How I beat Refraction Railway 3 with the Worst Team(s) Possible: Part 1

[@carlotheemo]

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great LC player ESGOO is making a video tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am ESGOO."

[@mr.raphael1507]

That’s so sad😢, Alexa play ‘Fly, my wings’

[@Kimvfta]

​​@@mr.raphael1507fly my wings fixed everything,even your stupid ass!

[@eggsans69]

did you mean burst intro tremor.

[@TheRealWalt]

​@mr.raphael1507 bit late but "Fly, broken wings"

[@randomperson6176]

20:47 "Squeezing as much lust out of Outis as possible." -ESGOO, 2024

[@Minhaz25]

“Which was my only source of lust”

[@plinfan6541]

Canto 11 Forshadowing

[@Black-Soul777]

The strongest buff a Limbus playes can have... the ability to read.

[@dnplayz8410]

: skip to 28 min point : still on whale : it is so fucked

[@Shizkeb]

he only starts the challenge at 19:00 everything before that were team explanations

[@dnplayz8410]

@@Shizkeb I know i commented before i watched the whole thing sorry😔

[@Nixahma]

This got a laugh out of me that came from so deep in my gut I have a tummy ache now

[@Yuri_Burger]

From break and ruin, the most beautiful Sloshing will begin.

[@Jc-lu8qc]

From sloshing and mail the worst fuckin ID will begin

[@unclekanethetiberiummain1994]

B-beautiful sloshing? 😳🤤🤤

[@snipermagoo]

@@Jc-lu8qc I think she's still the only slash-resist tank.

[@RadyVT]

@@snipermagooWait a second Zwei Greg isn’t??? I’ve used this man so much yet only now realised he’s fatal to his own damage type 😂

[@snipermagoo]

@@RadyVT Slash resist hasn't really been relevant for a while. If it had been, Slosh wouldn't be such a joke ID. It's a question of whether another slash tank comes along before the need for a slash tank, and given that IDs tend to be suited to the next content release, she's probably shit out of luck.

[@__MoNSt3rZ]

One must imagine ESGOO happy

[@hauntedhoody2976]

Oh boy! I Hope ESGOO talks about my favorite EGO lifetime stew Sinclair and how much it helped him!

[@Welvader]

As the preacher of Lifetime Stew Sinclair's greatness I am greatly insulted by the Soupclair slander in this video, Soup assassins will be dispatched to your location immediately

[@tylerulfmann4586]

They will learn of our peaceful soup kitchen by force

[@NightOfTheRavens]

Wow... Did Welvader just now... actually make... a kind of a funny joke?

[@therealESGOO]

Do the assassins also only roll an 18 maximum with -2 offense level? I think I'll be fine.

[@NightOfTheRavens]

@@therealESGOO Does ESGOO resist lust? Nevermind, you won't need to worry about resistances either way.

[@Beepers559]

Lifetime stew… that evil cretin, “roll heads please!” I beg, I scream, but lifetime stew Sinclair looks at me and says “lol.” “Lmao.” And burns my team instead of healing them like the evil goon it is

[@yehuda8589]

When ESGOO releases the final episode of this series, PM will announce another delay in Canto 6, but to tide us over, we get RR4, with the gimmick that you can stack the same sinner on 1 team, allowing the true pain of Zwei and Mariachi Sinclair on one team, just for ESGOO

[@plinfan6541]

Same Sinner multiple times would be unironic peak.

[@towniehypnosis7563]

​@@plinfan6541if that us true, u can't wait to make an unstable twink team.

[@IchCharacter]

It would be cool to have multiple IDs of a sinner at once, I'd love a full team of just one sinner, it would be pretty cool to see how that would work out. Doesn't seem possible with how IDs work, but it would be awesome.

[@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028]

A team of Meursaults, all equipped with Regret. The end is nigh. You ought to fear it.

[@ГлебВинокуров-с8ы]

@@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028The Bones aren’t safe.

[@harikjay8825]

"I should've just gone unopposed" Oh boy, the amount of times I've said that; I really felt your pain in that moment lmao

[@LotusHearted]

Oh hello there, nice to see you here.

[@aurablue9038]

18:07 *"No Ammo IDs (Except Base Meursault)"* Brooooo lmao

[@lgkinfalljack]

THAT MAN WAS BLOCKING OUT THE SUN OKAY

[@plinfan6541]

@@lgkinfalljack Uptie 5 Merusalt is him getting a additional coin to each skill were he just pulls a gun and shoots the Enemy.

[@nga12567]

i don't get it

[@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028]

​@@nga12567 Read L'étranger.

[@pen_lord8520]

@@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028man really told PM fan to read wtf 💀

[@Man_Person_Best_Hero]

Less than 10 mins and ESGOO lost his mind. Then the soup came in and it sounds like he's in a psychiatric ward.

[@HKdouche]

It's so nice of the psych ward and his therapist to let him stream from the facility. Bless ESGOO

[@zuirenn]

At first I was like "Atleast he has Fluid Sac" and then "Well Regretsault would help" and finally "Oh he's just a masochist at this point" I salute you, ESGOD 🙏

[@ghostknight1352]

railway2 with the worst team was what got me into limbus company and subsequently on the other 2 P-moon games, a random challenge video from a game i've never even heard of before, that youtube decided to recommend to me at 4 am, and i couldn't be more thankful for the algorithm, and now we are finally getting railway3 with the worst team, one must imagine esgoo happy, but i sure am

[@mrjaku633]

To compare to railway 2, this video, covering JUST the first 3 fights, is just as long as the entire Railway 2 video, which means much more of the pain being explained. Huge props for actually doing this crazy, masochistic challenge, you're a god

[@konato88]

-I can read. *gigachad music starts playing*

[@bestaround3323]

Shame bleed came right after to kick him back down

[@gato6373]

Ok I'll be honest, this was absolute insanity but the sheer level of dedication you put in to make it as irritating as possible for yourself and as painful to get through is both comedic and honestly inspiring, you've commited to the spirit of the challenge far beyond what I've seen some people do for easier challenges in other games and that's truly worthy of Respect. Edit: Gossypium ESGOO sounds like a broken broken man.

[@fineanddandy26]

I mean this in a totally genuine and serious way your voice is so pleasant. Like you have a really nice podcast voice If college doesnt work out you should narrate ebooks or something

[@maximoftheinternet-zt2me]

Welcome to another episode of “Esgoo can’t help but stub his own toe deliberately”

[@mr.textwall5327]

Repeatedly, with extreme viciousness.

[@bgammax5842]

Throughout everything I appreciate you being realistic about Lifetime Stew’s weaknesses. So many people seem to be under the impression that this EGO will lose a clash every time you use it, when in fact it will simply never clash Looking forward to when Sunshower Heathcliff’s passive turns on

[@Student.oftheRing]

20:45 esgoo is slowly succumbing to outism

[@squar3locket]

Gossypium being in the top 10 most difficult RR3 fights has to be one of my favorite jokes on this channel so far. Awesome work as always ^^

[@SunshowerHeathcliffBeliever]

4:48 . Sunheathies, ATTACK!! This esgootuber has GOT to go!!!

[@c5h87]

base hong lu passive 👻👻👻

[@cthuluthunderballs8232]

god gives his strongest schizos his worst identities

[@anklaranja]

Sunshower Heathcliff SUCKS!!!!!!!!!

[@FourElemental]

@@anklaranjaI LOVE POTENTIAL MAN

[@cliff6924]

One day, we will get a usable HongLu ID's support passive for Potential man 😔

[@Smis1337]

The rare Tremor W.... I kneel.

[@SingerOfW]

If nothing else, these videos serve as important inspiration for the rest of us who actually try clearing railways with half-decent teams. After all, if Esgoo could do it, you certainly can, too.

[@KAREEEEGG]

I started playing Limbus company (friend recommendation) around the start of the Blade Lineage event and just cleared railway refraction in 99 turns! Your guide to railway 3 helped me a bit, mostly by giving me the idea to clash Ardor blossom moth with Ardor blossom and by giving me the ability to read. Yes, read. When I clicked on the abnormality info, it never occured to me a single time that I need to press on the body parts to see their respective weaknesses. I always figured that the resistances were hidden and datamined and then posted online. The joke about "being able to read compared to other Limbus company players" randomly popped up while fighting the Pequod trio and I finally realized that you can see the stuff ingame... Anyways, I wanted to thank you for the pain journey that's called "How I beat Refraction Railway 3 with the Worst Team(s) Possible" because it made me realize that farming EGO resources is a thing. the trio would have been so much more painful experience otherwise (running a Pride res/poise team with BL Meursalt, Don, Faust, Cinq Sinclair, Outis and Captain Ishmael).

[@alfa1a765]

I truly enjoy how you tell this, akin to a story. It feels like an experience, and the repeated mentions of how deep we are in the video never failed to humor me. thanks

[@pen_lord8520]

I can’t believe that the team was SO bad that TREMOR out of all things turned out to be useful

[@ImmortalAbyss]

I don't have any jokes or anything no say. I'm just impressed and I damn love your content.

[@conarant6430]

one must truly imagine ESGOO happy

[@Freur-00]

Dude, the amount of effort you put into this video is INSANE, I watched the entire thing and even though I can barely wrap my head around most Limbus mechanics, this has been the most entertaining +50 mins of pure yapping

[@tahraki4918]

48:29 my only guess as to why soup only healed 20 hp is that zwei-clair's hp is a decimal (209.5 - 209.9) that's rounded up for his 210 hp stat, but when calculating the healing (20.95 - 20.99), the game instead rounds downward, giving 20 hp.

[@Gadamir]

I recently finished Umineko and so rewatching this and hearing Happy Maria I do believe start playing around 48 minutes in made my day Esgoo, thank you very much.

[@Gadamir]

Dead angle, another umineko song follows after the first one. Umineko’s ost is phenomenal for anyone who hasn’t checked it out.

[@jellifygirl]

Thank you for your sacrifice. I will thoroughly enjoy this.

[@AWrySmile]

Though Sisyphus may be happy, something tells me he’s pretty damn tired of it.

[@aceisawesome_]

I genuinely love the long startups for these kinds of videos, I love having the mechanisms of the game explained so I can use that knowledge for myself in the future :D super excited for the rest of the run!!!!

[@qreb1064]

No envy on this is such team sounds so right. Who in their right mind would envy them?

[@ThePrestoGuitar]

I *love* how long your videos are, and the preamble is just as fun as the actual fight summaries to me

[@LadyUkita]

I appreciate the unfathomable pain and torment you go through to bring us entertainment

[@kaskozhuk4158]

I honestly can't imagine being willing to play Limbus Company for 30 hours, that's genuinely impressive.

[@tylerulfmann4586]

It’s like an odyssey but instead of hubris or direct pride leading to spiral of self destruction It just skips that arc to prove that even with the most suboptimal terrible godforsaken team mates with the power of friendship and infinite revives the monkeys can type out Shakespeare

[@MJelly-yj8kp]

true, i've uninstalled it after 4 minutes

[@Localii4129]

i just now realized the boulder is from hades (also omg esgoo hiiiii hii i love esgoo)

[@SniXBESTAWP]

Just wanted to thank you for your hard work on editing and suffering trough this challenge, i hope you stay passionate about your videos

[@technicaldevil433]

Umineko music hell yeah, dead angle is awesome

[@blade6965]

ah,i knew i heard something familiar

[@HeathcliffLover]

Thank you, ESGOO! This is a wonderful and entertaining video. I appreciate the effort you put into making these. I can't wait for part two! Glory to Project Moon! o7

[@YuriSupporter]

24:21 “It’s easy to say I have no advantages, but I do have one. I can read.” LMAAOOOOO This is actually the realest thing ESGOO has said, basically the polar opposite of his drip tier list in terms of truth.

[@JJ-du3mu]

Great job. You earned a sub. Made me remember the good old ruina days were deckbuilding and in-game planning was a thing.

[@slplink]

Very happy to hear "Happy Maria" from Umineko play in the background

[@Kelsen-se1bm]

I strongly believe Sloshmael has a special place in ESGOO heart.

[@ataco5912]

This is the peak we've been waiting for, thank kindly Esgoo. And thank you sloshmael

[@foxxbaker]

It’s weird looking at 36:00 and thinking of the two new ids we got that handle bleed in emergencies like this

[@Madguys101]

ESGOO in part 1 of railway 3 : I have one advantage : I can read. ESGOO in part 3 of railway 3 : turns out that I have an unfortunate debuff; I can't read. What overdosing on clams does to a mf.

[@ekimmak]

33:10 I do actually use this one over Rime Shank on her Rosespanner ID. I always keep an eye on EGO that have an affinity they don't cost, I think it's the one positive Ryoshu's Soda EGO has.

[@terit3747]

I think what's really cool about these videos is it is a way to gauge what the experience is for brand new players who want to complete endgame content. Now usually, they will have a meta ID or two, but they may not know anything about team building or mechanics and could just as well load into the Railway or Hard MD with this kind of team. One of the things PM was widely appraised for when the game first came out was being able to clear all the early game content with just base IDs. I was a bit naive to think they would continue the trend, otherwise veteran players would get bored. However, it is a difficult balance to strike since at the end of the day, it is a game with a fantastic story that I think should be accessible to everyone regardless of when they started playing or how much money they spend. Keep up the good content and ignore the comments of people who get tribalistic over things like status effects or minute EGO applications. I personally use lifetime stew because it procs "when attacked" effects of certain allies (i.e. pequod heathcliff's damage and defense level up in "mutilated tattoos") and also has a controlled corrosion which targets low HP enemies. This is nice in the MDs so I can neglect ninclair's SP and let him corrode like an artillery cannon. He was one of my first uptie 4s. I personally don't know what happened because after season 3 rolled around people become more toxic over game mechanics which really wasn't that bad before the new MD rolled around. Maybe its because the game mechanics became exponentially more complex in season 3 and this caused more discussion and argument, maybe there was an influx of new players from the Tokyo Game Show and they felt out of the discussion and wanted to be "in the know" so they hopped on the bandwagon of arguing over status effects. Nethertheless, great content as always. Don't feel the need to overexplain every use case, most veteran players aren't going to throw a temper tantrum over game mechanics anyways.

[@NerroST]

I just finished my first ever Railway run so very fitting for this to come out now

[@xartancebaldus6902]

I have problems getting through the Railway with a normal team. You are very hardcore man. Congrats that you did it!

[@StuffSupreme]

the multitude tightens it's hold...

[@makaira8383]

'Top of the Hill Rd.' ???? hilltop road?? magnus archives reference? IN MY LIMBUS COMPANY VIDEO??????

[@hayde5105]

Prime content, always a good day when you upload long form content.

[@gorrazin7983]

33:40 Don't apologize, you have definitely earned your "shill" and a new subscriber.

[@k3ng96]

you can hear the pain and relief at the same time when the Gossypium was defeated, congratz !!!

[@rafplaysgacha]

What makes this video better is that it's Part 1.

[@midoritsibulinka613]

56 minutes and 10 seconds of peak content

[@Thunderdroceon]

I don't even play this game but find the videos so entertaining. Great work 😂

[@ekimmak]

14:20 It wasn't until a while into describing this EGO that I realised how catastrophically painful this run is going to be when you rely on Soupclair. That tails hit when fighting Ardor Blossom Moth would instantly end you, and you probably needed to spam it in order to keep your team from burning to death. I guess as a bright side, you weren't forcing yourself to use 9-2 beforehand, which would have made this run absolutely the worst. Since every time you use Lifetime Stew, you'd also be triggering the 9-2 passive of "Reduce SP of self and target"

[@wildfire_]

i've never gotten the value of pursuance because it takes so much sloth and the only character I usually slot that generates sloth is yi sang who also needs sloth for his egos (3+ for all the egos I have for him)

[@jaredlol1]

I can’t wait for the next part thanks for the hard work!

[@tahraki4918]

"Wait how the fuck am I- oh god I have to do this with the Worst Team aren't I?" - our Lord and Savior ESGOO

[@eloywhodunnit2034]

Let's go!!! 3 Part series!! Good work, Larry!

[@jaredlol1]

I am so glad we have this mad man in our community

[@odbp1112]

Perfect day to put the video out as I just finished refraction railway for the first time today

[@randomaether]

Good job, sisyphus. You did it!

[@Tekkonecko]

Hi, Basilisoups biggest fan here, stewclair is really good on burn teams, since there isnt a *huge* amount of healing EGO on the team, it also makes ninclair into one of the best burn applicator in the game (4/10/10*)

[@byel2844]

funny because sinclair himself has a much better healing ego he can use: Lantern

[@ravsberry5739]

That's self healing, not team healing. Also, Garden of Thorns Gregor is coming tomorrow and it's gonna be good for burn team because it's lust affinity.

[@byel2844]

@ravsberry5739 actually Lantern just heals the 3 lowest hp allies...?

[@Tekkonecko]

@@ravsberry5739 bestie, Gregor isn't going to be run on burn teams anymore, he has been invalidated due to liu rodion's existence

[@Tekkonecko]

@@byel2844 yeah, but on pure burn teams you are going to be seeing 9:2 more

[@cursedbeing3038]

Glad to see some Rodion Effervescent praise. That ego hits pretty well for what it’s worth, especially in MD

[@nab4742]

Boy I cannot wait to hear ESGOO corrode because of the nightmare that is the Pequod Trio

[@goodhunterchurch1117]

Very much looking forward to part 2!

[@ステラ死]

Let's gooooooo More educational ESGOO trauma Thank you for experiencing immense psychological pain so we may learn things such as EGO skills generating EGO resources themselves, and that Lifetime Stew Sinclair is the pinnacle of comedy

[@Judgemental_Bunny]

That live reaction where you lost to the mass attack hit hard...

[@Esskido]

Oh boy, can't wait to see how badly -or well- the funny clam fight with his poison buddies, SP eating larvas, and infinite defense went~

[@Krivoruchka]

This is very good video I watched it in one sitting. Cant really add anything this just very good.

[@jasonhauze3422]

This is very enjoyable to listen to. Congrats on the clear look forward to the next one and hear all the strats

[@comicalman4554]

25:35 10 top moments before disaster

[@AnemoneMeer]

I am one of the people who actually sees potential in Lifetime Stew. It's a good way to spread potency around for Liu Burn teams with NClair and get some buffs in the process. But relying it as a healing EGO is the epitome of pain.

[@jakeepps1571]

ESGOO is evolving ESGOO has evolved into ESGOONER

[@astralronin]

new Esgoo vid, also invite us to the wedding with Gregor.

[@et1033]

17:20 THE WAY I GASPED WAS INHUMAN, ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS- THAT COUNTS AS A HIT???? I cry for you Syssiphus.

[@lucyarisato6850]

14:03 god it’s like Darkest Dungeon’s occultist all over again, except that he’s at least capable of high level heals (and not crit for 0 plus bleed).

[@Ontake387]

“what the hell is wrong with you?” “yes.”

[@dumbdoggie]

that sloshmael entrance rocked but made me sad that such a cool attack animation is stuck to sloshmael

[@switerkly2847]

Happy Maria on background, ESGOO a man of culture

[@StazTheBeave]

Tremor being useful is a very funny part of the video

[@sdobitoo]

Idk if you get Roi on me cause i live in Russia and we dont have any ads, but i just wanted to thank you for all the beautiful content you produce

[@JARGUN145]

Did you enjoy see some of the new Abno animations at the very least? Lmao, thanks for the video as always

[@ItsSanchover]

We can now confirm that ESGOO is a masochist. How else is he getting through this without some sort of pain kink?

[@blindeyedblightmain3565]

Soup believers rise up! Best Teth EGO in the game! This comment was sponsored by Welvader and Witnesses of Soup Association.

[@mjolls-l3g]

can't wait till ahab gets a 20 on the pain o meter

[@shocksword6847]

If you target skills from right to left (slowest to fastest), you'll have an easier time finding the right targets for your sinners to clash. Slower sinners have less options so they should be considered first. Faster sinners have more options, some of which overlap with slower sinners so they should be considered last.

[@redcomet7916]

the 3 curse is really hitting esgoo on this challenge specifically lol cycle 3 3rd fight drifting fox 3rd fight drenched gossypium

[@RichtofenE115]

18:31 "Thank you for being patient with my preamble by the way." The fuck you mean? Why would I be upset with you going into detail?

[@luckray8594]

HELL YEAH!!! PEAK RETURNS!!!

[@art5804]

Thats my debuff😌Tremor gang grows stronger with each passing day.

[@NeoBoneGirl]

I'll be taking my ESGOObux for mentioning Roseate Desire on the last railway challenge, seriously, it still stuns me how just insanely above curve it is for a Teth EGO I basically forgot about in Season 1, and especially how perfect it is for a challenge in which your fastest unit is the one, the only, Lobotomy E.G.O::Sloshing Ishmael. Goated Sinner, Goated EGO, and Goated ID, was sad when I changed my banner from her to Captain Ish instead