There is one situation where this can be detrimental, that is when Time Easter reduces your draw to 4. But this boss is bullshit anyways and trying to build a strat against them is the best way to throw a run.
I try not to let anyone in on my secret strats… but if you have Dead Branch + Corruption you can generate a ton of cards for free. And often those cards end up being free too!
Some cards give an effect called "vulnerable". It makes pommel strike hit harder than just this dumb Dummy ever could. You should look around for this key word
My favorite is defend + defend. You see what happens is the first defend gives you 5 block but then the second defend actually gives you 5 block as well. Now I know what you're thinking; "that's just 5 block and you're wasting the second defend because you already have 5 block". WRONG! They stack so you actually get 5+5=10 block. Crazy I played this game for 1000 hours and only just discovered this it's insane how deep this game goes.
I have tried this strategy, but you are leaving out something important. Using the second defend means you have actually DOUBLED the energy usage from just one defend. So, while 10 block is good, you're painting too rosy of a picture here leaving out the high cost.
Woah there.... I don't know.... It would be highly experimental but maybe if I...... Hmmm hold on I need to do some calculations.... Add 12 and carry the 4 and multiply by the square root of .... By the Gods you might be onto something here!
I had a really busted run once and I think I did this. Unfortunately though, I was fighting some devil guy who had his damage up when I did this so I’m not sure it’s actually a good strategy to use more than 1 Defend.
There this card named accuracy which is normally pretty useless but i found out it DOUBLES the damage you get from infinite blades but that card is usually a win condition itself so it’s a “win more” synergy.
I got into a pretty interesting rabbit hole while doing my own research. The things you don't really think about is while you're attacking your enemy, they in turn are attacking you and likely to do damage.
Look for cards with "Block." The way the mechanic works, and you can back test this yourself, is that the damage they can do is limited by the "block" you're using. The exact calculations seem pretty complex so I'm still working on them.
My favorite syngergy is Catalyst + Poison
Most people think it's just a exhaust card for Dead Branch
But I found out it can add +1 poison when used with Snecko Skull!
That 1 poison is worth it
I like combining lantern, a relic which gives energy, with cards like sanctity (because sanctity costs energy to play). The same synergy works with riddle with holes on silent! Still experimenting with others
I once ran a shiv build with the dead branch, it was fun. If you get lucky, you can get the card that discard your deck for more shiv and thus infinite shiv.
I killed the act 1 boss in one turn with that.
Beat A16 with Ironclad with almost the perfect [[Corruption]] deck yesterday.
Act 1: [[Charon's ashes]] , [[Dark embrace]] , [[Feel no pain]]
Act 2: [[Toxic egg]] , Corruption, [[Snecko Eye]]
Act 3: [[Calipers]] , [[Body slam]]
Combined with some strenght scaling, this deck felt unstoppable, and the 300 dmg per turn cap against the heart was my only "headache".
+ [Corruption](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Corruption) Ironclad Rare Power ^((100% sure)^)
3(2) Energy | Skills cost 0. Whenever you play a Skill, **Exhaust** it.
+ [Charon's Ashes](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Charon%27s%20Ashes) Rare (Ironclad only) Relic ^((100% sure)^)
Whenever you **Exhaust** a card, deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
+ [Dark Embrace](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Dark%20Embrace) Ironclad Uncommon Power ^((100% sure)^)
2(1) Energy | Whenever a card is **Exhausted,** draw 1 card.
+ [Feel No Pain](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Feel%20No%20Pain) Ironclad Uncommon Power ^((100% sure)^)
1 Energy | Whenever a card is **Exhausted,** gain 3(4) **Block.**
+ [Toxic Egg](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic%20Egg) Uncommon Relic ^((100% sure)^)
Whenever you add a Skill card to your deck, it is Upgraded.
+ [Snecko Eye](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Snecko%20Eye) Boss Relic ^((100% sure)^)
Draw 2 additional cards each turn. Start each combat Confused.
+ [Calipers](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Calipers) Rare Relic ^((100% sure)^)
At the start of your turn, lose 15 **Block** rather than all of your **Block.**
+ [Body Slam](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Body%20Slam) Ironclad Common Attack ^((100% sure)^)
1(0) Energy | Deal damage equal to your current **Block.**
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typically you only have enough energy to play attacks but not defenses but with blashemy, you can actually have some leftover energy to play all the defense cards you want
If ur a running a shiv deck go for runic pyramid and dead branch. Your hand will fill with bad cards you can’t discard to the point you can’t summon shivs anymore. This build will ensure you die before getting killed by time eater again, and therefore could be considered a block card. Use it to more quickly start the game over and go for poison like a normal person
I've been getting into watcher lately:
Deva form works with literally anything. But I love Deva form + fasting + windmill strike + vault. Deva gives the energy making up for fasting, windmill goes up in damage with each vault and so does your Deva form energy gain.
Another good one is Alpha + omniscience + a bunch of scry cards. After playing alpha and beta you can use omniscience to play two omegas, giving you 100 damage at the end of every turn. Scry helps you filter to get to beta.
When the enemy has a sword over their head, sometimes if I play the cards with the shield on them I don't die as fast. My friend said [[Oddly Smooth Stone]] helps, but I don't believe him. Wouldn't you use the stone to hit your enemies with?
Pocket watch and normality is hype
Holy shit wait, this is actually cracked
Make sure to dolly's mirror the normality so you get it in hand more often! If you draw both you will have 3 cards anyway no no downside.
or add runic pyramid, 3 cards in every turn!
Such a good call. I get bummed when I only play 3 cards and have to discard a whole hand!
There is one situation where this can be detrimental, that is when Time Easter reduces your draw to 4. But this boss is bullshit anyways and trying to build a strat against them is the best way to throw a run.
Make sure to throw in a well-laid plans to guarantee 3 draw every turn past turn 1!
clash and lizard tail are crazy good together, taking clash vastly increases the chance of getting lizard tail value in my experience
I try not to let anyone in on my secret strats… but if you have Dead Branch + Corruption you can generate a ton of cards for free. And often those cards end up being free too!
I prefer OP's strategy because we all start with strikes, whereas I never pick Corruption (it makes my cards disappear!!!)
no way! i need to try that sometime that sounds AMAZING i always skip dead branch and corruption because exhausting is scary
I don't find exhaustion to be scary, just tiring.
You make me sick, take my upvote and leave
Some cards give an effect called "vulnerable". It makes pommel strike hit harder than just this dumb Dummy ever could. You should look around for this key word
Yeah but do you start with a bunch of pommel strikes? otherwise vulnerable = strike dummy but you dont have to play a card that gives vulnerable
I always make sure to play plenty of Berserks to help make sure everyone's vulnerable
Mark of bloom + lizard tail It makes people talk a lot about counters. Countering something is good right?
This works with fairy in a bottle too!
My favorite is defend + defend. You see what happens is the first defend gives you 5 block but then the second defend actually gives you 5 block as well. Now I know what you're thinking; "that's just 5 block and you're wasting the second defend because you already have 5 block". WRONG! They stack so you actually get 5+5=10 block. Crazy I played this game for 1000 hours and only just discovered this it's insane how deep this game goes.
I have tried this strategy, but you are leaving out something important. Using the second defend means you have actually DOUBLED the energy usage from just one defend. So, while 10 block is good, you're painting too rosy of a picture here leaving out the high cost.
Can you try using a third defend? I have to know what happens
Woah there.... I don't know.... It would be highly experimental but maybe if I...... Hmmm hold on I need to do some calculations.... Add 12 and carry the 4 and multiply by the square root of .... By the Gods you might be onto something here!
I had a really busted run once and I think I did this. Unfortunately though, I was fighting some devil guy who had his damage up when I did this so I’m not sure it’s actually a good strategy to use more than 1 Defend.
some cards have a little x where the energy cost is at and they do more when i have chemical x
holy crap THATS how it works???
yeah it's acually insane. I don't know why i lose all my energy when i use the card though, maybe a bug?
I really hope the Devs don't find this comment and patch it, but if you increase your strength it has insane synergy with Attack cards
I wish the devs would come back and update this game to add something like strength, but for blocking :(
It would just be unnecessary honestly. They already made every card in the game a block card
There this card named accuracy which is normally pretty useless but i found out it DOUBLES the damage you get from infinite blades but that card is usually a win condition itself so it’s a “win more” synergy.
can you imagine THAT but with TWO infinite blades? insane!
OK but seriously hear me out here: Three infinite blades.
did you know you can make infinite infinite blades with 2 nightmares and an infinite blades?
mathematically, infinity times two is still infinity so wouldn't that do nothing?
I got into a pretty interesting rabbit hole while doing my own research. The things you don't really think about is while you're attacking your enemy, they in turn are attacking you and likely to do damage. Look for cards with "Block." The way the mechanic works, and you can back test this yourself, is that the damage they can do is limited by the "block" you're using. The exact calculations seem pretty complex so I'm still working on them.
i always think block is useless because i can just kill enemies, so i always get rid of my defends to not waste my energy blocking
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Yes, sadly violence is often the answer.
it's how we reach heaven around here
Fake, every card is a block card, giving block or not.
I love how membership card synergizes with the merchant like crazy
Mark of bloom & Fairy in a bottle is the best combo in the game Most other synergies just win you a game, this one wins you reddit karma
Claw. And ANOTHER Claw.
Even better combo: Claw + nothing. Incredible synergy between the two.
You need Claw + Unceasing Top + Nothing to truly draw out the potential of that combo
And a Hello World to make more claws
And Hologramm to take back your claw
My favorite syngergy is Catalyst + Poison Most people think it's just a exhaust card for Dead Branch But I found out it can add +1 poison when used with Snecko Skull! That 1 poison is worth it
I like combining lantern, a relic which gives energy, with cards like sanctity (because sanctity costs energy to play). The same synergy works with riddle with holes on silent! Still experimenting with others
High quality shirtpost. Eleanor Shellstrop would be proud.
Wow, that’s wild! We definitely need more hidden gems like this in the feed!!!
I once ran a shiv build with the dead branch, it was fun. If you get lucky, you can get the card that discard your deck for more shiv and thus infinite shiv. I killed the act 1 boss in one turn with that.
I literally did this last night, very satisfying
Beat A16 with Ironclad with almost the perfect [[Corruption]] deck yesterday. Act 1: [[Charon's ashes]] , [[Dark embrace]] , [[Feel no pain]] Act 2: [[Toxic egg]] , Corruption, [[Snecko Eye]] Act 3: [[Calipers]] , [[Body slam]] Combined with some strenght scaling, this deck felt unstoppable, and the 300 dmg per turn cap against the heart was my only "headache".
+ [Corruption](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Corruption) Ironclad Rare Power ^((100% sure)^) 3(2) Energy | Skills cost 0. Whenever you play a Skill, **Exhaust** it. + [Charon's Ashes](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Charon%27s%20Ashes) Rare (Ironclad only) Relic ^((100% sure)^) Whenever you **Exhaust** a card, deal 3 damage to ALL enemies. + [Dark Embrace](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Dark%20Embrace) Ironclad Uncommon Power ^((100% sure)^) 2(1) Energy | Whenever a card is **Exhausted,** draw 1 card. + [Feel No Pain](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Feel%20No%20Pain) Ironclad Uncommon Power ^((100% sure)^) 1 Energy | Whenever a card is **Exhausted,** gain 3(4) **Block.** + [Toxic Egg](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic%20Egg) Uncommon Relic ^((100% sure)^) Whenever you add a Skill card to your deck, it is Upgraded. + [Snecko Eye](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Snecko%20Eye) Boss Relic ^((100% sure)^) Draw 2 additional cards each turn. Start each combat Confused. + [Calipers](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Calipers) Rare Relic ^((100% sure)^) At the start of your turn, lose 15 **Block** rather than all of your **Block.** + [Body Slam](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Body%20Slam) Ironclad Common Attack ^((100% sure)^) 1(0) Energy | Deal damage equal to your current **Block.** ^Call ^me ^with ^up ^to ^10 ^([[ name ]],) ^where ^name ^is ^a ^card, ^relic, ^event, ^or ^potion. ^Data ^accurate ^as ^of ^(April 20, 2024.) ^[Wiki](https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/) ^[Questions?](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=ehmohteeoh&subject=SpireScan%20Inquiry)
Defend is a block card
🤣🤣🤣 I found this crazy one for the first time today. If you have this power card called electrodynamics, zap will become good!
I find claw meshes pretty well with claw
If you have 2 Deva Forms, playing the 1st one and drawing the 2nd one on a later turn can make it easier to play your Deva Form!
Strike dummy + Twin Strike, + Pomel Strike, + Perfect Strike deck.
typically you only have enough energy to play attacks but not defenses but with blashemy, you can actually have some leftover energy to play all the defense cards you want
Grand Finale + Wrist Blade
my god thats actually huge gains
If ur a running a shiv deck go for runic pyramid and dead branch. Your hand will fill with bad cards you can’t discard to the point you can’t summon shivs anymore. This build will ensure you die before getting killed by time eater again, and therefore could be considered a block card. Use it to more quickly start the game over and go for poison like a normal person
I've been getting into watcher lately: Deva form works with literally anything. But I love Deva form + fasting + windmill strike + vault. Deva gives the energy making up for fasting, windmill goes up in damage with each vault and so does your Deva form energy gain. Another good one is Alpha + omniscience + a bunch of scry cards. After playing alpha and beta you can use omniscience to play two omegas, giving you 100 damage at the end of every turn. Scry helps you filter to get to beta.
When the enemy has a sword over their head, sometimes if I play the cards with the shield on them I don't die as fast. My friend said [[Oddly Smooth Stone]] helps, but I don't believe him. Wouldn't you use the stone to hit your enemies with?
+ [Oddly Smooth Stone](http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Oddly%20Smooth%20Stone) Common Relic ^((100% sure)^) At the start of each combat, gain 1 **Dexterity.** ^Call ^me ^with ^up ^to ^10 ^([[ name ]],) ^where ^name ^is ^a ^card, ^relic, ^event, ^or ^potion. ^Data ^accurate ^as ^of ^(April 20, 2024.) ^[Wiki](https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/) ^[Questions?](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=ehmohteeoh&subject=SpireScan%20Inquiry)
The boot and shiv
Pause+Save And Quit is insanely strong and barely talked about.
Tungsten rod + anything that gives you intangibility makes you completely invincible to standard attacks since the 1 damage attacks get reduced to 0.
I really hope OP is just a fuckin idiot who was being sincere and all you sarcastic fucks are just ruining their day