I unironically love when NL tells me to imagine the video if it were edited. It's actually just as effective, maybe more effective, than actually editing.
Honestly with getting Timekeeper, Velvet chocker is not bad at all. Of all the Silent builds, this might be the one where velvet chocker is actually not bad. At least it's not velvet chocker on a shiv build.
velvet choker hard forces the 6 cards per turn rule that he does with the time keeper anyway and yet he's spending 80% of his mental energy worrying about it from the start of the 3rd floor
I'm going to be honest here, NL is pretty good when it comes to building a deck, sure, sometimes he doesn't add enough blocks or misjudges a card or another, but overall he is pretty good with his card decisions. The flaw (or perhaps the fun) are his terrible missplays 😂
Hard committing to a poison deck vs slime boss is pretty iffy and he got punished for it pretty hard. Don't think this deck would've gotten away with it on higher ascensions.
@SeeMyDolphin at higher ascension you can just hold out for one deck rotation for the catalyst and tank 1 hit from the boss slime to avoid the multiple hits from the medium slimes
Don't do this to yourself. He will randomly abandon ever taking the card again for no random reason as soon as his feelings tell him to. He plays this game with his brain totally off. Youre just setting yourself up for disappointment when he passes the greatest best laid plans of all time so he can't take whatever dog water card his feelings are fixated on at that time
Adding a calculated gamble would have been terrible with velvet choker when he already had bullet time and discovery, cards that let you play cards by playing cards. He was already regularly finishing turns with leftover energy he couldn’t use. Calc gamble would have just made that worse
Thanks for getting me onto this game, NL. I'm trying to do 20 in Ironclad first, and the versatility is amazing. I've had strength builds (with subtypes of demon form or self-harm using the card that builds strength from cards that hurt you), block builds, debuff builds (using a card where debuffs damage opponents), and even a very successful curse build. My favourite was the curse build, it was great. Only on ascension 8 so far, but I did just get it yesterday. So cheers!
The biggest arc for silent progression for NL will be him realizing that he wants as many piercing wails as possible in his deck it is such a good card also bro complaining about always needing to heal while he chooses only paths with hallway fights like bro events exist lmao
The duality of his shops is mindblowing, sometimes he breezes through run-winning shops with >5 good products taking only a Dagger Throw and at others he correctly identifies that he's on that one out of 15-20 runs where Art of War is really potent and it ends up paying off. I think I'd still buy Orrery there but who cares, legit think that taking a minimum of 30 seconds with each shop he runs into is one of the more actionable pieces of advice for him out there because that's where rushing hurts you most. Shops good.
I genuinely thought I had somehow rewinded the video on the second Spire Growth fight where he didnt block the last turn for the second time and says the exact same "WAHHH you gotta block those man!"
He's gotten so good he nerfs himself with Velvet Choker on a Bullet time+Art of war+Gremlin Horn +Mummified Hand deck+Centennial Puzzle. And the madman wins anyway!! Unbelievable.
I think the most significant change he can make for how tiny the actual difference in play is, is just knowing about the piercing wail during buff tech
WOW NL you must be the best Slay the Spire player in existence, your so good at games, i wish i was like you, just except for the bald part. i like my long hair, it keeps me warm in the winter.
I dont know if all of those Art of War plays were worth it, but it's nice to see him actually thinking for a change instead of instantly misplaying his hand and accidentally skipping relics without even noticing
Damn. This was very well executed. I think this is the first episode, where I don't think you made any large mistakes. And a poison build at that! Well plaid (plans)!
I watch on .5x speed so it seems like he is thinking about the choices that are being made
😂😂😂
I watch at 2x speed so I get to watch more slay the spire in less time
holyyyyy this one's gonna burn his hair off
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+2 holyyy
I unironically love when NL tells me to imagine the video if it were edited. It's actually just as effective, maybe more effective, than actually editing.
I hate it when a video is actually edited, it's like when a horror movie shows you the monster. It's always better in your imagination.
@@alexanderwales7870 effective? maybe. Efficient? 100
we’re flasks of course we’re bouncing and moaning on it
Bro that shit killed me
?!?!
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I don't know what you've been doing to your flasks, but I need a step-by-step stat.
13:29 a skeptic upon seeing the four horsemen standing atop a withered knoll
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+2, best version of this joke I've seen on a Slay the Spire vid
Bullet time velvet choker moment
Plus adrenaline, we're so back
@@KaikiIsTaken Plus Gremlin Horn, Let's Goooooo!
@@Slartybartfarsterplus mummified hand ❤
Honestly with getting Timekeeper, Velvet chocker is not bad at all. Of all the Silent builds, this might be the one where velvet chocker is actually not bad. At least it's not velvet chocker on a shiv build.
One minute, no views- that's perfectly understandable, the video was very recently uploaded.
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23:34 me when my cover band's gig was going so badly the crowd was getting violent, but then we played Song 2 and they loved it
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32:03 you when your cover band has been playing Song 2 all night and it's getting late
Bro misses high ascension gameplay so bad that he cripples himself with the least synergistic velvet choker of all time
The classic Velvet Choker / Bullet Time synergy
velvet choker hard forces the 6 cards per turn rule that he does with the time keeper anyway and yet he's spending 80% of his mental energy worrying about it from the start of the 3rd floor
Mummified hand, adrenaline, as well as art of war...
The extra energy made the nightmare+catalyst easier to get off though, which was all that was necessary. Right play at the end of the day
12:28 me when I'm debating which daft punk cd to bring on my cross country road trip
3:18 Chinese nobles with no military experience when tasked with leading an army
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2:57 when my friend asks if i want to take a hit from their diabolical bong
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25:22
>Doesn't play a strike to proc art of War
>Immediately plays bullet time
This egg has reached levels beyond human understanding
we’re lunch break guys, of course we’re trying to not crash out!
27:44 Me when they ask where I usually go to pick up snacks for the function
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We're bottle it and give it to the next guys
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Take this +2 or +4 it and give it to the next person
What's the over/under on how many more times we'll hear him say "bouncing and moaning on it" before the A20 win
potentially the best act 1 i've seen for the silent, the card choices, the relics just perfection
I'm going to be honest here, NL is pretty good when it comes to building a deck, sure, sometimes he doesn't add enough blocks or misjudges a card or another, but overall he is pretty good with his card decisions. The flaw (or perhaps the fun) are his terrible missplays 😂
@@KaikiIsTaken, I thought they meant overall, like it was a good seed. Granted, it was a fine floor.
@@LaserStorm117 Oh, that makes sense. For real, that act 1 was perfect for a poison deck.
Hard committing to a poison deck vs slime boss is pretty iffy and he got punished for it pretty hard. Don't think this deck would've gotten away with it on higher ascensions.
@SeeMyDolphin at higher ascension you can just hold out for one deck rotation for the catalyst and tank 1 hit from the boss slime to avoid the multiple hits from the medium slimes
14:08 art of war will flash until you've played an attack after you do it stops telling you that u lost the buff, hope this helps future runs!
32:02 Damon Albarn in 2055 maybe
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No, NL. Funnily enough, I don't remember the time you and your wife watched Parasite in the theatre and then went to a nice Belgian restaurant.
@@caseysailor9301 lmao this guy doesn't know his NL lore. What a poser.
@JD-wu5pf Oops, how silly of me to follow Mr Streamer for his gaming escapades and not his marital life.
@@caseysailor9301 Wait, I thought your initial comment was a joke... what is even happening right now?
@@JD-wu5pf I thought you were joking aswell bro, aren't we joking?
@@caseysailor9301wait so I’m not suppose to follow NL and his wife around ?
Me when I witness an unblemished place of pure natural beauty 10:49
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He finally took well laid plans!!!!
14:49 type A chatters when they see the Act 2 rare card rewards
28:15 julius caesar before his death
29:32 chris nolan editing the script for the dark knight rises
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The piercing wail disrespector hath logged on
Btw piercing wail has great synergy with ohrichalcum. Its defense but not block.
@@eldataaffe + poison cards like well laid plans and so does piercing wail
The best way to win as Silent is to immediately click on every Acrobatics and Piercing Wail you see
oh my god he took well laid plans. hes learning.
Then didn't upgrade it and skipped 2 upgraded ones lol
With mummified hand@@Soren59
Don't do this to yourself. He will randomly abandon ever taking the card again for no random reason as soon as his feelings tell him to. He plays this game with his brain totally off. Youre just setting yourself up for disappointment when he passes the greatest best laid plans of all time so he can't take whatever dog water card his feelings are fixated on at that time
wow he actually broke even with hand of greed pretty early.
Yeah, hand of greed is disgusting early.
He even realized Hand of Greed is also just a very good attack. I actually can't believe it doesn't exhaust.
Catalyst + The Specimen really do be like: Poison? Double (Triple) it and give to the next guy
"We need to draw more or dump a bunch of stuff"
*immediately presented with a Calculated Gamble*
"Yeah you need a Backflip"
Honestly Backflip does draw and is block, so it's arguably better than calculated gamble with the deck he had.
Backflip is great but when he said “our deck is a little slow to get going” and then bought a Noxious Fumes, that one got me.
Adding a calculated gamble would have been terrible with velvet choker when he already had bullet time and discovery, cards that let you play cards by playing cards. He was already regularly finishing turns with leftover energy he couldn’t use. Calc gamble would have just made that worse
*keeps saying his win con is nightmare + catalyst*
*skips fucking 3 (THREE) upgraded, i repeat, UPGRADED calculated gambles*
Coming from a FrostPrime STS video to a NL STS video is like looking at a Rembrandt then going home to my 2 year olds pasta artwork.
I tried bottling my noxious fumes once.
Thanks for getting me onto this game, NL. I'm trying to do 20 in Ironclad first, and the versatility is amazing. I've had strength builds (with subtypes of demon form or self-harm using the card that builds strength from cards that hurt you), block builds, debuff builds (using a card where debuffs damage opponents), and even a very successful curse build. My favourite was the curse build, it was great. Only on ascension 8 so far, but I did just get it yesterday.
So cheers!
I miss her
27:11 John Tortorella on the first day of training camp with every new team
This timekeeper fight washed clean the sins of the previous video’s boss fight, a well deserved redemption arc
35:39 me when i'm writing the lyrics to the next pop song sensation
him forgetting to block every spire growth extra attack is why we're here and lovin' every minute of it
The biggest arc for silent progression for NL will be him realizing that he wants as many piercing wails as possible in his deck it is such a good card
also bro complaining about always needing to heal while he chooses only paths with hallway fights like bro events exist lmao
I’m waiting for the Wraith Form revelation, that card is turbo busted but looks very scary to pick at first
the man's paying just enough attention to realize when he gets hits by constriction, but not enough to prevent it. Peak content
we are tired of the Costco guys joke, of course
Ignores velvet choker every time on Defect, Watcher, and Ironclad, instant locks it on the Silent. You love to see plays of this caliber
this is history revisionism
this happened to my friend, the mario party guys once
The duality of his shops is mindblowing, sometimes he breezes through run-winning shops with >5 good products taking only a Dagger Throw and at others he correctly identifies that he's on that one out of 15-20 runs where Art of War is really potent and it ends up paying off. I think I'd still buy Orrery there but who cares, legit think that taking a minimum of 30 seconds with each shop he runs into is one of the more actionable pieces of advice for him out there because that's where rushing hurts you most. Shops good.
I legit thought he was gonna skip snecko skull for a second based on his behavior in previous shops lmao
7:35 The Athenian judiciary to Socrates
earliest I’ve been to a NL video 👀
i like when NL says "hello to the gamers" its like he's talking directly to me.
the number of times he decided to not play a strike so he can proc art of war after he’s already played an attack,, never change
egg bro please dont pick velvet choker on the silent man that hurts
This guy knows my schedule far too well
The disrespect towards the card bane in a poison deck… when upgraded does 20 damage for 1 energy when the enemy is almost always going to be poisoned
32:50 he got got TWICE
The early orrery disrespector has logged on
that was a fun one. Love it when you get everything you want. Should be mad at whoever created this place for implementing limited resources
I genuinely thought I had somehow rewinded the video on the second Spire Growth fight where he didnt block the last turn for the second time and says the exact same "WAHHH you gotta block those man!"
the title is me when i'm playing a support with a bottle and see a double damage rune
32:48 pov you’re Mike Tyson’s trainer
29:35 Batman when the League of Shadows asks him to join them
"Did I attack this turn" if art of war is blinking, you have not
He's gotten so good he nerfs himself with Velvet Choker on a Bullet time+Art of war+Gremlin Horn +Mummified Hand deck+Centennial Puzzle. And the madman wins anyway!! Unbelievable.
exponential growth going crazy
they’re calling me the refresher
this run went from bullish to churlish real quick
24:56 The art teacher to my class after we come in last at the drawing competition.
We're chatters, of course I KNEW IT I KNEW IT
NL when he sees a credit card
*Nah we're responsible here*
NL When he sees Energy with massive interest rate:
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Typical NLSS discussion while playing Mario party
I think the most significant change he can make for how tiny the actual difference in play is, is just knowing about the piercing wail during buff tech
WOW NL you must be the best Slay the Spire player in existence, your so good at games, i wish i was like you, just except for the bald part. i like my long hair, it keeps me warm in the winter.
Right on time
The disrespect of putting 3k poison on the Time Eater was a thing of beauty
I dont know if all of those Art of War plays were worth it, but it's nice to see him actually thinking for a change instead of instantly misplaying his hand and accidentally skipping relics without even noticing
Time keeper’s Nightmare
velvet choker bullet time whyyy
relic non regatta, love it
Is this the runt that teaches NL the value of well laid plans
13:42
My heart breaks when he just doesnt play the free extra damage option
You have to block those, man!
it is a little crazy how solid this deck would be WITHOUT velvet choker lmaoooooooo
Damn. This was very well executed. I think this is the first episode, where I don't think you made any large mistakes. And a poison build at that! Well plaid (plans)!
Velvet choker is always a mistake unless you have a 3 cost deck.
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We have restaurants? People want our food? What?
You have to block those man
“Relic non regatta”
He got the run i beat A20 heart run silent. Nightmare catalyst. Well laid plans, and block.
i'm going to become the choker
Triple the poison and give it to the next guy
Nightmare catalyst god dam.
You love to see it
I'm convinced he's ignoring akabeko on purpose theres actually no way 😂
Don't use Fruit Juice until you have to, events that deal damage scale with your max HP
He finally gave well laid plans a chance...
Just realized he’s never gonna take wraith form huh
We're Belgian guys, of course we appreciate the namedrop
That final boss fight though. Genuinely impressive. I've never picked up Nightmare but I'm inspired now.
I got 2900 poison today on a poison build, burst catalyst is just insanity
MATH IS MATH
dude, the relics ar blinking, when their effect is still active
13:30 Rational people in 2012 be like
Please NL stop saying "bouncing and moaning on it" when you play Bouncing Flask