The New Tote Character Is AWESOME! - Backpack Hero

[@BreadyBoi.]

I know I'm generally not suppose to worry about thumbnails, but the art for this one deserves recognition because it is so damn good.

[@Aliensrock]

Thanks! I'll let Ben know. :)

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

​@@Aliensrockrock

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

​@@Aliensrockbehind

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

​@@Aliensrockhead

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

​@@Aliensrockthrow

[@albingrahn5576]

carvings played into your backpack can be destroyed just like normal items with things like clean burn for example (cursed carvings included). _destroyed_ means its gone entirely, _banished_ means its gone from this combat and _discarded_ means its gone from you backpack but can be drawn into your hand again

[@eden3669]

oh shit what, so clean burn is just a free removal?? thats really strong, wow

[@albingrahn5576]

@@eden3669 yes! and persistent ways of destroying items like the cursed hand is even better

[@cezarandrade]

11:47 The shivs also had an on use effect, my guess is that actually, the shivs's description state explicitly that it can be used 1 time per turn, so that time you placed the hero carving on it, it didn't do anything, because it already got used for the turn, rendering useless, since the blade doesn't state anything about limited uses per turn, then it did do damage.

[@EmilyGamerGirl]

You should use the right arrow button when selling. It will never sell items that have a use in haversack hill, which indicates what things you might want to research. Generally, I donate all items I can to researching stuff, then sell everything else it lets me.

[@JPattyAndy]

Unfortunately, in order to unlock one of the characters you do need to give Mayor what he wants. And in order to do the final story mission, you need to have played at least once with each character.

[@Ethan54006]

i mean, i get that the mayor is a pretentious prick. but why doesnt tyler just give the damn mayor what he wants to unlock more characters?

[@straythorn0117]

@@Ethan54006 its a funny joke to be mean to the mayor boy, and also tyler it seems likes to be consistent with his bits, such as palm/pam , so eventually im sure he will give the mayor what he wants but until then he will drag out this bit for as long as possible it seems

[@MAML_]

I can't believe Tyler isn't going to be able to beat backpack hero 😞

[@jamesrhodes3763]

13:11 You confised discarding with banishing. Discarding goes back into rotation, banishing makes it go away for the fight.

[@Raymondmadden]

Random note. I was the one who designed the plinko in game. It’s still unfinished. I’m also a moderator on backpack hero

[@Lycanthromancer1]

This basically turns Backpack Hero into a randomized card game mixed with a Tetris-like puzzle game.

[@wise1023]

Excited to see how unique the characters get

[@hauntedsunsets]

it's so cool seeing how unique the character is! means different characters are almost different games

[@andraques]

When you grab a carving by mistake, you can immediately go into your deck and right-click the carving to remove it...but that option goes away as soon as you move so you need to do it while you're still looting.

[@TrulySomeone]

He already did that in the video.

[@andraques]

@@TrulySomeone Yeah...I saw that later 😆

[@Saiavinn]

This is news to me. Wish I'd thought to check. This will make my Tote runs much less frustrating. ... I still think the overlapping totems should be patched though...

[@andraques]

@@Saiavinn Definitely

[@JacoTheDeadRuler]

It's actually crazy how much this game has changed since I watched you play through it last year. So much more content now.

[@l_steve_l]

The great thing about that lance is it has pierce on it as well - no amount of armor stops its damage.

[@mrbluebell2735]

Spiral lance is a favourite. Zero cost deploy, 3 upgrades and AOE piercing. Mob destroyer with some poison mushroom.

[@AshernCaelia]

Heya, been loving the backpack hero update as well! Here's a couple of helpful things I've found while playing: The question mark encounters within the dungeon that request an item from you can take curses from you. Also if any item has available research it'll have an additional information tab when you right click it, and I've found out that many of the items that don't get automatically sold with the arrow button are because they still recognize as being able to be used on uncompleted research even though you've already filled the slot that item would fill.

[@coltynstone-lamontagne]

I really love watching you play this one, it's always interesting to see how you play each time and change up your plans as you go

[@straythorn0117]

tote feels like a trading card game rather than a organization game and its really cool to see the complete change of gameplay with the new character!

[@dzaki8331]

That thumbnail art looks amazing.

[@CaTastrophy427]

Can't wait for you to get my two favorite characters (2nd and 5th) though I will admit Purse is really fun with cleavers. Yes, she's the only one who can get cleavers. I spent quite a while running the other two looking for Jack Cleavers for a few research missions before checking the atlas to see "can only be found by Purse". Now I wanna get a good cleaver run with the Ace cleaver.

[@thaumoking9947]

I dont think you noticed that mushroom weapons count as consumables meaning they combo with the mushroom carvings that give effects when consumables are used

[@xxgn]

Tote's mechanics are so interesting. I could imagine it being used as part of its own deck-builder.

[@murphthegangster]

Btw if you click on the book in the corner, then on the i, you can check what effects do (like natural)

[@TeamCykelhold]

Tote is absolutely horrible becasue scaling is so luck based. On the floor 9 it's pretty lucky if you beat the boss. I am unsure if she can even beat the very last story boss at all. Sadly Tote has an incredible amount of bad/mediocre carvings availablke and very few good/awesome, and it means you will either go a long time without loot or dilute the pool with crap.

[@reimuthemiko5871]

At the forge, you can get carvings to be in the starting hand, like the usable sword one

[@redbuck1385]

Skill issue

[@olivergobrrr2935]

​@@redbuck1385nah bro. you can't just cover up these glaring issues with skill issue.

[@olivergobrrr2935]

I personally agree with the comment. So far, Tote is incredibly bland in terms of items, overly reliant on RNG, and not very good at encouraging organization. Items are either very similar, or very mediocre. Natural can only do so much to manipulate your RNG. Since carvings don't tend to be organization-based, you just slot them in wherever. At most, it's just adjacency stuff.

[@im_schmidty]

Yeah I beat the final boss but it was so lucky, I think I had like 3 health left

[@Schilani]

21:20 if you only want to keep the legendary to sell it in town, you might consider getting a bigger one. In general the price you get in town depends on rarity and size. So a size 3 legendary is worth the same as 3 legendary items of size 1.

[@AveragealienWhocosplays-gj2tg]

Can’t wait to see Tyler play the other characters in this game Really enjoying the play through

[@robotocelots]

Having so much fun with this series

[@elirothschild7335]

The way the arrows are supposed to work is that they have high damage but you need some other way to activate them ie. The hero carving or a bow

[@shadowking2926]

Oh, you can get rid of a carving right after you grab it, but before you move into another room. Just right click it in your deck.

[@MathewSan_]

Great video 👍🔝

[@mrbluebell2735]

Tote is hard. No way around that. I find her extremely satisfying because defeating the King with a frying pan is hilarious. Her most stable build so far is a daisy blade cycle discard deck with her set mace. Drop zero cost shields, clear with daisy blade then slam with a 20 damage mace. Scale with poison mushroon. She only gets 5 real weapons in game. Frying pan, starter mace, catapult, dynamite and fox rapier. Always challenge the fox. Her advantages? She gathers a monstrous amount of mana stones. Enough to rip down a beast with wands or convert as defence with viz buckler/wizard boots. It's also currency with the shady trader and rich rat. Hp trade with the vampire can net some powerful potions. Easily trade half for 1 shot or regen potions. I did enjoy your approach by focusing the build. An archer needs to be built at first instance, entirely possible to make a 58 damage per hit archer with ghost gem and a 12 block rail. Her zero costs are very efficient. Early game rusty blade or mothers blade can hard carry much of map. Acorn cap with thorns upgrade are able to give quick defence/ retaliation. Add discard and draw for sustain and stability. Scaling damage comes from poison mushroom, warriors spellbook (can be bought from the apprentice) or dreaming blade finisher. Have fun attempting new builds. Now trying to win with a catapult 😂

[@ralfred2009]

Love this character! Gives Spire vibes, more of a classic deck builder play style

[@kitthekat6844]

Love your rendition of Tote in the thumbnail! ^-^

[@destall]

Tyler is one of the 3 channels that I actually watch every upload of

[@BerindeiIa]

It's quite impressive how much content the game has compared to how little polish it has at times

[@DreadJester448]

I feel like that's typically how it goes, quantity over quality or vice versa

[@Axel-wo6qu]

Here's a tip for curses You can trade curses to the rat, when he offers you either an item of the same rarity or a more rare item of the same type, it destroys the curse.

[@mrbluebell2735]

Did that. Scammer rat gave me another curse 😂. Trades usually come ahead till it doesn't. Ironic laughter ensues

[@Axel-wo6qu]

@mrbluebell2735 I've yet to see that happen in particular. Curses are all common, so I'm guessing you got a different item of the same rarity, and it was another curse?

[@mrbluebell2735]

Exactly 😂. However, the cursed carving she gets can be useful. Briarwood branch gives 5 block per turn and cordeceptor is a 5 damage AOE on use. Both have saved Tote runs on occasion. That is the thing about this game. These events will give valid items so long as the character can receive and has the appropriate tags. I have had the manastone pet drop for Pocket, manastone bow with frog wizard, fish carving for tote. Entirely possible to roll the fish sword from the fisherman event.

[@powerbossbros955]

19:52 good bye m'lady

[@milesstokes5350]

this build reminds me of luck be a landlord because of the deck building aspect😂, makes it harder to follow tho

[@Grimm_12]

The buckler on buckleroo looks like tylers grinning face

[@hb003]

frog time, lets go!

[@jackfire3439]

ya there is a character who is mostly puzzles and doing crazy stuff with them

[@SeymourDisapproves]

Tote is adorable, I love her so much 🥰

[@tamado2148]

I love backpack hero so much

[@mloxard]

The whole carving mechanic looks fascinating! Not really sure about the scaling in later levels

[@mrbluebell2735]

Tote scaling options Amanita mushroom. 3 poison per adjacent weapon attack. Very reliable Inoki mushroom. 1 rage per turn. Needs a few to get anywhere. Warriors spellbook. +2 adjacent weapon damage on use. Harder to get and use. Most broken Tote item combo. Broken idol, wizard boots, 2 mana stone and book of nightmares. Book gives 100 weak and slow on all enemies. Uses 2 mana to activate. Boots and idol recover 2 mana. Cut enough cards to cycle the book and a weapon every turn. Enemies do zero damage and can be handled at leisure.

[@mbuffalo111]

I really enjoyed playing around with tote for the first two zones but the second you go into the third one she becomes terrible. Youre railroaded into one of two builds because everything else takes too much set up successfully counter/block the amount of damage being thrown out. Even with natural on a thick deck heavy draw build that isn't mushrooms or sap you can very easily take so much trick damage on one you can very easily take so much trick damage on one you can very easily take 20-30 damage on your first round if you don't get perfect draws. She just doesn't get enough money to counteract the fact that you can't sell stuff and it cost money to throw things away. But I haven't played in like two weeks so maybe they change it... On switch. Where tot it's the only person I haven't beaten the third floor with. Also have been locked out of getting the church for some reason since she just decided never to show up.

[@QQ-fz8os]

Saps are a really enjoyable build type in my expirience, kind of like candy crush on crack.

[@dvd1098]

6:30 a Yu-Gi-Oh reference. A pot of greed.

[@mikkelborby]

excited to see tote. i cannot understand how to play her at all

[@skywalkerjohn8965]

i think the shiv can only be used once so the hero carving doesnt work on it

[@Lilaichii]

If you accidentally buy/get a carving you don't want and instantly want to remove it (i.e still in chest room/shop room and haven't left), you can still remove it for free if you right click it in the carvings menu and click the button to remove it i guess i forgot what it's called. Also you can tell if an item can be used by itself or not by looking at the top right of the card- Arrows having nothing there means they are Unusable, while free to use items have a 0-energy cost shown clearly Alright watching now good thing he figured out some of the stuff :) bit annoying that the game doesn't show you a lot of the important stuff :C

[@ready0008]

Roll got a huge update recently

[@chicken0w044]

Tbh the only thing that I think Tote’s gameplay would improve is having a “Hold” Mechanic

[@indominusrex2859]

24:58 pot of greed ptsd

[@cuenta007]

Man cant wait for you to unlock the owl

[@martinjacobsen5974]

Tyler you've been blasting though this with no issue and damn it's impressive. But if you want to look for a strategic challenge that will constantly keep you on your toes you should give Banner Saga a look. Might not fit your channel because of the story elements but the game is hard af.

[@emeraldnickel]

I play pot of plenty, allowing me to draw 2 more cards… I mean carvings!

[@corn7372]

What was your favorite build in backpack hero so far Tyler? (including the old ones)

[@Aliensrock]

I'm a sucker for fish build

[@ethanbratten8428]

I have been watching your videos for like a year and a half - two years and I thought I was subscribed this whole time I am so sorry I love your videos so much

[@Thadius0]

...That's what I was doing wrong. It's not just a backpack game with Tote, it's a deckbuilder as well. I just got off of playing a deckbuilder, I should have realized! Ah well. Still looking forward to when you find the character that comes after the letter.

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

So tote is just a slay the spire character? Can't say I'm complaining.

[@Peanutbuttermaniac13]

Holy shit 9:22 i just had massive deijavue as if ive seen this exact video before

[@PotofGlue]

Hero carving didnt not work on the shiv because it didnt have an on use effect. 1 time per turn means 1 time per turn, hero carving doesn't get around that

[@白痴沙雕]

Can you please play the game"Okay?". It look easy at the start but the last five level. Oh boy! It is a nightmare .

[@JMPDev]

Tote the toad! She’s so cute :D

[@Simon-tr9hv]

I unlocked 4 out 5 characters, really i only liked the first 2, the default one still my favourite cos its like isssac, its possibility is endless and not limited to certain mechanic, 2nd one is fun too, meanwhile tote is extremely luck based, plus, doesnt benefit from many of events in game and relics, and the 4th character is extremely micro management heavy, not only you are trying to make a build, you have to micromanage each pet, which you can have 3 btw, each have their own build, plus at late game, during combat, each turn you have to make 10 to 20 moves PER TURN, depends on your build and each click is located in seperate tiles, which is extremely tedious and annoying

[@albingrahn5576]

the last character is really fun imo, very puzzley. wont spoil it but i can't decide if my favorite is that one or purse (the default)

[@olivergobrrr2935]

Whilst I personally agree with the Tote criticism, I think that Pochette was fun as a character. It felt quite fun building your own pets, kinda like coding them and stuff. I do agree that it's probably not too fun to like, click 10 times per turn repeatedly. Probably should recheck her out.

[@olivergobrrr2935]

​@@albingrahn5576I agree. Personally is one of my favorites.

[@Simon-tr9hv]

@@olivergobrrr2935 I mean mits a cool idea, by having a summoner build, and build your own unique pets and maybe some equipment to amplify power, it's just way too tedious to micro manage every single detail, like calculating everything for example, this pet get 3 armour every other pet sommoned, it have 1 energy, each use get 7 armour, my other pet deal 4 damage and 4 poison per energy used, it also give 2 gold if it kills an enemy, I have this equipment that cost 1 energy to deal 3 damage per summoned pet, can my shield pet survive this turn? Should I changes each pet location so only this pets dies? Just a simple example for one turn all kind of decision I have to make and calculate, literally 20 ish per turn with lots of variable so each turn could takes few minutes late game Which unlike other characters, those are much simpler, I know exactly what my build is capable of, roughly how much damage and defend I can do plus and minus the help with consumables and just choose the best one depend on enemy intent

[@cuenta007]

Why do i see you everywere

[@ilovehumongoushonkers]

Love this gamies

[@migue000]

"This is not a big deal tho" Deal and tho, those words shouldn't be used one after the other

[@sotek2784]

Tote really needs a UI pass - when her carvings stack it's very stupid.

[@egg-1863]

Hi Tyler❤

[@brandyfunderburk6749]

These thumbnails be getting creative for real this time Kinda

[@BenBenRanger]

i'll take it

[@TylerNinjaFortniteBlevins]

Man, I think I gotta be crazy. Tote seems so divisive. I hate Tote. She's really boring imo. However, I see a ton of people love her. There's really no, "eh she's alright" take on her.

[@mrbluebell2735]

Not to say that the character and mechanics are bad per se, only a lot of random rolls need to go the player way in order to win. She IS hard. Considerable amount of thought goes into my runs in order to get the needed pieces. When it doesn't appear she just dies like the naive frog that she is. The suspicion is that she's put in for that small subset of players who like to win on extra hard.

[@herobrineharry7698]

They put a card game inside the other, larger game

[@coltonguice9714]

It’s been 202 days since you posted your last video on vampire survivors which was posted on may 19 2023

[@SanyaJuutilainen]

Tote I probably like the least, since it's clear that the game isn't balanced for him properly and the RNG can be a challenge...

[@owenreyneke]

Frog

[@christopherg2347]

So, she is "Totes Awesome"?

[@zambia_jack]

slay the spire 2?

[@vtrm281]

Are you going to return with the bunny hole game ?

[@Akita23]

Go to the last video he uploaded, go to the comments, sort by newest. Apparently, the "few weeks" estimate was overestimated, and the current eta for the content is Q1 2024, aka there's still no more content to play for the bunny game yet

[@olivergobrrr2935]

Heh. Tote. ...it's Tote.

[@Joseph125]

I really struggled to learn Tote. Can anyone explain what Pot of Plenty does?

[@mrbluebell2735]

It gives extra draw per turn. Very powerful as it allows to see more cards and draw into what's needed.

[@veetijaakkola1200]

Wait a minute, today isn't wednesday???

[@calebbaker7452]

So this character is more like a deck builder?

[@FloeAnimations]

Can you keep playing lingo pls? I was really enjoying the series

[@heehee11191]

@aliensrock can you please bring back lingo (my brother won't stop fussing about it)

[@GAR13947]

Day 106 cult of the lamb pls

[@PlaceBotox]

19:07 hear me out

[@pideperdonus2]

Finally something different. I was getting bored of the same thing everytime.

[@highmoonlookdownawe]

Sign... *Open google*

[@marooniballooni03759]

is something wrong with sap builds in general?

[@mrbluebell2735]

Personally takes a bit too long to get online. Her early loot boxes are pick 1 carving. Much easier/safer to choose an immediate benefit zero cost than a collect 3 and match for results. That's 3 fights and the loot isn't likely to drop any. By the time i have enough cash to get 3 sap from the merchant, I'd choose the more impactful option of cutting underperforming cards. Which is what sap cards usually are. Only way I'll take them is if capybara trade gives a stack early and the current deck needs spice. Otherwise i feel it's a trap.

[@kapi1160]

20:13

[@trianglburger19]

19:09 and why not editor, hmmm? (this comment is a joke)

[@hue_baum6987]

Can you please do a video on chessformers it is a strategy chess but whit gravity

[@markellii3093]

I really prefer the rat from the viewer perspective. Mostly because of how her pack works. Tote is cute, but seeing her teeth when her mouth is ajar is haunting.

[@legomannnn]

enemies seeing any of the characters oh a mesaly frog/rat so far enemies watching there alies get erased 9h shi gets erased themselves

[@potest_nucis8012]

Wat

[@zzayy8282]

3rd or something

[@IsaacAnvilreign]

Ok. Hear me out…

[@joeyd9351]

True

[@XRednasylX]

Damn and im late😅

[@abbatrombonelol]

youll love tote until the archer level. It sucks

[@mrbluebell2735]

Actually like the archer level though it took about a dozen runs to beat it. Realized she makes a really good short track archer with the cosmic quiver and rose arrows with a mana stack. A 10 block rose arrow is 25 damage. Her tandem volley without other bonus does 40 in attack (spirit bolts alway do 15). That will one hit most mobs and give extra energy. Single biggest arrow damage done was 55 damage. Was a boosted overgrown arrow with ghost gem and a 12 block track. She doesn't lack for mana stones, had to pray for wiz buckler and wizard boots to appear for the above to work.

[@Benjilovescats]

day 5 of asking Aliensrock to play return of the obra dinn

[@dr.mnbvcxy]

.

[@commentturtle9892]

First time

[@GuYiNsTrIpEdShOrTs]

this character is so weird and terrible lol. they need to rework or buff him