The Hardest Challenge in Isaac History (TBOI: Fiend Folio)

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This came from my stream on March 8th, 2021. Catch me live every day but Saturday here: / northernlion
2021 is a new year and lord help me, I'm playing Isaac on stream. I've been looking for a good opportunity to check out Fiend Folio - a mod from last year with a lot of buzz and tons of new enemies, rooms, and items. Check it out!

[@Dopa35]

It went extremly fast from "this is easy" to "just end me".

[@arciks11]

To be fair first 3 rooms looked like reasonably typical Fiend Folio rooms.

[@tlkfanrwbyfan8716]

That is how you sum up this challenge. ‘0-What the actual f- WHY’

[@superbennyboy1]

I am cackling like a hyena with laughter.

[@robinvik1]

"Oh, you're an Isaac fan? Then fight every single enemy!"

[@davidhong1934]

Then do it again

[@noahduncan126]

@@davidhong1934 And again...

[@BurdenofTheMighty]

@@noahduncan126 and again

[@mehrdad8820]

@@BurdenofTheMighty and again

[@girosvaldodeskate2214]

@@mehrdad8820 and again

[@Esau004]

"'would you freaking die for 25 cents?' just kill me"

[@Random_Fanguy]

"Would you frick your anime waifu for a bajillion dollars?????"

[@eugoth4285]

What makes this funnier is that at 11:35 he got the quarter

[@Hel1mutt]

@@Zical100 its good, just not in this situation

[@sam7741]

Me at the beginning: "He's only going to win with gnawed leaf and orbital" Me at the end: Dear God, he's done it

[@hobartpaving8986]

I was honestly expecting Gnawed Leaf/ Daddy Longlegs to be the winner...

[@spuddypop]

The best play I’ve seen in a long time, plus he’s bald

[@Zaki360]

HE'S WHAT? Tag this as spoilers pls

[@gustavkrogsbygaard3254]

Of course he is bald. That's why every single shot ricocheted off his beautiful dome.

[@K0namiC0de]

You know what would go well with this run? The music from ALT F4...

[@Northernlion]

oh h*ll yea

[@someguy1000009]

@@Northernlion why did the egg censor hell 🤔

[@hackersunited2000]

The Pog Play is at 45:48

[@coledorillo6685]

I never pogge so hard in my life before

[@drvofoka7033]

47:20 to get to the actual moment.

[@barryhudson12]

My gourd

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

The Pot Play era is over, now it is the time of the Pog Play

[@davidhong1934]

@@CastafioreOnKZbin Any time anyone mentions the Pot Play, someone else has to mention the Famine Maneuver

[@davidhong1934]

Boys cheered during Endgame Men cheered during the Famine fight

[@lihill91]

Starts Dad's Home+ and immediately takes 9 Lives. The pog is real.

[@sporepics]

What a savage.

[@craz107]

People can say he got lucky all they want, but I'm betting they couldn't pull off 45:39 if they tried. That skill earned the W

[@maxshibanov818]

True

[@LinkEX]

Dude, 47:20 had me on the edge of my seat, haha! He earned that win indeed.

[@oi-nf9uz]

everyone who beats this challenge only wins because they got a very lucky, broken combo of items anyways.

[@trayromero4120]

I’m sitting here at 3 minutes and thinking how can my mans go on for another 50

[@voltage3299]

47:24 Had me more pogged than I've ever been in my entire life.

[@p31nful]

47:24 he is a god

[@lapsijahti]

he is kinda bald tho

[@davidhong1934]

@@lapsijahti God-tier commentary, though

[@p31nful]

@@lapsijahti he is bald and a god, he is kratos(?

[@Matzz]

Capaz, pero es pelado

[@SharkSteaks]

@@lapsijahti bald god, he is gold

[@CommandLineVulpine]

Getting out of being trapped in the Horseman fight with half a heart has to be the GREATEST PLAY in NL's whole career.

[@ezaf5989]

Cringe furry

[@CommandLineVulpine]

You're embarrassing yourself bro.

[@zhalpd7017]

Based furry*

[@unarmored9973]

This is like calling sky diving without a parachute a "Challenge mode".

[@xB-yg2iw]

That famine play was absolutely incredible

[@doggo9388]

That gnawed leaf play almost makes me forget about the pot play.

[@AliceWithTheRainbow]

Hardest challenge? Coulda fooled me. The egg made this challenge look over easy.

[@nartnugget]

Fuck you far making me laugh, take my like and get out.

[@aco4116]

This was hilarious to watch, but I can't imagine the creator of this actually expecting anyone to ever beat this in a non-cheesy or cheating way. It's far too broken when you're getting hit when you spawn or entering rooms you can't even move in. Still, I enjoyed seeing you give it a fair amount of time. Now let's leave and never look back at it again.

[@DrGandW]

This wasn’t even designed it was a mistake caused by a glitch so they decided to make it a challenge as as a joke

[@Shiranova]

47:25 I've been waiting for a moment like that since the infamous dry baby run.

[@emmydog1519]

When the Duke kept multiplying I couldn’t stop laughing, incredible content

[@Hutts]

:D

[@christianfont5717]

Dad!

[@gingermlg]

@@christianfont5717 He's home!

[@lucyarisato6850]

Dad!

[@ApolloBlepOwO]

Papa Hutts!

[@BurdenofTheMighty]

Hi Dad. Welcome home

[@parahaxeus1267]

The famine fight was actually the most pogged thing I’ve seen in years

[@andrewancona3810]

I like how NL is so chill while Hutts was screaming for days trying to beat the challenge...all hail the egg lord

[@minipsycho2435]

15:20 that skip hurt a lot One of the best possible First Floor for this xD

[@_x_m_m_6976]

After all those 'Must be a speedrun' comments on Spelunky 2 videos the madman actually finished this challenge way faster than Sin and wayyyy faster than Hutts. Great job Mr Egg

[@jaysee17]

To be fair, Hutts played every run and didn't R til he got a good one. Imagine if NL actually tried on those 50 runs he skipped.

[@legion999]

Gnawed leaf + orbital or daddylonglegs is impossible to lose tho....

[@jacefairis1289]

@@legion999 yeah but did you see the fucking dodges he pulled to not die on the famaine fight?? I woulda never gotten that far

[@Level80Sorcerer]

The "Must be a speed run" comments are actually a TBOI meme, originating from the average run of Isaac lasting 45 minutes, whenever we saw the runtime of the KZbin video way before 30 minutes, we commented must be a speed run (or he got yeeted to the Shadow Realm) and later, the actual trainwrecks started getting sarcastic "must be a speedrun" comments too. TLDR: you didn't care, didn't ask and I'm not bald.

[@Level80Sorcerer]

@_X_M_M_ The "Must be a speed run" comments are actually a TBOI meme, originating from the average run of Isaac lasting 45 minutes, whenever we saw the runtime of the KZbin video way below 30 minutes, we commented must be a speed run (or he got yeeted to the Shadow Realm) and later, the actual trainwrecks started getting sarcastic "must be a speedrun" comments too. TLDR: you didn't care, didn't ask and I'm not bald.

[@RetsamX]

That famine play was so clutch. Love it

[@lordquan7161]

He's actually done it, the madman. The gourd of pog is overflowing

[@johnstephens1]

47:20 Was dead certain he missed his chance for this blessed run but then he came out with that incredible POG! Absolutely deserved win brother

[@heavyarmormage]

That play on the last run was amazing! God tier gaming skill EggMan

[@Supercris25]

43:35 When you think you are playing Isaac, but it was Donkey Kong all along. Ah fuck he says it himself

[@devistater28]

Someone get Jelmerlicious we have a saltshaker incoming

[@jimmcnicholas9670]

Nine lives was the perfect item to show you what this challenge is. So funny!

[@Viewtiful_J]

As soon as I found out what this challenge was my brain did go "ah, it's the gnawed leaf orbital run"

[@jacefairis1289]

NL beating this in only 56 minutes is crazy impressive. also, the play to stay alive at half a heart in that first boss was amazing! I would have been so dead.

[@MrScratch1994]

"Fiend folio is an awesome mod" has real pained energy in the description.

[@martinmartinez7765]

Mr. Egg thank you for many years of entertainment

[@Ribcageler]

Hey NL Your videos have been helping out a lot while I am still in the hospital. I hope your days are going great keep it up my man. Hope you doing good.

[@DuckmanDrake909]

Get well soon

[@Ribcageler]

@@DuckmanDrake909 Thanks for the warm wishes!

[@timothyk.7709]

@Rilber May your recovery be quick, your leaves be gnawed, and your gourd be pogged.

[@hamstersamiright8837]

Best wishes.

[@Jatski_pelaa]

based on the difficulty of this challenge, i didnt expect you to beat it in this episode. i was very positively surprised :D

[@09stir]

"i don't even know which one of you scumbags is the boss" killed me

[@joaquinbarbosa3904]

The egg achieved the Gnawed Leaf play on that famine fight

[@LordNodim]

I will admit NO complaints or any bullshit about how he did it, he fucking EARNED that. He deserved to be rewarded for his patience

[@Blackdragon0228]

He did it. The mad lad actually did it. That had to be at /least/ top 3 in isaac moments

[@minoxiothethird]

some of the best isaac content on the channel, and I think it's an easy sum up of alot of the best videos he's had, with drybaby gnawed leaf, the absolutely top tier dodges and plays during 45:48, and the fact of the matter is the video only got 48k views. It's sad to see an end to this series, but from northernlions perspective I can see why he's cancelling isaac after the new update. Terrible analytics no matter what I did in the game would give me an existential crisis. Can't imagine what that's like if you're relying on youtube to make a living. You're awesome egg papa, keep making that delicious content.

[@XzMondayNightzX]

I didn't know how this worked until he went into the boss room. It only got better when the boss started spawning in the boss room with the boss. "Yo I heard you like..."

[@InversedDragoon]

As someone who has been subscribed for about 7 years, I'll say I love your videos, and your intelligence is at *least* above average! Also that escape from the mosh pit in that blue Famine fight was godly lol

[@Shnarfbird]

THE FAMINE BOSS ESCAPE PLAY HOLY SHIT 47:10

[@Zavendea]

I have NEVER seen such a poggy moment as that Famine fight... HOLY shit.

[@Tomohran]

I don't want to hear anyone say you ''cheesed'' this challenge, you earned it. That Famine play was nothing short of god-level gaming.

[@arondaftari9427]

The reason they made this is because they made an error that causes the mobs to carry over so they kept it in and made it a challenge.

[@ronaldduttweiler1578]

That's actually amazing. I thought he would need so much longer to get lucky. That famine play was absolutely amazing too

[@ethanforde509]

Anyone who thinks that was cheese doesn’t understand the poggy of that famine fight

[@reclusebruce258]

“I’m ready for this” But he was not ready for this

[@adude8673]

Bro the first item is so fitting

[@theamazingsolt]

Sinvicta beat this... With BROTHER BOBBY you coward!

[@Misterbumm]

This is by far the besr episode The sheer hate building up until towards the end getting exactly the run he wished for from the beginning. Plus a really pro ganer move. 10/10 Poggies

[@naruka777]

I want that ''Don't care, didn't ask plus you're bald'' meme

[@Hab2320]

SPOILER: 47:24 Saw this live and when NL had to make the perfect play I was standing up like it was a soccer match and they were doing penalty kicks. When he made his way out of this I was actually jumping up and down like crazy pogged out of my mind.

[@jonaswolterstorff3460]

Wow, that famine-play... bow down to the egglord!!

[@MrTempestilence]

that moment of realization was pure pog

[@Dia06]

"WOULD YOU DIE FOR 25 CENTS?" "just kill me" -NL

[@connor8198]

yknow, ive been lurking on your channel for a while and never realized i wasnt subscribed, but that horseman play aroused such awe in me that i had to double check and hit that beautiful button

[@Moley1Moleo]

47:20 is like watching a replay of a level in Superhot

[@starfait_draws]

that was legit so insane i started laughing thinking you wouldn't escape. AND THE MAD LAD DID IT

[@Archphoenix1]

northernlion, 19/10 luckbuild

[@dave93x]

Gnawed Leaf, a library with Book of Revelations/item room with Sacrificial Dagger would be PagChomp just to see how crazy this can get late game but other than that it's insanely dumb. Edit - HOLY POGO'S THAT FAMINE FIGHT.

[@GeorgesVTV]

Any doubters of Lord Eggs gaming skills forever be silenced and all believers bathe in the light of pog after the Isaac play of the millenia

[@matthewapple9546]

Love this new isaac content, super refreshing

[@mrmanwithchocolate]

I couldn't stop laughing my ass off watching him idle by the boss as the enemies got closer and kept clustering all over him. Holy hell I needed that. 46:00

[@TheWorldBelowDnD]

All this talk about muting commenters has led me to believe I've been commenting into the aether for all the years I've been subbed. Then again, there's something poetic about that, so I can't really complain... Edit: NL hearted one of my other comments, which, in addition to proving my slight fear wrong, is legit the poggiest thing to happen to me all week...

[@minoxiothethird]

I think he's being sarcastic my guy congrats tho!

[@Roxas7713]

I'll be honest, I quite often go "what are you doing" and then I play the game and either make the same mistake or, much to my disappointment, a much worse one, and then I see you play tetris and go "how does his brain work so fast!" but overall good content creator, average gamer, but darn funny.

[@MrJuliankilla]

Woah I never knew you could see how long everybody has been subscribed for. I literally have been subscribed to NL for exactly 50% of my entire life on earth I don't know how to feel about that

[@half-death8095]

Cannot believe you acctually skipped the glasses, they seemed pretty solid as they do damage to the whole room

[@pwnzork]

That "Donkey Kong" room was absolutely hilarious (~43:30)

[@ben10sofie]

2:11 laughed like the twin at the beginning of Jet Li: Rise to Honor

[@forsakenagony3574]

I know at the end it wasn't really entertaining to watch.. But, how it started to make the run happen was amazing.

[@joeewert4503]

"The Isaac developers looked from mod to dlc, and from dlc to mod, and from mod to dlc again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." -George Orwell

[@notloganparker]

The greatest play in Isaac history

[@oscargonzalez3599]

Hutt: Took him like 11-12 episodes and even discover an exploit to the run to win Norther: beat it in less than a hour....

[@DfeatKid]

Yeah but hutt did not hold R until he got the best combo or best starting room

[@oscargonzalez3599]

@@DfeatKid Aye you got a point there....never the less, still.

[@famass2807]

I used to listen to every Isaac videos from NL just for the commentary. Didint even play the game. Today I decided to buy it. Not dissapointed, Thanks NL!

[@dominator1525]

This is the most POG Isaac video by my favourite KZbinr with below average gameplay but above average commentary.

[@stupidsunited]

Incredible that you were given the keys to the fucking kingdom and still had to pull one of the most pogged isaac plays of all time to make it happen Insane

[@TheLuckySCorperation]

I have no idea how this challenge is possible without this specific synergy

[@Pipiundkakiinpipikakaland42]

I’ve become a legendary gamer just by watching this

[@Akixkisu]

Bald men speedrunning would be a great circle on g+

[@marchrobinson]

one of the best isaac runs i've ever seen. keep shining

[@Limxuv]

"normal gamers need not apply" -NL

[@Icy_Albo]

As an Albanian, I can confirm GM does mean "bad at chess" in albanian

[@Minetime345]

The famine fight he activated 100% of his brain

[@LaserStorm117]

Holy shit, NL. Nicely frickin' played. To me, that challenge seemed like it just existed to be a meme, but you found a way through.

[@michaellambrecht6471]

48:00 "Things are getting SPIICCCYYYY" absolutely killed me

[@Dibromatic]

NL making the game look easy.

[@TwistedAttitudes]

I have no idea how long it took other people, but I'm impressed you managed to get through this shit fest so quickly

[@anbuneji]

1st floor Momma Mega seems like one of the things that would make this a great run, as you could just keep going between all rooms on floor 1 until you are stacked on bombs/keys/hp. Only problem would be surviving the next floor, but it might make it easier, especially if there was a usable shop on floor one.

[@Zen17h]

Re-entering a room doesn't trigger momma mega effect again, in this challenge re-entering a room you've already cleared doesn't give another reward(except from champion/miniboss drops, but they will always drop the same thing in a specific room). Basically Momma Mega would only be good for clearing a direct path to the boss room if you don't backtrack at all

[@anbuneji]

@@Zen17h Thanks for the clarification, guess I never checked on reentering.

[@Yuggy]

Ok that escape during the first was actually legendary

[@baconwithmoreeggs7938]

The first item room should be a good representation for the rest of the challenge

[@overwatchisjustsexytf2363]

I'm still waiting for the "Don't care, didn't ask, plus you're bald" picture, Egg.

[@arandomperson12345]

Long time lurker, but had to pop in because that Famine fight was spectacular. Balls of steel, nerves of steel, and flawless execution.

[@ImTehRiZe]

that crawlspace play had me dying

[@TheRexTera]

2:35 That silence speaks it all...