Slay the Spire

No ascension level but I've been struggling with this boss for a while so it was pretty satisfying to finally get a victory.

I had a few bad runs in a row including a really terrible one right before this. So I wasn't expecting much when I started a new run and picked the max HP boost out of the two options.

But then this seed just handed me a great shiv deck right from the start. Blade Dance from my first fight on floor 1, Accuracy from my second fight on floor 4, plus another Blade Dance I bought from the shop on floor 5. By floor 12 I was up to 3 Blade Dances with 2 of them upgraded, a Storm of Steel, and a Ninja Scroll relic. Shivs out the wazoo, not to mention the Bronze Thorns on floor 2 when I got the relic in the first try in that event that lets you sacrifice health for a chance to get a relic.

Despite the solid start, I was starting to get a little worried in the back half of Act 3. Between the Ninja Scroll and the high likelihood of 1 or more Blade Dance+ in my hand, the difference between drawing Accuracy+ in my starting hand or not was huge. I was so worried about it I even bought Lee's Waffle at a shop before Donu and Deca because I forgot that the Pantograph was already going to heal me before the boss.

Fortunately I drew the Accuracy+ turn 1 against the Sword and Shield. And just proceeded to wreck them. This deck felt really strong if the Accuracy+ came out early but a bad draw against the Heart would ruin me.

That's where the Bottled Lightning and Bottled Tornado earned from the S&S fight saved the day. Guaranteed a turn 1 Accuracy+ and Blade Dance+ which was a big improvement. But was this deck really strong enough for the Heart? I managed to do some solid damage from the get go but I was concerned about my survivability. The shields let me survive the first few rounds but I eventually needed to use the Wraith Form+. Time to do or die, kill the Heart before the Intangible wears out or lose.

But, alas, the Wraith Form+ wore off before I could deliver the final blow. Not even very close. 48 incoming damage and I only had 44 HP. It was a good run but once again the Heart had defea—hold up, I have Bronze Thorns and an active Caltrops+ and the boss is doing a 4x12 attack! Is this enough to kill the Heart before it kills me?

Well, yes, you already know from the post title. The retaliatory damage managed to take out the Heart before it killed me. I was very excited to have finally accomplished this. After so many attempts that I thought had a chance but eventually failed, it's very satisfying to be able to pull out this win.

Anyway, thanks for reading! Off to higher ascension levels for me now!

I'm not often a fan of Dead Branch runs because of how unpredictable they can be but this run was fueled by Shivs with the Shurikan and Kunai relics generating a ton of strength and dexterity so I was really just trying to play as many cards as possible every turn and see what fun Dead Branch created! Picking up an early Apotheosis certainly didn't hurt either as it meant I was happy to get Fusion Hammer for the extra energy per turn!

One of my favorites was a Defect deck which used seeks, double energy, and a dark orb to one shot Deca & Donu on turn one. Hearing the orb go off like 60 times was incredible.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6727515

> I've been playing StS again recently and have been doing some more fanart for the characters! This one is the WIP I currently have for the Watcher! > > Keep an eye out for other works in progress and finished pieces!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6701726

> I've been playing Slay the Spire again recently and wanted to make some more fanart. > > This one is for the Ironclad. I’ve also got the Watcher and the Silent doodled out and ready to post in the next few days. > > Here is the Defect as well! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6701622

What character were you playing as and what combination of cards/relics made it so satisfying?

For me, I just had a (unfortunately unsuccessful) run as the silent which consistently generated 7 or 8 energy per turn because of [Hovering Kite] and [Tools of the Trade] as well as 2 copies of [Tactician] and [Acrobatics]. All this energy I was pouring into [Poisoned Stab] and [Bouncing Flask] and just generally having a very good time poisoning the hell out of everyone and trying to generate enough defence with an [After Image] to turtle my way to victory in every fight. My deck unfortunately struggled with AoE and eventually I fell to the Scourge of all singular-target-focused decks, Reptomancer.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6716721

> I've been playing Slay the Spire again recently and wanted to do some more fanart for the characters in it! Here is the WIP I have for the silent!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6716707

> cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6716705 > > > The finished version of my latest Defect fanart! I'll probably be doing one for the other three as well in the days to come!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6701622

> I’ve been playing Slay the Spire again recently and decided I wanted to do some more fanart for it. Here’s the Defect so far! > > I’ve also got the Watcher, Silent, and Ironclad done, but I’ll post those in the coming days!

Boy do I feel stupid...

It's a pretty sweet deck when I could create a 1 cost card that deals triple-digit damage, and it's totally unnecessary.

I'm going to start running a daily discussion around cards, relics, enemies etc. just as they do on the subreddit. I figured the format is good so we can just copy it and tweak if needed. Let me know if you'd like something else from these discussions

Demon Form (Power)

Energy Cost: 3

At the end of your turn, gain 2 (Upgraded: 3) Strength

(Strength: Buff. Increases attack damage by 1 for each point of Strength.)

Wiki Link: http://slay-the-spire.wikia.com/wiki/Demon_Form

I was pretty sure mine was Ironclad. But recently I've forced myself to play Defect a lot and I'm really enjoying him again.

Personal rankings go:

• Ironclad
• Silent / Defect
• Watcher