Board 8 > Oh man Slay the Spire 4th character dropped yesterday

(+) Yeah! (+)

Along with other various updates/relics/cards/everything.

Might as well nominate this one for the contest while you're here.

(thx again @skullbone )

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Oh it's out of beta? Cool.
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switch too?

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Don't know about Switch, but it was the first thing I saw on steam this morning

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is it Dante?

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decided to give it a shot on game pass.
was a mistake as i've dumped over 30 hours in this thing.

Defect > Silent >> Ironclad

favorite Relic to get early on (that's not the eggs) is Shovel. with it both my runs through the heart were so easy.

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Snrkiko posted...

switch too?

Their twitter says there's going to be a "small delay" before it's on consoles too.

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I should buy this game shouldn't I

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maybe a stupid place to ask, but if you had to pick between this game and darkest dungeon, which do you prefer?

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Oh I just got this on switch. Hope this updates there soon

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The 4th character is interesting, not sure what the obvious build is yet. I tried a Scry build but it wasn't super successful.

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I'm having fun with a pressure points build so far in my first run
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I'm enjoying stance dancing so far, but I haven't quite locked in on a really good build yet

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I love the Watcher. Probably the hardest character to get into the rhythm of playing, but once you get used to entering and exiting Wrath at the right times it feels great. You can really pile on a shitload of damage and get some pretty impressive engines going. Probably my favorite character overall.

banananor posted...

maybe a stupid place to ask, but if you had to pick between this game and darkest dungeon, which do you prefer?

they're both great, but slay the spire is a bit more of a "just one more run" roguelike where you can have lots of fun in a casual way, while darkest dungeon is a bit more serious and kind of stressful. darkest dungeon requires a bit more understanding and mastery of the game systems, as well as more planning/management, i think.

(and i prefer slay the spire just because it's easier to play and more addictive to me)

Aecioo posted...

I should buy this game shouldn't I

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banananor posted...

maybe a stupid place to ask, but if you had to pick between this game and darkest dungeon, which do you prefer?

I find Darkest Dungeon to be more grueling and something I have to psyche myself up to play. It's not a bad thing, it's just very demanding. They're both highly playable games but I need to be in the right mindset for DD whereas Slay the Spire is something I can just pick up and play.

If you don't have Slay the Spire you can try it out on Game Pass for $1 (and if you like it buy it on Steam so you can mod it if you want)

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Getting stuck in Wrath mode and taking getting 1 shot for 70 damage is a big whoops

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Finally got a victory with Watcher using a hybrid Divinity/Pressure Points deck. Definitely a learning curve for me with the character, but I'm loving the new content. I try to be 1st on my friends list for fastest victories, but speed-running with Watcher is going to take me quite a while to get down correctly.

I like quite a few of the balance changes included with the update as well.

banananor posted...

maybe a stupid place to ask, but if you had to pick between this game and darkest dungeon, which do you prefer?

I much prefer Slay the Spire, but I don't have a ton of experience with DD. Just feels like less wasted when a run isn't going your way.

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aw yeah got my first Heart win with the Watcher

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I've never done a Heart run. Any tips?

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Well I think I know what I'm playing tonight

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Heart depends who it's with.
Done it with Silent and Defect. Did it on first or second run with Defect, the name of the game is orb spam. Beating the heart easily means 3 key things:

1) DPS
2) Minimal card usage or a lot of block (you take 1 damage every card played)
3) Strength reduction

Easiest run for it?
Get that ? Option where you trade half your life for 5 intangible cards on a Silent poison deck. With a couple Catalysts poison will blow through the heart and anything else with ease. You won't be fighting it for more than 6 turns most likely. Bear in mind the most damage you can do a turn is 300 so you're guaranteed to fight for 4 turns anyway. A shiv deck is possible but needs a loooot of block for the amount of spamming you're gonna do and if you ran into that act 3 boss who limits turn actions your run is probably ending there anyway. If poison ain't happening, Caltrops spam is great too, he's got an x12 attack with a low Strength modifier so you can get 0x12 easy, making for a hilarious result when you've 15 thorns on you. But it'll be longer and you can't fully rely on this.

Defect will take a bit more time usually but it'll be maxing out orbs asap, stacking focus boosts, and a lot of lightning with occasional dark.

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I had the relic that says "whenever you take damage, take 1 less" so I lucked out there.

Then I just went full Ragnarok on him.

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I feel like there can be sick vault combos but I would need to really study what she has first

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So I must have not actually cleared a standard run since official launch because I just beat it with ironclad and saw the 'end' screen for the first time?

also I did it on ascension 13 but it didnt bump it up after

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Finally won a game with the new character. I got 4 upgraded copies of the card that adds block when you're in calm mode (Flow Like Water or something) so I was getting 28 block a turn for free.

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Good day of Slay the Spire. Had a 17:28 run which is my new best, and then I was able to beat the 1st Ascension with The Watcher. Brilliance is crazy strong with a Mantra deck.

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when will the update hit on game pass?

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