NL not knowing what card combos are "conventionally" strong on the Watcher makes these runs 10x more entertaining because he could probably just reliably win almost every run but sometimes he just decides a bomb deck or a 20+ card pressure points deck is the play.
I'd like to think that some ESL individual out there learning English and watching NL will pick up "for a guy like me" as a completely normal sentence ender to use.
I'm not quite ESL - Spaniard, but have spoken English as long at a native level as Iong as I can remember - but he definitely infected me with the "brother" virus. When I actually speak English I end up ending every other sentence with it, brother.
1:39 NL spending a miracle only to play a basic strike instead of conclude only to follow it up by immediately eating damage to the face from decay for absolutely no reason is how you know its gonna be One Of Those Runs
>Gets an upgraded apotheosis immediately. >Insists on upgrading every other card in his deck even when he has 6hp before the first boss. >Says a Lesson Learned would go hard. >Gets Lesson Learned and goes out of his way to make sure he gets to use it. >In the 3rd act finally remembers he has Apotheosis and doesn't need to upgrade cards at campfires. >Immediately upgrades more cards at campfires. Glad that shit worked out cause I was losing my mind.
@@blahthebiste7924 Which is significantly better than being draw negative like 90% of other cards. 1 energy for 10 draw neutral block is pretty cracked.
You're telling me all I have to do to beat ascension 12 is stop playing near the end to pick up my daughter and take her out to lunch? I gotta have some kids man.
I'm glad NL is finally trying out Pressure points, it's really nice if you either have a thin deck or good drawing power. I kinda wish The watcher had more cards that interacted with it though, like the Silent with poision.
1 hour plus? Surely he navigates a difficult run strategically and well planned leading to a slow played and mindful but deserved victory. And surely he's not speed running several deaths...
One thing to watch out for on the sentry fight is that the conventional play (focus damage on the lowest health sentry on the left or right) isn't always the best move if you have conclude+wrath (for Ironclad immolate is somewhat similar but it depends on the deck if its viable). Killing the center sentry puts you in a position where you are likely to get lethal on one or both of the other sentries on the next turn(depends on deck so YMMV), especially if you can get an attack off on the right or left sentry on the first turn before you conclude.
NL, my two cents are - Maybe take cards when you feel like you're gonna lose, to make your deck better. In one of the runs you are spending most of the time in calm and you didn't considered an upgraded like water, for example.
I know it probably wont happen, but when you finish the ascension climb, I would love to see you play the daily runs. It could be like a (semi) daily episode where you can pog out and do some fun stuff. The StS content slaps hard, and the views are decently above everything else. Give it a thought.
Not taking the like water + made my brain explode. You literally were in calm 90 percent of the time. You're snecko fight would have cost you like 30 less hp if you just picked up that card.
am i crazy in thinking that he overvalues the plated armor on wish? 4 strength on an upgraded wish means 8 strength in wrath and 12 on divinity. with ragnarok this is like 40 extra damage on wrath and 60 extra damage on divinity when the card is unupgraded. ofc i can see situations where 8 plated helps out like not needing defends on a turn where the enemy does 8 damage but i feel like it'd be better to click strength more often to end fights faster feel free to correct me if i'm wrong here though, i'm not too knowledgable about the mechanics of slay the spire. i'm assuming strength gets added before wrath/divinity multiplies the damage
Because the other one is going to attack next turn, so if you cant kill the one currently attacking you its better to setup lethal on the guy attacking you next turn
Yeah i just got to that part of the video, that was disgusting. I still think thats the reason he did it, cuz its the general correct strategy you use for those guys, but he is just playing fast and sloppy
It's usually the correct play to go for the left or right one to avoid a 20 damage turn, but in the case of the apotheosis run you're 100% correct. The other two would have been on 13 because of conclude and it would have been an easy strike vigilance and he wouldnt have taken 27 damage for no reason. Edit: ran it back and if he used strike+ on the center sentry it would have died and the right sentry would have been on 3, not 13.
27:15 Me resisting the urge to reach into my screen and cracking this egg with a spoon to slurp out its nutritious contents for the entire Polygon fight
@@SupremeOverlord24yeah it's only worth if you're going to overflow your hand same turn or you have something that gives value for just playing/exhausting or losing hp. idk what bro is on about
just wild ass card choices lmao i see nl pick the bomb first pick im like aight i can prolly peep the seek bar this run is not working lmao. I see on the next run bro picks pressure points I don't even need to watch the run I can just move on to the next attempt instantly lmao also this dude hates cut through fate and stance dancing lmao
He's not entirely wrong. He'd have to play Pressure Points three times to strip off all the Artifact before he could actually start doing damage, then play it twice more to kill it. That's a pretty big ask.
“I think I was cooking up something so unique there” brother was putting peanut butter on fried octopus.
soma ahh slay the spire deck
He was mixing overnight oats and bathroom air.
NL not knowing what card combos are "conventionally" strong on the Watcher makes these runs 10x more entertaining because he could probably just reliably win almost every run but sometimes he just decides a bomb deck or a 20+ card pressure points deck is the play.
this one is unhinged and i love it
and were loving every minute of it Jerry!
Yeah I wish the game had SAP style achievements for the cards to help encourage weird builds when they might go
I am blessed to also know nothing about the meta, it's very entertaining
He's actively avoids stance dancing for no reason it's so funny
The Lesson Learned pick with Apotheosis in the deck really sent me
I'd like to think that some ESL individual out there learning English and watching NL will pick up "for a guy like me" as a completely normal sentence ender to use.
for a guy lik- HEEEELP HEEELP MEEEEE
I'm not quite ESL - Spaniard, but have spoken English as long at a native level as Iong as I can remember - but he definitely infected me with the "brother" virus. When I actually speak English I end up ending every other sentence with it, brother.
@@masterplusmargaritaEnglish is my only language and I caught it too, brother.
+2
Imitating linguistic quirks from parasocial interaction has me pogged out of my gourd, brother.
The fact that he won that last run despite taking so many unnecessary risks and needless upgrades when he had damn Apotheosis was madness.
I can’t believe he took lesson learned after act 2 with an apotheosis in the deck in the first place lol
NL to the tune of Tubthumping be like:
"I LOVE THIRD EYE
BUT NOT CUT THROUGH FATE
I AM NEVER GONNA WEAVE WITH SCRY"
I'll +2 that
+2
yeah +2
He'd be unstoppable on Watcher if he stopped to think.
But then it would be your average and boring watcher gameplay
I cant believe he farmed a 13 minute wish on time weaver
13 minute gleipner on time weaver??
+2
+2 we respect lore here
1:39 NL spending a miracle only to play a basic strike instead of conclude only to follow it up by immediately eating damage to the face from decay for absolutely no reason is how you know its gonna be One Of Those Runs
Can't believe he didn't take the pick one in 20 cards when he just committed to doing mark damage
the start of the apotheosis run had me creasing
>Gets an upgraded apotheosis immediately.
>Insists on upgrading every other card in his deck even when he has 6hp before the first boss.
>Says a Lesson Learned would go hard.
>Gets Lesson Learned and goes out of his way to make sure he gets to use it.
>In the 3rd act finally remembers he has Apotheosis and doesn't need to upgrade cards at campfires.
>Immediately upgrades more cards at campfires.
Glad that shit worked out cause I was losing my mind.
@@itssomethingtodo Its driving me crazy that he is smithing 5 times after having upgraded the apo
peak moment was when he got excited seeing eruption upgraded by lesson learned when he has snecko eye AND apotheosis
@@BanakaiGames these videos cause type b ecstasy
10:50 Me when they ask which famous youtuber I want to watch
Wow. Heavy +2 energy
+2 for a guy like me
Hahahaha.
I GET KNOCKED DOWN! AND I GET UP AGAIN! NO YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN!
49:43 world's worst blackjack player
This one actually made me laugh out loud
+2
+2
+2
+2
40:34 when my team is being evaluated for potential roles in adult filmography
Wallop and conclude lol +2
30:18 When I'm part of an isolated tribe and the Christian missionaries turn up
I dont understand lesson learned w apotheosis
“a large ask… and my head was all the up it” is an all-time Michael Mann cut to rip off the dome
30:22 When I'm the representative of the construction workers union
Underrated comment
i love when he gets apotheosis and then spends the entire run upgrading every card from every campfire and focusing on lesson learned
Shoutout the Bomb. Had an Ironclad win on asc8 by headbutting it back into my hand every turn
Ted Kaczynski be like
okay, this is swag
gamers be like: swag 😎
"Fuck yes hes finally trying pressure points"
"Oh hes filling his deck with other attacks...well"
Pressure points is so good in a tight deck, but there's too many enemies with artifact, so it can be a risky pickup.
@@MrChocolateDinosaur yeah because it's such a meme card I want to make it work but I have no idea what I'd do if my act 2 boss was the Automaton
@@patrickhurd9207 you just play more pressure points, automaton dies to 10 pressure points
@@jorma8567 Evaluate is draw neutral...
@@blahthebiste7924 Which is significantly better than being draw negative like 90% of other cards. 1 energy for 10 draw neutral block is pretty cracked.
30:18 me when i consider starting a cult
NL thinking lesson learned doesn't exhaust is my favorite new bit
me when I have already saved some important files but am paranoic so decide to be extra sure
6:37 me when i'm america posting.
40:09 historians describing how David felled Goliath
51:38 lol as a kid I always thought we rotated pitchers just to give other kids a chance to pitch but that explanation makes a lot more sense haha
Episode xx of NL playing his vault as soon as he draws it, without fail
You're telling me all I have to do to beat ascension 12 is stop playing near the end to pick up my daughter and take her out to lunch?
I gotta have some kids man.
I'm glad NL is finally trying out Pressure points, it's really nice if you either have a thin deck or good drawing power. I kinda wish The watcher had more cards that interacted with it though, like the Silent with poision.
He had a beautiful pressure points deck and he had to fucking BLOAT IT.
The tilted run was the one that won. Gotta love sneko eye and expensive cards. Is goated combo
14:13 The illustrator of an assassin's handbook to his apprentice
When NL said 'goodwill hunting' it triggered my Google assistant on my phone which I didn't know existed 😂
It's amazing how you manage to win only when you pick up snecko eye, pray to rnJesus and last boss being Donu and Deca.
6:09 tf2 scout moment caught me way off guard lmao
2:26 the sign on a bowl of halloween candy
We’re slay the spire guys, of course we farm a 13 min gleipnir on weaver
As a former Silicon Valley Bank employee, I get minor trauma flashbacks every time NL brings it up 😂
Is "a guy like me" a genuine verbal tic?
I get knocked down, but i get up again. You are never gonna keep me down.
1 hour plus? Surely he navigates a difficult run strategically and well planned leading to a slow played and mindful but deserved victory.
And surely he's not speed running several deaths...
I don't like to backseat but I think he missed a tinted rock
it’s crazy to think a lot of us have been watching NL since his daughter was just born and now he’s having to go pick her up
42:00 me when i took a power to make my retained cards cheaper
The last minute lesson learned pick is crazzzzzy
53:07 American's in 1997
genuinely don't understand why he took lesson learned when he got apotheosis at the literal beginning of the game
The bomb pressure point build is insane
Can you only get one pressure points or something? Because it seems so weird that he NEVER saw another one the entire run
Another day, another run lost to NL refusing to rest before the boss
Theyre calling it the best comment of all time, for a guy like me, cause im a different kinda beast like that
What a fantastic calling bell
Pressure Points is incredible when the game offers you more than 1
“20 minutes until I pick up my daughter”
~40 minutes remain in the video~
So... You ever finish watching the video?
One thing to watch out for on the sentry fight is that the conventional play (focus damage on the lowest health sentry on the left or right) isn't always the best move if you have conclude+wrath (for Ironclad immolate is somewhat similar but it depends on the deck if its viable). Killing the center sentry puts you in a position where you are likely to get lethal on one or both of the other sentries on the next turn(depends on deck so YMMV), especially if you can get an attack off on the right or left sentry on the first turn before you conclude.
question for ya NL - why grab lesson learned if you have upgraded apotheosis? That is all
You don't even need to play sts to know that the first run was bad
NL, my two cents are - Maybe take cards when you feel like you're gonna lose, to make your deck better.
In one of the runs you are spending most of the time in calm and you didn't considered an upgraded like water, for example.
Eating lunch with Luna brings good luck, confirmed.
how is no one talking about him full sending on a lesson learned in act 2 when he started the game with an apotheosis
pressure points yay
Slay the Hallway
1hr StS vid, let's gooo
I know it probably wont happen, but when you finish the ascension climb, I would love to see you play the daily runs. It could be like a (semi) daily episode where you can pog out and do some fun stuff. The StS content slaps hard, and the views are decently above everything else. Give it a thought.
He's done a lot of those already, you can check back in the archives
50 seconds ago? yeah im frame 1 pogging
YOUR SNIPER HAD A MEDKIT
Sunk cost fallacy
Not taking the like water + made my brain explode. You literally were in calm 90 percent of the time. You're snecko fight would have cost you like 30 less hp if you just picked up that card.
14:23 was not transforming the boss here when he had the damage a mistake? Genuinely curious.
am i crazy in thinking that he overvalues the plated armor on wish? 4 strength on an upgraded wish means 8 strength in wrath and 12 on divinity. with ragnarok this is like 40 extra damage on wrath and 60 extra damage on divinity when the card is unupgraded. ofc i can see situations where 8 plated helps out like not needing defends on a turn where the enemy does 8 damage but i feel like it'd be better to click strength more often to end fights faster
feel free to correct me if i'm wrong here though, i'm not too knowledgable about the mechanics of slay the spire. i'm assuming strength gets added before wrath/divinity multiplies the damage
it kills me that he doesn't take strength ever. He could be finishing some fights so fast with strength
Why does he always not choose to kill the obelisks that are attacking him
Because the other one is going to attack next turn, so if you cant kill the one currently attacking you its better to setup lethal on the guy attacking you next turn
@@momoaaBut he CAN kill the one currently attacking….
Yeah i just got to that part of the video, that was disgusting. I still think thats the reason he did it, cuz its the general correct strategy you use for those guys, but he is just playing fast and sloppy
@@momoaa He could kill the guy though. He just took like 20 damage on that fight for no reason.
It's usually the correct play to go for the left or right one to avoid a 20 damage turn, but in the case of the apotheosis run you're 100% correct. The other two would have been on 13 because of conclude and it would have been an easy strike vigilance and he wouldnt have taken 27 damage for no reason.
Edit: ran it back and if he used strike+ on the center sentry it would have died and the right sentry would have been on 3, not 13.
The last episode he had a14 unlocked but chose to do a13, now he just unlocked a13?
yep, we're going backwards, he's going to beat A13, and it'll be A12 tomorrow.
The Benjamin Button of StS
his plans are measured in centuries, you wouldn't understand
It's because he recorded multiple episodes for the backlog but still posts his stream VODs which are prioritized to make sure he keeps up with them
We're time traveling
When do you think he figures out that Lesson Learned exhausts?
someone tell him to stop taking Perseverance 😭
He was playing to lose on this one...
EDIT: Just kidding he was kinda cooking actually some pretty interesting gaming
still a lot of wins away from A20. keep it up.
Why does he never pick Just Lucky even when it's upgraded?
Try not to build your entire run around the first card you got challenge impossible
Yo this run in act 2 is cooking, 40 minutes left in video.
please give fasting a little more respect, especially after you've already played deva form
27:15 Me resisting the urge to reach into my screen and cracking this egg with a spoon to slurp out its nutritious contents for the entire Polygon fight
HES PIRATE POSTING
Wait STILL only 13 fire??
Is he bald?
it's hard to tell but there's a frame early on where it looks that way. he might need to get on the finasteride before it's too late
His VTuber Avatar is bald, but he's doing a face reveal at 100K subscribers 🙏 hope this helps
thats the whole point
The bomb is good but not so much on watcher and also competes with other better rare colorless cards.
I think you're going bald bud
Egg emoji
There is a complete absence of type A in these comments, and i’m loving every minute of it Jerry
21:17 , Nl talks about getting ritual dagger to pop and how killing and blocking are the same thing. Uses the block???
Minions don't trigger ritual dagger
@@droche7899 cheers thanks for the intel only recently started playing.
I HATE SNECKO!!
BRO IS ALLERGIC TO PLAYING ASCENDERS BANE WITH BLUE CANDLEE
Sorry if I'm being whooshed; but it's ethereal, so it exhausts anyway and you don't need to spend the 1HP?
@@SupremeOverlord24yeah it's only worth if you're going to overflow your hand same turn or you have something that gives value for just playing/exhausting or losing hp. idk what bro is on about
NL if I might suggest, the Downfall expansion adds the bosses as playable characters if you want some new content prior to Slay the Spire 2.
What? I don’t think you know what the sunk cost fallacy is 😂. Sunk cost would have been to keep doing the same because it’s too expensive not to.
What did he say it was?
39:43 - Me when I don't wash me legs in the shower because the soap will run over them, thereby cleaning them without effort.
just wild ass card choices lmao i see nl pick the bomb first pick im like aight i can prolly peep the seek bar this run is not working lmao.
I see on the next run bro picks pressure points I don't even need to watch the run I can just move on to the next attempt instantly lmao
also this dude hates cut through fate and stance dancing lmao
least type A viewer
Wait… you only want to watch runs with good picks?
18:21 "Pressure points is gonna be useless against the Spheric Guardian" He says, completely misunderstanding the card.
He's not entirely wrong. He'd have to play Pressure Points three times to strip off all the Artifact before he could actually start doing damage, then play it twice more to kill it. That's a pretty big ask.
He didnt have any way to remove the artifacts besides pressure points. So he would have to play pressure points 3 times for 11 damage.
You da man@@ValkoorMoonblood
Hew right tho
Can you explain the card?
37:38 - "He did it! He said the thing! I clapped when he said the thing!" - Honkai Star Rail players, probably.
27:14 have I lost my mind what happened here
0:38 for anyone wondering, it is the mathematical best choice