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A Bag of Milk posted:
You might also be underprioritising act 1 elites relative to rest sites since some of these runs have zero elites in the first act. It's worth picking your first few cards entirely for fighting act 1 elites since the rewards generally outweigh the upgrades you have to pass up by resting.
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800peepee51doodoo posted:Anybody have any recommendations for good videos to watch for tips through Ascension? Preferably not a 16 hour twitch vod with some gargoyle dead center on facecam but at this point I'm not too picky. I'm stalled out at 4/5 for Ironclad/Silent with a huge loss streak. Its kind of to the point that I'm starting to think the internet is gaslighting me and that its actually impossible to win without an insanely lucky run. Silent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu--f99IKew Ironclad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ezfdXTpI2A
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It upgrades to 18 for 2, so it's pretty good
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I think with Ironclad in general it pays to be selective when adding attacks to your deck (outside of aggressive decks where you can and want to kill everything asap). And to value strong blocking cards like True Grit+/Feel No Pain appropriately. It's easy to mess up your offense/defense ratio thanks to the relative scarcity of defense cards compared to Silent.
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A Bag of Milk posted:Even unupgraded with two defends body slam is 10 attack and 10 block for 3 energy, which is pretty good early. And unlike dash it scales really well the whole game.
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Speaking of scratching the same itches (exactly the same itches)... https://store.steampowered.com/app/924020/Spellrune_Realm_of_Portals/
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Against Giant Head each card played increases damage by 10%, and the card being Reaper offsets the hp cost of exhausting necrocurse.
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He did do a 35 minute video on the topic of busted crown + question card too.
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haldolium posted:I also now had a few runs were I really didn't like any of the Relic drops from the T1 boss. Like the choice between the Tea Cup, Velvet Choker or Runic Dome (for example) I rather don't pick any of those and just move on.
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Refried Noodle posted:I’ve been wondering if I’m missing a synergy with that card. Maybe with clockwork souvenir it’s alright? Then again, that means one fewer status effect blocked.
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Feb 25, 2019 07:52
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I don't think it ever got patched, the card still says lose 2/4 strength.
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Gitro posted:I don't think I've been in a position to use it myself since then, but I'm not misremembering patch notes.
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Also even if you're able to play 10 cards you don't actually have to play all 10. It's usually better to ensure you don't get screwed next turn than maximize throughput per turn.
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Though some skills do have effects that last for the whole fight like Spot Weakness, and some of these even exhaust like Limit Break.
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But it gets even better in longer fights if you have scaling strength gain
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It's probably because the heart was a relatively recent addition in the game's development so people got used to beating the game without it. Also it's not just ascension climbing that counts act 3 as a win, the game's own statistics also call it a victory if you beat act 3 without picking up all of the keys.
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Abacus would do it I think
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Yeah it might not be obvious that for example Corruption is extremely good because it lets you play every block in your deck for a one time cost of 2 or 3 energy, in addition to triggering exhaust synergies like Feel No Pain.
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Tayter Swift posted:Even on Ascension 0 with everything unlocked I've lost the last 27 straight with Ironclad
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I must have some fundamental misunderstanding of the game or the class. What's a good resource for remedial strategy poo poo?
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In conclusion, deck building is a land of contrasts.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:That's bad logic - Spot Weakness is also costing you 3 cards in that case
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To get away from Jorbschat for a moment, a completely unrelated streamer just posted his analysis of over 200 games played: https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/la0x75/debrief_from_my_third_annual_100_hearts_in_30/ The take on the Blade Dance buff is interesting, seems like quite an outlier amongst streamers.
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Not saying one player is better than another (and especially not based on such small samples), but the statistics are interesting: Jorbs: 34W-19L (64.2%, 53 games) for the month of January, trying to win as many games as possible across all four characters during the month Lifecoach: 46W-30L (60.5%, 76 games) at the time of writing
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Jedit posted:^^^ That's a meaningless statistic. Jorbs is playing all four characters, while LC is only playing Silent. If LC was rotating then based on his past win rates of 64/64/56/94 he'd be at 52-24 (68.4%) after 19 games with each class. edit: it was in reply to one person saying "I quite like lifecoach, but it's ridiculous how much energy he puts into discrediting jorbs being good at silent" so I thought it was implicit, and also no one would compare winrates across classes like that Llamadeus fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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The tryhard streamers also spend a significant amount of time trying to stack: pen nib, ink bottle, nunchaku, inserter, incense burner, etc (there are some others but mostly these)
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Drunk Nerds posted:Wait, what? Why would playing a piercing wail when the enemy isn't attacking ever be a good idea? It only lasts one turn
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Drunk Nerds posted:Do you think every seed is winnable at A0?
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Sword Boomerang also happens to be worse than normal vs Sentries and Lagavulin too, so it's a bit speculative
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And one more obvious synergy: it's really good and easy to use with Snecko Eye which is itself very good on Ironclad
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AweStriker posted:As for being short upgrades, that might be a function of me wanting to burn a camp on Recall to grab the key while the battles are easier. Is that a mistake?
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Yeah, I'd guess if you're never going above two potions it probably means you aren't buying enough of them or aren't saving enough of them.
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Definitely don't pass up Impervious just because it's a single use card. Or Apparitions. Or Reaper. The cards that exhaust usually exhaust because they're a lot stronger than regular cards.
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You haven't lived until you've killed yourself by accidentally exhausting the last attack cards in your deck with a Fiend Fire
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TacoNight posted:Do you win much after picking claw on A20? 
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Also in StS streamer related news Lifecoach just started another batch of 100 Ironclad runs after a few months away from the game. And Terrence recently finished 50 Defect games with a 70% win rate, really impressive.
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Yeah, and some people would be interested in the losing decks too: they can show a lot of holes in deck building strategy
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TacoNight posted:For your silent and defect wins, it looks like you skipped a boss relic in each run. I don’t know that I’ve ever skipped boss relics. The downsides are usually worth the bonus, so at least one is pickable. Do you remember what you skipped ? 
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Verviticus posted:thats also like the main conceit of the boss, really
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The most common infinite you'll run into is probably a double dropkick infinite where you exhaust your entire draw and discard piles with fiend fire, second wind, burning pact, etc. Or a Watcher one involving rushdown.
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