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What if the Defect is climbing the spire because he misses his dog (Orb Walker)?
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Jedit posted:What do you mean? This is a case of "show, not tell". The Watcher also has a “forced turn end” subtheme, with Meditate and Conclude.
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Jun 4, 2022 14:24
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nrook posted:The Watcher also has a “forced turn end” subtheme, with Meditate and Conclude. Good point, that had momentarily escaped my mind. Although the most relevant card is the one you didn't list - Vault. It lets you end your turn in order to take an extra turn, because it's a 
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Jun 4, 2022 15:13
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does time eater also poop time
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Jun 4, 2022 21:52
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it's got all the nutrients and stuff gone from digestion so by the time it comes out the other side it's just Tim
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Jun 4, 2022 22:32
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Countblanc posted:does time eater also poop time Do you poop cheeseburgers?
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Jun 5, 2022 01:06
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Countblanc posted:does time eater also poop time No, it's waste of time.
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Jun 5, 2022 02:47
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Jedit posted:What do you mean? This is a case of "show, not tell". This is what I needed in order to understand, thanks. I have ~ 3k hours across 3 platforms but this I'd the first I've had it pointed out to me Everything about this game has so many levels
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Jun 5, 2022 02:48
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I'm starting to see similarities between watcher and time eater in terms of opposites: TE ends your turn, Watcher can take an extra turn; TE regenerates if it gets to a certain hp, watcher judges an enemy dead if it gets to a certain hp, etc. And by "etc," I mean "that's all I've though of so far."
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Jun 5, 2022 02:54
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'Slay the Spire 2' better be in the works. Or at least written down somewhere and circled a few times at the MegaCrit office.
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Jun 5, 2022 03:01
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 Finally beat the Heart as Silent with no added block/intangible cards. (I did it one other time before but with Dead Branch, so I didn't count it)
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mcvey posted:'Slay the Spire 2' better be in the works. Are they currently working on anything else?
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Jun 5, 2022 16:10
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What's lagavulin (sp?) a reference to? It’s a really distinctive name and shape but I can't work out what it’s meant to be.
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Jun 6, 2022 11:50
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Tree Bucket posted:What's lagavulin (sp?) a reference to? It’s a really distinctive name and shape but I can't work out what it’s meant to be. I know Lagavulin is a whisky but not sure what it has to do with a shellfish
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Jun 6, 2022 12:04
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It also means “hollow of the mill” (that’s the village the whisky is from translates as) and I’m sure I’ve seen “hollow” as a monster before.
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Jun 6, 2022 12:17
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Tree Bucket posted:What's lagavulin (sp?) a reference to? It’s a really distinctive name and shape but I can't work out what it’s meant to be. Lagavulin is a hermit crab. It is named after the whisky, but nobody knows why.
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Jun 6, 2022 12:21
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Jedit posted:Lagavulin is a hermit crab. It is named after the whisky, but nobody knows why. A hermit crab with a giant... ocarina?.... for a shell... named after a spirit named after a hollow... I'm sure there's some kind of genius pun at work here, I just can't see it.
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Jun 6, 2022 13:21
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Maybe one of the devs just really likes whisky.
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Jun 6, 2022 18:26
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm starting to see similarities between watcher and time eater in terms of opposites: TE ends your turn, Watcher can take an extra turn; TE regenerates if it gets to a certain hp, watcher judges an enemy dead if it gets to a certain hp, etc. the time eater is a big fat slug, waxing on all the time he has eaten. the watcher is thin. it's meaningful, and deep
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Jun 6, 2022 19:26
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Time slug gets angrier the more cards you play, getting angry lets the watcher play more cards
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Jun 6, 2022 19:44
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The Time Eater is the Slay the Spire player: Large, easily angered, gets annoyed when the enemy seems unfair, loves to screw up enemy attack plans. The Watcher is the Twitch watcher, switching from calm to angry in a heartbeat, frequently thinks of themselves as god, and loves to predict what is going to happen next.
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Jun 7, 2022 00:19
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The Watcher makes the game fun. The Time Eater, her dark reflection, makes the game less fun. It really makes u think...mm
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Jun 7, 2022 01:36
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Dyz posted:I know Lagavulin is a whisky but not sure what it has to do with a shellfish It also looks like the building too. In other words... The Lagavulin in Slay looks quite a bit like the actual Lagavulin building. Not that that gives us any more rationale as to the naming.
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Jun 8, 2022 05:44
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some random dude on the steam forums reckons it's a placeholder name that got kept; apparently enemies were named after drinks during development dunno if anyone who's been around since pre-ascension can comment on that
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Jun 8, 2022 10:45
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You know... when you think about it, all of the relics that aren't class-specific are really just "colorless relics". *takes a bow*
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Jun 13, 2022 03:16
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I picked this up from the latest Switch sale, after hearing so much good stuff about it. I’ve managed to complete a run each with the Ironclad and the Silent but I just can’t make it with the Defect and am looking for help. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but it feels like every run I either have too much def and not enough damage or the reverse. I’ve tried looking up some builds to use but they haven’t really been of any use.
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Star posted:I picked this up from the latest Switch sale, after hearing so much good stuff about it. I’ve managed to complete a run each with the Ironclad and the Silent but I just can’t make it with the Defect and am looking for help. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but it feels like every run I either have too much def and not enough damage or the reverse. I’ve tried looking up some builds to use but they haven’t really been of any use. my intro Defect advice: --in general, don't take cards just because you can --until you know why you'd want one, avoid taking Attacks that don't Channel orbs --cards that let you draw additional cards pair well with one or more Turbo cards --remove the Strikes (and once you are comfortable, the Defends) from your deck every time you can, even ahead of buying new things from the shop (unless you really need a specific one) --your first upgrade should probably be Dualcast
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first upgrade should be zap, imo. i used to be a die-hard dualcast upgrader until i tried out the zap approach e: although to be honest i've played downfall for so long that i've largely forgotten why. i think it's less bursty? you can sometimes draw a dualcast when you've nothing to evoke, but you will almost always want to get a leccy orb down on the field
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Jun 25, 2022 21:39
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Also, as awesome as Echoform can be, it can be a trap if you don't have the right setup (ability to play something else a turn, the defense to recuperate/damage to obliterate quickly, etc). It's easy to just suck up cards every chance you have, but like with the others, you want to try and have a deck that is 1. Lean (<25) and 2. Relatively consistent in strategy. (If you're going for an orb/invoke strategy, don't take All For One just because it's the only card that is decent)
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Jun 25, 2022 21:42
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:first upgrade should be zap, imo. i used to be a die-hard dualcast upgrader until i tried out the zap approach It's more that Dualcast is generally worth paying 1 energy for and Zap usually isn't.
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upgrade dualcast, remove zap Also, re: beginner Defect advice: make sure you can generate some frost orbs, and get as much +focus and +orb slots as you can. Biased Cognition is really really good, Defragment is very good, Consume is pretty good and becomes very good if you have a Capacitor or two. This isn't the only way to win as Defect but it's the most commonly successful one.
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Whenever I get the chance, I like to do the opposite and just go ratshit with card draw and 0-cost cards, especially the one that raises its damage every time it's used (Scratch?). As long as you don't neglect the defensive side of things, it works pretty great. Seems to pair unusually well with Echo Form and Hologram too, because both let you furiously spam your 0-cost bullshit even more egregiously with very little downside. Reinforced Body can be a pretty good card to scoop up if you have trouble balancing attack and defence - it's a reasonably solid block with some situational flexibility due to its X cost. And if you have Chemical X it's an absolute no-brainer; poo poo can just about make you invincible Angry Diplomat fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jun 26, 2022 |
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My success has always been with Creative AI Power-spamming builds.
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Is there anything that doesn't pair well with Echo Form?
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Jun 26, 2022 05:27
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OctaviusBeaver posted:Is there anything that doesn't pair well with Echo Form? Mayhem. Also to the new player, if it's not obvious you'll unlock new cards and relics as you play classes. The progression is shown on the class selection screen. Don't worry about getting specific cards mentioned in the advice here right away, some stuff may not be available until you get it unlocked.
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Jun 26, 2022 05:34
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Claw deck best deck
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Thanks for the help. Although I still haven’t won a run it feels like it’s going better. I think I tried to lock into a specific build too early before. Now I focus on building a decent general deck first, with emphasis on getting def cards, and then decide what to do more specifically.
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Build offense first
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Also when in doubt, take orbs.
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Disagree regarding always taking orbs.
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