two tips for you, since you welcomed backseating: your habit of not playing blocks when you don't need to sometimes gets you into trouble. for instance at 16:40, you don't play charge battery because no ones attacking, and completely miss an extra energy on the next turn that would've helped a lot considering how much draw you got that turn with skim. there are also a lot of relics based on how many cards you play that you may not notice/remember you have, but are important to increment. imo it's better to get into the habit of just playing your cards with your extra mana frivolously and then only *not* doing that when you specifically have a relic/fight where you want to limit the number of cards you play. the other tip is just to watch your orb order. you're pretty good at getting orbs in the order you want (i.e. placing darkness towards the back), but you often add a bunch of orbs, and then dualcast at the end, leaving an empty slot, when you could've just dualcasted earlier. obviously that doesn't apply in every situation, but the thought process should be something like "which of my orbs do i want dualcasted (do i want block? damage?)" -> "is it front of the line already or does it need to be moved there by adding orbs" -> "how can i dualcast it as early as possible so i don't end up with empty slots at the end" obviously difficult to keep everything in mind while commentating but i hope that the above can be boiled down into easy mental rules to follow 95% of the time (play extra cards, dualcast early) edit: oh also, try the "remove starting relic for a random boss relic" sometimes! the defect's starting relic isn't great, and the boss relics are either going to be excellent or really weird and fun to try and play around. since it's an early choice it's super easy to restart too if you get something completely unworkable.
It's doubtful you'll see this comment, NL. I wanted to thank you for this bespoke UA-cam series of a classic game from your channel. I got into Isaac about 11 years ago and that's when I found your channel. I've been watching ever since. Then your Slay the Spire series was just as captivating as Isaac. You're voice has been the backdrop of many sleepless nights. The voice I laughed to as I struggled with self hatred and depression. My best friend in the entire universe, my cousin grew to love your work as much as I did. He would tell me to shareplay Isaac on PS4 and "talk like Northernlion" so he could sleep. He was murdered a few years ago and that shattered me. I stepped away from your channel for a few years. I came back to find you had finally ended your time with Isaac. I was sad of course as I'm sure most people were. But I watched your new era and really grew to love that for what it is. It's wonderful how much you've grown and changed. You endure. You're the most pogged, the most based, and dare I say... the most zany of UA-camrs. This series takes us all back to when we were younger. It's nostalgia incarnate. This comment will wash away under the waves of humor from your adoring fans. Nothing matters. You don't know or care of my life. But you've made all the better anyhow. Thank you, egg.
Biased Cognition is like orb duplication. You basically double your current orbs for 2 turns then have upgraded orbs for 2 turns. Great with lightning, or ice with claws. You instantly get stronger and don't have to use all your energy to cast it (unlike Echo Form). It's like 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 orbs per turn when cast with full lightning, it's like double that with full ice, it scales dark orbs slightly faster but the decay is also less impactful, it doesn't impact plasma. Fights are usually over by the time the unupgraded version returns to neutral; if you're orb maxing.
Hey NL. Two things I noticed that could perhaps help your runs. First, always looking at your act boss, before pathing, can be EXTREMELY helpful: For act 1 I take DIFFERENT card reward choices BASED off my act boss (IE: I take way more damage output against slimeboss, I know weakness is better against hexaghost, etc.). Second, although it may be tempting to get into the habit, ZAP is not always the best upgrade! Certain cards just have simply magnificent upgrades: Cards like Coolheaded drawing an extra card, Seek allowing you to grab an extra card, Hologram not exhausting etc. So taking the time to look at your full deck of cards- and even pondering on the rest of the act layout - can help a ton. Lastly, you may be playing runs faster for content purposes (if so, right on), but seriously taking the time to think through small nuances in combats, or really considering the small differences in pathing can make a huge difference. I know in my first few a20 wins, my games went quite long- I had to really think through every decision! I have beaten A20 on defect and silent, and am still a student of the game, good luck with future runs!
4:10 "I don't think we can do anything with that" (referring to strike dummy) while playing lethal on a turn that wouldn't have been lethal without it.
i know we meme on nl and the runs today were rough, but the speed at which his valuations are improving (e.g. valuing combats over events) is actually so fast and im pegging out of my damn gourd for it
Ah. The Return of The King. I really appreciate these STS Vids Eggdaddy. Your skill was great then, and you're still just as sharp. Plus, I love watching the colorful circles whip around the screen at Mach FUCK.
We’d love to see you grab the 3 Keys and attempt the Heart fight. Even if you lose against the Heart you’ll still unlock next ascension by beating 3rd Act Boss
Biased Cognition is on Echo Form's level if you are evoking a lot of orbs. Even if you don't kill for 3 turns you're at +1/+2 focus which is a Defrag Loving the StS vids
The easy heuristic is hit normal mobs in Act 1 and build damage. This gives you cards and gold for shops. Hit elites in act 2. This gives you relics, and you should be able to handle them with your Act 1 boss relic. Dodge everything in Act 3.
First run hurt me. Refuses to remove strikes because of the sunk cost of strike dummy, takes mutagens instead of transforming the strikes THEN gets rid of the strikes anyways to clutter his deck with bites THEN takes necronomicon with no 2 cost attacks in his deck and then has the audacity to blame the run on not picking sozu instead of any of the huge act 2 mistakes.
At 10:40 not playing both powers was a misplay. Not a HUGE misplay. But a misplay nonetheless. Coulda finished in one turn with less damage because of the lightning orbs hitting every bird and channeling two lighting every hit. Think you kill in 3 hits at that rate
new head location in thumbnail. pog
this thumbnail absolutely flabbergasted me when i saw it on my feed
How do you even manage to get
@@arambp77Check their shorts
@@arambp77man’s been makin content since you were an ich in your fathers sack. Show some respect 😅
Jackbox Party Pack 11 cover art just dropped.
+2
👏
I just realized that Snecko is called that because he's an amalgamation of a snake and a gecko.
Riveting.
I thought it was just a funny way of saying snake
I thought you typed Sneako and was like 'yeah you're kinda right'
huge if true
@@rev0lve638 took your comment to notice...
@@rev0lve638 For sneako, he's more an amalgamation of sneaky and pedo.
When you see a loss halfway through a 33 minute video you KNOW it's gonna be a good one brother
Opening up a bespoke youtube video with hinged nectarine takes? What is this, some kind of golden age?!
Why does "hinged" sound unhinged
@@mcgoo721 because I'm loving every minute of it, Jerry
two tips for you, since you welcomed backseating:
your habit of not playing blocks when you don't need to sometimes gets you into trouble.
for instance at 16:40, you don't play charge battery because no ones attacking, and completely miss an extra energy on the next turn that would've helped a lot considering how much draw you got that turn with skim.
there are also a lot of relics based on how many cards you play that you may not notice/remember you have, but are important to increment.
imo it's better to get into the habit of just playing your cards with your extra mana frivolously and then only *not* doing that when you specifically have a relic/fight where you want to limit the number of cards you play.
the other tip is just to watch your orb order. you're pretty good at getting orbs in the order you want (i.e. placing darkness towards the back), but you often add a bunch of orbs, and then dualcast at the end, leaving an empty slot, when you could've just dualcasted earlier. obviously that doesn't apply in every situation, but the thought process should be something like "which of my orbs do i want dualcasted (do i want block? damage?)" -> "is it front of the line already or does it need to be moved there by adding orbs" -> "how can i dualcast it as early as possible so i don't end up with empty slots at the end"
obviously difficult to keep everything in mind while commentating but i hope that the above can be boiled down into easy mental rules to follow 95% of the time (play extra cards, dualcast early)
edit: oh also, try the "remove starting relic for a random boss relic" sometimes! the defect's starting relic isn't great, and the boss relics are either going to be excellent or really weird and fun to try and play around. since it's an early choice it's super easy to restart too if you get something completely unworkable.
defects ability is gr8 and enables dualcast, obv a boss relic is better but i think it should be closer to last resort
@@aarongutierrez7705 I think that first run really was the kind of siutation for taking the boss relic because all the options were kinda crap.
yap
I never do tip num one cause my arthritis makes runs that much more annoying
He doesn't read YT comments anymore, but thanks for trying
Goated Jackbox ass thumbnail
Just wait until he finds out charged battery gives you energy on the next turn
NL when Slay the Spire tech comes out
Takes philosopher's stone, dies to book of stabbing 😔 a tale as old as time. You hate to see it
Many such cases
It's doubtful you'll see this comment, NL. I wanted to thank you for this bespoke UA-cam series of a classic game from your channel.
I got into Isaac about 11 years ago and that's when I found your channel. I've been watching ever since. Then your Slay the Spire series was just as captivating as Isaac.
You're voice has been the backdrop of many sleepless nights. The voice I laughed to as I struggled with self hatred and depression.
My best friend in the entire universe, my cousin grew to love your work as much as I did. He would tell me to shareplay Isaac on PS4 and "talk like Northernlion" so he could sleep.
He was murdered a few years ago and that shattered me.
I stepped away from your channel for a few years. I came back to find you had finally ended your time with Isaac. I was sad of course as I'm sure most people were.
But I watched your new era and really grew to love that for what it is. It's wonderful how much you've grown and changed. You endure. You're the most pogged, the most based, and dare I say... the most zany of UA-camrs.
This series takes us all back to when we were younger. It's nostalgia incarnate.
This comment will wash away under the waves of humor from your adoring fans.
Nothing matters. You don't know or care of my life.
But you've made all the better anyhow.
Thank you, egg.
Thank you for sharing this
And thank you egg for taking care of all of us
The Defect when The Flawless walks in
NOWAYING
The Silent when The Loud walks in
@@slippy5849The Watcher when The Ignorer walks in
Plus two
The ironclad when the woodengally walks in
You are gaslighting yourself. We LOVE Echoform!
30:32 me when I've been cloned and someone has a gun pointed at us but doesnt know which one is the real one and shoots me
Strike Dummy is not a title. It's a command.
goated new thumbnail format
Just finished the last slay the spire vid, then checked the channel and saw this uploaded 5 min ago. I am pegged beyond belief
👀 uhhh good for you? Haha
Some day we’ll be back to Balatro 😔😔
Lol
We stay pegged out here. 🙏
Biased Cognition is like orb duplication. You basically double your current orbs for 2 turns then have upgraded orbs for 2 turns. Great with lightning, or ice with claws. You instantly get stronger and don't have to use all your energy to cast it (unlike Echo Form). It's like 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 orbs per turn when cast with full lightning, it's like double that with full ice, it scales dark orbs slightly faster but the decay is also less impactful, it doesn't impact plasma. Fights are usually over by the time the unupgraded version returns to neutral; if you're orb maxing.
If he took it instead of echo that last run was free
Absolutely pogged about this game’s return.
Did my first run in years, A6 Silent, Grand Finale + Nightmare, slain The Heart.
Feeling good!
Everyone’s said it but, POG thumbnail thank you egg father
Not using the explosive potion on sentry’s to kill two with duel cast run 2 killed me
Finally the nectarine slander is over!!
me when my friend asks if I want to play overwatch 12:41
32:46 not knowing that it tells you how many echo form triggers you get is true NL gaming
I wish my mom was still alive. Cherish it brother.
If you can get your hands on a sweetango apple, NL, you will be ruined on all other apples forever.
You will learn to love the dead branch, one of the craziest relics tbh
shiv build with dead branch my beloved
@@acherowyo7555 nothing hits better than corruption dead branch. Just play random bullshit.
@@uncletifa”random bullshit - away!”
Hey NL. Two things I noticed that could perhaps help your runs.
First, always looking at your act boss, before pathing, can be EXTREMELY helpful: For act 1 I take DIFFERENT card reward choices BASED off my act boss (IE: I take way more damage output against slimeboss, I know weakness is better against hexaghost, etc.).
Second, although it may be tempting to get into the habit, ZAP is not always the best upgrade! Certain cards just have simply magnificent upgrades: Cards like Coolheaded drawing an extra card, Seek allowing you to grab an extra card, Hologram not exhausting etc. So taking the time to look at your full deck of cards- and even pondering on the rest of the act layout - can help a ton.
Lastly, you may be playing runs faster for content purposes (if so, right on), but seriously taking the time to think through small nuances in combats, or really considering the small differences in pathing can make a huge difference. I know in my first few a20 wins, my games went quite long- I had to really think through every decision!
I have beaten A20 on defect and silent, and am still a student of the game, good luck with future runs!
Get together with someone that looks at you like NL looks at Echo Form.
We're in a necterine and new thumbnail pogged era and I'm loving it
some days the spire slays you brother!!!
4:10 "I don't think we can do anything with that" (referring to strike dummy) while playing lethal on a turn that wouldn't have been lethal without it.
i know we meme on nl and the runs today were rough, but the speed at which his valuations are improving (e.g. valuing combats over events) is actually so fast
and im pegging out of my damn gourd for it
My gourd been gettin so many pogs out of it lately
new thumbnail, very attractive, pog. this ends my engagement as I go back to a Librarian compilation I clicked off of to check the thumb. pog!
As a lifelong nectarine over peach guy, welcome to the bright side.
goated thumbnail
The new slay the spire thumbnails got me feeling a sort of way
New Thumbnail technology
Pausing the video instead of just 15 seconds of chair
Continuing the recent streams fruit banter
We have never been so pegged
Ah. The Return of The King. I really appreciate these STS Vids Eggdaddy. Your skill was great then, and you're still just as sharp. Plus, I love watching the colorful circles whip around the screen at Mach FUCK.
Lets go!!!! A new slay the spire vid boys! I'm addicted to these. Thanks NL 😂
We’d love to see you grab the 3 Keys and attempt the Heart fight. Even if you lose against the Heart you’ll still unlock next ascension by beating 3rd Act Boss
Thank you NL so much for this video, I took my nectarines out of the fridge to let them ripen.
Biased Cognition is on Echo Form's level if you are evoking a lot of orbs. Even if you don't kill for 3 turns you're at +1/+2 focus which is a Defrag
Loving the StS vids
damn, halfway through the vid and he's gonna win in 15 minutes, he truly is the GOAT
Got a sweeping beam and electro - I don’t want to fight the mushrooms :(
Thought that thumbnail was a librarian video.
The old "Double Turbo so I have enough energy to play the cards that won't save me."
Slay the spire as the ascension get higher. He spitting!
oh hell yea the fruit banter is back and so am I, thank you for blessing me
this intro? real "any semi-advanced fruit? just got done with apples and feel ready to venture into the deep waters!" energy
Was gone for a few days. So glad to have a backlog of slay the spire now that im back
Clicked for the content. Stayed for the the thumbnail
Did you hire librarian to make this thumbnail.
goated thumbnail, giving jackbox games
he doesn't stop looking at where chat would be
On that first run a thunder strike would have been amazing pen nib necro and a million lightning
new tech tip you can transform the bites to get new colorless card if given a chance also the voids from a turbo with dead branch is a cool move
classic NL over valuing Energy relic into Birds combo.
strike dummy goes so hard act 1 especially when youve upgraded cost on zap/dualcast
This thumbnail is fucking fire and I wouldn't have clicked the video if it wasn't.
Holy shit, Geoguessr AND STS?! Today is amazing
Strike dummy when a strike genius walks in *gasp*
The easy heuristic is hit normal mobs in Act 1 and build damage. This gives you cards and gold for shops. Hit elites in act 2. This gives you relics, and you should be able to handle them with your Act 1 boss relic. Dodge everything in Act 3.
the amount of runs needed for each ascension is gonna be EXPONENTIAL
Echo form all the time!! Let’s go!
10:40 you aren't too mistaken, but I definitely would have just popped static and electro and finished the battle in one turn 😅
Hey NL, if you put a red Yankees cap on your channel avatar it would look like limp bizkit
Yay more STS ❤😮
if you get dead branch you really have to lock in to it and pick low cost exhaustables.
19:00 dead branch + corruption is crazy strong. Free skill cards generating potentially more free skill cards.
Corruption isn't a defect card he would need prismatic shard
@@alechickmott9132 oh i meant it's good in general, not specifically in this run
Let’s goooo, been waiting for another StS video
The thumbnail is amazing
ah, the classic situation of taking philosopher's stone and the first fight in act 2 is those damn birds
Absolute fire thumbnail
Grilled nectarines is a major tech
Nectarine redemption LET'S GO!!
My man out here bragging about his mother loving him
something to augment the character of my deck
a card
(foppish yet velvet tone) ohohhhh?
the jackbox guy is playing slay the spire lets goooooo
Wake up honey, new NL thumbnail style just dropped
Peanut butter+apricot preserves goes crazy
nice video as always but I would love to see other characters get played from time to time
Appreciated.
Very invested in the fruit saga
Hoooooooly rare thumbnail permutation
We’re gamers. Of course we’re back
love the thumbnail
GREAT thumbnail
NL developing new thumbnail meta, so pegged
Gonna be awesome when a new Binding of Isaac content gets stealth dropped and NL gets hooked on that for 6 months.
Please don’t abandon the series :prayge:
you know its going down when NL actually tries to make a thumbnail
Honey, the egg changed his thumbnail (must be from the thumb infection incident). Bring the kids, they gotta see this!
New thumbnail format lets go
First run hurt me. Refuses to remove strikes because of the sunk cost of strike dummy, takes mutagens instead of transforming the strikes THEN gets rid of the strikes anyways to clutter his deck with bites THEN takes necronomicon with no 2 cost attacks in his deck and then has the audacity to blame the run on not picking sozu instead of any of the huge act 2 mistakes.
especially when he didnt take slavers collar when he specifically wanted to fight elites
Blessed day
Thumbnail game on point
I’m loving the slay the spire videos but sense I’ve stuck to Isaac in the past it’s hard to keep up with the pace of play
At 10:40 not playing both powers was a misplay. Not a HUGE misplay. But a misplay nonetheless. Coulda finished in one turn with less damage because of the lightning orbs hitting every bird and channeling two lighting every hit. Think you kill in 3 hits at that rate