@@001UnknownPerson NL played and recorded lots of videos of StS a few years back, but the comments on each video we so toxic and downright mean to him about small mistakes. Eventually he stopped recording StS all together and now barely makes vids for YT and never engages in comments anymore.
@@nickp.4419 the toxic folks were so much louder than the rest of us back then -- I think the reason for that was he was still conceptualized by a lot of people as a "gaming content creator" and not "literally the most epicurean global-quality SSS-rank yapper man who also just plays games" -- so many old chatters who had received that kind of trad-gaming-style content in past and some new ones seeing that and coming in were all expecting GAMEPLAY and commentary about gameplay like a billion other youtubers... rather than what he was transitioning his content in to. ... I have been watching this guy too long... :D
"Im not stupid I'm just aware that I'm being governed by my own emotions; what I'm doing is rejecting the idea that I should be an unfeeling automaton. Instead I'm saying what I feel is true even though I recognize that it's false, and you can deal with the cognitive dissonance of that. The only time you see Donu Deca is when you're anointed by God himself" so glad to see this series back
@@poncho_bear3384 please stop uttering that dungeons and dragons (I think?) weirdos name in comment sections or RU-vid will again begin to toss his awful content at my homepage where I will be forced to keep slamming the “do not recommend” and “do not show me again, I do not like this video” buttons for a week straight to purge it from being recommended.
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Any NL fan complaining about more Slay the Spire is no true NL fan, this is our bread and butter. I’ve been hooked on it since the first time he played, and would be happy to keep watching this content until Slay the Spire 2 comes out. My only note is that it would be fun to see some more custom runs for variety. Maybe do a draft deck or mix up the characters cards, stuff like that.
@@MickeyMoladI’ll sound off that I’ve played many rougelites/likes and this is my fav by far. I played it once and said “cool but not for me.” Came back 3 months later and got hooked.
This is probably the best case scenario. Slay The Spire but no mental anguish from the type A andrews on stream, and he thankfully doesn't read comments on youtube anymore
@@jonathanfrakes9505 I mean he did say he would never play sts on stream because of the backseating so I find it weird that we would invite advice on youtube
@@icantranch9398 most people aren’t really consistent about that sort of thing. Its much easier to say you’re going to ignore everyone and tune them out than it is to actually do it. Interacting with strangers on the internet can be a thankless source of misery, but humans are hardwired to seek out socialization which is why social media became popular in the first place. So its typically a cycle of Seek Socialization > Get Punished by the Greater Internet Dickwad Theory > Say “never again” and isolate from social media > your brain starts feeling bad due to the lack of stimulation > “maybe just once…” > Repeat.
@@icantranch9398I think it’s one thing to enjoy playing a round by yourself and then afterwards look for feedback than to have your play style be interrupted and ridiculed live
Hi NL, love seeing Spire back even if it's only briefly! You asked about some tips for pathing. I'm not a pro by any means but I have a roughly 25% win rate on A20H so I have an idea of what I'm talking about. There are a few good rules of thumb I can give: 1. In Act 1, the first 3 hallway fights you take are from an "easy pool", meaning you should value them more than ? floors. For example, you cannot fight gremlin gang or Slaver + slime in your first 3 fights (these are considered hard pool fights) so it's a safe way to gain resources (card reward, gold, potion chance). 2. Try to take paths that have flexibility, meaning you have a branch at some point between a hard path with many elites or an easy path with few elites. This is nice because sometimes you're only able to take the hard path if you get good luck in your card rewards/potion drops so being able to bail if you get bad luck on your drops is really nice. 3. In general, you should be wary of visiting too many ? rooms. Hallway fights give consistently good rewards so if you can take them without bleeding out too much HP, you should. The main exception to this rule might be Act 2 where hallway fights are very scary (snake plant😨) and events are pretty high value (Upgrade all strikes/defends, apparitions, cursed tome, etc.). There are always exceptions to these rules of course, but I think it's a good foundation at least. Hope it helps!
for pathing, the events are actually pulled from two different pools in the first and second half of each level, its commonly accepted that the pool of question mark events in the first and second level are weak in the first half, and strong in the second half. Also important, the first 3 fights are also pulled from a specific pool of easier fights. So when pathing on the first floor my take is to prioritize fights early so so you get a lot of gold and card options, so once you're on the second half of the level you can aim for question marks and shops. The second and third floor are too context dependent, all I can say is keep an eye on your gold and gage your deck strength, if your deck is good at killing elites its always good to do so, they have a higher chance of dropping a rare card and give more gold which means more shops. But there are decks that are great at killing bosses but are weak to a given elite and you can just throw a run if you go elite hunting. In summary, at level one fight on the first half and go for ? on the second half, after that its a matter of practice and taking your time to figure out what you can and can't get away with.
Tip for the guy who wanted STS tips. The champion act 2 boss changes from chill debuffing to crazy style at half hp, so its often a good idea to keep him over that half hp threshold to let yourself get a few more claw & kunai procs for the upcoming onslaught, or if you know that you don't have any block to draw next turn, can let you get a crucial reshuffle. Similar stuff can be applied to time eater where the turn after you drop him under half he will heal back up to half and call you foolish, so chipping him right below the threshold can reduce the amount of healing he does and let you become the lish who fools. Pogged out of my gourd that you're back in the spire, and hope you'll check out sts2 once its out.
Don't get me wrong, I think Hades is incredible, but StS is like. A gaming masterwork. I would say nothing that's come out since is on its level. Not to say the subjective experience is unparalleled, but the quality of the *game* and its mechanics is unbelievable. In five years, it might be in the echalon of games like Doom, Civilization, and Pokémon if its influence continues to grow.
Having jumped on the NL train via Sisyphus and Nintendo Switch Sports for background noise, I suddenly understand the appeal of these roguelite videos. Man's commentary is engaging and rewarding if you can keep up with it.
I would love to see NL do a collab with Frost Prime. He is one of the biggest slay the spire creators and has been doing a lot of teaching collabs with other streamers recently (which NL mentioned some interest in learning the game at a higher level).
Hi NL, this is mostly parroting some stuff that FrostPrime has said, but almost every single card in the game is better than strikes and defends, so stuff like Astrolobe is still great because even if you get cards that aren't necessarily what your build is looking for, it'll probably still be better than a strike/defend
I just started playing slay the spire and I’ve been obsessed! Just won my first run with ironclad, been watching your older vids to learn. But now you’re also making new vids for it. We’ve never been more back!
Ive only recently discovered Frost Prime, and I need an NL/Frost collab so badly. It would be so pogged. Its also too fucking good this episodes starts with his Claw/0 cost idea. Send Frost through the roof.
@@Ozone946 I don't think so? I looked it up before I used it, but that sure as f doesn't mean I'm right 😅 Only thing I thought of afterwards was a missed opportunity to use _doth_ as well, but that ship sailed.
So cool to see you play StS again! Since you asked for advice: IMO for a deck that had this many 0 cost cards in it you had way too much energy and not enough card draw. You've skipped over card draw a lot and ended many turns with 4 energy. A Coolheaded+ or two would have gone hard. Looking forward to more StS videos.
This is pretty cool that you’re going back to this game. I’ve never played a deck building game aside from One Step From Eden, which is also the same game I first saw you play.
Some advice from an experienced StS player: Pathing - Question-marks are kinda bait. You want combats, especially in the early game and lower floors in the act. Combats get you cards and money, they increase your chances of getting potions and rare cards in the future. All things you need to win. Especially at higher ascensions, question-marks are more likely to be detrimental. Unless you're looking for very specific events, it doesn't make sense to aim for them. Aside from that, look for Elite-heavy paths with pivot points. If you're popping off, you'll want to have the option of collecting relics, and if you're struggling a bit, you'll want the option to just take a campfire and normal combats. Also, look at the Boss of the act and plan accordingly. In fact, look to the next elite. The next combat. The more ready you are for what's right ahead of you, the better your chances of building a strong long-term deck become. If you focus on the macro-strategy from too early on, your cards might be too suboptimal and you won't even get to Act 3 where the deck would hypothetically come together. Relics - The key was the wrong pick. Your deck already had 4 energy and loads of cheap cards, and you almost never ended a turn where spending more energy would've helped. Take a look at your Act 3 and notice how often you play your whole hand with energy to spare, or just spend the extra energy on block you don't need (aside from Spinning Top, which wasn't guaranteed at that point). The entire benefit on focusing on 0-cost attacks is that you *don't* need extra energy and can spend the relic slots on better things. The Astrolabe would be much better. Yes, it could've transformed your basics into orb-centric cards that didn't fit, but *pretty much any card is better than a strike/defend*. You'd be happier to draw an upgraded non-strike, non-defend card almost every single time. And if you rolled incredibly poorly on one of the cards, that's just a removal you would've spent on a strike anyway.
Potential Frost Prime collab? He's a great slay the spire player and has done a ton of videos/streams recently with other creators that are learning/relearning the game and he's an NL viewer too. IDK just thought I'd put the idea out there. Regardless, love to see Slay the Spire back on the docket
Dude, I'm so fucking stoked! I just picked it up again recently and reached ascension 16. Started watching some of your older runs, it's awesome there will be new ones!
Some not so backseat advice if you want it NL: -Recently I started watching a StS player called FrostPrime and he pointed out that question marks are not that good in Act 1 as there are too many sub-par events with the exception being golden idol. -Act 1 is usually (but not always) where you create the skeleton of your build while focusing on raw high dmg cards for those beginning low hp enemies. -Act 2 is where question marks pop off with some great events (duel of those 2 knights, coliseum, library). -Also Act 2 has a good number of enemies with multi hit attacks, a good thing to look out for. -Act 3 is your victory lap, just don't get wrecked by the snake lady. So glad this series is back, I hope the comments stay civil and I hope you enjoy the grand comeback. Kind regards, A horrible StS addict and question mark lover.
The issue with NL playing Hades IMO is that while it is a GOATed game in its own right, its a bit too dialogue heavy which can disrupt his commentary. Where roguelikes like this with no dialogue give him an excellent platform to enter a flow state and just say whatever pops into his gourd without worrying about missing stuff or talking over the game.
According to Frost Prime, you want your potions to generally save you about 12 HP. I have no idea how the numbers shake out for that, but thats the advice I heard from him
Light coaching per your request. Taking the curse from that first event is most of the time the worst option. Removes are just way too important and the max health down isn’t really that bad. Claws are generally pretty bad, they’re just one of the most clearly defined win cons in the defect kit. If you are going to go claw though, frost orbs are huge( In general trying to use the orb slots for either damage or block then your cards for the other is a good goal, although some runs will have the orbs doing both or neither and still be fine )
Really love the game and the fact that you played it again. One of my favorite games you've played in the past and hope the backseating is kinder this time around
Hey NL two things that I've learned in that robbers fight. 1 is you usually want to rush down the more healthy robber first. I think in higher ascension he will do more damage and he tends to run away more (don't quote me on this one). Also, in that same fight, you might have been unsure on whether to use dual cast first or attack. I think the correct line is to dual cast first to see where the RNG lands, then you attack to burst down one of those bastards. Love that you're picking up STS again. Thanks for your content!
Sorry if it seems like I'm nitpicking or anything. It's just something that I noticed while watching that I had to reconcile too. NL did mention he didn't mind some feedback. Besides, I know that NL has way more hours than me in the game, so it shouldn't be perceived that I'm lecturing him. I'm simply a sojourner traversing the spire seeing another fellow traveller and giving some of my own observations. Thanks for looking out though!
