriff6170]

I absolutely adore, that the one time NL wins with horse, it's the time when the horse is literally useless (gives 50 attack chicks attack). Like screaming in your face "I won with a horse, but not because of a horse".

[@mcgoo721]

*chefs kiss*

[@Drekromancer]

9:15 why is nobody talking about how NL's cowboy impression ended with "walk the plank"

[@tunamuffinsand4770]

Super auto pets has truly ushered in a new golden age of NL content, I can't wait for the day this man finally hits 1 million subs

[@loukas0513]

I honestly feel like NL is in a constant golden state. Every time I take a break from the channel and come back there's another amazing series watch!

[@mickel7b]

Yeah like, what the heck. How has that not happened. He's a legend!

[@roundabout468]

@@mickel7b All the best gameplay channels take a way longer while than they should. Some never will... RIP Two Best Friends Play :(

[@RYCKroll]

Honestly surprised by myself I wasn’t subscribed already, been watching this man since binding of Isaac

[@Tubeytime]

@@RYCKroll Go ahead and subscribe but don't you dare turn on notifications if you value your sanity

[@mrrp405]

I agree, duck meta is huge. Getting even +3 +3 on some good tier 2 units like swan and dodo is absolutely huge. Pivot off that into cans and you’re set.

[@pultofcat8615]

It’s always been huge, it’s just losing 1-2 lives to guarantee usually 2-4 wins was a big thing when you had 4 lives to work with.

[@artoriassif9960]

FINALLY! Ducks get the respect they deserve! Been throwing first two lives for 3-5 ducks and 10-win marties always come! 🦆 🏆 All NL’s missing is once he has his ducks ready to go, reroll until you get at least 2 units worth leveling and THEN sell the ducks! 💪🦆💪

[@alister2]

Also, the more people that go duck meta, the better it is since you end up not losing the early games against other duck players. Then 5 ducks by turn 5 becomes strong. I personally hate it.

[@logansmith6342]

Bro when you get 3 or more cans in a playthrough is absolutely nutty

[@gabriellopez6039]

The one thing I love about watching SAP is how the meta simply changes between videos

[@supbros21]

Yep, it's a sign that the game is either well-balanced or just very diverse. I can't really tell but I love it.

[@SaddisticSpeller]

@@supbros21 Diverse over balanced, theres a few just auto 10 win squads that do kinda make it pretty boring past turn 12ish if you wanna run something goofy. I really hope some of the more lackluster pets get buffs, T4 and onwards self scaling pets feel pretty bad to buy a lot of the time since by the time they're offered you're more often than not too deep into your current build to pivot onto them, or they're just so fucking broken they're just auto adds to any decent squad without much middle ground. Like think about Worm vs Rooster. Rooster you can just take without much thought as long as you have some sort of targetable scaling/effect duplication, while Worm even just at Tier 4 is so hard to take and live long enough to get it rolling. I'm just typing at this point, but I really do wish the HP was drawn out further or see some units get knocked down a tier so you can actually take them outside of some very specific (you bought 5 cans) scenarios.

[@megatennepster3833]

@@SaddisticSpeller I feel like, for one, horses should be buffed in either their stats, or in their buff (a +1/+1 would be nice). Turn 1 is just not balanced.

[@SaddisticSpeller]

@@megatennepster3833 I think people say they want horse to be buffed but haven't actually thought about how unfun the game would be then. Summon builds are already S++ tier later in the game, giving them a good early (by extension mid), and late game just means you'd be dice rolling for a horse turn one or you just lose to teams that already have summons established by turn 6. I for one would rather see summons left in their current state of being a risky pivot for huge rewards rather than just be an auto 10 win turn one if you get a horse. I don't think that just +1 on attack or hp would do it, to be clear, I just don't want to see summons get any stronger than they currently are at all.

[@megatennepster3833]

@@SaddisticSpeller definitely true, it is just that turn 1 is pretty unbalanced because you either get ants or you don't. Maybe turn 1 could use some tweaking

[@XxWil203xX]

The best thing about the duck strat is that it gives a chance to almost any type of build to win, so meme runs are viable for a 10-win

[@alexschmitz3414]

It’s also the best way to achievement farm on free to play.

[@robertreyes8792]

Duck Build helped me get a sloth to 40/40 for an 8 win game, lost to a scorpion lmao.

[@whibz277]

Re

[@whibz277]

Rr

[@donaldsnyder1543]

There has to be some negative coding condition around spiders involving snails and NL. I have never seen such luck.

[@antoniosoares9273]

I'm pretty sure the devs are messing with him. Maybe wearing the eggshell hat actually changes the spider snail rate, because the odds of a 1/11 event happening 6 times in a row are fewer than 1 in a million.

[@_-__-____]

Ooo that’s a good theory

[@Nowolf]

More realistically, the random seed for the spider isn't changing/being reinstanced properly.

[@homesinc]

@@Nowolf yeah it used to be not working properly, but they’ve fixed it recently.

[@GardEngebretsen]

I always get a whale or a snail when using it too.

[@SwogFrog]

I will never get tired of NL making high concept but juvenile jokes and Austin having NONE of it

[@Bifocal_Burrito]

Mr. Northerlion, Mr. Northerlion! Tell the fans how it feels to be responsible for the apotheosis of Super Auto Pets on KZbin and Twitch? The fans are pogging and need answers!

[@michal5642]

i am indeed do be poggin doe ngl

[@NinjaBananaChannel]

I'm absolutely loving all the SAP, genuinely rekindled my interest in NL

[@darkbozo11]

Yep resubscribed after 2 years not following him anymore

[@201_AW]

I never left

[@secondsolstice8695]

Same. It was literally coming back after literal years thinking what's this man up to and why there's so many videos about this game. And here we are haha

[@YungFozz]

Ive been here since 2016, mans entertaining with any and every game tbh

[@hash4badi]

NL getting so hype just to run into a scorpion was pure content lol saw it coming from a mile away

[@JimCarryz]

Malf's "SHUT UP, MAN" over NL's puckering warheads butthole bit had me dying lmao

[@LordSquarepants]

Okey, uuuhm wow. When you get a random 7 spider spawns after each other, the chances that they are all snail (what you just had) are about 1 in 19.5 million...

[@deeznoots6241]

Nothing worse then reaching 9 wins with 10 health and a good squad, only to face several meta builds in a row to lose the game

[@kirbys3114]

I'm sure this is very fun to do with friends but I'm actually aging a million years between turns, these guys are sooo slowww 😭

[@Doobs110]

We need to find a way to more effectively harness the snail spider technology

[@artoriassif9960]

FINALLY! Ducks get the respect they deserve! Been throwing first two lives for 3-5 ducks and 10-win marties always come! 🦆 🏆 All NL’s missing is once he has his ducks ready to go, reroll until you get at least 2 units worth leveling and THEN sell the ducks! 💪🦆💪

[@yomama531]

NL: "You gotta put the carry in the 2nd position, anti-scorpion tech, [yadda yadda]" Also NL: 20:57

[@bevloy7517]

How I've missed the dulcet tones of Crendor.

[@andu1337]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Super Auto Pets. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Ryan's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Marcus Aurelius literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Super Auto Pets truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Ryan's existential catchphrase "a little juice a little squeeze," which itself is a cryptic reference to Tolstoj's Russian epic Anna Karenina. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as North Million's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Super Auto Pets tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

[@DNForeverable]

Thanks for the laugh!!

[@kylemac8672]

@dan gheesling

[@eric.y]

such a W comment

[@Octoshark19]

when he sold the camel instead of the ram... i felt that

[@someelbowgeese]

I believe there are eleven options in F2P for tier three units (Badger, Camel, Giraffe, Kangaroo, Ox, Whale, Blowfish, Rabbit, Sheep, Turtle, and Snail). The chance of rolling the same unit seven times in a row, assuming each of the eleven units have an equal chance to appear, would be (1/11)^7 which is equal to 1/19487171. One in almost twenty million. The SAP Gods are toying with NL.

[@NinjaBananaChannel]

The algorithm's pretty simple, actually: if not on my side: give ram Else: give snail

[@DisgustedCheese]

Surely at that point it’s some weird mechanic or glitch right

[@tracyeldred8355]

One in almost TWENTY million.

[@someelbowgeese]

@@tracyeldred8355 You right, mb. Fixed!

[@jacob4237]

The odds of getting specifically a snail 7 out of 7 times that he ran the spider is literally one out of 19487171, statistically more unlikely than winning lotto 649.

[@computer70]

The spider spawns aren’t Random NL, it’s seeded. I think if you reshuffle it, the spawn might change. I am not sure though.

[@ryceborzym1402]

Everybody out in the call sounds like they’re smiling and laughing, meanwhile NL is wearing the hardest game face imaginable as he watches emojis bump into each other

[@TheoHiggins]

NL dabbed right as someone somewhere in my house coughed. The timing was so perfect I assumed it was in his house and he's a god of reaction speed

[@kaymurakami3320]

the spider spitting out a snail 6 times in a row had me on the floor. the SAP content is golden rn

[@FrostyFyre]

Seven.

[@Hakasedess]

NL and Apollo going 4duck v 3duck was the most hilarious thing to come out of SAP so far, I swear

[@ChibiFanboy]

I love these no-fastforward delayed reactions

[@sizzleotg9011]

It is scientifically impossible to measure the amount of serotonin that gets released when I see a new SAP video release.

[@FrostyFyre]

6:24 GOLD tier banter lmao

[@scrapsbits]

Never knew our friend Ryan could be this aggressive. Egghead breaks other people's shells instead!

[@davieslovesfloyd]

Punchers Ryab is one of my favorites

[@KittSpiken]

My heart sank when the spider had to go, wanted to see the 10 snail combo.

[@IDK-np4ht]

32:16 whenever northernlion sees a horse

[@alexsheley3409]

Finally an hour long SAP video

[@zanderwight872]

The shadow boxing was hilarious

[@Vok250]

That D tier squad win tho

[@viking8796]

Coach Crendor is top tier content.

[@vondervottimeitis6803]

That horse carried the match in the end.

[@Drekromancer]

that cupcake and warhead anecdote was so spicy it burned my colon on the way out

[@yeepomfpomf1180]

Yo what if a change to the squirrel would be that when you feed it (a max of two) food it stores it in it so when you sell it it either goes back to you're shop discounted or just to a random animal. Could upgrade capacity with level up or just have it as a does not level, also if anyone has a better effect cause I'm not sold on myself although the flavour of storing food I like.

[@DrewDragoon]

That's a decent idea and you should post it on the steam forums so the developers can see it rather than a random KZbin video

[@samueltaylor6421]

I live for the sound that NL made at 12:08

[@psyjinx]

This is a winner, NL. More of this.

[@epicdrumline3543]

Extremely blessed content. Can't wait for Ennel to cross over into WWE

[@Shoelid]

was nice having the nlss squad around

[@noahjohnson5562]

Never played this game, understand it a bit but for some reason I love this content. Thank you Mr. Lion

[@mesmerisingcube417]

The amount of snails that spider made is astonishing..

[@aninjame]

please again this was better competition than normals

[@CritikalJari]

First of all this is fire, second gotta love Northernlions growth 912k

[@namavoid3266]

Duck start is actually one of the most pog things bro

[@periheilion1521]

i won’t lie him pilling the turtle for the buff beaver felt like a major gold sink but he still won the round so i shall freeze my thoughts and juice these views. thank u for the pogs mr NL edit: 29:02 absolutely killed me

[@punkrockllama]

Who knew that Clifford the big Red dog was actually a tank?

[@andrewp6738]

I’m actually in shock at the cheesy cucumbers joke

[@soIatido]

Didn’t know Dumbdog also played this, that’s pretty cool.

[@assassinojack3432]

I swear the spider is glitched for some people. I have the same problem, it only EVER has spit out snails and a rare badger.

[@XxChymera]

42:26 made me absolutely lose it

[@andrewp6738]

I’m glad the devs made the 4 lives -> 10 lives change, giving some leeway to early losses has enabled much riskier and interesting builds

[@minch333]

Does anyone remember the name of the guy who used to be (he might still be, I don't know) on the nlss years ago who played a lot of really obscure experimental games? He was a pretty good super meat boy speed runner as well, nasally voice and relaxed attitude, if that helps!

[@77docterwhofan]

You might be talking about RockLeeSmile, could be wrong though

[@minch333]

@@77docterwhofan I AM THANK YOU SO MUCH! Big congrats for getting it from my super vague description, I wanted to know cus it dawned on me how much of an influence his videos had on my taste in games

[@rileypearson8928]

What are so many snails doing inside of one spider? That can't be good for its digestion

[@AceOfSpades.]

12:34 northernlions shop and him are iced out

[@homeworksdone2378]

When chat told NL the duck was good, he didn’t listen. He’s eating his words now 🦆

[@MehYam2112]

addictive as quack

[@grayve2122]

duck only became good with the 10 Health patch. Before that is was a waste of time, when you couldn't afford 2 or loses early. He said that already multiple times right?

[@vonbrownYT]

This is what a coping twitch chatter looks like

[@RetroCandyArt]

you could say the duck meta is kinda quacked

[@NeoNintendo]

It's still not that good tbh. It was bad before and viable now. It's highly overrated. The previous method of win early to snowball is still the most consistent way to get 10 wins imo. Delaying that snowball only puts you against other duck lords.

[@drm9575]

The scorpion!!! I could smell it coming the second I saw the worm on roids

[@jacobfredo9410]

This is the video I’ve been waiting for

[@MarukagePlays]

Crendor talking about colonoscopy sounds even funnier now huh? 😁

[@george5954]

44:48 the forrest gump joke took me the fuck out

[@o0JoeMama0o]

Can’t wait for tier list number three

[@MarsAres]

I'm starting to believe that when two teams go against each other they always use the same RNG seed (probably based off their team names) and that's why Ryan keeps getting snails out of his spider when he fights the same team over and over. The RNG in this game is screwed.

[@MrSaturn012]

Have to say I enjoy playing *against* duck builds as well. Thanks for the early victories

[@mohamedkoblawi4175]

5:25 Screw you Apollo, Tomatoes are delicious

[@dustysweaters]

The meta progenitor is here

[@ImArchiie]

Hes finally realised it, duck meta has been strong pre-patch too.

[@kingzero3098]

The horse won the game.

[@sirondium]

It seems like lobby and arena meta are quite different. Arena meta seems to be more about outscaling, lobby is about outsurviving

[@blaken2880]

What are the other flavors? Warm?

[@KennArc]

I wonder when the dawn of the magnifying glass meta episode comes around

[@mrrp405]

5:03 NL beaver imitation

[@jackcollins8739]

BPM 106 watching this pog content

[@thetestdummie6247]

I started playing yesterday after studying your videos got my first 10 win today and did it with a 4 Squad Marty I hope you're proud of me dad

[@deeznoots6241]

I once had 5 ducks by turn 2, shit was wild

[@bones1097]

SAP = POG

[@anachronisticlaserbeams4820]

Seeing NL pass a Shark on a Deer/Whale/Fly/Turkey board literally caused me physical pain.

[@666cowboy]

Love an alliterative title

[@czerov3]

*le shop freezor has arrived*

[@th484953]

D'Anjou is the only answer for "which pear"

[@blakesoller9623]

The little house that could

[@vitorodino8760]

45:17 ??? Milk +2/2 on the dodo ryan.. it has melon armor and passes the buff forward to 1, and soon 2 roosters - not to mention that your dog will be almost 50/50 from buy/sells with the dragon anyway.

[@shcottam]

I really wanted him to roll the 5th duck and throw for the extra 1/1

[@BulletC12]

Ive missed the nlss squad playin dumb but really fun to watch games together.. dont think this game is dumb but ya know what i mean

[@xanderibis7114]

the subs are pouring in mang, I cant keep up 🙌🏾

[@Drekromancer]

24:47 We take our W's where we can get em.

[@cheqers_]

Spider's spawn ias fixed right? Like once it spawns a snail, it always will until you level it

[@MuteLunatic]

NLSS Bloodbowl league is needed.

[@jimothyminkus1543]

Juice me, squeeze me, roll need me

[@saberaxe]

This is good but with maybe a minute shop timer instead of 3 minutes it would be great.

[@taipaleenmakips]

For the algorithm brother.

[@Charlies_Factory]

They might as well just change the spider text saying gives enemies sheeps and turtles and gives NL snails. Straight up.

[@akkche3tah106]

Horse op confirmed

[@daglemj]

This needs custom games.

[@SuperSuccessfulTroll]

“i kinda doodoo’d”