Hey Enelle! Here's a tip, if you don't use the purge card from the event that you got (the one that kills any non-boss unit) for 2 rounds you get a secret unlock that converts all your purge cards to consume instead and unlocks an achievement.
I confirm this. On my run I chose the Damage Shield X card (with +3 relic). Didnt use it because I am a conservative RPG player (whom save a bunch of potion and ends up never using them). A moment later I got a continuation event granting relic that replace all purge on cards to consume instead. I removed consume, holdover it, and basically free +3 damage shield every turn. Carried me to the hell.
I've had this and removed the consume and buffed cheaper... then I copied it 5 times.... it was hillarious killing off those horrid 200 armor enemies XD
For other MT players out there: you can also click the settings gear in the "start run" screen to access the Logbook without having to go back to the main menu.
I wanted him to do it so bad I had to find out if it would work, soooooooooo: 35hp in front w/ max 5 regen, Boss at 411 hp Glimmer to 394, to restores to 364, thennnn... R1: champ 21 hp, boss 300 hp (regen 4) (+3 dmg) R2: champ 16 hp, boss 233 (regen 3) (+3 dmg) R3: champ 10 hp, boss 166 (regen 2) (+3 dmg) R4: champ 3 hp, boss 99 (regen 1) (+3 dmg) R5: champ dead, boss 47 (+3 dmg) [pyre can finish the fight at this point] R5: demon 9 hp (spikes 4), boss killed! Edit: I forgot to account for the Strike additional damage, fixed it.
Maybe because the AI was modeled after white male voices. Jk. I don’t know. BLM. But in all seriousness the developers were probably white males so they created the AI using their voices in the most likely scenario.
You can't win 'em all, brother. Great video regardless. Just a heads up at 5:58, there is no purchase-able slot upgrade for units to make them cost less. That can only be done through relics or spells. Thanks for the content, NL.
This is why I intrinsically dislike any minion that costs more than 3. There's only a few, thankfully, but they just dictate specific relic or pyre upgrade needs that limit flexibility. I would only take them if I had already taken the relic that supports them.
a tip for you NL, you already noticed that it was a good idea to ascend your alpha fiend at 27:32, but you also got March of shields on next turn, you can use it on your champion to put him in front. March of shields synergies with ascending very well, sometimes you even want to use it on enemy in the back.
Seems like every awoken run he takes the rejuvenation champion. Thorns does so much more for you in a boss fight or multi enemy encounter plus it opens you up for an amazing damage per thorns spell.
Depends on how you like playing -- spores card makes your rejuvenation champion absolutely stomp. The problem with spikes/thorns is when you encounter cleanse Seraph - you basically have to build around your champion if you pick spikes there instead of in congruence with your champion.
Don't know how much this helps, but there is a button that lets you check the map in the top right corner. Took me forever to realize it, but it's really helpful when you're choosing something and need to know what options the next floor has. Thanks again so much for this series!
If you refrain from using the purge card from the armageddon event, you get an artifact that 'makes cards consume instead of purge'. This also works on purge cards from other events, so you can get some really unique setups. Quick kills mines first, just like any other unit.
I press like on your videos because you give the people what they want. You make sure your viewers are getting decent content by doing multi run videos if they're short runs (like you did with STS) and by providing me with stuff to watch as I go through my day-to-day. 'Preciate it, fella.
Small tip: The event with the purge-cards is really good. There is a second event (dependent on the first event) that makes PURGE-cards only CONSUME. You can than remove the CONSUME in the shop. And suddenly you have a free-kill card, and even more broken an X-Damageshield card giving you 2/3 shields for 0. You can even doublestack that card for even more fun.
Hopefully he will realize the sinergy between ascending tanky units and marching them in front to protect the dps guys, like in that last fight he had a chance. It's fun to try to compete with him on Covenant ranks, everytime he puts a video up It makes me want to do a new run to catch up to him or get the lead again :p
I'm sure you picked up on this, but having your 0/25 in the back is not a recipe for success - the march of shields + ascend is a good way to maintain form Loving the series! Thanks for the great content :D
Another video, another step closer to that next covenant rank. I can basically smell those double digits already, but that also might just be the raw undestilled POG coming out of every single Monster Train upload.
The restore champion can be tricky to use correctly, very good use of ascend against the bosses bouncing the champion up a floor to get more restore triggers, but bad plays when you ascended her to the back of the line. Since she does no combat damage you need her up front to soak hits against the relentless waves while power hitters do the damage from the back line. Card draw and reduced spell costs are what make that champion build run..
NL I think at some point Costanza meta might help you because you are very good at convincing yourself the cards that you like are always the right choice.
Hey NL! Tip for awoken the best strat is stacking one rejuvenate unit with an insane amount of regen triggers and have that unit in front to tank the boss. The regen triggers, and tankyness can kill almost any boss. I beat 25 covenant with this strat on my first try
A tip perhaps You can use ascend cards to shove enemies into the pyre room. For example that loot fairy on the top floor. Also shield/healing enemies without an attack value Also there is no creature upgrade to reduce their cost from shops
around minute 6 I died at NL not making his fiend quick and then died more seeing as it could have been a quick multi-strike. Would it have been a good move? who knows but it would have been hilarious.
I think the biggest issue in these runs is you kept trying to go for tricksy plays over just placing down your units. So by the time the bosses came you have 2/3 units on the board
Hey NL, just a heads up that petrified skull (and the other purge options) will have consume after another battle or two, so if you don't use them, you can get an incredible spell every battle. Even better is if you upgrade it to not have consume, and my personal favourite, adding holdover after. Giving you a 1 cost kill an enemy every turn.
Yeah I love skull. That run would have been nutty if he had taken the sword and done that though... with the relic, he gets a minimum 30 point AOE every turn that ignores armor and shields. That is some nutty stuff :D
Colin Miller oh true! I always just take the skull and hard search for the combo. But with that relic the sword is def better for dealing with the armour tanks, thanks for pointing it out!
Is this where the Egg learns that in fact, no, you don't put your 0 damage tank begind your scaling damage unit? xD Also brother, you can't leave us with 29 minutes of Monster Train today...it's Sunday!!!! You can't do this to us! Is this some kind of payback for the bonus video last night? Come on man, give us another one!
Yo NL on the New Run screen in the bottom right corner it tells you if you have won with a specific combination before. Makes it a bit easier than having to go back to check the logbook everytime.
NL fyi it's not one extra spikes, it's everyone level of spikes do +1 dmg which is basically double dmg spikes, a lot stronger than the other champion power. 20 spikes dmg vs 15 nuke dmg.
Personally I'm practicing a bit on lower Covenant levels to build up experience. It feels like it helps me to get better, although everyone has their own taste in that of course.
I'm trying to get a win with every combination on Covenant 1 before jumping up to my current Covenant which I think is 5 or 6. Not sure if it would be better to just do the max each time to get better.
@@Nibas I currently climb coventants per combination. I've noticed that I'm really good with Stygian but suck with Umbra. I just need different Covenants for each combination to feel like I can handle the challenge.
I've found you kind of need to warm up w/ this game. If I leave a really good run i the middle and come back to it the next day, it goes off the rails pretty quickly.
NL. Please upgrade your units with stats when you have the opportunity to. That +5/+10 on the 30/4 quick unit would have made it disgustingly good early...
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Hey Enelle! Here's a tip, if you don't use the purge card from the event that you got (the one that kills any non-boss unit) for 2 rounds you get a secret unlock that converts all your purge cards to consume instead and unlocks an achievement.
change the purge with consume and you can upgrade the skull with hold over plus copy or remove the consume
WHAT
Beat me to it
I confirm this. On my run I chose the Damage Shield X card (with +3 relic). Didnt use it because I am a conservative RPG player (whom save a bunch of potion and ends up never using them).
A moment later I got a continuation event granting relic that replace all purge on cards to consume instead. I removed consume, holdover it, and basically free +3 damage shield every turn. Carried me to the hell.
yeah its amongst one of the best random events, and as many others it benefits from holding back on using it for a fight.
I cry when I see a 29 minute monster train video. Please father can we have some more
NL if you hold the petrified skull for a couple floors you get a relic that makes purge cards consume instead. Just won me a run yesterday
Oh interesting, does that happen with the other two cards as well?
@@Ghostneedle1 yes
I've had this and removed the consume and buffed cheaper... then I copied it 5 times.... it was hillarious killing off those horrid 200 armor enemies XD
16:06 "We're just gonna run the exact same strat"
Gets the same result! That's science dude!
As long as these keep coming, I’m gonna keep watching, some of your best series yet.
Hey NL, In the screen where you pick your clans in the bottom right you can see if you have won with that combination and at what covenant level.
Oh baby, I'm pogged out of my gourd for this QOL
For other MT players out there: you can also click the settings gear in the "start run" screen to access the Logbook without having to go back to the main menu.
14:22 Narrator: It did not have to be done.
Once again, yolk daddy has blessed me twice with his love
6:34
Cost reduction is not a unit upgrade that exists.
I believe it did use to exist before the game released, which is why NL is confused
You can get it from one of the blue cave events. But yeah, not from the merchant
Man I haven't gotten Dante once in 40-50 hours and he keeps showing up in every video I watch :P
NL you have so much to learn but that's one of the best parts of watching you play!
28:00 - March of steel on your champion might have moved the needle enough.
I wanted him to do it so bad I had to find out if it would work, soooooooooo:
35hp in front w/ max 5 regen, Boss at 411 hp
Glimmer to 394, to restores to 364, thennnn...
R1: champ 21 hp, boss 300 hp (regen 4) (+3 dmg)
R2: champ 16 hp, boss 233 (regen 3) (+3 dmg)
R3: champ 10 hp, boss 166 (regen 2) (+3 dmg)
R4: champ 3 hp, boss 99 (regen 1) (+3 dmg)
R5: champ dead, boss 47 (+3 dmg) [pyre can finish the fight at this point]
R5: demon 9 hp (spikes 4), boss killed!
Edit: I forgot to account for the Strike additional damage, fixed it.
This man is the only person on youtube who the ai generated subtitles match perfectly
Holy shit, they really do match perfectly.
The thing even got his murmured dunka.
Maybe because the AI was modeled after white male voices. Jk. I don’t know. BLM. But in all seriousness the developers were probably white males so they created the AI using their voices in the most likely scenario.
“or medic ative spells” ~ Northernlion
Play me a trained steward please?
“but the Animas dude diced of thorns”
"Do not ruminate on this fleeting failure, the campaign is long, and victory will come. "
Is that a Wayne June?
glittering gould...trinkets and bubbles
You can't win 'em all, brother. Great video regardless. Just a heads up at 5:58, there is no purchase-able slot upgrade for units to make them cost less. That can only be done through relics or spells.
Thanks for the content, NL.
There was one in the beta which is probably why NL thinks that it is still possible.
@@felixjackjinkam It kinda makes me wonder why they removed it in the full release 🤔
This is why I intrinsically dislike any minion that costs more than 3. There's only a few, thankfully, but they just dictate specific relic or pyre upgrade needs that limit flexibility. I would only take them if I had already taken the relic that supports them.
Only 29 minutes long... I'm not angry, just POGGED to watch your failure.
Yo, back at it again with the double heart from egg father.
NL, if you hold onto the purge cards (like that skull), you get an event later that remove the purge. :)
a tip for you NL, you already noticed that it was a good idea to ascend your alpha fiend at 27:32, but you also got March of shields on next turn, you can use it on your champion to put him in front. March of shields synergies with ascending very well, sometimes you even want to use it on enemy in the back.
I can't wait to see how Enelle reacts to seeing some of the higher covenant conditions. They definitely start getting pretty rough later on.
Keep trying brother. After seeing you dominate that hell rush on stream I have full confidence. Great series!
“Let’s not take Alpha Fiend again” Immediately takes Alpha Fiend again
Seems like every awoken run he takes the rejuvenation champion. Thorns does so much more for you in a boss fight or multi enemy encounter plus it opens you up for an amazing damage per thorns spell.
not to mention it can easily kill backline enemies too. i think of spike as an easy "pseudo-aoe" in early game
Depends on how you like playing -- spores card makes your rejuvenation champion absolutely stomp.
The problem with spikes/thorns is when you encounter cleanse Seraph - you basically have to build around your champion if you pick spikes there instead of in congruence with your champion.
When you ascend the sweeper and play the animus on floor one, you win that battle with ease. Going for the fiend wasn't what lost you the run.
I cry whenever NL sends The Sentient to the very back back
I think that first run could have popped off if you went for a spike build but hindsight is 20/20
Don't know how much this helps, but there is a button that lets you check the map in the top right corner. Took me forever to realize it, but it's really helpful when you're choosing something and need to know what options the next floor has. Thanks again so much for this series!
NL 23+ runs in and still putting the tank champion in the back 🤷🏻♂️
Not sure in what world ascending your tank to the back of a floor ever is a good idea.Why not the Alpha Fiend which would get stronger with each turn?
14:20 answers your question about quick v. explosion, I believe
Quick takes precedence
9:20 that play was making me pog out of control
Three floor champion. Legendary
damn well played
I'm just waiting for NL to upgrade Dante. Nutty stuff happens.
You should check out the second Monster Train video yesterday. It was a stream highlight one and Dante was pogged out.
Best series rn
Sometimes it’s not about the pog but the heart... can’t say that there was much heart though.❤️
Funny tactic I like is ascending the messenger into the pyre room and having it blow the poor guy up.
If you refrain from using the purge card from the armageddon event, you get an artifact that 'makes cards consume instead of purge'. This also works on purge cards from other events, so you can get some really unique setups.
Quick kills mines first, just like any other unit.
I can't believe he wasted the purge skull like that....
I bought Monster Train because of your series. It's the first card game that has really stuck for me in a long time. Keep it up!
Keep putting your tank hero with ascend in the back NL, that's the pog were here for! :D
I press like on your videos because you give the people what they want. You make sure your viewers are getting decent content by doing multi run videos if they're short runs (like you did with STS) and by providing me with stuff to watch as I go through my day-to-day. 'Preciate it, fella.
....NL still doesn't realize that monster units don't have a "reduce ember cost by 1" in the shop, does he?
Dante is basically Guppy, somehow NL gets it every run and I've yet to see him more than once.
All aboard the Monster Train! Keep these coming. Loving the series.
When he passed up Alpha Fiend for Animus of Speed I took 12 points of psychic damage
Okay, work with me here guys. Let's create an epic chorus:
Eeeeyyyy everybody, welcome monster to Northern back plays Lion Train!
Small tip: The event with the purge-cards is really good. There is a second event (dependent on the first event) that makes PURGE-cards only CONSUME. You can than remove the CONSUME in the shop. And suddenly you have a free-kill card, and even more broken an X-Damageshield card giving you 2/3 shields for 0. You can even doublestack that card for even more fun.
Hopefully he will realize the sinergy between ascending tanky units and marching them in front to protect the dps guys, like in that last fight he had a chance.
It's fun to try to compete with him on Covenant ranks, everytime he puts a video up It makes me want to do a new run to catch up to him or get the lead again :p
My boy is becoming R A T T L E D.
Fear not, here's a like to keep ur mojo up.
I'm sure you picked up on this, but having your 0/25 in the back is not a recipe for success - the march of shields + ascend is a good way to maintain form
Loving the series! Thanks for the great content :D
Now THIS is some hella relatable Monster Train 'tent.
Those ascends were dope af
Another video, another step closer to that next covenant rank. I can basically smell those double digits already, but that also might just be the raw undestilled POG coming out of every single Monster Train upload.
Choo choo! All aboard the algorithm train
At 11:05 you could've taken Permafrost and Emberstone on Engraft, which would enable you to play your 4 Energy unit
I love spikes builds... most late game bosses have multi strike or stealth... so spikes ruins them :) sharpen with reduced cost is sick
His play has definitely gotten worth BUT I still love the content
Idk why NL chose "kill one unit one time"
Over "do 10X+3 damage to all units on a floor ignoring armour and damage sheild one time"
11:00 ... yeah ... dont upgrade your vent, just reroll, dont even think about it
NL if you hold onto the purge cards from the Armageddon effect it becomes consume instead of purge
14:29 Quick units go before the bomb explosion
29:00 :c
This run had clever Ascension plays and was enjoyable regardless of the outcome. Thanks for the company
The restore champion can be tricky to use correctly, very good use of ascend against the bosses bouncing the champion up a floor to get more restore triggers, but bad plays when you ascended her to the back of the line. Since she does no combat damage you need her up front to soak hits against the relentless waves while power hitters do the damage from the back line. Card draw and reduced spell costs are what make that champion build run..
NL, not sure if you know, but you can also check your logbook by just pressing settings icon in the top right.
this series is awesome, pls keep going!
NL I think at some point Costanza meta might help you because you are very good at convincing yourself the cards that you like are always the right choice.
Hey NL! Tip for awoken the best strat is stacking one rejuvenate unit with an insane amount of regen triggers and have that unit in front to tank the boss. The regen triggers, and tankyness can kill almost any boss. I beat 25 covenant with this strat on my first try
Thank you Father for delivering unto us, P O G
29 minuts POG
RUSH WIN for sure.
Dude you provided good commentery while doing your best and you provided two runs. Of course I will like the video, I enjoyed my half an hour free!
The first loss was fun and mainly not your fault
Every time he plays this Awoken build he ALWAYS ends um puting him at the back. XD ffs
A tip perhaps
You can use ascend cards to shove enemies into the pyre room. For example that loot fairy on the top floor.
Also shield/healing enemies without an attack value
Also there is no creature upgrade to reduce their cost from shops
around minute 6 I died at NL not making his fiend quick and then died more seeing as it could have been a quick multi-strike. Would it have been a good move? who knows but it would have been hilarious.
Only 30 min? He either balls out of control or gets killed by the Fel boss, calling it
Dear egg, if you don't play a purge card after a fight there's a chance you can get a relic that makes purge cards consume instead
Love this series NL.
I think the biggest issue in these runs is you kept trying to go for tricksy plays over just placing down your units. So by the time the bosses came you have 2/3 units on the board
Thanks for the content, dude!
I NEEEED MORE DEMON CHOO CHOO
You dont have to go to the logbook to see if you won with a certain permutation, it tells you on top of the "depart" button
Hey NL, just a heads up that petrified skull (and the other purge options) will have consume after another battle or two, so if you don't use them, you can get an incredible spell every battle. Even better is if you upgrade it to not have consume, and my personal favourite, adding holdover after. Giving you a 1 cost kill an enemy every turn.
Yeah I love skull. That run would have been nutty if he had taken the sword and done that though... with the relic, he gets a minimum 30 point AOE every turn that ignores armor and shields. That is some nutty stuff :D
Colin Miller oh true! I always just take the skull and hard search for the combo. But with that relic the sword is def better for dealing with the armour tanks, thanks for pointing it out!
False Starts and Big Sharts
14:22 it did not have to be done, quick dude kills the explosive before it can trigger
it do be like that sometimes /nods solemnly
Please define POG
My daily dose of pog
Is this where the Egg learns that in fact, no, you don't put your 0 damage tank begind your scaling damage unit? xD
Also brother, you can't leave us with 29 minutes of Monster Train today...it's Sunday!!!! You can't do this to us! Is this some kind of payback for the bonus video last night? Come on man, give us another one!
Yo NL on the New Run screen in the bottom right corner it tells you if you have won with a specific combination before. Makes it a bit easier than having to go back to check the logbook everytime.
NL fyi it's not one extra spikes, it's everyone level of spikes do +1 dmg which is basically double dmg spikes, a lot stronger than the other champion power. 20 spikes dmg vs 15 nuke dmg.
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Say whatever you want egglord im still gonna like the video so that the youtube alogir---- HELP POGS ARE RAINING DOWN FROM THE SKY
Personally I'm practicing a bit on lower Covenant levels to build up experience. It feels like it helps me to get better, although everyone has their own taste in that of course.
I'm trying to get a win with every combination on Covenant 1 before jumping up to my current Covenant which I think is 5 or 6. Not sure if it would be better to just do the max each time to get better.
@@Nibas I currently climb coventants per combination. I've noticed that I'm really good with Stygian but suck with Umbra. I just need different Covenants for each combination to feel like I can handle the challenge.
you know sth will go horrible wrong when the episode is only 30 minutes long
So is no one going to point out that he only played the purge by complete accident thinking it was Vent
im liking this video anyways u cant hecking tell me what to do
I've found you kind of need to warm up w/ this game. If I leave a really good run i the middle and come back to it the next day, it goes off the rails pretty quickly.
29 minutes? Must be a speedrun
I accept the insult i'm gonna hit the like button!
At 27:00 he could have killed all the enemies on bottom floor with pyre shards
NL. Please upgrade your units with stats when you have the opportunity to. That +5/+10 on the 30/4 quick unit would have made it disgustingly good early...
Pog
Litteraly a train wreck. Get it?
Speedrun Pog