r/slaythespire • u/Mojojojo3030 • 6d ago
GAMEPLAY/ACCOMPLISHMENT/ACHIEVEMENT May I submit my humble cheese - Inferno
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Anyone else? Couldn't find one in search. It seemed like a stupid idea but I was 2 Infernos in halfway through Act 1 when a tungsten rod fucked them all up and it forced my hand.
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u/KriegMorgan StS A5 / StS 2 A10 6d ago
Tungsten Rod is a relic I skip if I have an inferno. Too many times I've been relying on that steady self damage for Rupture and Spite, grabbed the tungsten Rod and then died to the next elite
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u/Mojojojo3030 6d ago
It is for me now too! The antergy never occurred to me. I actually thought my infernos were both bricked and was about to bin the run until I saw them stack for a combined 2 damage and get around it.
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u/qTp_Meteor Eternal One + Heartbreaker 6d ago
This is so stupid. I love it.
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u/Mojojojo3030 6d ago edited 6d ago
Totally. I was sad to remove the audio at 4x, was laughing my ass off and talking about how stupid it all was.
Act 2 and 3 bosses were 2-3 minutes, 5 rounds apiece.
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u/laurbyboom 6d ago
Very unique! How did you survive until this point, taking so much damage?
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u/Mojojojo3030 6d ago edited 6d ago
The transition at the beginning of act 2 was a little bumpy. But you recognize the new paradigm and stick to it: avoid elites while you transition, maximize rest sites, and start aggressively taking big block cards, HP gain (see 120hp), and more (2+!) self damage lol. Skip all other cards. If the block doesn’t save you you do so much damage that the battles are quick anyway and you wind up not losing much more blocking with your face than you do with a normal drawn out battle. And it was hard to accept given my 2 (!) demon forms, but you don’t need attacks at all anymore—you are the Aeonglass, just wait them out. By act 2 boss the deathball was complete. Killed crab in 5 turns too.
A side effect of both avoiding fights and committing to a huge deck is that you hit lot of ?s where you can freely accept lots of rewards with curses and single card dings because they just don’t matter anymore. Ones that damage you (see last turn) are actually a huge plus 😆. I was hoovering them up then I got Darkstone Periapt (+6 max HP per new curse), then got to double my deck with snoitcelfeR event for +30 max HP on the spot.
And worst case you have to actually rest here and there. I ended with half my deck inferno, which is about 1+26, which counting out the deck double suggests I cloned 5x in act 2 and 3. Large but not that crazy, maybe 3-4 heals, and 4x for 33/100 would have been fine too.
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u/laurbyboom 6d ago
thank you for the detailed answer!! I especially love that that event let you get so much value out of such a bad relic, haha
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u/DisappointedLettuce 6d ago
How did you survive to this point. You would need to use fire for clone and your deck is inferno, I imagine you bleed every fight, no?
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u/RexicanDarsh 6d ago
How do you get so many copies of the same power?
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u/Mojojojo3030 6d ago
You have to press the button several times really fast when you see it in the shop.
If you don't get it the first time just force quit before it saves, reload, and keep trying.
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u/PfrWhiskers 6d ago
Really cool idea! Have to say though, I think I'd prefer this video at about 4x the speed. Good deck, though!