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Yes, I might be able to record a Wildfrost video once in awhile. It's a great game and I'm glad people are still enjoying my older Wildfrost stuff. I'll see if I can fit it into the recording schedule for the new year!

So glad you liked it! I think I mentioned this to you before, but definitely check out Return of the Obra Dinn if you haven't already. Fantastic detective game.

Right, so all sub-10 bell runs require you to fight your winning composition from your prior victory. If you are struggling to do so, generally stocking up on enough Ink and Snow can answer any self-made composition. Starting at 10 bells, the "True Ending" unlocks, and you will instead fight the frost gang proper. Also, welcome to Wildfrost! I really should get back to recording some runs. Been so busy with the stream and Slice & Dice. But I'm happy you found this video!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy holidays to ya

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm sorry for the late response, but you really made my day ^^

Great point! I'll try to keep an eye out for that kind of interaction more. Thanks very much for the watch

You can take Coffin there if you like! Does give us some form of shielding that we lack in this composition, and an extra body to absorb blows. I just habitually shy away from Coffin because the extra hero messes with your leveling curve. I feel like Magical is super-dependent on getting its T3 blue online, and the T3 reds are really good for support. Though you could definitely get away with keeping some T2 oranges like a good Juggler or Spellblade -- the T3 oranges tend to be less impactful overall.

@runehawk6903 yeah, you're right but again you might get rly nice generated T3 blue or red that way (looks like generates are rly buffed up in 3.1) plus keeping Seer till the end is not too bad.

@@ChamblesRNG good points! I think I've just been haunted by so many bad generates in the past lol. And there's no guarantee your generated spell will be playable. But it's definitely fun to mix it up, and you're right about the generates being overall better this patch.

Venom was kinda sad Until he handed it over 😖

@@ChamblesRNG Venom clutched the Tarantus fight but they're the reason it got that bad in the first place they're THIS close to being benched from the magical girl squad 😠

oh shoot, sorry about that! My stream and I are used to the current scaling, but your concern for mobile users is totally valid. I will record the next video with higher zoom and I'll see what the feedback is like. Thanks for your comment, hope you stick around!

y'know, that's a mode I've never tried. I'll have to get a video on it at some point!

THANK YOU for the rename update, and for a fantastic update in general. I love Slice & Dice🥳

ahaha, I am sorry to you and all the other (citation needed) Gambler/Ludus fans out there it's true though; if I simply rolled better, these heroes would be S-tier 😄

Quitting to menu and then continuing has also been fixing it for me.

Yes, great point! I admittedly didn't realize this until I played a run after this recording. It's specifically really good on vs Thorns for this reason.

You and me both brother 😭 But he had a peerless legacy! Now he must rest.

Only one of the greatest games of all time! Wish I could erase my memory and play it again haha

haha I'm glad it helped! Cheers friend

That's very kind of you to say, tysm!

Thank you for your write-up! Yes, I totally agree there are many very manageable curses in the pool. Especially given the timing at which you start picking up T3 units, there are some curses that really won't be felt by that point in your run. The problem is, as you point out, you have no idea what you're getting into. IMO it doesn't really matter what you throw on Tainted's sides -- the potential downfall he can bring to your run far outweighs the raw value of the unit. This kinda goes back to my thoughts when I was discussing Jumble. My school of thought in these types of games is to minimize randomness at every point possible, to have the most control over the board state at any given time. The more X's you cover up and the more you're aware of your heroes power and limits, the better your foresight becomes, and you're able to plan fights with a lot more clarity. Tainted breaks the mold entirely by bringing his own mini-game to the table. If you lose the mini-game, you can just lose the run. Thanks again for your thoughts; I really enjoy having these discussions. ☺

Aha, my pickrates are definitely unreliable. For one, they have never been reset so they include my pickrates from my new player days. Second, I actually forced Bard a lot during my Blurtra run! After a certain point, shields don't matter since it's basically Turn 1 kill or be killed, and so the cantrip roll was more valuable. Thank you so much for watching, and for your kind words ☺

That's crazy! I never would have given Tainted a second look, but I appreciate your perspective. Maybe if I'm feeling bold on my next Flex run, I'll give it a go and test my luck at wheel of curses

Super interesting! I haven't heard a dissenting opinion of Knight in a long time, but your perspective is valuable. I think that regardless of the pace of your run, Knight just outputs so much value. 4 sides that offer 3 shield (which I think is a valuable break-point because you can save characters dying by +2 without having to double burst them), with even higher potential due to steel on two sides. Even when you start to get your first T3s he keeps up in defensive value. Parry is just a great tactic to have. He can also give you the reach you need on a critical turn 1 kill with his 3 damage, which no other T2 grey has (except Armorer heavy lol). But it's true that he does have two X's and now only 7 HP. There has never been a better time to explore other greys!

@@a_runehawk Thanks for the tips on Knight. I've always been of the mindset that if I'm defending or healing then I'm not getting closer to winning the battle. Even to the point where I'm so disappointed when I roll a shield side that I don't even bother to use them (unless it's clear I could lose the battle on the next turn). I'm sure I've lost many runs due to this defensive hole in my game. I'll incorporate these tips and see if I can get even better at this game.

@@ChrisNunezReviews I used to have the exact same mindset! Just hit the gas because they can't kill me if I kill them haha. For the record I think this mentality does work for the majority of encounters you will face. But my opinion is that there's no such thing as a "playstyle" in Slice & Dice. You can't say like, "I'm a super defensive type of player" as a blanket statement. You have to work with the hand you're dealt, and that hand is constantly shifting and evolving, which in turns, affects the pace of play that is required for the situation. Heroes, items, and curses, and enemy lineup all play a role in this. There will always be situations that you cannot storm through with raw firepower on turn 1. Maybe you lack ranged to stun a Wizz summoning bones, or you can't blitz through Chomps without dying to the retaliation damage. Maybe you run into Baron and your yellow gets double-eliminated by Ghosts turn 1. You break intangible but your other attack sides are worthless here. But then your Knight takes those attack pips and double-parries your yellow, saving him for turn 2 and allowing you to carry on the fight.

omg I'm sorry for the long comment! Loved this discussion though, appreciate your perspective

From what I can tell, items' faces haven't been changed, some of them have just moved up or down a tier. Same for curses. But if there are exceptions (or other cool implications that I discover), I'll be sure to mention them at the start of my next video!

@@a_runehawk that is fair, as someone who hasn't bought the game I just want a video for visualizing the changes because the "patch" just saying this item was changed doesn't give me much as I don't remember what tier it was before and what is now

@@paulomatute4114 For sure, I see your point. I have many hours under my belt and I still can't tell you the tiers of half the items lol My honest opinion is that if you haven't bought the game yet and are still new, the implications of items changing tiers will hardly be felt. Certain timings were moved around for combos to come online, but even I can't think of them off the top of my head right now. I think it's one of those things where you have to encounter in game to have it click and committed to memory.

Hey! In case you're still interested, Punpun (well-known in the S&D community for his mods) made a video with all the item changes: th-cam.com/video/vdwgZbRVdbQ/w-d-xo.html

@@a_runehawk yup I saw it, thanks

ahaha, that's tough for sure. She's completely unplayable with Meddler. Also there's almost nothing meaningful to copy across the T1s, asides from Clumsy cantrips and managain from Mystic/Gardener. If they replaced her "shield 1 cleanse" side, then I'd have nothing to complain about. But she lost her only unconditional 1 damage side, which was like her best side lmao

I suppose Gardeners Grooowth side is also an angle to make them viable lol

you're pretty cool yourself! Cheers mate ☺

that is such a sweet comment! Tysm for watching and for your kind words ☺

SAME ACTUALLY

Presense didn't have a middle blank. It had a rightmost blank; I guess Poison just moved all of the middle and right sides furthet right

The other day I won a Classic Brutal run purely because of Enchanter. I even skipped upgrading her to Tier 3, because her switch sides Spell was THAT vital to getting my engine running. Definitely a sleeper op hero for how flexible she can be in a team that generates enough mana to use her Spell on Turn 1. Try her out!

I figured it out, I actually still have the demo version, which only includes numbers up to 8. 😆

@runehawk6903 i see! hope you can get the full version when the update releases!

Agreed about the spell, but you can still only cast Hemlock once a turn, even if you get it from a different source

Yup! My note is in the description -- I realized after the recording.

Hi, not sure if I fully understand your comment. I never had Spellblade's Imbue in this video. Nor would I ever be able to play Spellblade with Agent. Nor would it be better than Spore in this particular context. Spore gives me something to reapply "buffed" to Agent every turn, which is all I wanted it for.

That's awesome timing! Happy birthday man 🥳 And thanks for always tuning in, it's been great having you in the streams 😀