All the hedgehog praise is warranted, but the actual key is the skunk decimating the opposing team's top units, making them susceptible to death by hedgehog barrage.
I feel like hedgehog pufferfish is a mid game superstar and the only way for it to become amazing in the late game is through monkey buffing the front hedghog to 50/50 or like you said a level 3 skunk. More than often I end up selling the pufferfish in the late game for scaling.
>Eating din dins and watching NL on TV >Levels up tiger over blowfish >Blowfish blindness >Splutters teriyaki beef and runs to UA-cam comments section immediately
Idea: scale a level 2 or 3 badger to and put a gorilla behind it that has taken damage due to something like hedgehog pill so it absorbs all of the damage with coconut armor but can oneshot things even with melon armor
Those hedgehogs do nothing by themselves late game, the skunk is the key there. Level 3 skunk just enables that build to shred entire squads Something else that works similarly well is a tanky level 2 elephant with 2 blowfish behind it + skunk and parrot/tiger Just goes to show how strong the skunk is. People still underrate it hard imo
tf you mean? hedgehogs decimate in the late game. if you have two level 3 hedgehogs (or level 2) with one ups, you basically kill the setup animals like turkey or rooster.
@@RubyYTer they do nothing late game... I said it... They literally hit under 10... Late game you could see multiple 50/50 only way they work at all is because skunk is there... Skunk literally gave all the kills if you look at the start of the rounds.. why were they so weak??? The skunk literally decimated all their hp, their tank units had 1 HP In some cases which makes the hedgehog shin...
@@ILoveBluePeople Late game is when you start losing 3 hearts. Hedgehogs don't do much when it's late, late game, unless you have a skunk, but they definitely carry you until then!
I was honestly very anti hedgehog and blowfish until i watched your videos. Tried the combo first time last night and got 9 wins with sheep, blowfish, hedgehog, hedgehog, microbe. Pretty much a double team wipe method like your first game. You definitely stumbled upon one solid method with blowfish and hedgehog x2. Very entertaining videos and the time flies watching them.
@@durgons749 well seeing as you can use skunk/bat/microbe interchangeably, depending on needs and get similar results. Whereas the blowfish and hedgehogs are more unique in their role. So personally, I'd say blowfish/ hedgehog combo is the focal point as they're not as interchangeable with others to achieve same effect. Also hedgehog is the focal point in title lol.
Q u a d r a h o g EDIT: I did the math, those two hedgehogs dealt 16 damage to all units simply by dying. That's a maximum total of 160 damage points being absolutely burned by hedgehog dominance. Incredible work
Nah, your math is wrong. You're counting the hedgehogs as taking damage, but if they're dead (in order to deal the damage) then they can't take damage. It's 136
"Hold on, hold on! I know you're like sell the skunk." "I wouldn't dare!" *starts smiling* "Unless..." ... "Okay, I've sold the skunk" Loved the facial expression 😂 19:53
Hey NL, it’s my birthday today! Thank you so much for all the wonderful content over the years, I’ve been watching you play Isaac since 2013 and your vids always help me get through the day and give me a reason to laugh. Keep on keepin on my man, appreciate you👍🏼
Not gonna lie, I'm at a pretty good point in my life right now, yet NL's SAP content still is always the highlight of my day. Just goes to show how much I absolutely enjoy these videos. Thanks a lot for that.
The PPM (Pogs Per Minute) of a slappers build is off the dang charts. The sound of all the rocks smacking into units will never not be a huge dopamine hit.
At the risk of backseating (i.e I hope NL doesn't read this comment as that makes me part of the problem), I can't belieeeeeeve he didn't 1-up the hedgehog on the second run after all the legwork it did in the first
Why is this so dang entertaining? I have no interest in playing this game, but I will watch it. It's like the Deadliest Warrior of cute cartoon animals.
Imagine being one of the smartest and most observant streamers and constantly missing animals out of a 3-5(6) lineup. :D Ngl, Ryan, this is next level content. Subtly enraging backseaters for the memes and the algorithm. I respect it. The strat respector has logged on.
Just nailed another 10 win with crab tiger parrot snake hippo, hippo lv 2 garlic 47/50, crab 6/50 meat. Used double monkey to buff hippo. Gotta say I only seem to win when watching your videos, so thank you
10:50 Set your playback speed to .25-.5 to enjoy the ultimate SAP fireworks display in all it's glory. Worth every second, even to hear NL in super slowmo.
After trying so many attempts to get a multi-hedgehog blowfish skunk build off the ground, it is both frustrating and very satisfying to see NL succeed where I failed
NL is really underselling how critical the double Skunk was to that build. Blowfish and Hedgehog were trivial by comparison. Without double Skunk, any team with 2x 40hp units would've sank his whole team
All the hedgehog praise is warranted, but the actual key is the skunk decimating the opposing team's top units, making them susceptible to death by hedgehog barrage.
And if he put tiger behind bat, 4 enemies are weak and getting fucked by the hedge hog
I feel like hedgehog pufferfish is a mid game superstar and the only way for it to become amazing in the late game is through monkey buffing the front hedghog to 50/50 or like you said a level 3 skunk. More than often I end up selling the pufferfish in the late game for scaling.
@@leeworley6727 not only lvl3 skunk, also tiger lvl3 so their killas are doodoo ass
I feel like a level 3 bat would also be insane with this
The amount of blowfish he skipped past in the first run got me riled up. SAP content just hits different.
I literally kicked my leg like a child. Involuntarily. What has SAP done to me
ahhhhh kill meeee
I know he won but him skipping the blowfish after complaining about never getting any in shop sent me
Same, coulda had a lot more damage output earlier.
He does that ALL THE TIME. Absolutely infuriating
That hedgehog build is WAY too satisfying to watch shred everything, both friend and foe
It's incredible how well balanced this game is
Going to be crying when a balance patch drops making it do 1 damage aoe per level
10:38 "guess we'll start looking for another blowfish", he said after rolling past 2 in previous rounds lol
yes because he didnt start looking until the statement 🤣
Yh we all saw, except NL ..
This is the type of activity that makes NL borderline unwatchable lol
every day i think i might be getting sick of sap and every day NL proves i am, in fact, never going to get sick of this. the entertainment is flawless
For like a week I was kind of burned out from SAP just because they were taking forever to push the new patch, but it's out now so I'm all in
Yo this comment is so true I think I’m sick of sap and it’s just that NL makes the best sap videos and I’m watching him like it’s my life
This game is pretty great. It’s beautifully balanced
NL skipping so many cows to keep the tropical fish’s 1 hp buff then skipping the blow fish to get level 2 hurts lol
For me it was talking about how important the T-rex scaling was 2 turns after he kept rolling/buying down to 0 with the level 2 T-rex
And then skipping T-Rex and opting for the tropical fish
He can't be stopped, he can't be reasoned with. He's going hog wild
My man always rolls past a key unit, and I love him for it.
Imagine two teams of 5 blowfish each against each other. Ultimate volleyball.
Blobby Volley Reloaded
>Eating din dins and watching NL on TV
>Levels up tiger over blowfish
>Blowfish blindness
>Splutters teriyaki beef and runs to UA-cam comments section immediately
God love ya enell
bro he skipped the level 2 blowfish twice, i'm ripping my dick off in anger
The egg will never stop his never ending quest to turn all his viewers into the joker
Tiger level up was more important than blowfish though I think
I can always tell how zany the video is gonna be by the title and how manic NL looks in the thumbnail😭
I went back and looked at his face in the thumbnail and holy shit 😂
But the thumbnail picture isn't even from the video?
@@YogiXXL exactly. A just absolutely deranged picture had to be found to fit the video
The hedgemony continues
"He's doing it again but this time we're doing it dinosaur style"
Idea: scale a level 2 or 3 badger to and put a gorilla behind it that has taken damage due to something like hedgehog pill so it absorbs all of the damage with coconut armor but can oneshot things even with melon armor
I like this. Elephant pill is probably a better coco trigger?
@@jakebaldwin8114 elephant triggers on hurt not faint
@@mtsoccerman ahhhh shit you right. But also wrong. I think it's before attack haha
@@jakebaldwin8114 hahah damn yeah u right lol
You will lose to deer builds.
Those hedgehogs do nothing by themselves late game, the skunk is the key there.
Level 3 skunk just enables that build to shred entire squads
Something else that works similarly well is a tanky level 2 elephant with 2 blowfish behind it + skunk and parrot/tiger
Just goes to show how strong the skunk is. People still underrate it hard imo
tf you mean? hedgehogs decimate in the late game. if you have two level 3 hedgehogs (or level 2) with one ups, you basically kill the setup animals like turkey or rooster.
obviously skunks play a big part of opening the door to murdering tank animals, but you can't say that hedgehogs do nothing. they definitely do a lot
@@RubyYTer they do nothing late game... I said it... They literally hit under 10... Late game you could see multiple 50/50 only way they work at all is because skunk is there... Skunk literally gave all the kills if you look at the start of the rounds.. why were they so weak??? The skunk literally decimated all their hp, their tank units had 1 HP In some cases which makes the hedgehog shin...
@@RubyYTer there is no set up animals late game... They all should have scaled hp and damage or it ain't late game...
@@ILoveBluePeople Late game is when you start losing 3 hearts. Hedgehogs don't do much when it's late, late game, unless you have a skunk, but they definitely carry you until then!
Watching him pass up the level 2 blowfish for like 3 rounds in a row just had me yelling lmfao
This will NEVER get old. Please never shelf the toxic build. It is always funny and actually impressive when it does well.
I was honestly very anti hedgehog and blowfish until i watched your videos. Tried the combo first time last night and got 9 wins with sheep, blowfish, hedgehog, hedgehog, microbe. Pretty much a double team wipe method like your first game. You definitely stumbled upon one solid method with blowfish and hedgehog x2.
Very entertaining videos and the time flies watching them.
It's not blowfish hedgehog as much as it's the skunk/bat hedgehog
@@durgons749 well seeing as you can use skunk/bat/microbe interchangeably, depending on needs and get similar results. Whereas the blowfish and hedgehogs are more unique in their role. So personally, I'd say blowfish/ hedgehog combo is the focal point as they're not as interchangeable with others to achieve same effect. Also hedgehog is the focal point in title lol.
Q u a d r a h o g
EDIT: I did the math, those two hedgehogs dealt 16 damage to all units simply by dying. That's a maximum total of 160 damage points being absolutely burned by hedgehog dominance. Incredible work
Hognado!
Nah, your math is wrong. You're counting the hedgehogs as taking damage, but if they're dead (in order to deal the damage) then they can't take damage. It's 136
@@Michael-sh1fb you're right, my mistake, but that's still way more damage output than anticipated
I am a simple man, I see a hedgehog build, I like the video.
Each time he skipped a blowfish I moved one step closer to becoming the joker.
I found this channel a couple days ago and the way that this guy speaks is so entertaining and addicting.
The Hedgehog build is so good. You need that big skunk in the late game tho otherwise you got no shot
He rolled sooo well, early pufferfish then that sun fish thing to scale the health of 2 units then the skunk, THEN the tiger behind the skunk! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
hedgehog powerful... while the skunk makes 50/50 a 50/1
The fight at 10:52 had me absolutely at the edge of my seat dear God what happened
New mosquito is super poggy. It can snipe butterflies, scorpion, and horse all at once!
I normally watch these at 1.5x speed, but the hedgehog builds are so pog and so chaotic that I have to drop it to 1x speed to understand them
"Hold on, hold on! I know you're like sell the skunk."
"I wouldn't dare!"
*starts smiling*
"Unless..."
...
"Okay, I've sold the skunk"
Loved the facial expression 😂
19:53
Hey NL, it’s my birthday today! Thank you so much for all the wonderful content over the years, I’ve been watching you play Isaac since 2013 and your vids always help me get through the day and give me a reason to laugh. Keep on keepin on my man, appreciate you👍🏼
Not gonna lie, I'm at a pretty good point in my life right now, yet NL's SAP content still is always the highlight of my day. Just goes to show how much I absolutely enjoy these videos. Thanks a lot for that.
The PPM (Pogs Per Minute) of a slappers build is off the dang charts. The sound of all the rocks smacking into units will never not be a huge dopamine hit.
This man is hooked on hedgehogs
Better than heroin hogs
Who up hedging their hog?
my god. this is his hedgehog origin story
Off topic but I love this dudes laugh, and the fact he just does meme builds and has fun with jt
NL: Rain fire!
Skunk: But sire, our troops
NL: Just do it!
I welcome all NL's SAP video just being hedgehog build from now on.
NL: wants his units to have more HP
also NL: ignores the Can with a passion
I loved seeing the thumbnail become reality in the video. You could just see the moment the neurons connected as he put that 1up on the hedgehog
after playing the essentially ideal version of the turbo hedgehog blowfish quite some time ago, seeing this brings me great joy
At the risk of backseating (i.e I hope NL doesn't read this comment as that makes me part of the problem), I can't belieeeeeeve he didn't 1-up the hedgehog on the second run after all the legwork it did in the first
him skipping two rex rounds made me rip every single toenail off my feet toes
The best thing if Hedgehog Meta takes off, will be watching the cascading hedgehogs from both sides.
Blowfish hedgehog meta got me weak 😂
Loved that chocolate rain-ge joke lol. Old school twitch meme 4:45
Okay your hedgehog build was incredible, well done Northernlion!
If only artillery builds were as easy to pull off as summon builds, it would be such a poggers world
This new patch has definitely made the game a lot more fun. It's possible to do some fun team builds and have a chance to win
Nothing better than a classic double hedgehog from the man himself.
Why is this so dang entertaining? I have no interest in playing this game, but I will watch it. It's like the Deadliest Warrior of cute cartoon animals.
Imagine being one of the smartest and most observant streamers and constantly missing animals out of a 3-5(6) lineup. :D Ngl, Ryan, this is next level content. Subtly enraging backseaters for the memes and the algorithm. I respect it. The strat respector has logged on.
That interaction between dolphin and caterpillar is maddening. There's no way it should work like it does.
him: meat, him him: meat
Just nailed another 10 win with crab tiger parrot snake hippo, hippo lv 2 garlic 47/50, crab 6/50 meat. Used double monkey to buff hippo. Gotta say I only seem to win when watching your videos, so thank you
10:50 Set your playback speed to .25-.5 to enjoy the ultimate SAP fireworks display in all it's glory. Worth every second, even to hear NL in super slowmo.
“Am i on lethal” says the man who tied like 10 rounds in a row
When he rolled past level 2 blowfish I turned into the joker
After trying so many attempts to get a multi-hedgehog blowfish skunk build off the ground, it is both frustrating and very satisfying to see NL succeed where I failed
im loving these zany runs
Watching the first run is like watching a chinese opera. I don't know what's going on, but I heavily appreciate the vibe.
I want to reach through my screen and bludgeon NL everytime he gets stunlocked on a pet and completely overlooks the one thing he needed
Love your energy, and the videos.
NL - "now it's an archetype"
me - "always has been"
because he forgot the t-rex a couple times, he was saving 3 gold when he didnt even have a t-rex in the last couple of rounds lmao
I love this man
THIS is how you play the game
BRUH I LEGIT WENT UP AGAINST THAT EXACT SAME BUILD EARLIER, NO WONDER WHY
2x one-up hedgehog build is just poetry in motion
The hog build was absolutely cracked. Never thought about the skunk synergy there. I'm definitely trying it next time I play
OMFG I cried at the 1st run holy shit, I doubted you before and now I regret it
NL is really underselling how critical the double Skunk was to that build. Blowfish and Hedgehog were trivial by comparison. Without double Skunk, any team with 2x 40hp units would've sank his whole team
When he froze the skunk for the future I lost it. Never change NL.
Never in my life have I seen a run in such need for bees
3:26 best sap fail moment to date lol
Hedgehog blowfish runs are genuinely the most entertaining
I got 10 f2p wins with this build. Steak skunk in front, then mushroom scorp, 2 lv2 mushroom hedgehogs, then a lv3 garlic blowfish
That first run is cracked.
You’ve made me addicted to hedge hog
Bro I've been running essentially the same build for a while. Soo many good laughs
a 10 win with 3 single digit/single digit pets is the definition of pog
I’m glad NL recognize landline build as a true archetype and not just a meme lol
im not sure if hedgehog needs a nerf, but personally i believe that skunk is def a lil too powerful
hedgehog might just be the cutest unit
”Hopium and Copium The Game"
I am loving this
Holy crap that first run was beautiful
Hugely pogged up episode holy cow
Skunk + bombers is a real build
AARRRRRRGH!!! YOU KEEP PASSING THE BLOWFISH LEVEL UP AAARRRRGHGGH!!!! AND YOU STILL WON !!! AARRRGGH!!!
Had tons of great RNG, definitely a throw in game two but fun to watch none the less, embrace the hedgehog!
He's beginning to believe. I predict he will unlock his Hedgehog Badger Gorilla powers sooner than later
Everyone has wanted to see a splash meta develop, glad to see it's potentially viable
I was running hedgehog builds (mostly hedgehog+blowfish+rabbit and maybe camel) for fun yst before this video came out and it was a ton of fun.
the new meta starts here 1:15 three mosquitos are to blame for the new hedgehog meta
The skunk is a must because hedgy blowfish attacks on such a wide way
I’m told this build was Incredible, everyone’s talking about it
That's what it's all about baby
Ngl hedgehogs builds have me pogging
My man had a level 3 skunk with a level 2 Tiger and he's like damn this hedgehog overpowered.
Hedgehog really do be jumping tiers
Skunk is the real star of these.
The classic blowfish blindspot
Just finished watching the other hedgehog video, it's definitely more funny to see nl just try wacky garbage and hedgehog is among the funniest