Hey everyone! Thank you for all the support on our first guide and this growing channel. In addition to the Giveaway question, I'd love to invite you to comment any other tips/tricks you think we missed or would benefit other players. Feel free to ask any questions about the game here or whenever I'm live over at Twitch.tv/Inabeta
Can you do an ironclad a20 card review? I know it all depends, but an overview of most possibilities and synergies for every card could be a very nice and popular video.
If I understood you right, you said it's good to draw cards even if you don't have the energy to play them. I don't see how that helps - doesn't it just mean you won't have the option to play that card if it makes sense the next round? Thanks!
@@Travoid Like everything in this game, it depends. Ideally, you're using draw cards in the beginning of your turn to get to other things you want to play that turn (when you still have the energy to) Generally, drawing at the end of your turn is pretty fail, but if you look at your draw pile and see a bunch of garbage you just want to get past to get to your shuffle, then yeah you might want to even if you don't have energy left. My main point is that draw is an extremely powerful (maybe the most powerful) mechanic in this game and it's importance should not be understated. It has a variety of uses and when to utilize it will always depend run to run and turn to turn.
My favourite character is The silent. Despite the fact that I have the least wins on her (The watcher aside), I love to see the enemy health bar green and ending my turn early as an "omae wa mou shindeiru".
I don’t ever go for poison with her I prefer to focus on discard energy buffs (sneaky strike helps a lot for me) and getting as much attacks in in one turn as possible
So glad I found this channel. I've played this game for a total of over 100 hours. 92 runs, with only 1 "victory". The victory came from a custom run where I basically gave myself as much advantage as possible. On average, I typically only make it to about halfway through the 2nd act, or die early on in Act 3. Only a few weeks ago I realized that you shouldn't take every single card reward. My decks would end up so bloated and the really good cards were rarely drawn during fights. The main thing I learned from this video is to not avoid the elite fights, and to be better at balancing regular fights with mystery rooms. Up until now, I basically avoided elites as much as possible, and if I were given a choice between a fight or a mystery room, I'd always hit that question mark hoping for a relic.
My favorite character is probably Ironclad. When I first started, the idea of "Exhaust" was scary on card like Corruption or True Grit. I changed my mind once I realized how insane exhaust synergies are. Currently working my way up ascension, and am at ascension 6 on Ironclad.
These are some good tips. You say in the pinned comment to give tips that we think you missed. I think that there are some higher level ideas that can earn small advantages that can turn a loss into a win. The first is that there are some relics such as nunchaku, ink bottle, and happy flower which will keep a counter between fights. It is generally good practice to set these up at the end of the fight when you can be a little more flexible with your card choices so that you can get their effects on the first turn (arguably the most important turn) of the next fight. Additionally, another concept that helped me was paying attention to when I used my draw cards. If you have 1 card in your draw pile, and you play a draw 2 card, this means that everything in your discard pile will go back into your draw pile. This means that all the cards in your hand are not getting shuffled into your deck meaning you will have to go all the way through your deck again in order to see it. For this reason, if you are in this situation and have a strong card that you want to play as often as possible, you should probably play it before the draw card.
"Practice Things You Don't Like". So true. Even perfect builds in our comfort zone can end in tears, lol, but if we had just experimented with a few different tricks instead of passing up on them, they would have made all the difference. I love doing learning runs where I practice using different things and I'm usually stunned what I've been missing out on. Great video!
My brother got me hooked on this game a few weeks ago and I was just looking for an actual strategy guide, like the kind you can buy on Amazon (I guess they don't make one??), but stumbled upon this vid instead. Looks like I'll be going thru your channel to feed my obsession now :) Bro keeps telling me not to avoid elites all the time and now you're saying the same thing, guhhhhhh! (but... they're so scary!) Today I beat the heart for the first time with the Silent, ONLY because I managed to build up the poison to over 200. I can't imagine how any other character can beat that thing! Anyway thanks for the great guide, looking forward to checking out your channel!
Yeah, there are no "official" strategy guides for the game, thus guides like this! Definitely DON'T skip elites; learn the fights. They are too valuable to skip and after you learn them they are some of the easiest fights to prepare for (as they are more predictable). Thanks for watching!
@@Lumy12 lol I promise it isn't! Don't beat yourself up too much if you're having a tough time. Any high level player will tell you that this game is not easy!
Haha thx for replying - how do you feel about daily climbs? My brother is only interested in ascension and thinks they're a waste of time but I love the daily climb, they're fun (some more than others, naturally)
Wow, I’m extremely surprised that you only have 339 subs. Such a well made video with good advice definitely deserves more! I just started playing the game and you have certainly supplied a great resource to players like me. Keep it up!
Amazing video! Super helpful tips. I was kinda avoiding elites but it makes so much sense not to do that. I'm new to the game, 20 hours in. My favourite class right now is defect, it just clicked in my brain right away; I got through a run on my second try! Also, I like the idea of him having malfunctions that actually make him better, that's how I feel a lot of the time too.
DEFINITELY start taking those elites in the future and watch you gain power as you go! Grats on that Defect run! I really want to dig into the recent changes to Defect on the Beta branch more myself.
Okay I know this is an old video but as much as I love this game since I bought it, I could NOT get to the 3rd boss! I would always get my ass kicked halfway through Act 3. I really really want to open the watcher and after playing like (I think at almost 100 omg) runs and FINALLY getting to the 3rd Act Boss...The Ancient One destroyed me. So I finally said screw it and went online for help because I was obviously doing something wrong. My deck is definitely bloated (I'm so bad about picking up ALL the extra cards), I avoid Elites like the plague and I definitely never thought to get rid of strikes and block cards! You're video was super easy to watch, and I appreciate all the tips! I'm gonna try another run now and see how I can make my synergy better! Thanks a bunch =^^=
Picked this game up for free on PS Plus and I didn’t think I’d like it but ended up really enjoying it and fully completing a run my first try! Made it to the final boss of the second run but got promptly shut down due to my lack of protection. Definitely pumped for more and finding this guide is only helping me get more pumped!
Been scrounging around the internet for different tips on the game because I've been stuck at Ascension 9 Ironclad for months. It feels strange that the little difference from A8 to A9 has put such a damper on my progress, but it's my reality. Thanks for the tips, and I think the most helpful one for me is to stop trying to play the long game. I got through A0-A8 on synergy alone but thanks to this guide I understand the importance of focusing on the immediate problems.
I love the Silent's jack-of-all-trades playstyle! I feel like she is one of the more strategic classes with all the different ways you can tackle your enemies. And she also has the most fun cards, like the poison ones and, of course, Bullet Time!
@@fisheatsyourhead Yep, you've stumbled onto some of the best scaling in the game: energy and card draw! It works for every character and in every deck.
Thank you for this guide. I’m new to StS, and only have a few runs under my belt. I am an old MtG player though, so I was already drawn towards deck synergy and card draw, and I’m pleased to say I beat my first climb. However, I’ve been actively avoiding elites and avoiding strategies I’m not comfortable with, so I’ll be trying these out next
Glad to hear about that first success! Getting in there and getting familiar with more strategies just opens up your pathways to success in future runs!
Just started playing and got a win as my first time playing as the Rogue/Shaman class that gets extra cards. As a previous hearthstone long time player, this game is perfection. And so is this guide.
Bruh... Watched this video for 10 mins, then started a Spire run and had my BEST RUN EVER. First time ever beating the third city, had hecka health and hecka hecka relics. I'm so happy right now.
I found I loved the silent with its fun poison plays and all the stabby stabby Shivs! This game took a little while to earn my love but now with my first encounter with the 4th act I hope to challenge myself more often!
@@InaBeta I actually just got it last night with this insane ironclad run. I don't remember what I had but I was constantly drawing and exhausting cards and I had the pyramid that makes my hand stay! I've never seen that many cards be in my deck at once!!! Winning that run reminded me why I love roguelikes so much! I felt so so accomplished
One of the things I've found extremely useful is keeping an eye out for "Aces." Since you know from the beginning of the Act which boss you'll be facing, if you run across a card that specifically counters that boss, it's often worth picking up. Cards like Fire Breathing for the Hexaghost, or Judgment+ vs the Collector.
Yep, this is a common strategy of more advanced players and dovetails with the advice of "add answers to your deck"; know what you could face in any act and add in things that will help you with those challenges.
I struggled to beat my first run for many many tries. After watching this video I literally made it in my first try. I made choices I would normally never have made (such as the Snecko Eye, which randomizes any chance of winning in my eyes) and got cards that let me draw more cards. It seems I suck at strategy games. Anyway, thanks for this video, it helped me a lot
Hey, you stumbled across some powerful synergies! Also, more card draw (especially innate as with Snecko Eye) is powerful for just about any deck. Snecko definitely doesn't randomize your chance of winning, just the cost of cards. In return, you get innate card draw and the ability to grab all the impactful, high cost cards you want without worrying nearly as much about energy (you still want more energy, but you care a lot less about a deck full of 3 cost cards as they will often cost less than that when drawn). Anyways, I hope you saw the power of these mechanics in play and can apply them to future runs! Additionally, don't beat yourself up; this is a really complex, difficult game to begin with and everyone struggles with it at times (yes, even the best of the best players). Keep at it, and good luck in The Spire!
@@InaBeta You are definitely right. Man I wish there was a good guide out there for The Ironclad (wink wink). I finished with The Defect which was surprisingly easy after taking a closer look at the setup and I think that with The Silent it won't be too hard either once you get your poison set up right. I just can't make sense of Ironclad and I tried many things already
@@Twisterstorm1 I wish there would be too, but unfortunately I've moved on from making content. Try all the tools in his kit (e.g., exhaust, str gain, big block, life drain, etc.) and keep at him and you'll get that W with Chad.
@@InaBeta Dang shame cause I find the videos you made easily understandable. But hey, if you wanna do something else, I can't force you to make guides :P
@@Twisterstorm1Thanks for understanding! I wish I had gotten on making these sooner in my streaming stent, but ah well. I'm glad these have helped you and so many others.
Thanks for making this. After watching this and your video on The Silent, I was able to finally get to the end for the first time. Before I struggled to even beat the Act 2 boss.
Nice video man! It’s free on ps plus now and I enjoy it but needed some help lol! Btw nice beard but you distracted me with touching it every time there was a facecam 😂 also, you have the perfect voice to make videos, relaxing
Yeah, i didn't realize how much beard stuff was going on until everything was cut together lol; just helps me think through things. Thanks for the compliments and I'm glad the videos helped! Good luck in the Spire, and congrats on the future Heart kill!
Great video! I really enjoyed it and I will definitely be using a lot of your tips. I just had an amazing curse/status build with the ironclad so that's who I'm liking at the moment lol. That run was so fun because you wouldn't think a deck full of curses and wounds would be powerful but it was!
@@InaBeta thanks for the reply! I binged all of the videos on your channel last night and I will definitely be trying to tune into your streams. I've been feeling like I need a skilled player to get tips from because I'm still stuck in the lower ascension tiers and I really like the way you explain your runs so I think you're perfect!
I've just started playing this game and I thought I was getting really good at it. One problem I came across was my deck was getting too big and getting filled with crap cards. Then I watched your video and saw that you was not collecting cards that didn't add any value to your deck. I feel such a noob as I was collecting every card I could along the way lol thank you for the video
Until now I have been avoiding all elites like the plague, but I still make it to the boss of act 3 but I was never able to beat it. Thanks for the edvice.
I love your comments on runic dome. Runic dome plus spot weakness is super rewarding for players that know enemy actions, and offers the ability to trade energy for information for players that don't. Idk if it's an amazing strat but its extremely fun!
It's definitely a strat! Even higher level players can benefit from Spot while using Runic Dome as it's not always guaranteed that enemies are attacking. And if you find they are, you also get some bonus strength to use when you're done trying not to die that turn!
Thanks man, i watched this video and the next time i played i was able to finish the game for the first time lol. Elite enemies are such a game changer, i went from 10 relics per run to almost a row and a half by the end. Also the lore from the finale made me want to play more to see the rest thanks
Beautiful video and wonderful guide. Love your approach to the game and all the advice. Even found a nugget or two that I'm going to try on my next play session. As for my preference, my favorite class is the Defect because orbs and powers are so much fun!!! Although i do much better with the good old Ironclad. Then again, a good poison deck... man... do I have to choose one???
I completed my first, completely blind about this game, and I defeated the spire with 1 hp left! My firsy deck was centered on Rage spells, many low cost attacks, juggernaut, and body slams. Just spamming attacks and racking up shields. What a great game and I can't wait for my second run after watching those tips.
I have a lot of hours on this game, my favorite character is the watcher, I have killed the transient, I have gained over 12,000 money (I had golden idol and didn’t buy from shops that often, also old coin ceramic fish and money giving event) I have one hit killed a boss (I had prismatic shard, vajra, inflame, limit break, spot weakness, and heavy blade. Also this is how I killed the transient) not in one turn tho but it is still an accomplishment to one hit ko a boss, and I have beaten the act 3 final boss 4 times (A0 and across multiple weeks (Sunday)). also all that happened on the 1st day and similar things happened on the other 3. I am a legend at this game
I started playing less than a month ago just because I got this game in a Humble Bundle and have heard a ton of good stuff about it. Tonight I played my first time on the 3rd class and so far, it is my favorite. This could be because I got super lucky. I picked up the top artifact as my 2nd or 3rd drop. I piled my deck full of 0 cost cards and a couple of the 2 cost ones that let you pull 0 costs back out from your discard. It was my first time beating the entire thing, even killing the last boss in like 3 turns. If you can pull the claw cards out and then continually pull more out, you can do hundreds of damage in a single turn.
Just started playing this game and loving it! Great videos you got amazing information and helpful tips. Hope you are still playing and plan to make videos for the second game. :)
On my third ever run of the game, have.. the third character unlocked, forgot their name lmao. It's currently paused as I write this, but I LOVE setting up complex combos where I get to play the same cards 14 times in a turn, and slowly watch my enemies get shocked to death because all my cards are free and keep getting fetched from discard.
#3 Embrace Elite Fights, makes a lot of sense. I have played many times and have only gotten to act 3 one time. I avoided elites at all costs. Now i will try for the elites. Just got this game within the past 2 weeks. I have been having a lot of fun.
@@InaBeta Wow it really did. I got some really good relics from the elites. I was able to finally get up to the heart and complete it for the first time. Unlocked a 4th character now.
really, really great video! thank you for the tips, and also for the encouraging attitude! also, this is just a suggestion from a well-meaning internet stranger, but i would love a separate video going more in-depth regarding scaling - with some examples of good scaling, especially focusing on the first and second act. can't tell you how frustrating it is as a beginner to have the majority of my runs end at the beginning of the second act because i just plain don't have the scaling to quickly end even basic enemy encounters at that point. i think your advice regarding draw often being the biggest source of scaling in runs is also really interesting, and not something i considered before. thank you for a great video!
I just went my first run after watching this guide and...my first win with silent ever. I am still bad but somehow deep in my mind i was trying to think more like what my deck is missing etc etc. That's cool! Also i chose my first "reward" to be random artifact and i got goo that prevented me from getting SINGLE coin for entire run. So i started with starting 99 gold and that's it.
Ectoplasm is a tough start! But, hey, now you see the power of that boss swap! Glad to hear about your first win and, more importantly, that mindset shift to look for things that your deck is missing!
As a yugioh player I understand the power of drawing there has been entire decks ban along with card ban (such as “pot of greed” the most notable one) bc it was to OP
I swear I have spent more time watching videos and reading tips for this game than I did reading the entire works of Charles Dickens and I have only beaten the game once... and that was before I even watched any videos or read any tips. lol. Now I can't even get past Act 2 on any character. How the hell did I beat it with Silent the second time I played it when I had not really got a clue what I was doing? Time to face the fact that I suck at this game. 😅
Hey, you could have just had a deck that came together; that totally happens. I think everyone starts out sucking at this game as it's really difficult. I hope that you are enjoying it though and that you continue to enjoy it! Improvement will come as you put time into it :) Good luck in the Spire!
Really excellent advice! I must have gotten recommended your channel because I recently started watching Jorbs, and was really happy to see more Spire content on my feed ✌️ Oh, and my favorite class is definitely Silent because of poison stacking, but shivs are also fun too...
my personal favorite is ironclad, I just love getting the ice cream relic and calipers and just stack shields and do a body slam deck and 2nd favorite deck is heavy blade with really many flex+
Block synergy is my absolute fav to get to put together. In my much less experienced days I kept trying to make them come together and learned that you just don't get to do that in this game! But getting a bunch of block with a Barricade or Calipers and some other block synergy and getting to 999 block is just so satisfying.
These past years I have been craving for card games, and slay the spire definitely take the top spot. When you said that the players don't like the "can't see the enemies intent", I laughed cause whenever I see it on a playthrough of The watcher I pick it. It's very ironic and fun for me
The best tip i have is remember to use your potions I have played LoR (it has a similar rougue-like game mode) and i have some experience with card games so I quite easily reached act 3 boss but failed. I could have beaten the boss if I used the potion that duplicates your next played card. Literally tilted the hell out of me
I'm only 21hr in and had an abysmal morning playing 4x. I can't stop myself from wanting more. I'm just so far off from understanding how to play. I've beat it a few times but felt like luck I've failed most where i thought i was building a nice deck. Lovely guide tho, gonna search for more.
It's a complex game that takes a long time to master! Even the best around lose about as often as they win, with the best of the best getting 60% or more win rate. Hope you stick with it and enjoy it :)
The silent. They're just the finnest archetype tbh and i beat my first run with them when i started playing. Ironclad was the second and just as fun but the name "silent" how cool!
My favorite class is silent, poison and shiv decks are super fun to play and i also like the class specific relics a lot more. I enjoy playing with the silent the most simply cuz its fun. Ironclad is head ram into wall also exhaust, defect is also really fun but i enjoy silent a bit more and watcher is just watcher
Just picked the game up and really enjoying it - it’s pretty hard though! Thanks for the video, this is really helpful. Silent is my favourite class ;)
Love this game, generally consistently can beat the 3rd act but rarely am able to get past the elite at the End with more than enough HP to survive a turn or two against the heart. I do definitely avoid elites a lot so maybe I'll try going hard in the paint a little more :D
Going hard gets you further in the long run. You get better at the fights and at preparing for them, and you get relics that make you stronger overall.
@@InaBeta Finally got a heart kill on the Watcher just now XD been trying so hard to get that last one, didn't seem to be so difficult for the other three, but had a really good scrape/All For One run :D
Great video - made me think. Lots of obvious stuff in there but loads I hadn’t actively considered. Oh and not taking starting relic 🤔 I’m gonna try that.
Great vid! My fav so far is the ironclad only been playing for 2 days and I already beat the game with him I made a really nice strength blood loss build where hurting myself was good as well put in reaper and got a event where I turned into vampire
I played way too much StS when I first discovered it. I got some insanely good runs in; barricade/block builds with body slam, poison builds, shiv builds. Since then it has felt like those runs are very rare and I don't get very lucky very often. I am trying to experiment more and have had a few good runs from that. Will probably play some when listening to the making of bloodborne video. BB remake or BB 2 please, also Silksong please.
Haven't gotten through a run yet, don't even know if there's more than 3 stages. Ive done maybe 20, 30 runs total. I assumed Ironclad was the games easy mode, so Ive been wanting to at least get the W with him. I ran an exhaust deck, to the point where half the time I couldn't remember what benefits I was getting from exhaustion, lol. I finally made it to the boss of the 3rd stage, and killed the MF. ...then he revived! All 300 health back. By that time, I had exhausted most of my cards, both skills with the skill exhaust power and cards that exhaust. So... of course I could only manage to get him down to 15 health or so before I fuckin died. Now I come here, and you've managed to rack up *400 plus block?!??!?!* ...I see I'm out of my depth here ( T o T)
Hey, every run is different and I didn't always know the mechanics well myself; just getting in there and learning is the best thing you can do. A good half of what this game is about is seeing all the myriad synergies, the other half is planning out which of those synergies you could possibly see and building decks around that as you climb. Chin up, you'll get that W!
fav class is definitely Defect, just bc although being a robot they are ironically the most human character - they're defected, broken, looking for their purpose, trying and failing to understand the world around them.
too late to the giveaway but I have been enjoying the guides here so I figured I'd drop in my favorite. I love the Defect because there's nothing quite as satisfying as being able to deal over 200 damage with a single card if a fight lasts that long.
It all depends but snecko eye and runic pyramid are the best (not in all situations but they are the relics with the highest win rates) unless you have both. Then they’re the worst. I think that really shows the beauty of the game.
This was really good stuff man! I'm around ascension 13 for most characters and I still feel like I learned a lot. I like the point you made about elites being the same difficulty regardless of when you face them in the act. Looking forward to more vids :)
I really enjoyed the Silent on my playthroughs. Really though, as you say, it depends... on my mood when I launch the game. I also run the daily a lot so I get that random component even more. Thanks for the guide I appreciate you!
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Hey everyone! Thank you for all the support on our first guide and this growing channel. In addition to the Giveaway question, I'd love to invite you to comment any other tips/tricks you think we missed or would benefit other players. Feel free to ask any questions about the game here or whenever I'm live over at Twitch.tv/Inabeta
Can you do an ironclad a20 card review? I know it all depends, but an overview of most possibilities and synergies for every card could be a very nice and popular video.
@@DarknessOverpowering I probably wouldn't do a card review, but there will be a guide like this for every class eventually!
If I understood you right, you said it's good to draw cards even if you don't have the energy to play them. I don't see how that helps - doesn't it just mean you won't have the option to play that card if it makes sense the next round? Thanks!
@@Travoid Like everything in this game, it depends. Ideally, you're using draw cards in the beginning of your turn to get to other things you want to play that turn (when you still have the energy to)
Generally, drawing at the end of your turn is pretty fail, but if you look at your draw pile and see a bunch of garbage you just want to get past to get to your shuffle, then yeah you might want to even if you don't have energy left.
My main point is that draw is an extremely powerful (maybe the most powerful) mechanic in this game and it's importance should not be understated. It has a variety of uses and when to utilize it will always depend run to run and turn to turn.
Ignore everything this man said, the secret to Slaying the Spire is to have a magnificent beard like his.
:D
i jumped to the comments to mention that he forgot no.11, fondling your long ass beard while playing
Most of the clips include him stroking his beard too. I think you're on to something.
A killer beard is a great thinking enhancer
@@InaBeta :D>
My favorite is Defect. The stacks you can build up are amazing, but trying to do the math before you execute can be tricky sometimes.
I absolutely love the Defect when it works out. Can't wait to try out the Reprogram rework!
My favourite character is The silent. Despite the fact that I have the least wins on her (The watcher aside), I love to see the enemy health bar green and ending my turn early as an "omae wa mou shindeiru".
Love this
Nani?!
I don’t ever go for poison with her I prefer to focus on discard energy buffs (sneaky strike helps a lot for me) and getting as much attacks in in one turn as possible
@@limitbreak2966 It is a valid strategy to use both strikes and poison in the same deck
Wait… do you guys win???
So glad I found this channel. I've played this game for a total of over 100 hours. 92 runs, with only 1 "victory". The victory came from a custom run where I basically gave myself as much advantage as possible. On average, I typically only make it to about halfway through the 2nd act, or die early on in Act 3.
Only a few weeks ago I realized that you shouldn't take every single card reward. My decks would end up so bloated and the really good cards were rarely drawn during fights.
The main thing I learned from this video is to not avoid the elite fights, and to be better at balancing regular fights with mystery rooms. Up until now, I basically avoided elites as much as possible, and if I were given a choice between a fight or a mystery room, I'd always hit that question mark hoping for a relic.
Hope that next win and all the others after it come soon for you, my guy! Good luck in the Spire.
On ironclad its really easy to get a bunch of shield cards and shield bash. Just got first win doing that today with some good cards from shop
My favorite character is probably Ironclad. When I first started, the idea of "Exhaust" was scary on card like Corruption or True Grit. I changed my mind once I realized how insane exhaust synergies are. Currently working my way up ascension, and am at ascension 6 on Ironclad.
Exhaust synergy is REAL! My fave is block synergy, but that's harder to get together consistently.
He's a paladin, he's a dark knight, he's Ironclad!
I literally just beat the game like half an hour ago for the first time using an exhaust deck.
Even without synergy, an upgraded True Grit is good in every deck. Get rid of negative cards like Burn and slim your deck in long fights.
Fiend Fire my beloved
These are some good tips. You say in the pinned comment to give tips that we think you missed. I think that there are some higher level ideas that can earn small advantages that can turn a loss into a win. The first is that there are some relics such as nunchaku, ink bottle, and happy flower which will keep a counter between fights. It is generally good practice to set these up at the end of the fight when you can be a little more flexible with your card choices so that you can get their effects on the first turn (arguably the most important turn) of the next fight. Additionally, another concept that helped me was paying attention to when I used my draw cards. If you have 1 card in your draw pile, and you play a draw 2 card, this means that everything in your discard pile will go back into your draw pile. This means that all the cards in your hand are not getting shuffled into your deck meaning you will have to go all the way through your deck again in order to see it. For this reason, if you are in this situation and have a strong card that you want to play as often as possible, you should probably play it before the draw card.
I knew about the first point you mentioned but the second one had never occurred to me. Thank you
"Practice Things You Don't Like". So true. Even perfect builds in our comfort zone can end in tears, lol, but if we had just experimented with a few different tricks instead of passing up on them, they would have made all the difference. I love doing learning runs where I practice using different things and I'm usually stunned what I've been missing out on. Great video!
Well said and thank you! Glad you're enjoying the game and good luck in The Spire!
My brother got me hooked on this game a few weeks ago and I was just looking for an actual strategy guide, like the kind you can buy on Amazon (I guess they don't make one??), but stumbled upon this vid instead. Looks like I'll be going thru your channel to feed my obsession now :) Bro keeps telling me not to avoid elites all the time and now you're saying the same thing, guhhhhhh! (but... they're so scary!) Today I beat the heart for the first time with the Silent, ONLY because I managed to build up the poison to over 200. I can't imagine how any other character can beat that thing! Anyway thanks for the great guide, looking forward to checking out your channel!
Yeah, there are no "official" strategy guides for the game, thus guides like this! Definitely DON'T skip elites; learn the fights. They are too valuable to skip and after you learn them they are some of the easiest fights to prepare for (as they are more predictable). Thanks for watching!
@@InaBeta dude you make it look EASY!
@@Lumy12 lol I promise it isn't! Don't beat yourself up too much if you're having a tough time. Any high level player will tell you that this game is not easy!
Haha thx for replying - how do you feel about daily climbs? My brother is only interested in ascension and thinks they're a waste of time but I love the daily climb, they're fun (some more than others, naturally)
This literally was the reason I managed to finally beat the heart for the first time
Yooooo congrats on that first heart kill! The first of many!
I just watched it went ahead and beat it lol thanks!!
Wow, I’m extremely surprised that you only have 339 subs. Such a well made video with good advice definitely deserves more! I just started playing the game and you have certainly supplied a great resource to players like me. Keep it up!
It's a pretty new channel, so yeah. We've grown a lot in the last couple months though!
Amazing video! Super helpful tips. I was kinda avoiding elites but it makes so much sense not to do that. I'm new to the game, 20 hours in. My favourite class right now is defect, it just clicked in my brain right away; I got through a run on my second try! Also, I like the idea of him having malfunctions that actually make him better, that's how I feel a lot of the time too.
DEFINITELY start taking those elites in the future and watch you gain power as you go! Grats on that Defect run! I really want to dig into the recent changes to Defect on the Beta branch more myself.
Okay I know this is an old video but as much as I love this game since I bought it, I could NOT get to the 3rd boss! I would always get my ass kicked halfway through Act 3. I really really want to open the watcher and after playing like (I think at almost 100 omg) runs and FINALLY getting to the 3rd Act Boss...The Ancient One destroyed me. So I finally said screw it and went online for help because I was obviously doing something wrong. My deck is definitely bloated (I'm so bad about picking up ALL the extra cards), I avoid Elites like the plague and I definitely never thought to get rid of strikes and block cards! You're video was super easy to watch, and I appreciate all the tips! I'm gonna try another run now and see how I can make my synergy better! Thanks a bunch =^^=
Hope ya got there; would love to hear back!
I have always liked the defect as it gets super fun once you start playing alot of the power cards.
Power spam can be super fun, especially if you dodge the Awakened One!
Picked this game up for free on PS Plus and I didn’t think I’d like it but ended up really enjoying it and fully completing a run my first try! Made it to the final boss of the second run but got promptly shut down due to my lack of protection. Definitely pumped for more and finding this guide is only helping me get more pumped!
GET IT! Early congrats on your first Heart Kill!
Been scrounging around the internet for different tips on the game because I've been stuck at Ascension 9 Ironclad for months. It feels strange that the little difference from A8 to A9 has put such a damper on my progress, but it's my reality. Thanks for the tips, and I think the most helpful one for me is to stop trying to play the long game. I got through A0-A8 on synergy alone but thanks to this guide I understand the importance of focusing on the immediate problems.
I love that the card art for Rampage here is a ram and a page :D
Some of the beta arts are solid gold.
I love the Silent's jack-of-all-trades playstyle! I feel like she is one of the more strategic classes with all the different ways you can tackle your enemies. And she also has the most fun cards, like the poison ones and, of course, Bullet Time!
Bullet Time is one of my favorite cards to use with my favorite class!
This was a splendid guide for a new player like me, and this game is so mutch fun i played 2 days straight after i got it :D
Thanks for watching and glad that it helped you! Any favorites in the game yet?
I'm just realizing my first ever run in this game was with runic dome and I beat act 3 first try and haven't won since lol
Congrats!
I just bought the game and managed to do it on first try by getting a fuckton of channel lighting sinergy
I have 4 wins and 3 of them have ice cream plus other energy runes lol
@@fisheatsyourhead Yep, you've stumbled onto some of the best scaling in the game: energy and card draw! It works for every character and in every deck.
Thank you for this guide. I’m new to StS, and only have a few runs under my belt. I am an old MtG player though, so I was already drawn towards deck synergy and card draw, and I’m pleased to say I beat my first climb. However, I’ve been actively avoiding elites and avoiding strategies I’m not comfortable with, so I’ll be trying these out next
Glad to hear about that first success! Getting in there and getting familiar with more strategies just opens up your pathways to success in future runs!
Just started playing this the other week. I was taking the boss relic swap from day one!
It usually works really well, yeah! The Tiny House moments though :/
Just started playing and got a win as my first time playing as the Rogue/Shaman class that gets extra cards. As a previous hearthstone long time player, this game is perfection. And so is this guide.
Glad you enjoyed and grats on the first of your many wins on the Silent! Good luck in The Spire!
Bruh... Watched this video for 10 mins, then started a Spire run and had my BEST RUN EVER. First time ever beating the third city, had hecka health and hecka hecka relics. I'm so happy right now.
Here's to many more, brosef! Congrats on that first win!
I found I loved the silent with its fun poison plays and all the stabby stabby Shivs! This game took a little while to earn my love but now with my first encounter with the 4th act I hope to challenge myself more often!
Heck yes! The Spire challenges us all every run. Here's to your pending first Heart kill!
@@InaBeta I actually just got it last night with this insane ironclad run. I don't remember what I had but I was constantly drawing and exhausting cards and I had the pyramid that makes my hand stay! I've never seen that many cards be in my deck at once!!! Winning that run reminded me why I love roguelikes so much! I felt so so accomplished
@@baileybb4 Yeah, draw and exhaust synergy stuff on Chad is super fun when it comes together! Here's to the next one then!
Incredible guide! I appreciate the hard work you put into it. Hope to see more!
There will be eventually!
One of the things I've found extremely useful is keeping an eye out for "Aces." Since you know from the beginning of the Act which boss you'll be facing, if you run across a card that specifically counters that boss, it's often worth picking up. Cards like Fire Breathing for the Hexaghost, or Judgment+ vs the Collector.
Yep, this is a common strategy of more advanced players and dovetails with the advice of "add answers to your deck"; know what you could face in any act and add in things that will help you with those challenges.
I struggled to beat my first run for many many tries. After watching this video I literally made it in my first try. I made choices I would normally never have made (such as the Snecko Eye, which randomizes any chance of winning in my eyes) and got cards that let me draw more cards. It seems I suck at strategy games. Anyway, thanks for this video, it helped me a lot
Hey, you stumbled across some powerful synergies! Also, more card draw (especially innate as with Snecko Eye) is powerful for just about any deck.
Snecko definitely doesn't randomize your chance of winning, just the cost of cards. In return, you get innate card draw and the ability to grab all the impactful, high cost cards you want without worrying nearly as much about energy (you still want more energy, but you care a lot less about a deck full of 3 cost cards as they will often cost less than that when drawn).
Anyways, I hope you saw the power of these mechanics in play and can apply them to future runs! Additionally, don't beat yourself up; this is a really complex, difficult game to begin with and everyone struggles with it at times (yes, even the best of the best players). Keep at it, and good luck in The Spire!
@@InaBeta You are definitely right. Man I wish there was a good guide out there for The Ironclad (wink wink). I finished with The Defect which was surprisingly easy after taking a closer look at the setup and I think that with The Silent it won't be too hard either once you get your poison set up right. I just can't make sense of Ironclad and I tried many things already
@@Twisterstorm1 I wish there would be too, but unfortunately I've moved on from making content. Try all the tools in his kit (e.g., exhaust, str gain, big block, life drain, etc.) and keep at him and you'll get that W with Chad.
@@InaBeta Dang shame cause I find the videos you made easily understandable. But hey, if you wanna do something else, I can't force you to make guides :P
@@Twisterstorm1Thanks for understanding! I wish I had gotten on making these sooner in my streaming stent, but ah well. I'm glad these have helped you and so many others.
Thanks for making this. After watching this and your video on The Silent, I was able to finally get to the end for the first time. Before I struggled to even beat the Act 2 boss.
So glad you found that first success! Many more to come, I'm sure! Glad you enjoyed and benefitted.
Nice video man! It’s free on ps plus now and I enjoy it but needed some help lol!
Btw nice beard but you distracted me with touching it every time there was a facecam 😂 also, you have the perfect voice to make videos, relaxing
Yeah, i didn't realize how much beard stuff was going on until everything was cut together lol; just helps me think through things. Thanks for the compliments and I'm glad the videos helped! Good luck in the Spire, and congrats on the future Heart kill!
Great video! I really enjoyed it and I will definitely be using a lot of your tips.
I just had an amazing curse/status build with the ironclad so that's who I'm liking at the moment lol. That run was so fun because you wouldn't think a deck full of curses and wounds would be powerful but it was!
Love it when that kind of fringe build works out!
@@InaBeta thanks for the reply! I binged all of the videos on your channel last night and I will definitely be trying to tune into your streams.
I've been feeling like I need a skilled player to get tips from because I'm still stuck in the lower ascension tiers and I really like the way you explain your runs so I think you're perfect!
@@kristen6893 We can't wait to see you there, you're gonna love our community
I've just started playing this game and I thought I was getting really good at it. One problem I came across was my deck was getting too big and getting filled with crap cards. Then I watched your video and saw that you was not collecting cards that didn't add any value to your deck. I feel such a noob as I was collecting every card I could along the way lol thank you for the video
Hey, everyone is a noob in the beginning; you'll learn something every run! Good luck in the Spire!
Amazing, just what I was looking for, great work! keep it up :)
Glad you enjoyed!
Until now I have been avoiding all elites like the plague, but I still make it to the boss of act 3 but I was never able to beat it. Thanks for the edvice.
You'll find your runs are a lot more consistent when you fight them! Good luck in The Spire.
Haha love your beard, like an shaolin beard. Great guide btw
Thanks so much!
I love your comments on runic dome. Runic dome plus spot weakness is super rewarding for players that know enemy actions, and offers the ability to trade energy for information for players that don't. Idk if it's an amazing strat but its extremely fun!
It's definitely a strat! Even higher level players can benefit from Spot while using Runic Dome as it's not always guaranteed that enemies are attacking. And if you find they are, you also get some bonus strength to use when you're done trying not to die that turn!
I’ve played each class once and won twice, your guide will definitely help with the classes I’m less confident with
Glad you enjoyed and good luck in the Spire!
Amazing and well organized video. keep up the great content as always beta :)
Thanks bruh!
Thanks man, i watched this video and the next time i played i was able to finish the game for the first time lol. Elite enemies are such a game changer, i went from 10 relics per run to almost a row and a half by the end. Also the lore from the finale made me want to play more to see the rest thanks
Hell yeah! Congrats and good luck all the way up to A20 Heart!
Beautiful video and wonderful guide. Love your approach to the game and all the advice. Even found a nugget or two that I'm going to try on my next play session.
As for my preference, my favorite class is the Defect because orbs and powers are so much fun!!! Although i do much better with the good old Ironclad. Then again, a good poison deck... man... do I have to choose one???
Nope! You can love them all. Power spam on the Defect is totally fun when you can avoid the Alert Birt!
I love the ironclad, even though he’s the first one you get his cards really fit my play style.
Chad is a crowd favorite for sure! I really enjoy when a block deck comes together, but exhaust and crazy strength a fun to work with too.
11) stroke the beard for max stats
NO! DON'T GIVE AWAY MY SECRET!
I completed my first, completely blind about this game, and I defeated the spire with 1 hp left!
My firsy deck was centered on Rage spells, many low cost attacks, juggernaut, and body slams. Just spamming attacks and racking up shields. What a great game and I can't wait for my second run after watching those tips.
Nice one; hope you get to experience the Heart soon! Good luck in The Spire!
I have a lot of hours on this game, my favorite character is the watcher, I have killed the transient, I have gained over 12,000 money (I had golden idol and didn’t buy from shops that often, also old coin ceramic fish and money giving event) I have one hit killed a boss (I had prismatic shard, vajra, inflame, limit break, spot weakness, and heavy blade. Also this is how I killed the transient) not in one turn tho but it is still an accomplishment to one hit ko a boss, and I have beaten the act 3 final boss 4 times (A0 and across multiple weeks (Sunday)). also all that happened on the 1st day and similar things happened on the other 3.
I am a legend at this game
Taking a rune i felt uncomfortable with was how i got my first ascension! Coffee relic on ironclad wasnt bad and the early extra energy really helped!
I'm currently playing Last Evil as my intro into this genre. No guide videos for that game for some odd reason tho. So I came here! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed!
I started playing less than a month ago just because I got this game in a Humble Bundle and have heard a ton of good stuff about it. Tonight I played my first time on the 3rd class and so far, it is my favorite. This could be because I got super lucky. I picked up the top artifact as my 2nd or 3rd drop. I piled my deck full of 0 cost cards and a couple of the 2 cost ones that let you pull 0 costs back out from your discard. It was my first time beating the entire thing, even killing the last boss in like 3 turns. If you can pull the claw cards out and then continually pull more out, you can do hundreds of damage in a single turn.
Glad you enjoyed a Claw deck! That is harder and harder to do as you rank up ascension levels.
Just started playing this game and loving it! Great videos you got amazing information and helpful tips. Hope you are still playing and plan to make videos for the second game. :)
Glad you enjoyed it! I don't plan on making anymore videos at this time, unfortunately.
On my third ever run of the game, have.. the third character unlocked, forgot their name lmao. It's currently paused as I write this, but I LOVE setting up complex combos where I get to play the same cards 14 times in a turn, and slowly watch my enemies get shocked to death because all my cards are free and keep getting fetched from discard.
Getting a deck going on the Defect is pretty great! Enjoy!
#3 Embrace Elite Fights, makes a lot of sense. I have played many times and have only gotten to act 3 one time. I avoided elites at all costs. Now i will try for the elites. Just got this game within the past 2 weeks. I have been having a lot of fun.
It'll only improve your play!
@@InaBeta Wow it really did. I got some really good relics from the elites. I was able to finally get up to the heart and complete it for the first time. Unlocked a 4th character now.
@@bsherder Yeeaahhhhh!
It's not everyday you stumble on a tips and tricks video where you agree 100%
Glad you liked!
Great video. I would add that health is a resource. If you’re at high health then you can take a turn to set up in order for a larger payoff.
I would agree!
I'm only about 20 hours in, but simplifying my deck sounds like pretty useful advice. I'm such a hoarder so it'll be tough for me
Decks can almost always be thinned out. You got this!
"Less of what you like, more of what works" I knew this is true for a lot of games.
Yep, unless you love all the things or only things that win!
Still helping people today. Thank you brother!
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Merchant: I like your haircut.
The Defect: **The Rock glare meme**
really, really great video! thank you for the tips, and also for the encouraging attitude! also, this is just a suggestion from a well-meaning internet stranger, but i would love a separate video going more in-depth regarding scaling - with some examples of good scaling, especially focusing on the first and second act. can't tell you how frustrating it is as a beginner to have the majority of my runs end at the beginning of the second act because i just plain don't have the scaling to quickly end even basic enemy encounters at that point. i think your advice regarding draw often being the biggest source of scaling in runs is also really interesting, and not something i considered before. thank you for a great video!
We'll keep that in mind, thanks for the request!
I just went my first run after watching this guide and...my first win with silent ever. I am still bad but somehow deep in my mind i was trying to think more like what my deck is missing etc etc. That's cool! Also i chose my first "reward" to be random artifact and i got goo that prevented me from getting SINGLE coin for entire run. So i started with starting 99 gold and that's it.
Ectoplasm is a tough start! But, hey, now you see the power of that boss swap! Glad to hear about your first win and, more importantly, that mindset shift to look for things that your deck is missing!
As a yugioh player I understand the power of drawing there has been entire decks ban along with card ban (such as “pot of greed” the most notable one) bc it was to OP
I swear I have spent more time watching videos and reading tips for this game than I did reading the entire works of Charles Dickens and I have only beaten the game once... and that was before I even watched any videos or read any tips. lol. Now I can't even get past Act 2 on any character. How the hell did I beat it with Silent the second time I played it when I had not really got a clue what I was doing? Time to face the fact that I suck at this game. 😅
Hey, you could have just had a deck that came together; that totally happens. I think everyone starts out sucking at this game as it's really difficult. I hope that you are enjoying it though and that you continue to enjoy it! Improvement will come as you put time into it :) Good luck in the Spire!
I love The Watcher. Nailing an almost infinite combo for hundreds of dmg on a boss is ridiculous
Here's to when you nail an actual infinite!
Really excellent advice! I must have gotten recommended your channel because I recently started watching Jorbs, and was really happy to see more Spire content on my feed ✌️
Oh, and my favorite class is definitely Silent because of poison stacking, but shivs are also fun too...
Glad you found your way here and hope to see you around more!
I love the Ironclad because I was surprised with an achievement by using feed on Donu.
Donuts make me go nuts.
Love it lol
Still one of the best game I've played
Ty for your tips they really help me improve my play style.
my personal favorite is ironclad, I just love getting the ice cream relic and calipers and just stack shields and do a body slam deck and 2nd favorite deck is heavy blade with really many flex+
Block synergy is my absolute fav to get to put together. In my much less experienced days I kept trying to make them come together and learned that you just don't get to do that in this game! But getting a bunch of block with a Barricade or Calipers and some other block synergy and getting to 999 block is just so satisfying.
My fav is silent, because of the damage boost on shivs, when i have tons of cards thst cost 0 energy and does literaly 50 damage each,yeah
Shiv decks are super fun, especially when you can figure out how to get past the Heart with them!
These past years I have been craving for card games, and slay the spire definitely take the top spot. When you said that the players don't like the "can't see the enemies intent", I laughed cause whenever I see it on a playthrough of The watcher I pick it. It's very ironic and fun for me
Glad you're enjoying!
The best tip i have is remember to use your potions
I have played LoR (it has a similar rougue-like game mode) and i have some experience with card games so I quite easily reached act 3 boss but failed. I could have beaten the boss if I used the potion that duplicates your next played card. Literally tilted the hell out of me
I've definitely lost a few runs to forgetting potions. This advice goes solidly in the "slow down and consider all your options" category!
Wow! What a helpful video! I just started this game yesterday and im afraid im addicted. You got a sub here!
Glad you enjoyed!
Same I am addicted too
@@alshamsi_1232 Sorry not sorry! More to come, hopefully soon :)
I'm only 21hr in and had an abysmal morning playing 4x. I can't stop myself from wanting more. I'm just so far off from understanding how to play. I've beat it a few times but felt like luck I've failed most where i thought i was building a nice deck. Lovely guide tho, gonna search for more.
It's a complex game that takes a long time to master! Even the best around lose about as often as they win, with the best of the best getting 60% or more win rate. Hope you stick with it and enjoy it :)
Cool guide. I play for few months, never checked youtube, I dont need more, I start a game ;) I was following a few of those, half max. Ty
I'm late to this video but just wanted to say this is the most helpful video in this game for beginners. You're a very good teacher.
That was the idea, so I'm glad to hear it from you and so many others! Good luck in The Spire, my man.
The silent, has a nice design and is fun to play
Agreed! Silent Crew all the way!
The silent. They're just the finnest archetype tbh and i beat my first run with them when i started playing. Ironclad was the second and just as fun but the name "silent" how cool!
Team Silent all the way!
My favorite class is silent, poison and shiv decks are super fun to play and i also like the class specific relics a lot more. I enjoy playing with the silent the most simply cuz its fun. Ironclad is head ram into wall also exhaust, defect is also really fun but i enjoy silent a bit more and watcher is just watcher
Love me some Silent as well! Watcher is, indeed, just Watcher.
@@InaBeta The video was very fun to watch too, i hope you upload in the future
@@parthacharya42069 Glad you loved it!
Really helpful video! Gonna go topple the spire now
Heck yes, hope ya did it! Lemme know how it went!
4 and 5 helped me a lot after about 40 hours of learning the game on my own. Thanks!
I really enjoyed this video and I think these points will help me get from being hardstuck at 15. Thank you Beta!
Here's to that A16 Heart Kill, coming soon (TM)!
Just picked the game up and really enjoying it - it’s pretty hard though! Thanks for the video, this is really helpful.
Silent is my favourite class ;)
Glad you liked it! Silent all the way!
Love this game, generally consistently can beat the 3rd act but rarely am able to get past the elite at the End with more than enough HP to survive a turn or two against the heart. I do definitely avoid elites a lot so maybe I'll try going hard in the paint a little more :D
Going hard gets you further in the long run. You get better at the fights and at preparing for them, and you get relics that make you stronger overall.
@@InaBeta Finally got a heart kill on the Watcher just now XD been trying so hard to get that last one, didn't seem to be so difficult for the other three, but had a really good scrape/All For One run :D
@@deborah_chrysoprase Congrats! Here's to many more!
@@InaBeta Whoops I mean Defect XD Watcher I think was one of my first, IDK why I CONSTANTLY say "Watcher" when I mean "Defect"
@@deborah_chrysoprase No worries, I picked up what you were puttin down :)
Had never heard of this game but I took a chance and downloaded it on game pass on Friday and I lost my entire weekend to playing it nonstop 😂😂
It's SO GOOD!
Ironclad is my favorite. I love doing crazy runs, and IC runs (that go far, I tend to play boom or bust in the 1st act) always end up insane
Yeah, his strength gain can become absolutely illegal in the best of way!
@@InaBeta As are the exhaust synergies. With or without Dead branch (though we all prefer with)
@@hub7077 Right on both accounts! The Dead Branch-Corruption-FNP combo is the Holy Trinity of the Spire.
Great video - made me think. Lots of obvious stuff in there but loads I hadn’t actively considered. Oh and not taking starting relic 🤔 I’m gonna try that.
Glad you found something helpful :)
Great vid! My fav so far is the ironclad only been playing for 2 days and I already beat the game with him I made a really nice strength blood loss build where hurting myself was good as well put in reaper and got a event where I turned into vampire
Yep, that all sounds like it works! Congrats on that win!
Yeah it was a great time drink the blood of my enemies
I played way too much StS when I first discovered it. I got some insanely good runs in; barricade/block builds with body slam, poison builds, shiv builds. Since then it has felt like those runs are very rare and I don't get very lucky very often. I am trying to experiment more and have had a few good runs from that. Will probably play some when listening to the making of bloodborne video. BB remake or BB 2 please, also Silksong please.
Haven't gotten through a run yet, don't even know if there's more than 3 stages. Ive done maybe 20, 30 runs total. I assumed Ironclad was the games easy mode, so Ive been wanting to at least get the W with him.
I ran an exhaust deck, to the point where half the time I couldn't remember what benefits I was getting from exhaustion, lol. I finally made it to the boss of the 3rd stage, and killed the MF. ...then he revived! All 300 health back. By that time, I had exhausted most of my cards, both skills with the skill exhaust power and cards that exhaust. So... of course I could only manage to get him down to 15 health or so before I fuckin died.
Now I come here, and you've managed to rack up *400 plus block?!??!?!* ...I see I'm out of my depth here ( T o T)
Hey, every run is different and I didn't always know the mechanics well myself; just getting in there and learning is the best thing you can do. A good half of what this game is about is seeing all the myriad synergies, the other half is planning out which of those synergies you could possibly see and building decks around that as you climb.
Chin up, you'll get that W!
@@InaBeta Fanks m8 👍
fav class is definitely Defect, just bc although being a robot they are ironically the most human character - they're defected, broken, looking for their purpose, trying and failing to understand the world around them.
I second this! I have a thing for robots--especially with human characteristics. :)
Dag yo, super deep. I love the amount of thought that goes into perceptions of Spire lore and characters like this.
too late to the giveaway but I have been enjoying the guides here so I figured I'd drop in my favorite. I love the Defect because there's nothing quite as satisfying as being able to deal over 200 damage with a single card if a fight lasts that long.
Defect is totally rad for that and other reasons.
@@InaBeta I'dlovetoseeafullbreakdownguideforDefect.MaybeIcouldlearnafewnewtricks.
@@GlitchedVision Me too! We're going to make that as soon as we both have time to devote to this again! Thanks for understanding
Got a victory on my 2nd playthrough.
Shiv spam + thousand cut + mulligan energy factory sooo good.
Congrats!
thanks for this! I'm trying to get good + this helps
Good luck to the denizens of The Spire once this man gets good.
My favorite is the silent because of all the stance changes and setting up for next round
The orbs are pretty dope too
It all depends but snecko eye and runic pyramid are the best (not in all situations but they are the relics with the highest win rates) unless you have both. Then they’re the worst. I think that really shows the beauty of the game.
Yep, this all falls under "it all depends" for sure!
My favorite is the silent I like her shiv and poison cards
But i like all the characters too
Another Silent fan, yeah baby!
Silent is my favorite, though Ironclad's self damage is one of my all time favorite things to play with =)
Even better now with that Rupture and Hemokinesis upgrade!
@@InaBeta much agree! =)
My favorite boss relics are runic dome and holy water
This was really good stuff man! I'm around ascension 13 for most characters and I still feel like I learned a lot. I like the point you made about elites being the same difficulty regardless of when you face them in the act. Looking forward to more vids :)
Thanks so much; glad you were able to take something away still!
I really enjoyed the Silent on my playthroughs. Really though, as you say, it depends... on my mood when I launch the game. I also run the daily a lot so I get that random component even more. Thanks for the guide I appreciate you!
Silent is my fave too! Glad you like the guide, we worked hard and enjoyed making it!
Amazing guide. Thank you
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!
Game is amazing, glad I finally started playing. I’m 90 hours in
Here's to another 100! Keep at it!
Good info I love the challenge and want to strategize better I like The Defect. By the way that beard is epic!
Glad you like! Just in time for the giveaway too!