1:54 Me when i read a goated TH-cam comment with a timestamp that takes NL’s stream of consciousness out of context and references it to a very peculiar scenario
Still didn't take that biased cog going into act 2 when he needed a serious solution to his blocking and upfront dmg issues for hallway fights, and instead opted for echo form which actually just exacerbated the issue, but definitely lots of improvement
He still makes procedural mistakes during his turn all the time but his overall decision making seems to have come a long way in a short time. n.b. I am way, way worse at the decision making in sts.
NL really gaslit himself into taking the bites thinking he has no block. The egg had like 2/3 glaciers with focus, charge battery, dual cast, and chill.
Maybe I'm just a Loop kinda guy, but man it hurts that he never takes Loop. Free damage or free block at the start of your turn is so strong, especially when you double it up and have Electrodynamics.
@@LiteratiMuffin The first one I was like "Okay, it's unupgraded, whatevs", the upgraded one off dreamcatcher hurt me immensely haha. Loop and Defrag are so insane when you are going for a Echo Form build that can turn that upgrade from a 2 to a 4.
Me personally I would've done the energy relic that reduced card choices. He already had a 22 card deck. Isn't that relic one of the best ones outside of the anti potion one?
@@paoracampbell3127 yeah i used to think sozu was good, i was just bad at remembering to use potions, the more time you spend gitting gud the worse sozu becomes
these are always the most fun, and i've had a lot of these in the past. literally just, random bullshit and carried because we're scraping by elite after elite. I love the defect
he slay the spire, we pog. he slay the spire, we pog. man that was a hell of a run! I can't believe it made it all the way! Props to you for making it work
Melter is better than Claw in act one if you assume you're not going to find a second one. Also, because of ascenders bane, unceasing top is much worse past ascension 10. Having said that I dont think NL thought his first two runs through. I dont knock it though, playing fast and going for elites and then just doing a bunch of runs until one sticks is a fun way to play slay the spire.
Youre playing impressively well recently. I think you're right the first run involved a lot of bad luck. Taking the bites at that point was a critical error though which basically guaranteed a loss against the collector. Against the collector your deck needs to be able to put up large block numbers every single turn, stuffing your deck with 5 bites which all essentially just say "block 2" diluted your deck's blocking capabilities too much. I think you were probably dying anyway. But your potential route to victory was playing multiple echo forms, defrags and leaning on frost orbs while lightning slowly got the kill.
As someone who just picked up the game (65 hours is YOUNG) it disheartens me to learn that the way i play is the one run that Ryan says “absolutely should not have worked” and “don’t learn anything from this” lmao
Hey NL, loving the spire content! If I may, consider hand of greed some more. It’s a great dmg card for 2 energy and gets even better when upgraded. Especially if you can pick it up early it can accumulate tons of gold
obvi a lot of good relics (black star goated), but I genuinely think bottled lightning for seek made that last run work. with a big ass deck like that, the guarantee of getting your most relevant cards early is huge
20:00 doubling Core Surge was a mistake, he'd already done his debuff turn, so those artifacts are pointless. You'd have lived if you'd doubled a glacier.
48:38 pirate captain that has to name a new second in command after a failed mutiny attempt
+2
+2
+2
+2 this is my favorite of today
+2
40:41 fossil fuel companies talking about their future business prospects after recent legislation blocks their sales past a certain year
This one is so funny I actually laughed out loud. Well played.
+2 for mother earth
+2 to save the glaciers
+2 +2 my good sir
+2
1:09:31 Me reading about Ranjit Singh, ruler of Northwest India in the early 19th century
+2
damn
SO true +2 +2
33:20 Jesus Christ looking into the eyes of the roman soldiers who crucified him 3 days ago
+2
+2
+2
Holy +2
LMAOO😂
5:58 Bane talking to Batman
+2
NL viewers' brains are just different man
+3
🤣
+2
48:56 God on the 7th day
+2
1:03:57 an amateur clothier when I ask him how much it’ll cost to change the color of my sweater
+2
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+2 good timestamp
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chuckle worthy comment
1:54 Me when i read a goated TH-cam comment with a timestamp that takes NL’s stream of consciousness out of context and references it to a very peculiar scenario
+2 taps (I'm on PC)
cant believe im saying this, but i kinda miss the backseaters
Lmao +2 you got double tapped
24:17 Parisians in 1789 contemplating overthrowing Louis XVI
Holy +2
Crazy seeing one of these go for 20 seconds and still be relevant to NL's stream of conciousness. +2
It just kept going
-2
Truly a +3
i like northern lion
Bold take to spew around these parts, I like the cut of your jib, kid
He's turtle kid posting
Frfr
contrarian chatter
21:08 me when the genie grants me a wish
holy +2
+2
+2 wow
Based
+2
20:54 my kindergarden karate teacher after i fall trying to kick the board.
+2
21:08 Door to door printer repairman turns down a proposal
35:36 Maxwell after developing his eponymous equations
😂
+2
the defrag disrespect is crazy
Not picking energy relics every time has opened NL's third eye. He is playing so well lately
There's a major turning point in everyone's StS journey where you start taking things you had previously disregarded
Still didn't take that biased cog going into act 2 when he needed a serious solution to his blocking and upfront dmg issues for hallway fights, and instead opted for echo form which actually just exacerbated the issue, but definitely lots of improvement
He still makes procedural mistakes during his turn all the time but his overall decision making seems to have come a long way in a short time.
n.b. I am way, way worse at the decision making in sts.
48:32 the voice modulator briefly failed, that’s NL’s authentic Canadian accent slipping through
these runs are an iv drip of lifeblood to my tarnished soul
+2
Tarnished? THE LOATHSOME SHIT MUNCHER
TARNISHED?? ELDEN RING MENTIONED?? ELDEN RINGS RINGS ELDEN ELDEN ELDEN HAHAHAHAHHA elden rings.
Hello to the gamers
hello alen
+2
Hello gamer
Hello fellow gamers
Hello guy
"I like the thinness of my deck"
Proceeds to take 5 Bites
Pot play type decision
NL really gaslit himself into taking the bites thinking he has no block. The egg had like 2/3 glaciers with focus, charge battery, dual cast, and chill.
We're balatro guys, of course we watch anything with NL talking to himself.
I miss her
His jokers were off the screen in this one!!
7:58 My Italian neighbor when he realizes his yard has no protection and the local hardware store is closed
+2 +2
+2 🤌🏽
mega +2
Da fence!
-2 you can do better bro
"No Self Repair, and no Echo Form
Just an Egg and his will to survive."
Egg of the Tiger - Survivor
56:45 me when I've been balatro pilled for the past 6 months
This man starts with unceasing top and doesn’t go for 0 cost cards, he’s built odd!
Taking melter over claw as your first card when you win the lottery and get unceasing top! 😂
This is how most of my winning runs feel. Blurry, confusing and by the skin of my teeth.
I cannot express enough how much I live for this content. More…MORE!
You already know we're obsessed with i-HELP
1:04:09 and we're loving every minute of it Jerry
48:43 Drake after Kendrick released the diss tracks of all time
Maybe I'm just a Loop kinda guy, but man it hurts that he never takes Loop. Free damage or free block at the start of your turn is so strong, especially when you double it up and have Electrodynamics.
Especially skipping upgraded Loop!
@@LiteratiMuffin The first one I was like "Okay, it's unupgraded, whatevs", the upgraded one off dreamcatcher hurt me immensely haha. Loop and Defrag are so insane when you are going for a Echo Form build that can turn that upgrade from a 2 to a 4.
Ur kinda Loopy for it huh
It was so painful to see happen…If only he read the comments 😩
And to say it’s to keep the deck lean only to take 5 bites….I’m dying here lol
We're Costco guys of course we hunt relics.
20:48 when my bro asks how the first date went
NL finally playing well in a run, and then concluding no one should learn from it got me feeling some kinda way
36:03 Bros allergic to the white beast statue + sacred bark combo 😫
truly we are entering a new golden era of nl content. slay the spire is peak i will watch forever
59:31 the unabomber:
-2
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32:49 me when I get hurt
+2
"I think we made some sensible decisions" ~ NL after taking the worst Bite event of all time lmao
Honey, wake up, new slay the spire video has dropped.
36:01 Black star is a fine pick but sacred bark wouldve been very strong since you had a relic that guarantees potions after every combat
Me personally I would've done the energy relic that reduced card choices. He already had a 22 card deck. Isn't that relic one of the best ones outside of the anti potion one?
@@agentkirbBusted Crown is among the worst boss relics and Sozu (Anti-potion) is not much better
@@paoracampbell3127 yeah i used to think sozu was good, i was just bad at remembering to use potions, the more time you spend gitting gud the worse sozu becomes
20:49 Me when my Grindr match immediately asks for my address and sends a d pic
🤣🤣🤣
I am the relic hunter (Slay the Spire)
Every time he uses seek generates a dark souls-esq message
AND I'M LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT
Between Tongs and Black Star, this was a well played pivot run
That was an impressive comeback honestly. Gambling on elite fights and scraping by to bring the run back from the brink was sick
that first one was so close to being great, a touch more block and those bites would go crazy
48:42 me when my local cashier asks me if I'm having a good day:
Take a shot every time he says "a guy like me"
19:24 Me when I decide to not eat the poisonous numbers
+2
I love the 20 minute and 70 minute videos equally
The Go For The Eyes disrespector has logged on.
NL: I think I’m loving the leanness of our deck.
NL literally one second later: I think we need to add 5 bites, man.
4:30 The shop keeper making sure you get a chance to buy goods, how nice of him.
"Bad luck" when dying to something foreseeable after tons of luck.
I can't believe my man had White Beast Statue and passed up double potion effectiveness from the melange.
Damn, he really managed to win the bad cards only run
Truly what are these decisions. How do you start floor 1 unceasing top and not take claw scrape steam barrier immediately
WE ARE BLESSED
The number of times he left 1 mana and a card on the field was mind boggling
these are always the most fun, and i've had a lot of these in the past. literally just, random bullshit and carried because we're scraping by elite after elite. I love the defect
he slay the spire, we pog.
he slay the spire, we pog.
man that was a hell of a run! I can't believe it made it all the way! Props to you for making it work
the immediate punishment of not upgrading chill into gremlin gang AND slime squad in the same act gave me great pain
I like the bit at the end where you review your deck and the run. Kind of reminds me of when you would do the game review after a chess match
Holy cow i thought that run was going to be over at any moment. Cant believe he made it.
Thx for the 1h 14min and 58sec video, much appreciated
I don't ever think I've seen a more "We take those" episode.
28:57 Thomas Matthew Crooks on that sunny day
26:26 me when my wife tells me to stop gambling
Jam enough relics into your run and amazing things can happen.
21:29 Isn't claw deck amazing with unceasing top ? why skip it for a melter?
claw decks are bad
Melter is better than Claw in act one if you assume you're not going to find a second one. Also, because of ascenders bane, unceasing top is much worse past ascension 10.
Having said that I dont think NL thought his first two runs through. I dont knock it though, playing fast and going for elites and then just doing a bunch of runs until one sticks is a fun way to play slay the spire.
Claw is not a good card.
One of the craziest panda's boxes I've ever seen
Youre playing impressively well recently. I think you're right the first run involved a lot of bad luck. Taking the bites at that point was a critical error though which basically guaranteed a loss against the collector.
Against the collector your deck needs to be able to put up large block numbers every single turn, stuffing your deck with 5 bites which all essentially just say "block 2" diluted your deck's blocking capabilities too much. I think you were probably dying anyway. But your potential route to victory was playing multiple echo forms, defrags and leaning on frost orbs while lightning slowly got the kill.
That last run was genuinely impressive. It was so ass, but he persevered, and got the highest score of the ascent so far I believe.
clawing victory from the jaws of defeat!
1:02:05 Dude got completely lost in the sauce.
This is why I never go colorless
This man never skips! 😂 Full Send!
I boy i cant wait to learn a lot from the contents of this slay the spire episode
omg new bald guy video
As someone who just picked up the game (65 hours is YOUNG) it disheartens me to learn that the way i play is the one run that Ryan says “absolutely should not have worked” and “don’t learn anything from this” lmao
14:45 me reading the Steam "more like this" section for every jrpg ever
Top comment potential if commented earlier +2
Late respects brother +2
Why he did not play that Glacier against the Collector will be a puzzle philosopher's will grapple with for centuries.
Taking 5 bites for no strikes, pretty wild. Then not using artifact potion on gremlin nob... NL with the brave choices today
ive been waiting for this
1:12:39 - The main character enters the video
I AM THE HUNTER!!! -Sova
Get it twisted. If you take shot every time he uses the phrase "a guy like me" you will NOT die.
Never take amplify again. You used it once on a defrag in a fight that killed you!
53:09 me talking to my group project mates the day before the project is due and we haven't started it at all yet
20:12 Indiana Jones when he sees a trapped tomb filled with treasure
Hey NL, loving the spire content! If I may, consider hand of greed some more. It’s a great dmg card for 2 energy and gets even better when upgraded. Especially if you can pick it up early it can accumulate tons of gold
egghead on spire content makes my gourd pog once more
obvi a lot of good relics (black star goated), but I genuinely think bottled lightning for seek made that last run work. with a big ass deck like that, the guarantee of getting your most relevant cards early is huge
Membership Card is always correct as long as you have double the amount of gold that it costs or more.
4:26: -2, but +2
20:00 doubling Core Surge was a mistake, he'd already done his debuff turn, so those artifacts are pointless. You'd have lived if you'd doubled a glacier.
Good to know there isn't cap on relics anymore
Not doubling Bite actually lost him the collector fight.
Fire run ! Switching it up is nice.
0:25 Chooses starting bonus where you give up all your gold
- Selects pathing that has a forced shop
Come on man!
The lesson is take black star and ask questions later