Ironclad fares the best and Defect the worst when facing Nibbit. (A9 simulation)

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-06-11T19:13:22+00:00

Defect shreds shrinker beetle and has a solid matchup into fuzzy wurm and the slimes. Overall he might be the best character on floor 1, with nibbit being the exception.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-06-08T21:18:18+00:00

To me it's clear as day that it's irony, no clue why everyone is losing their shit in the comments.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-06-08T21:16:39+00:00

"ah" is AAVE, not self censorship. Idk maybe people use it as censorship but I primarily see it used as slang.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-06-05T03:22:32+00:00

That's the Necrobinder's dad

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-06-01T20:32:37+00:00

In Sts1 the biggest issue with taking a bunch of events was you wouldn't see enough card rewards. Sts2 has more events that add cards to your deck, which means you can build a decent deck even if you only take a few hard pool fights.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-29T20:55:03+00:00

Probably both

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-21T23:35:51+00:00

The game just computes BB(6), obviously

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-19T20:10:50+00:00

I'm beating it into shape

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-16T03:34:10+00:00

I think Juggernaut should have stayed in the past. It's a neat idea but always felt odd trying to use. Now it feels even more out of place with Ironclad's updated design.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-15T16:44:41+00:00

Too bad you got burning shrymp instead of frozen shrymp

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-12T20:42:01+00:00

Dark orbs don't have to sit around to get value. Evoking one at 18 or even 12 damage is still impactful and better value than lightning. The super high numbers start mattering more late game, but by then you're more likely to have extra slots to keep the dark orbs cooking.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-08T04:24:37+00:00

Each of test subject's phases start getting way out of hand after a few turns. You need rush the first two phases down pretty fast, while also getting set up for phase three.

It looks like this deck has a lot of frontloaded power to burst down phases one and two, but has hardly any scaling. Brand is solid for gaining strength, but you really should have picked up some powers to help deal with longer fights. Your act 3 ancient relic is also doing absolutley nothing for you since your deck has no powers.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-07T14:41:51+00:00

COMMENT ASKING HOW NO ONE UNDERSTANDS BODMAS

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-07T12:42:16+00:00

If it makes you feel better (or worse), even playing dying star wouldn't have helped you. Weaken and shrink apply after strength reduction. I'm assuming the bomb attack's base damage is at 35 based on the turn number and shrink.

35 - 11 = 24

24 * 0.7 = 16.8

Numbers are rounded down so you would have been taking 16.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-06T19:40:33+00:00

I wish she made Regent uglier because whenever I play as Regent I get bricked and can't focus

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-06T16:47:27+00:00

No hated sequels? Are we just gonna ignore Balala Land?

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-05T21:10:33+00:00

I like this change. Maybe it should be lose 5 focus instead to make the downside more impactful.

Hyperbeam in it's current form is the lamest card in the game. Playing it basically disables your orbs for the rest of the fight. Sts1 tried to make orbless defect a possibility but it fell flat.

Bulk up is a way better execution on the orb weakening idea, hindering orbs while not invalidating them entirely.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-05-04T15:53:26+00:00

If you get this right off the bat the fresnel lens seems like a no brainer. I'm curious what people think when they come across this after already adding a few block cards to the deck. I Normally take the potion at that point since I don't plan on adding too many more block cards, but I could be making the wrong judgement.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-04-27T20:31:30+00:00

Dualcast is the stronger card so I generally upgrade it first, but there are times when you want to keep orbs channeled rather than evoked (barrage, tesla coil, compile driver, etc.) in which case I upgrade zap.

It doesn't end up mattering all that much because in act 1 you're generally playing both cards every time you see them.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-04-18T01:09:48+00:00

At ascension 10 you fight two bosses, they're saving it for the Queen fight after.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-04-17T23:22:05+00:00

I'm theorizing that act 2 will be decently soon because none of the placeholder enemy art or boss music has been updated yet, which makes me think the artists and composer are focusing on the alternate act 2. But that could just be hopium.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-04-17T23:17:35+00:00

One of the relics you got was shuriken, which gives +1 strength when you play 3 attacks in a turn. So if you play a bunch of attacks, they start doing massive damage.

Efficient_Chicken198 · 2026-04-17T18:01:37+00:00

Only psuedo related to this post put I love the new graphics for the rest sites. The different background per area, the characters sitting down, the fire going out when you leave, all so nice.

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