The Glorious PICKAXE STRATEGY! - Backpack Hero
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2022
- Backpack Hero Part 14 - after hunting for SO LONG, I finally got it! Usually, some other weapon beat me to the punch, but this time, I'm not letting something else keep me from the pickaxe. Now to create a few dozen gems and destroy everything.
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Endless mode's too much of a grind for me, but I really can't wait until they add harder ascensions. That's my jam.
How the heck did he comment 4 hours before uploaf?
@@7ofredspades12 he just got a good gaming chair
@@7ofredspades12 probably uploaded it as unlisted first
@@7ofredspades12 his dad works at UA-cam headquarters.
@@7ofredspades12 he prob commented before posting and posting maybe took 4 hours
Tyler: "are there any poisonous mice?"
Me: "Ah yes, Tyler's doing a Plague Rat build"
😂
Wait, I've become the very thing I swore to destroy! (Plague doctor pfp)
And me: "Nah, I prefer hamster build than poisonous mice"
backpack hero black death build?
Backpack hero:
The only game that makes you question if there are poisonous mice!
I think something that limits this game’s longevity is that there is almost no cross-synergy between builds. You take lots of pieces for the X build and very little else. Truly eternally repeatable games have parallel mechanics with pieces that intersect in very interesting ways. I would love to see that happen in this game somehow.
The closest thing to that is the manaflow bow and the arrow that gets buffed by attatched mana crystals. But I wouldn't really count that just because in order for it to work out, you need to basically go mage at that point. And guess what? It's really hard to get mage to actually work.
@@bioniclink3026 Mage has some really interesting options, but it's severely limited by still taking damage from spikes in my opinion.
I once had a decent build with the wand that gets more damage for each connected mana stone plus some matching buffs for mana refill and damage, after entering endless mode I could deal around 700 damage turn one and 500 damage each further turn, but still quickly reached a point where I couldn't survive spikes no matter what since my damage was split into 10+ uses of the wand. Without cleansing flame it's pretty much the same as with cleavers, just worse scaling.
There's the gems, which work decently with bow builds, cleaver builds, and pickaxe. There's also a couple attempts with the mana stones, like the mana structure and the mana bow and arrows that gain damage off mana, but those tend to fall short
@@dominikdoom I had a similar build where I had the crescent moon thing for block, but I couldn't get past the king with 30k hp on floor 27 (this was before update)
I agree with what you’re saying (aside from a few cases). I’m glad this is still in beta! If the devs take constructive feedback and iteratively improve the game until the final release, the final release will be nearly perfect
There was something heartbreaking about the cheerful popup at the end informing us that the awesome build didn't do great in endless mode.
Since this build runs against a pretty hard cap, it's about what I expected
It doesn't continue to scale all that well, it's basically peaking at the last boss, and can't benefit from many multiplicive damage upgrades, while absolutely devouring your backpack space. So it isn't that surprising that it falls off right as Endless starts going.
20:40
Dont ask
@@definitelynotaquincymain2652 you better not be a quincy main
11:42 love the slay the spire reference to the defect character with the robot toy
20:48 I once found an interaction where if you put the tooth necklace at the top of your backpack, you take dmg before gaining armor, so you could do that with the Rapier and gain dmg while also having for example 30+ armor
What about that one club weapon that cost 0 energy but damages you when you use it? That could maybe work with the rapier? Of course, not nearly as well because it goes through armor first but still.
@@Gimmick_Standard well, at the time I was just screwing around(I’m sure), and so at first I thought the interaction was bad cause I would bleed to death through my armor, but then I noticed, it helped the rapier and so I tried to play around it 😅
Tooth necklace is sooo good with an archer build if you have any sort of consistent healing
@@Gimmick_Standard That weapon is fun. If you take the hourglass, you can make it do negative damage, and use it to trigger vampirism crystal to cheese out enemies, or use peridots to make it do infinite poison damage. It gets infinitely tedious tho, but you can later ditch the hourglass when you've stacked thousand of -1 damage modifiers on it, so that you can just use it to weaken mobs or heal to full for free before blocking.
Technically, since it's damage you take, it might also trigger the rapier.
@@DalmarLesage I’ve never thought of that. Literal genius.
Poison build is really crossbow + poison arrow. its insane scaling.
infinite poison build.
Berserkers club, hourglass, a poison gem or whetstone.
you can literally do infinite poison.
but you do poison yourself. so be sure to 1 hit ko or have rags.
So glad to see another episode of this! I don't mind it without endless mode. I would love a type of ban system online or a nuzlocke type of challenge for this game.
I would love to see you return to luck be a landlord. That game was so fun to watch.
It's barely updated in any meaningful way since the last video honestly. workshop mods are probably the major draw right now.
And just when he needed it most, the Slats Shield…made its return.
I think this game should infinitely let you expand your backpack in endless mode. give it a freaken scroll wheel at some point, it doesnt have to make sense. The only way for your build to improve more is usually just giving the pack more space for more things to do. If you cant expand anymore, well thats the build.
I mean the point of endless mode is more really to see how far your build can go. Not really to see how far you can scale.
@@lifetake3103 even if you have the best possible rng and build, you will eventually hit a hard cap in endless. That’s not endless. They should also allow you to scale infinitely too
@@vbgvbg1133 Great? you're eventually gonna hit a hard cap anyways or just go infinite in endless which is pointless.
Like what is the actual purpose of going endless in endless? Literally nothing. However, if being able to see how far you can get is the point all of a sudden there is a goal to get to.
@@lifetake3103 thats kinda what im saying, its just that the whole point of seeing how far you go is actively hard capped, because you’re unable to improve your build any further after a certain point. This means that you already know how far you will go with a build, thus defeating any point of endless mode. Right now it isn’t seeing how far you go, it’s seeing which build is better. If it WAS truly seeing how far you can go, you should be able to continue improving otherwise it defeats the purpose of it being a roguelike
@@vbgvbg1133 It is perfectly fine if a build stagnates. It's gonna happen anyways or its bad game design. Your pickaxe build no matter how many row and column gems you get is not gonna be able to compete eventually. Your cleaver build is just not gonna have enough damage. By increasing the backpack size you aren't changing anything really you're delaying the inevitable. Your build can be hard capped and still see how far you can go. It's not like that purpose leaves because your backpack is capped.
Secondly, that last statement just shows you have a horrible understanding of roguelikes and roguelites. Because literally every single major one has an ending. Some have endless modes akin to this game, but the endless mode is not main purpose of the game.
I'm sorry if you think this game is too easy and bought yourself a delusion that endless is the true game, but it isn't. The endless mode isn't the roguelike game. This is why Tyler wants their to be ascensions similar to slay the spire to amp up the main game.
I love how strategy changes so much in this game, like how you start with a poison build but change it towards a pickaxe build over time
Hehe, just realized that the gems around the pickaxe with the yellow line showing they're affecting it is a diamond shape. That's a fun little detail, I wonder if the devs did that on purpose?
For sure haha
you should've taken the healing hearts instead of the vampirism. that would mitigate the spikes and give you healing even if they have a shield.
I find I never even get to go for the build I want because I don't get half the items I need.
Can wait to watch this vid!
Can't wait to finish this video! You make great content man, keep up the good work!
I love your videos as always! I don’t usually play into the puzzle genre but you’re an engaging creator! Keep it up!
YES! I've been waiting for the Pickaxe build. I tried it out myself and it was outrageous. I can only imagine how much better you'll do lol.
i feel like every loop you should get an (optional) higher chance to get item categories that synergize with the items you have, but the enemies should also scale harder
or maybe like “synergistic ring: increases chances of getting items similar to items you have”
That’s how I think luck should work. Rarity is basically irrelevant in this game anyway
@@thiccityd9773 True, just change the luck rings lol
I would like to see some Endless Mode activities. My current run is on Floor 43:
Red Hoodie to scale HP.
Charming Bracelet to remove curses.
Hercule Shield with haste on it twice, surrounded by 4 shields. Works better than Angel armor because I block multiple times per turn.
Cleansing Rag to stop poison from stacking up too high.
Regenerative Whetstone for healing that only takes up one slot.
Berserker's Club with rage. Haste boosts my blocking to the 999 max, giving me a LOT of attacks each turn, each of which boost my damage in the next turn.
I'm currently only challenged by the Fire Geckos.
Sifd has got past floor 200 with a cleaver ductape build
@@iceicicle3046 says floor 200?!? Holy crap. I think I want to try the Assassin dagger next, to have the goal of increasing damage.
so hyped for more vids! I hope U make it to 500k! been here for 3.5 years!!!!
"poison's a solid start and all, but I don't think you can really make a full poison build"
> be me
> looking back at my poison run
> King had almost seven _hundred_ poison when he died turn 2.
Yeah... about that... 2 poison whetstones, 1 regenerative whetstone, 1 coal, 2 poison arrows, big empty row, 4 of the basic common bow that can fire for free and then +1 energy per use for the turn a handful of violet/crimson/etc energy, the ice cream relic, and a cleansing rag. Also some shoe hats and leather caps, and two archangel armors (with energy forges) for rapidly scaling block. I could've gone to the moon with that, but no endless mode.
Like sure it does cap out. With 4 empty spaces, that's uh, base 10 poison per arrow, so 20 just from that. Each whetstone use gives +3 to both, so +12/turn at the cost of 5 energy. I had like 8 energy per turn from armor and accessories, +1 per turn. Turn 1 I could use all 4 bows twice each, for 36•8=288 poison. Turn 2, 48•8=384 more, total of 673.
this build lead me to my first win in the game and this was before bigger backpack so i know from the start this will be a great video
I appreciate the symmetry in the thumbnail
This run gives a whole new meaning to the saying you are a gem
Rip the emeralds in your thumbnail. Those buff columns, the amethysts buff rows
Symmetry! Otherwise known as thumbnail shot organization
My very first run was a Pickaxe run and holy crap was I addicted after that. Such a fun item.
I love how robot toy is a slay the spire reference
I had a pickaxe build with 2 pieces of duct tape. The duct tape let me have more gems adjacent to the pickaxe so I was able to hype buff it with citrines, rubies, vampiric crystals, gemstone hearts, and pearls for the spaces that were too far away (I had my pickaxe head facing the left side of the bag and the 2 duct tape basically elongating the handle). It was a great build.
manastone bow electric arrow synergy with my first wand or any other wand for that matter, maybe with that frog statue that adds 3 to manastones is a really cool build idea!
I once did a electric, poison and regular arrow build
suffice to say, that was my first time winning backpack hero
This game is soooo goooood! I loved the strategy, though. I also really need to buy this next month.
If you have token of energy you can put energy food into the spot that would Block the token of energy. That way you have still extra energy without compromising the spot.
The lightning gem is really good because a lot of the rarer gems are conductive
20:42 is when the rapier shows up
a poison build is great with a ton of poison arrows and the small crossbow
11:37 i see a slay the spire reference right there.
My pogs overflow, thank you Tyler for this blessing
The first pearls placement got me hitting my head on my pillow. Couldve placed it top middle so it got both the buff from the pearl and its own buff
THE MARK OF THE BEAST!!
Ore is 32 dmg and windmill is 50, but takes twice as much space. So adds +25 per space, therefore ore is more efficient.
this strat was also my best yet, the pick is simply op
4:34 "Cause poison goose through armor" - Tyler Srock
You could take the cursed shiv, it creates a curse, you decline it, take damage and trigger the rapier
You could move the pic axe one space down and be able to move stuff around and trade emeralds for pearls
If you could combine the bombstone relic with one of weapon summoning wands , I think this would create a very strong build too. The 600% damage from the bombstone would make nearly every attack fatal.
There is this mobile roguelike game called "wizard legend fighting master" where you can equip different spell tomes to increase the chance of a certain type of spell appearing. Maybe they could do something similar with endless mode where you can add a +5% chance of a certain weapon or armor appearing when you kill a boss?
Yeah but you don't get to choose which bosses you fight (mostly). Maybe if it was a relic or rare/legendary item though, it could work
@@jmejuniper I don't see your point here I suggested this because he said that he gets bored of endless mode because he doesn't encounter enough upgrades towards his build but adding a feature similar to what I suggested could help this problem.
@@Hthe Yeah but you have to kill the bosses in the "finale" floors. Which means you are forced to take an increase in weapon or armor drops even if you don't want them. The only bosses you can skip are the ones present on regular floors, and those not all the time.
@@jmejuniper well am suggesting that you can pick any type of weapon like clever, sword, spear, or any armor or gem plus they could just add a option to not pick
@@Hthe Oh, that could work in that case
Ever try a build that uses arrows, but not any sort of bow?
This is done by abusing shield spirit and poison arrows. You can use your shield to fire up to 8 arrows, depending on your layout, and if they are all poison arrows, they are not subject to the negative of shield spirit.
15:44 Tyler needs to get some Pop Rocks
it seems endless mode is a race of trying to scale insanely. Either you fail to scale and die disapppointingly, or you succeed to scale and it's a broken run with not too much unique about it. Dx
Blood for the blood god
for rapier, go shield spirit with berserker rings and heart gems or vampiric crystals. berserker ring makes it so you take 1 damage every turn, and +6 rage upon killing something. adding stuff like red hoodie and haste ring is also pretty good
That's not what berserker's ring does; berserker's ring is +1 energy if no armour. You're thinking of tooth necklace
@@Starwort yeah that thing
You should try the speedrun for this game, been insanely fun for me to grind.
"are there any poisonous mice?" (me: !!! immediately googles poisonous mice)
the answer is no, but it turns out here's one rat species (the African crested rat) that eats toxic bark and slathers the resin over its body to create a poisonous defence mechanism :)))
3:48
I don't know, ask Europe
now this is one sexy build
Shrew go brrrrrt
I hope they release the early access version to the public cause I found this game literally hours after the kick starter ended
was hoping Tyler would get a couple duct tapes, would allow the pickaxe to break past its natural limits
I think ore couldve been better than windmill because ore takes up half the backpack space, so you couldve had a gem there buffing your damage, or giving you utility that the windmill couldn't.
I can feel you, I too did an endless cleaver build. Currently at floor 148 and when you don’t have to think in order to win any battle it decreases the fun also not using steam so I have the smaller backpack
I tried a cleaver build... it kinda sucked. I got past floor 9 no problem, but only found 3 non-common cleavers... just bad luck. I saw 3 other nice ones in things like the peg game and memory game, but again just had the bad luck to miss them. I'm sure they're super good with just a tad more luck though.
i just did this kind of build yesterday
with the one sword you can take damage by inflicting self poison maybe
You don't have to worry about poisonous mice if you're not eating them. Same with snakes.
you dont need to kill the summonables, they dont do any dmg and just back away if u kill the main enemy
this game is so interesting
Please devs, release this game early-access on Steam, I will buy it.
You needed to be there for the kickstarter, they're not releasing early access for a bit.
Rotated emerald can give buff in a row
This build(not same gem layout mine focused on the healing gems) that i won for the 1st time. Also found the video lol.
So on the two space away bonus damage gem
Does it count on the pickaxe if you put it at the head tips as well as both ends of the shaft
Because the weapon takes multiple tiles so even next to it the weapon is in the space 2 tiles away
If it did wouldn't you get the adjacent bonus and the two spaces away bonus 4 times?
there was a point in the video where he had 2 pearls below the shaft of the pickaxe, and it looked like they were both getting the effect used so
It looks like the vamp has to do it’s addition delayed damage in order to proc. So if you one shot something you don’t heal.
Vamp is just a worse healing heart crystal.
I think endless mode isn’t about going infinite but rather min maxing a build. After that there isn’t much point and tying a floor number to it just isn’t necessary
I think rage might be better in almost all scenarios since it's +1 damage each hit instead of the +5 damage once no?
Gems are Truly Outrageous.
Shrews have venomous spittle for paralyzing worms and other insects.
me when the O A O
If you use poisonous arrows you can totally make a poison build
I had a pickaxe run that went great because I found ninja armour so I didn't have to care about blocking.
There's an update coming on 31st which will add a new character!
Hey you should try curse of the dead gods, it has a slay the spire and inscription type map but is a really nice polished rouge like it just really puts a cool spin
A wise man once said 3:48
I was waiting for a pickaxe run. I was wondering what it did.
Don't aim for builds buy try to flow into one with a general idea in mind
See a pickaxe, take a pickaxe
I haven't tried it, but does Duct Tape extend the Pickaxe size even more to add more gems?
I wish this one lasted a while, I would kill for a miner trilogy
Is that even theoretically possible? 🤔
To be honest, I have yet to find an endless mode i like in any game I have played
im pretty sure the price of skipping a curse is = the floor level + number of cureses skipped
Can you try a poison arrow shield spirit build? Also poison cleavers would be so op.
good morning :'D
Try doing spiked bat + hoodie if you wanna see an infinite health combo
“I don’t think you can run full poison build”
Spoilers to the plot of a future episode
Yo the adjacent spaces to the pickaxe are in the shape of a diamond… I really wonder if that was intentional, or just a happy accident
Could you rotate the emerald to make it hot everything in a row?
Hey, you should try Bab Be U! Yes, it does actually play very differently from Baba Is You.
me still waiting for tyler to use matthew
DIAMONS
Is it just me or was that robot toy very similar to the Rouge robot you can play in slay the spire?
how do you change the skin on your hero?
**Venomouse**