After finally unlocking the Mantis deck and going through a challenge run with it, I finally realized all the things you did: >Intentionally letting the worm die in the fire, and then killing the other worm in the sigil ritual (thus narrowing down the 1 blood cards in your deck to just the mantis god) >picking up only cards with a cost of 2+ blood to keep the deck from drawing other 1 blood or bone costing cards from being drawn at the start of a battle (RNG manipulation) >utilizing the 8 Bears challenge to essentially bypass the 2nd phase of the 3 bosses >Giving Mantis God a flying sigil to cut having to grab fans at each backpack >Using Bleach to kill the sigils on the 8 bears and letting Mantis God get full damage in to skip them (either by fan or flying sigils) And so much more I can't even think of right now. This run opened my third eye for this game, no joke, lol, and now I'm dead set on 100% completing it on my Xbox.
the first thing is called the fair hand mechanic, it requires you draw at least one playable card, and when you start with 1 squirrel only 1 blood cards are available to play the 2+ card cost is to manipulate the fair hand mechanic to only give you the mantis god at the start the bear challenge is necessary for the run though it does help in some cases how did you only understand the last two after you got the mantis god deck if you want to beat skull storm easily, pick the deck with raccoon, dire wolf pup, and coyote. reset until your shop has a cockroach and a beehive, give unkillable to the beehive, only pick up 2+ cost cards, get rid of the raccoon by sacrifice or by campfire and then win
@@nickywicky22222 eyyy, sorry for taking so long to reply. I'll admit I'm slow of mind for lots of stuff (high functioning autism), so it did take me until that point to catch on with those two points. Also, I may have already gotten all the challenges completed, but I didn't think about running the bone deck through it. I'll give it a shot. Thank you!
From what I'm seeing, it's RNG manipulation. I'm assumeing the game always gives you a 1 blood cost at the start of the round, so he tried to keep his deck nearly entirely free of 1 costs except for the mantis gods
@@dallasjones4062 pretty much ya. its something called 'the fairhand mechanic' there is a slight bit more to it tho. iirc the game draws a squirrel and 2 random cards, then checks if you can play any of those cards on turn one. if not, then it checks to see if your hand has any 1 bloods. if no, the third card is random. if yes, it draws a random 1 blood the funny thing is is it doesnt check for 0 cost cards, just 1 bloods. this is why mantis deck is so good while geck deck kinda isnt. on top of that, if the 2 random cards are 0 cost, then the game doesnt look for 1 bloods cause you already have a card you can play on turn one. same might be for if youre able to play a bone card, but i dont think it takes that into account (prolly pretty ez to just check rq but im lazy lul)
tbh the RNG is pretty average The most luck was the two fire camps at the start and the item grabs. Other than that they were cheesing the games own mechanics. tl;dr the game will always make sure you start with at least one One Blood card during each match- so by making the Mantis' the only one blood card they could just assure that was the only card they were getting.
Mantis deck ahhnianlates skull storm, just add poison on MG (mantis god), and get unkillable reptiles (with totem), or vice versa, either get good rng or do a bit of save scumming, and you easy win,that’s how I won my first skull storm
Oh no way I figured out a legit strat used by insane speed runners on my own, map resetting. I used it to get good maps and first try the grizzly challenge. Only needed it for the first two tho
Hey, I answered this when you asked in the other video but I'll answer here just in case too :) I believe that due to the randomness and rng mechanics of this game, set seed runs would still yield a different result. For example: card draw and event rng. I hope that answered your question and happy speedrunning.
Man i cant even beat skull storm when im taking my time and thinking xD Ill have to try with mantis god, ive been trying with the dire wolf pup deck so far
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Royal got the L + Mutineer Crew + Touch Sea + No First Mate + Got Beat by a Landlubber combo right there
damn, placing the mantis god on the side so you don’t have to watch the teeth go into the bowl is smart
After finally unlocking the Mantis deck and going through a challenge run with it, I finally realized all the things you did:
>Intentionally letting the worm die in the fire, and then killing the other worm in the sigil ritual (thus narrowing down the 1 blood cards in your deck to just the mantis god)
>picking up only cards with a cost of 2+ blood to keep the deck from drawing other 1 blood or bone costing cards from being drawn at the start of a battle (RNG manipulation)
>utilizing the 8 Bears challenge to essentially bypass the 2nd phase of the 3 bosses
>Giving Mantis God a flying sigil to cut having to grab fans at each backpack
>Using Bleach to kill the sigils on the 8 bears and letting Mantis God get full damage in to skip them (either by fan or flying sigils)
And so much more I can't even think of right now. This run opened my third eye for this game, no joke, lol, and now I'm dead set on 100% completing it on my Xbox.
the first thing is called the fair hand mechanic, it requires you draw at least one playable card, and when you start with 1 squirrel only 1 blood cards are available to play
the 2+ card cost is to manipulate the fair hand mechanic to only give you the mantis god at the start
the bear challenge is necessary for the run though it does help in some cases
how did you only understand the last two after you got the mantis god deck
if you want to beat skull storm easily, pick the deck with raccoon, dire wolf pup, and coyote. reset until your shop has a cockroach and a beehive, give unkillable to the beehive, only pick up 2+ cost cards, get rid of the raccoon by sacrifice or by campfire and then win
@@nickywicky22222 eyyy, sorry for taking so long to reply. I'll admit I'm slow of mind for lots of stuff (high functioning autism), so it did take me until that point to catch on with those two points.
Also, I may have already gotten all the challenges completed, but I didn't think about running the bone deck through it. I'll give it a shot. Thank you!
@@thomasmurrell9832 sorry if i was rude to you and yeah good luck 👍
On one hand, i’m impressed. On the other hand, i’m a little mad at the RNG.
nah bro, it probably took him months for this rng to come
From what I'm seeing, it's RNG manipulation. I'm assumeing the game always gives you a 1 blood cost at the start of the round, so he tried to keep his deck nearly entirely free of 1 costs except for the mantis gods
@@dallasjones4062 that's a legitimate strat. It's called the Fair Hand mechanic.
@@dallasjones4062 pretty much ya. its something called 'the fairhand mechanic'
there is a slight bit more to it tho. iirc the game draws a squirrel and 2 random cards, then checks if you can play any of those cards on turn one. if not, then it checks to see if your hand has any 1 bloods. if no, the third card is random. if yes, it draws a random 1 blood
the funny thing is is it doesnt check for 0 cost cards, just 1 bloods. this is why mantis deck is so good while geck deck kinda isnt. on top of that, if the 2 random cards are 0 cost, then the game doesnt look for 1 bloods cause you already have a card you can play on turn one. same might be for if youre able to play a bone card, but i dont think it takes that into account (prolly pretty ez to just check rq but im lazy lul)
Bro thinks he’s P03😭😭😭😭😭
How many runs did this take you? RNG and execution on this is absolutely insane, GG.
In the wise words of po3 “ I guess good gameplay is nothing for good rng.
tbh the RNG is pretty average
The most luck was the two fire camps at the start and the item grabs. Other than that they were cheesing the games own mechanics.
tl;dr the game will always make sure you start with at least one One Blood card during each match- so by making the Mantis' the only one blood card they could just assure that was the only card they were getting.
@@kiwicacti5757yeah I know about the fair hand mechanic… im talking about the first map generation, campfire luck, boss order, item drops, etc.
the ultimate challenge would be this run but without the mantis deck
Worthy Sacrifice deck with a goat and dire wolf wouldn't be impossible as long as you power it to 6 for grizzlies or use the rotator to skip them.
Exxo did it with every starting deck, just not a speedrun
Goat deck or Bones decks are equal good or even better
Mantis deck ahhnianlates skull storm, just add poison on MG (mantis god), and get unkillable reptiles (with totem), or vice versa, either get good rng or do a bit of save scumming, and you easy win,that’s how I won my first skull storm
3:36 How did you attack the traps without losing the Mantis God?
The traps only shut on the cards directly in front of it. The Mantis was placed where there wasn't a trap and hit the traps with Trifurcated Strike
@@MinuteHunterso they work different to Act 1?
@@Aaa-vp6ug I don't know if this is Kaycee's Mod specific
@@MinuteHunter I hit a trap with mantis accidentally and the mantis died, in the Act 1 trapper fight
@@Aaa-vp6ug Honestly had no idea. This'll be good info if I decide to run Any% or Act 1
Nice speedrun !
Meanwhile I can't even beat kaycees mod level 1
i diagnose skill issue (jk)
@@candycoatedroxx Nah, its definitely a skill issue lol
It sorta gets easier as you go lol
3:53 BRO WAS A GENIUS
Oh no way I figured out a legit strat used by insane speed runners on my own, map resetting. I used it to get good maps and first try the grizzly challenge. Only needed it for the first two tho
You took pelts tho is it your not allowed to use or trade them? I’m confused
The categories on speedrun.com are split from starting the run with pelts and starting the run without pelts.
I love how he chose the mantis god deck just to otoh every fight
well played
Exactly the strat that I used for the achievement, just so much faster^^
Just a quick question how do u get kaycee’s mod?
Once you finish the base game of Inscryption, Kaycee's Mod becomes selectable in the menu
Hey, just curious, do you have a seed for this run?
Hey, I answered this when you asked in the other video but I'll answer here just in case too :)
I believe that due to the randomness and rng mechanics of this game, set seed runs would still yield a different result. For example: card draw and event rng.
I hope that answered your question and happy speedrunning.
Man i cant even beat skull storm when im taking my time and thinking xD
Ill have to try with mantis god, ive been trying with the dire wolf pup deck so far
I started rooting for leshy 😅
Jaysus
Why no pelts?
On the speedrunning website, Kaycee's Mod is split into the different categories and split again for a run with pelts and a run without pelts.
TAS speed run
How so?
Mantis God is too easy, noob
Not like this wasn’t specifically the best starting deck for a speedrun
Try this run without it. Then send us the vod. We're waitin
@@thomasmurrell9832 typical zoomer who barking "yum yum yum tly to do thee same and then say everything you want"
@@Warlord4Hikage if you aren't gonna walk the walk, don't talk the talk. That simple bro
@@thomasmurrell9832 I am not your bro, zoomer moment.
Go rise your IQ level