The Pawns Have Evolved to Hold SPEARS! 

It's pretty clever to try and "trick" the algorithm by omitting 'Shotgun' in the title and description + shortening the game name into SG King.

Tyler: "I'm trying to think of a situation where I would jump over a piece for 1 damage" Also tyler: oh no, can't blade rook, he has 1 extra hp :(

Fun fact, taunting hop's extra turn works with soul cards, so you can rook, bishop or queen hop from a distance and get the extra turn

6:16 You also neutred youre chances of secret ending as theocracy, the other card needed for it, only appears if there are 2 or more bishops Edit: a little game knowledge for ya btw, i believe secret heir activation counts as an enemy turn of sorts, you wont die if you discovery check to a rook behind a king with a secret heir (i think this could be wrong),what i do know tho is that secret heir doesnt properly activate during the boss fight, so you dont have to go out of your way to look for it

Gonna suggest this here too: a match where you flood the board with as many pieces as you can. Also, hi Edit Tylerer's, you're doing great.

NOOOOOO! Passing on Taunting Hop when you had Bushido (and Blade) was tragic! That combination is so incredibly good. And he did it twice. T_T

Tyler: cards that give an extra turn are really powerful Also Tyler: refuses to take taunting hop

I love how the white cards he got kinda tell a story if you rearrange them. King had a secret mistress which lead to a secret heir. To keep the secret, the King put the son into the army and made it so everyone would get Pikeman training so he'd be safer. Then the bishops started to read from the red book, only to be overthrown by the pawns... Funny little coincidence here

(Potentially) fun challenge idea: normal game but you try to build a synergy for white rather than yourself

Fun Fact: as the Move Indicator says when you select a piece, the Boss King can only move horizontally or vertically, he’s restricted from diagonals

hopefully the game title edit works better for the algorithm

8:58 I’m pretty sure Secret Heir gives you an extra turn when the heir spawns so you’d still be fine

Yoooo, some [REDACTED] King!

You never realize how hard some of these games he plays are until you play them. I got a copy of this a while ago and it definitely is difficult enough that my usual play style for games tend to cause me to lose more often than not Also, within my first few games I unlocked the 4 blade required gun and have been constantly using it because "why not?" logic

The speed of an unit counts as how long it takes before it moves. The higher the amount, the slower the piece is.

Yay! I was worried after the update we wouldn't get anymore. Thanks Tyler and editor for making my day

14:20 "I don't wanna risk chaining extra turns just in case it fails" he says, just after chaining extra turns. 😄 EDIT: Though maybe he meant blade-soul-blade-normal, so getting two Bushido turns before taking the regular turn. That'd make sense. 🤔

Have you ever played oroborous king? That one might be up your alley if you want some different chess content (if you ever get tired of SG King)

Love these vids!

Great editing!

This is such a fun series to watch, hope you'll continue this after your break

I really wanna see if a 360 degree arc is possible. Also I love the blade, best strat ever, especially with Bushido

This is the first time im also playing a game tyler is, (except maybe bloons) and i gotta say im excited to see how he fairs. Im currently stuck on trying to beat floor 14, and it gets HARD

6:40 the note had me laughing

Thanks for the content!

Would love to see you get as many pieces as possible on the enemy's side and still come out on top

I absolutely love how your videos get edited to show the text for items and such. Great work.

Sacred Crown plus Royal Loafers is one of the most overpowered combos in shotgun king. Combo beat me floor 15

idk if you did this in a earlier video I missed however I love how you've edited in the tooltips to make stuff clearer for non players! I know I would have appriciated this when I first found you (and this game)

Damn the editing is gettin quite good, keep it up!

It worked! I actually got this episode in my recommendations!

You should do a run (probably on an easier difficulty) where you just pick the best synergies for white

love the content tyler

I hope this title+metadata thing worked

We need you vs hikaru in this game lol

Taunting hop works with souls, just if you wanted to know

Always excited for more shotgun king just beat rank 8

Taunting hop is actually quite a bit better than it seems at face value; since it counts as a move, and as such let’s you regenerate ammo or reload your gun.

If you want the secret ending you need to leave a bishop alive with the red book at the boss then there are 2 endings that come from it if you have a shotgun shell in the chamber you destroy the book when you kill the black bishop if you don’t have a shell in the chamber it gets passes to a white pawn and it’s the end

By the way Tyler, hitboxes take up the entire tile the piece is on, so if the fire arc fits within the tile an enemy is on, every pellet will pass through that tile (assuming you don't have Saboteur doubling the arc of some bullets). The best example of this is that it is practically impossible to shoot an enemy diagonally from you if you have two enemies adjacent to you orthogonally.

Thanks

Yay! More shotgun king!

Blade build is so satisfying.

Taunting hop can deal with kite shields easily. Sadly, the pawns having this much range makes it a dangerous idea. I guess not taking it wasn't really a bad choice.

There is a discovered check if I kill the King Me: "visible confusion"

great

Blades like pirate in landlord always fun

You should do a run where you give white’s upgrades as much synergy as possible

5:42 Double sword cool

It should be called OpponentHasSpear King

Don't sleep on Taunting Hop. I did that too because it used to be unplayable, but you get an extra action whenever you use it, which is absurdly powerful actually.

"It is a shame though with the red book i dont get the ability to move orthogonally like the bishop" but u already can???

The thing about Sacred Crown is, when you get it, and you use soul cards EVERY time you get one to get MORE soul cards, you practically have twic the amount of turns of white, and just one extra turn is already insane. Imagine an entire 100% extra, and that's not counting bushido. The white pieces are basically paralysed because to them, you're moving at 3 times the speed of normal humans and picking their people off before they can even react.

evolution favors the pawns.

When the black king gets taunting hop and blade: "So he did a back flip, snaped the white kings neck, and took over the kingdom."

oh boy

as I recall, theocracy will only show up if white has at least three bishops already, so trimming the number of bishops down removed it from the pool.

imagine one episode where u give the white pawns the best buffs and see how far u get

Have you ever thought of playing Infinifactory if you haven’t already? It’s a puzzle automation game and I feel like it would be right up your alley with how you’ve played shapezio in the past and are currently playing Factorio on patreon. Either way, love the content and here’s to the future.

Literally gets extra turns back to back 3 times in a row: “I don’t know if I get an extra blade though.”

who even get tired of a blade build? it's like bringing a blade to a gunfight, which is awesome everytime

just finished watching all of these, are you ever going to finish through throne 15?

Here's an idea for Luck be a Landlord: Shining land floor 20 Collect only gold, silver, bronze, and gem symbols or things that add them to the board

I saw a video with 2 more endings but it has some special conditions: first you need a bishop alive in the boss battle and two you need the red book to get the endings the rest is up to you to understand

pikes are the bigger version of spears, pretty nice as long as you have good armor.

Blade is so satisfying tho, just poking pawns to death

Challenge idea : build the white's synergy (basically pick the card that make white stronger and not caring about your's)

You should play inkilunati, it fits your style very well😄

chat plays: shotgun king

2:50 You can already just do that though. That’s how the king moves.

Secret heir doesn’t work on bossfights

In my opinion the ying yang card is one of the worst you can pick behind iron-maiden, Knightmare and kiteshield

pikemen with militia is prob one of the most painful combos i think i mean, pawns literally act like mini rooks, basically you can't get close to them

you do get extra turns with soul card and blade use you even did it in this video

I know the true ending, and I'll give you a hint: down with the big king with a book of red and keep a piece you hate in the living

Ninja build

Ty's editors masochism is really shining through in this episode

I read this title in Gotham chess' voice 😂

And there was no next time

pew pew king

8:32 check mate libruls

Random idea: rather than picking the cards, you flip a coin and let luck decide.

The John wick of chess

What if we all secretly do nothing that makes us happy

6:42 LMAO

You didn't get Theocracy because you got rid of all the bishops; you have to have at least 2 for it to spawn. Also, you used the double-extra-turn several times but somehow didn't notice.

Did I hear the superior weapon?

love how he is upset that he doesn't have The Red Book on his bishop souls... what does he know that we don't...

I'm hoping the algorithm isn't bending you over with this shotgun king video :)

Damn, Chess 3 looking nice ngl

Royal Loafers + Bushido would equal the Zantetsuken Build.

Ah yes "chess game" definitely no shotguns here RU-vid 🤣

The casual disrespect for taunting hop here is brutal. I generally consider it to be the strongest card in the game. It allows you to move for free on most turns. Moving for free allows you to reload without spending a turn, gives you free ammo regen and allows you more options to flee check since you can move twice in 1 turn. It also allows you to move into check to kill things with blade which is handy.

Imagine a shotgun with 10 shells loaded, 1 firepower, and a 30 degree firing arc, firing it grants an extra turn... AK-47...

All my fellow east coast viewers having the worst sleep schedule because of Tyler. No hate, love the content

Not first. Aside from the memeing, this is the only reason im happy I developed a bad sleep schedule

Bro is playing Fire Emblem with Sniper solorun

Don't make Tyler slash a bishop.

A whole lot of poking, stabbing, and blasting happened in this video!

"All these things that give you an extra turn? Really good," says Tyler after he skips Taunting Hop. Taunting Hop is actually a great card, it just doesn't fit into blade builds.