THIS IS THE BEST MODDED CHARACTER!! - Hermit

[@TheGallowtree]

The Hermit is such a well-designed character. All the mechanics, card deck and artwork feel right at home in the base game - you'd never guess it was fan-made. Glad to see some more content featuring it!

[@Gaswafers]

The way it treats curses like statuses and skills is definitely not a vanilla+ mechanic. Some design compromises, or tweaks to the main game, would be necessary for them to not stand out badly.

[@Benjilovescats]

I deel like he is a bit to strong though

[@Benjilovescats]

Feel*

[@TheGallowtree]

​@@Gaswafers You might be right - certain vanilla decks like Rupture with the Ironclad can work with curses but no character makes them so integral. I suppose the Hermit feels more like an official DLC than a stock main character.

[@ozb1010]

@@TheGallowtree tbf all characters have widely different playstyles and from what I've seen the hermit matches the main cast presstt well

[@ArkThePieKing]

I'm not even joking, I would LOVE for Downfall to become a normal part of your rotation, I can't get enough of it.

[@MiscFitt]

100% I enjoy watching and playing Downfall more than the vanilla game. The mechanics are just so much fun

[@a.parker7362]

Can't agree more

[@ryankennedy5587]

Strongly agree

[@Frobro669]

Getting to a20 with downfall characters would be fun

[@hobez64]

Honestly this would be a fun character to add to the rotation of Spire runs. He's so much fun and honestly more satisfying to me to climb ascensions with than the main 4 Also don't know if it was mentioned, but Bruise no longer decreases by 1 on hit, so a lot of bruise cards got 1 stack of bruise removed. Also, the Rye Stalk relic was changed from "Bruise no longer decreases on hit" to "At end of turn, all enemies lose HP equal to their bruise"

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

A deck focusing on strikes with maintenance and a lot of Cheat is the most fun I’ve had on hermit. Cheats let you play it for effectively 1 energy regardless of maintenance’s cost.

[@LyricalTampon]

Love the Hermit. Please more of this. The archetypes and play decisions are so damn interesting.

[@yargolocus4853]

"Noon me- Chat, what time is it?" chat: "mid day" "it's 12 o clock" "1:58." "yeehaw"

[@swordsTime]

I think the Hermit is the best modded character ever seen in this game. He genuinely feels like he belongs in the game; the art style matches, he has good deck variety, and just enough keywords and complexity to be unique without being overly hard to understand. I would love to see much more Hermit content in the future!

[@kaylaroberts2785]

I love that this character allows you to enjoy your strikes and defends rather than want to get rid of all of them.

[@kriptexxx]

This character is great. I could watch a game with it regularly, like with the other four. One hermit video a month would definitely be great.

[@krabbekage2124]

Just one? I could consume 10 Hermit runs if I had the option.

[@kriptexxx]

@@krabbekage2124 quick break-down: every week there is a meme video and a video of a different game (nowadays Peglin) plus almost always a special video of a new mod like "what if every relic...". That leaves us with 4 video a out of seven for "normal" StS content (slay the streamer included). In the 4 weeks that adds up to a total of 16 plus, let's say, 2 days, as the month is usually longer. Out of the 18 videos, you would want 10 hermit and only 2 of each other (main) character? I think that would get old very fast - definitely before the end of the month. I stand by my choice of 1 per month to keep it interesting and not turn away too many players who have no idea of the character, therefore cannot understand it or relate to playing it.

[@denverarnold6210]

​@@kriptexxx he did the math.

[@miketerzakis1022]

I've never watched a modded character run before but this character is so incredibly clean, it feels like official content.

[@mait4051]

the artist did such an amazing job at emulating the art style of the game and making the character fit in.

[@AvangionQ]

5:15 This moment right here is why I always want YesRelic permanently in my mods list ... Wide Open, Quickdraw or Golden Bullet ... take them ALL! 36:25 Clasped Locket ... curses that aren't particularly annoying are good now ... hope you get cards like Misfire & Spray and Pray offered to you soon 38:22 Too busy with chat to notice how good Spray and Pray is ... it's like a better version of Sword Boomerang that triggers your upgraded starting relic 40:11 I've never seen Flash Powder before ... that's such a great card || 45:03 Take a look at how strong Misfire is for your current build ... it's a wow card

[@zanzeron4277]

Misfire and spray & pray are alright, but at that point in the run Frost wasn't really having problems doing damage. He just wanted to get to his set up, which those two cards would have interfered with by clogging up the early draws.

[@lolwutman]

Seeing you learn characters and new things is honestly so fun, its definitely cool to see this content and I would like to see more playing it!

[@SuperMoRangeT]

I remember this from the last Hermit video, but the card "Roundhouse Kick" is not showing a roundhouse kick. A roundhouse kick would come from holding your foot against your butt, lifting your leg sideways, and extending your leg, kinda like a football kick but sideways (a bit of a poor description, but should be easier to visualize). The action lines showing the motion of the kick are showing that the guy started with their foot on the left and moved towards the right, and that motion would make it so they hit with the heel of their foot, which would be closer to a hook kick.

[@Sorfallo]

they couldn't have exactly called it heel hook sadly

[@samadams8533]

Of all the mods, this is the most fun character to watch. The meme character like the LoL ones, are like fun for 5 minutes or highlights, but this feels like it could almost be part of the game

[@krabbekage2124]

Amazing video! This inspired me to do a Hermit run of my own, and I won! Determination + Spray n' Pray + Shade Cloak deck! Thank you Frost & Andrew.

[@Dufould]

Last time I was this early Frost unironically played League....

[@AcidJazzCigarillo]

Spire couldn't throw shit at the man w/ the gun.

[@Psianth]

Frost: boom 250+ billion damage. Also Frost: BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! 25 DAMAGE!!!!!

[@RSmeep13]

Absolutely, I'd love to see you get all the unlocks

[@MrJsintic]

My first run with this mod I got two overwhelming powers, it made for a really fun OTK deck that struggled verses bosses at the start, but once I was able to get a panacea the game was free

[@supertokurider]

Honestly the Hermit is my favorite character to play these days

[@masxe4106]

41:12 man really retained 2 cards with retain on em

[@xDanKaix]

When your strikes deal 50 damage and draw 2 cards.

[@kaylaroberts2785]

Honestly Frost, I just love your content. I appreciate your support of various communities, your humor, and your genuine skill at these games. 22?

[@Drekromancer]

Ah yes, the official 5th character in StS. Wonderful as always. More please!

[@djphoenix1366]

Frost Prime videos have now conditioned me to hear the Mario coin sound whenever I choose a card playing Slay the Spire

[@CoffeeSipper555]

The hermit feels like should be a base character

[@sycofreake1]

I love this character! Already up to 2.4k likes, so I'll surely get to see more of hermit!!

[@emu7344]

hermit has really good beta art

[@chaoticrevenge7950]

FUCKING FINALLY JESUS CHRIST

[@206zac206]

Love the character and the content!! Just hit A19 with hermy yesterday. Going in for the final two now!

[@02brother]

Ah, i see frost use the pew-pew-pew character. Its playstyle is quiet fascinating.

[@wolflypackucus1543]

Hell yea more Hermit content!!

[@zlaggaming68]

If the people who created slay the spire does the same thing as tboi repentance where they add downfall as dlc I would love the game even more

[@sp3cialk99]

I have been waiting for this shot boy for a while and God I am so excited

[@WLMinaro]

There's some pretty sick Touhou character mods - I only know some off-hand lore about Touhou, but from what I've seen the characters play well into their identity while still being (largely) balanced and enjoyable. Especially Reimu and Koishi, Remilia Scarlet is slightly too strong iirc. The Gensokyo act mod also pairs pretty well with them for pure thematics, although it is far less balanced imo.

[@StarlightLexie]

every time frost says condolences instead of coalescence i lose 30 minutes off my lifespan

[@The_Mang]

I would love to see you add the Hermit into your normal spire rotation, seems like a character I would love to see you master :)

[@parkerreitler1565]

I see that youtube gang has easily met the like goal….now….if they only met the Frost subgoal

[@MiscFitt]

DEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! DEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! DEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!

[@BlubbZerMan]

just another comment saying that downfall would be highly appreciated to be more regular! Keep up the great content man, I think it'd be something special and so fun to see you, with all your STS konwledge to figure out how to get to and through high ascensions with a well designed, new character!

[@AquaticMessiah]

Crimson Eyed is a fun character to play but it's hard as fuck to learn

[@jemsuper]

Downfall is just fun, would be fine with it playing more often

[@otismcdonald1604]

Still waiting for new Hermit plays. I’ve been grinding the hell out of the Hermit and I’d love to see this come up again. Maybe one of these Mondays

[@starfir4672]

Damn, 2 seconds ago? Frost got that good good upload schedule

[@annathequiet6196]

so cool that to see you playing the third character i a20'd

[@steventaylorgroom]

Weird question but i see you have an sm7b... i also have one and am having issues with having to have the gain turned all the way up for it to pick up anything even after using a cloudlifter to improve the sound levels. Ive read that this is a pretty common issue and was wondering, what do you use to work around the gain issue with the mic?

[@goo-dly3711]

Oooo like button goes colourful when clicked

[@anarchicnerd666]

Hell yeah, more Hermit :)

[@petarshimov5993]

This was my first stream and I got gifted a sub. Epic and absolutely worth it

[@majikcheezit]

Here's my algorithm comment for my favorite streamer and editor

[@Kreeschon]

we're still 900 likes shy of the goal. how fucking dare you, KZbin. GET THOSE GODDAMN NUMBERS UP.

[@Cauldron20]

I can't stop looking at that one loose strand of hair!

[@ammonbergevin5302]

Do a run where you start with like 2 desperados and a sneko eye, see how crazy those numbers can get

[@EximaAce]

Watching the stream to support Tristan and then waiting for the upload to support Andrew ❤️

[@PoorEdward]

Overwhelming Power is quite literally OP lmao, so many ironclad powers lose way more GUARANTEED HP for such less, well power, pretty insane. The downside should be like a crap ton of curses and 4 hp

[@Auraknight]

I disagree- Ironclad gets energy for hp outright. Hermit spends one energy to gain three, draw a little, and the perminant downside for the rest of the fight to choose between one more energy, or the HP loss. overhead that Ironclad doesn't need to worry about. WIthout Icecream, Hermit could easily lose energy in the long term trying to avoid hp loss in comparison to Ironclad. It gets better in comparison the faster you can end the fight.

[@BobFromAccounting-e1x]

Will you ever play the boss characters again aswell as the hermit?

[@nickkirchner9532]

Jo I was actaully watching this stream live, but I wasn't sure if it was enough to start the youtube chattrigger thing haha

[@Drekromancer]

Hermit tierlist waiting room

[@Lord_Phoenix95]

Would High Noon, Showdown and a small deck would be an Infinite?

[@matthewquirin3081]

My dogs hate the sound effect of fully loaded every time you played it it set them off barking into the void confused about where the sound came from.

[@Faero2566]

Showdown and high noon have a realy big potential for infinite deck, just remove/exhaust all cards except strikes, high noon, showdown and you use 1 strike you gain 1 strike, it's infinite

[@zahzulg758]

plz always play Hermit, luv u

[@franksalive]

the hermit has lethal

[@dartr045]

Hermit literally good tho, like put a Virtue and a LOT of cards that contain negative buffs and that character is OP with just in-build Artifacts with it. Say for an example you carrying Wraith Form Cards with a Virtue. That card just negate the effect entirely when played after you receive a negative buffs.

[@ceazer6857]

I agree with a lot of the others. Just add downfall, even if it’s just the hermit, to the play rotation. It’s a great way to spice things up!

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

Hell yeah more hermit! They nerfed my boi Power Eternal though, it was so fun stacking 3 of em and playing 12 free cards each turn.

[@koshakvesely8186]

How did they nerf it?

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

@@koshakvesely8186 Eternal Form now reduces the cost of all cards in your hand *at the start of your turn* by 1. Instead of 4 free cards and no energy, you get 5 discounted cards and energy. Maybe not a nerf initially but the stacking is almost worthless now

[@teradul2480]

Hey Frost! Highly recommend you get the mod of the Hermit by himself instead of just through the Downfall, since in the downfall you can get some whacky potions, relics and events, even when playing the normal characters!

[@Halfcertified]

More 20 minutes till dawn please 🙏

[@babassoonist8041]

over 2500 likes, no more Hermit content :( We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been, quite possibly, bamboozled

[@samadams8533]

So wait could you just have showdown infinitely loop if you only had strikes in your draw/discard pile and they kept drawing themselves?

[@AjaxWolfie]

Frost you have potions! Wait...

[@Eipiczumby]

Pls Slay The Streamer with Hermit someday #StrikeGang

[@expepem189xl3]

So sad that they reworked Ethereal Form, but also kinda cool, i lose around 5 runs just cause thinked it still capping my cards per turn.

[@misfitxmike]

I have never been this early, what do i do with my hands?

[@khepridixon2754]

Its been less than 8 hours and it already has 1800 likes

[@MilkyMustache7321]

MORE OF THIS COME ON

[@Notanegg.]

Morbin content t

[@unmade_error]

Not even 24 hours and we're over 2500 likes let's go everyone

[@gohansmiled5811]

Thats good and all but WHERE IS BABY?

[@mliem5959]

we're still waiting you going ascension 20 with downfall mod 👀

[@williamwolfe962]

More Hermit!

[@cjayden04-87]

Shermit

[@baguettegamegurl7617]

Well if you had fun with it , play it more , it's good content

[@AlexMartinez-lr9yy]

Downfall content would be POG, love STS content

[@undeadboi8441]

This is pog

[@brianlockett4369]

Infinite Hermit!

[@carsonroach-howell6945]

Take the Hermit to A20!! Or at least hack it to skip to A20 and beat that.

[@tomribei]

Maintenance should be a power. That card is way too op in it's current form.

[@Dullerrope31]

Would be great to see some more downfall content!

[@Kelarys]

Just treat Downfall as an official expansion and integrate it into your rotation, it's all good content

[@grimmy24]

GLARE

[@N92790]

We need more mods

[@yautjacetanu]

Feel like I'd like the gremlins more but hermit is good

[@iampotsataja]

Wohoooo Downfall!!!!!!! (Edited due to lack of exclamation points)

[@jamelcommodore2972]

2,500 a simple task more hermit please

[@aratherdrunkmedic8470]

Acension 20 hermit

[@maxpuigpowell8630]

Overwhelming power seems pretty bad as a power. It’s a one time 3 energy with a debuff after that which stays unless you have artifact. I honestly don’t think it’s designed properly to be a power

[@brandoncronan348]

It's just a bad adrenaline+ since it costs one energy to get that 3

[@pewdipiehp11]

Let's go ❤️