What the heck do I do with this (Slay the Spire)

[@xenoalvis7866]

Reported for false advertising as it is clearly the spire that is slaying him

[@andreiignatov2138]

+2

[@anarchium_wellsquest]

SPOILERSSSSS

[@penguindrummer252]

Is it really a spoiler when there's a violence in the thumbnail?

[@NG_717]

+2

[@JD-wu5pf]

To be fair, taking an act 1 burning elite at 19hp is more like suicide than the spire slaying him...

[@Allthenameable]

The despair when NL says run it back but theres only 10mins left in the video 😢

[@slothfacts9390]

Liquid memories punished you for your sins of playing fast by taking your free lunch. You brought this upon yourself

[@frab6809]

20:35 NL got scammed by Liquid Memories. Should have costed 0. Damn, they have it out for him

[@Zetts]

dude I just got to this point in the video and immediately came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that...this is just a glitch, right? I've never seen this happen before in like 3,000 hours

[@frab6809]

@@Zetts My best guess is it has something to do with Cold Snap being the only card available to call back. Since only Cold Snap could be recalled, it didn’t give him the menu to select a card, therefore something broke here causing the cost reduction to not occur.

[@hershey9399]

@@Zettsmustve been an instance where he popped the pot a little too early or something so it looked for a card to make zero, found nothing, and then looked for the card to return and then found the card

[@VividVoid]

This is a bug, yeah. It happened to me yesterday actually. I saved and quit then reloaded the fight and tried again, and THEN it discounted the card properly. Weird.

[@beanie7965]

He liquid memories before the cold snap hit the graveyard, if it wasn't the only card then the menu of cards would have opened up and given the cold snap time to hit the graveyard but because it was the only option the game just selected it automatically before it had hit the yard. The act of going from the yard to the hand reduces the cost (code wise) and that didn't happen so it didn't get reduced. (Source: I'm like 90% sure I'm right)

[@__archermaster__8790]

34 minutes... time for a quick victory!

[@osgrace3341]

Clueless

[@Kswaf706]

+2

[@mrmemeboy9313]

Who's gonna tell him

[@mattgroening8872]

+1? Good but not great

[@Rhineson]

Must be a speed run

[@aaronoverstreet8810]

TIL you can Liquid Memories too fast and not make the card cost zero. NL was right it should’ve been free. 20:35

[@SeeMyDolphin]

Had to watch this like 10 times when it happened. I'm so confused...

[@GodChaos333]

I was so confused. I never seen that glitch

[@lukua5686]

that freaking suuucks!

[@sleep3417]

14:18The printer salesman lying to my face

[@nullptr5740]

+2

[@20jumps]

+2

[@ThanksWinry]

10:18 me when my crunchy eco-conscious aunt gets me a Christmas gift

[@Inxeble]

7:54 Me when I'm the designated driver at a party knowing I can handle trying one of the hard seltzers.

[@mrmanpie8088]

+2

[@myhuntclips4848]

"We've got time to run it back" Oh no, he doesn't know there's only 11 minutes left on the video...

[@plan3teris]

0:19 Shinobi saboteur discussing how best to retrieve confidential documents from the Daimyo's castle

[@plan3teris]

ignore the zero cost attacks part

[@david23627]

+2

[@lordxexplosionxmurder1023]

+2

[@JeSuisGrand]

18:24 me always using the shoelace knot for all knot purposes because it's the only one I know

[@anongoldster9915]

+2

[@Ady66699]

Loop-de-loop and pull

[@cilantro764]

she call me a minion till she saw how much i gru

[@cacheman]

These look more like my runs. Feeling right at home.

[@insaiyanbacca]

Doom and gloom is a good source of aoe that you generally lack without electrodynamics while also giving you the more backloaded damage of darknes. this card is an absolute lifesaver on defect in floor one or if you see it early-mid on floor 2 and is a good early upgrade candidate. Doom&gloom is one of those cards that fits into nearly every build too and can function in almost every combat encounter effectively its what i qould define as a "snap pick" on defect especially early in the run. Consume is crazy in any build that wants to evoke orbs and is an auto pick with the relic that generates orb slots over time imo. Early claws are also def an auto pick as an easy way to scale in fights and benefit from the draw cards like coolheaded that you already pick on the regular. Go for the eyes feels like something you should be picking up more often too but it does need an upgrade to really shine to be fair so i can get why you dont take it that often. Newer viewer here(i came in from the balatro videos) so im not sure how often NL reads comments but you did say when you started the defect StS vids to try and offer helpful advice.

[@tranq122]

23:09 my dad suffering with alzheimer’s going to home depot for the 6th time in the same day

[@__archermaster__8790]

+2

[@blackmage1276]

+2

[@JessieJones976]

1:48 me when the cheap steak is cooked perfectly

[@luminator911]

cooked and rare are antonyms

[@pogusmaximus7162]

@@luminator911cooked take

[@JessieJones976]

@@pogusmaximus7162🤣

[@luminator911]

@@pogusmaximus7162 raw opinion

[@vebwyRL]

20:35 why did the liquid memories not make the cold snap cost 0?!?!?!?!?

[@felix56p]

holy shit I have no idea

[@lukua5686]

he used the potion to return the card before it reached the discard pile

[@vebwyRL]

@@lukua5686 that's genuinely insane I never knew it reacted like that

[@Jabbersac]

@@vebwyRL it's a glitch I think

[@nullptr5740]

10:00 me when my bong is almost empty, but i’m resigned to just smoke the small amount that’s left

[@Saix640]

29:46 That's it I'm a type A

[@rawtoast1112]

i've been doing the climb along side you, and i just got to ascension 17 on defect! this is so much fun to do in real time

[@zaooza34]

Bloke goes full greed and dies broke after 1st boss. Funniest shit I ever seen

[@dylanstallsmith9104]

You gotta consume brother, it’s imperative for an orb dek. Avenues to add orb slots happen pretty much every run. It’s free money!

[@blahthebiste7924]

Still the worst of the 3 focus options, but yeah, focus is too essential to pass up any of them

[@osgrace3341]

34:35 me looking at comedic timestamp comments

[@Despots_Blitz86]

34:35 Me looking at you looking at comedic timestamp comments

[@ezdlc2693]

?

[@dustemi]

18:51 me after trashing a child at basketball

[@broor]

+2

[@nimbus_creations]

25:47 me when I'm an Imagine Dragons fan with a lisp

[@Ady66699]

0:19 weebs when asked why they don't watch live action movies

[@xxvmvxx]

so true

[@anongoldster9915]

+2

[@nazmmetin1862]

+2

[@blackmage1276]

Lmaooo

[@asuka376]

There are some good cards he never takes: Consume, Doom and Gloom, Go for the eyes. I’m sad.

[@Jabbersac]

He takes Go for the Eyes sometimes and I've seen him take Doom and Gloom once or twice. Never seen him take consume though, you're right about that

[@genieinthepot2455]

​@@Jabbersache almost never upgrades go for the eyes though, which imo is what makes it actually good

[@luminator911]

Idk man consume is 2 energy for 2/3 focus and it's only usable if you have a way of getting more orb slots

[@simon4476]

Consume is a card I take very rarely as well since you basically need extra orb slots and comfortable energy. And when you're deck is like that you probably already have better Focus like Defrag(s) or Biased Cognition

[@GroundationOnly]

Consume feels way to slow and expensive for the huge downside but j could be wrong

[@LK-po2rb]

Use it to seize the means of production

[@ShrexualTension]

+2

[@luminator911]

+2

[@austinowens2061]

😂

[@LWmusik]

19:59 me when I'm making terrible electronic engineering decisions that may eventually send me to prison

[@beatsbydro4236]

I am loving the summer of slay the spire

[@GroundationOnly]

That mclovin quote at 24:27 had me rolling

[@Stinkbug_Ab]

The loses only make those wins that much better

[@MinCalm]

Girls like Northernlion will really get a colorless card from the whale and make it their whole personality.

[@noobblue2941]

Why DID liquid memories not make the cold snap 0 cost? It's in the description of the potion at 20:37 Whomstavuve?

[@stevebob9504]

Yeah it’s worded wrong/poorly. It only costs 0 the first time it’s played this turn. NL already played it so it cost one.

[@Juggling_necromancer]

@@stevebob9504 nope, thats not how that works

[@Jabbersac]

@@stevebob9504 wrong, its just a glitch. don't outfox yourself

[@stevebob9504]

@@Juggling_necromancer google is free and easy to use

[@stevebob9504]

@@Jabbersac but it literally is, u can recreate this in 30 seconds if u download basemod

[@sonofhades57]

Not NL hitting us with the Stanley Kubrick-ass thumbnail...

[@Beefstrip97]

+2

[@andrewdant2780]

Hand of Greed + and he still won't take Beam Cell 😂

[@boneboy_]

3:00 is a bar unfortunately

[@redbeardthechemist5375]

I’ll watch StS no matter the duration or supposed outcome. Let’s go.

[@sillychillyhillyfillymilly1209]

She slay on my spire echoformstyle

[@rorywhyte6722]

This man woke up and did not choose Violence

[@cyan_god]

Hand of Greed really was the perfect card to signify that last run

[@wanderingfIame]

mummified hand lets you play ace 1234

[@jakemoore5064]

20:37 wait why did the cold snap come back at 1 cost???

[@SpireTheSlay]

Because he drank it too quickly. Since the only card in the yard was the one he just played it bypasses the selecting the card prompt and puts it straight into his hand. However, doing so while the card in question is mid resolving prevents the discount being applied.

[@MilesKatzen]

maynn i hope he keeps playing this after he beats A20

[@xTCraftx99]

Every time nl skips a claw early a little piece of my soul extinguishes and turns to despair

[@alexzephyris1455]

Gotta give it to the egg, never ever picks up cards then picks the streamline like it costs 0

[@ericburns6100]

Thinking ahead is draw neutral. It is +1 draw on the turn that you play it and -1 draw on the next turn. Not to say it wasn't the right pick there but it's important to consider the cost of drawing a card

[@virtualmartini]

Name a better duo than spires and being slayed by them.

[@eclipserepeater2466]

flushed emoji

[@dutt6222]

Good runs overall honestly. Fun video. Those were rough ones to die on.

[@numbinils]

Chat did I miss an explanation as to why our man only plays as the Defect?

[@alexpalex7641]

He already hit ascension 20 on all the other characters

[@numbinils]

@@alexpalex7641 Ahh tyty

[@grombula721]

Even the miracle lady?

[@adrianfr05]

3 runs in 34 minutes

[@dhdragon555]

Didn't finish a run but it was a highly entertaining episode nonetheless, got a dozen chuckles out of me so ty nl

[@austingoldinger7943]

Another video another electrodynamics

[@KaikiIsTaken]

34 minutes of the lunch free of cost

[@Coordinatedv2]

Me when the waiter gives me a fork for my soup

[@Blueskirtt]

he's finally learned that hand of greed is goated

[@kokosan09]

run it back, run it back, run it back! sometimes RNG is just not in your favour.

[@UnhelpfulHelper]

Rough one, but that's how it goes sometimes. Don't take it personally.

[@dylanstallsmith9104]

Jesus Christ, consume is an automatic take AND he got the robot arm. Unbelievable.

[@gray007nl]

He took Loop! Yes! He took Blizzard afterwards! No!

[@DeathByRabbit]

We run it back.

[@GreyWithCreamium]

Hurts to see beam cell get undervalued in all these runs. Very good card in any physical defect deck, especially here upgraded with 2 hand of greeds and a sunder

[@Icanttstop]

Its like he is allergic to defense

[@PhazonDude]

Appreciated.

[@-Plot-]

Could immediately tell from the time he was cooked.

[@Joe_Molotov]

now I see why they call it Minions 3

[@prod07forgot]

slay the spire is the spire

[@deetsitmeisterjd]

Me when I sit down at the family dinner table and see apple sauce for the first time.

[@phunkadellicphilsabi]

Today we feast on more slay the spire

[@BigTohm]

"im ready for a full slay the spire run" (the video is 34 mins)

[@bronzedionysus]

BLESSED IS THE SPIRE

[@bronzedionysus]

I spoke too soon

[@stevereallyevil]

that's a crazy play I'll admit

[@OGLOCdr3w]

Just beat downfall after finding out it exists in one of your videos and used those 5 little shits to make the most broken build I've ever done. This game is incredible

[@I.Love.Kishka]

never knew he actually played games

[@nickwilson3499]

I'd love to see the stats on how often NL picks the middle card compared to the other two. It seems like he forgets there's other cards there lol

[@masonparis3332]

At 20:42 why wasn't the cold snap 0 from the liquid memories?

[@9600bauds]

he did it too fast and this game's animation logic was coded by a rhesus macaque paid in cigarettes

[@kivvi5292]

Next time you see a Blizzard on a heavily frost-focused run I really recommend you try it out, I will usually get it to 20-30 damage during most fights, even more during boss fights (60+ typically, sometimes you can break 100). It can be strong enough that you can dedicate all your orb slots to blocking late Act 2 onwards. Comparing it to Claw, it scales just as fast, hits everyone instead of one target, and can be scaled by blocking cards like Glacier or draw cards like Coolheaded. Plus, it gets bigger the more damage it does (the best part).

[@blahthebiste7924]

He literally takes one in this video (it sucks)

[@kivvi5292]

​@@blahthebiste7924 He doesn't hover over it, but on turn 3 of the Guardian fight it wouldve done 8 damage which is more than the Sweeping Beam he played. It lacks up-front damage on early turns, but it can scale deceptively fast with just a few frost cards in your deck.

[@blahthebiste7924]

@@kivvi5292 That second part is what I can't agree with. I once stalled out phase 1 of the Woke Bloke to scale up my Blizzard before phase 2. It took forever because of how damn slow it scales. And that was a very frosty deck.

[@n00dle_king]

First run had actually recovered before he went for the burning elite. 😢

[@algertman]

Electrodynamics is CHAD level Spire

[@anjuro]

"...A small price to pay for a relic, any relic!" "Dream catcher... could be worse" Eh, no NL, that is pretty much, maybe the worst one in the game. Maybe strike dummy is even worse but its close.

[@SpireTheSlay]

TBH strike dummy isn't even that bad... lets remember ONE option is generally considered detrimental Juzu...

[@anjuro]

@@SpireTheSlay It depends when you get it and on what character. Act 1 its good-ish until you stop relying on strikes, on defect its truly godawful case there are so few "strike" cards (it does notably hit thunder strike which is nice if you have it but still), but even ironclad which I think is the best your best target for it is perfected strike or twin-strike? Yeah not exactly amazing. I guess its damage one way or another whereas dream catcher may literally give you nothing at all. Idk, even if juzu is mathematically bad for your run, I still like having it. You can always route to maximize battles if you need cards and its just so nice knowing question marks are not gonna be combat. It gets better later since most likely on the 3rd Act you just wanna relic hunt and get to the boss so if you end up getting like one extra chest room because of Juzu I'd say that's a win.

[@chasejacobsen]

34 minutes. Must be a speed run.

[@rosssausem4055]

plz keep cooking NorthernLion!

[@dude135791000]

Bro underestimates claw ICANT

[@CaptnMarvelous]

14:01 me when I'm a hearthstone player looking at the new expansion cards being terrible.

[@shcottam]

Dang i thought that first power run would work

[@Crumbos]

Playing along side at a20 defect is so tough

[@griffvideoman]

34:21 average 49ers fan after the 2024 superbowl

[@highelo4359]

Me after getting my first born baby

[@ImOnCable]

You gotta stop sleeping on the claws NL 😩

[@tiliku5000]

hello, im new to your channel and wanted to ask if youre going to do any ironcladd games in future

[@vebwyRL]

I swear if he picks Echo Form as his act 1 boss card I'm gonna lose it...

[@aaronchipp-miller9608]

Expert deferment 🗣🗣

[@RebagEliash]

Why does he never take go for the eyes like just taking one is so helpful imo

[@DIBYgaming]

You could say the same for him never taking a block/raising hp 😅

[@Toad_Mode]

Looks at the length of the video - oh no lol

[@GroundationOnly]

Caw CAW

[@Cromaticz]

Skipping an early all for one after taking a claw???

[@maxj578]

why did liquid memories not make that cold snap cost zero am I dumb?

[@dekkonot]

Me when it's the next day now

[@primalknight]

this is a scam, i came in thinking hes gonna make violence defect work