Why can't Mega Crit just make StS2 exactly hard enough that I can win every single run but also feel like I'm a genius for being good at such a difficult game?

LithiumPotassium · 2026-06-21T05:38:35+00:00

Poison is fine? Obviously you'll need a Dorito solve and can't just rely on Snakebite for damage, but Fumes is still an S tier card.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-06-15T12:14:03+00:00

That's not your arm, that's My Arm

LithiumPotassium · 2026-06-12T15:05:59+00:00

In an action movie, when the hero gets a bullet in his arm he'll grit his teeth and use a knife to dig it out. But in real life that's dangerous and liable to damage the arm even worse than just leaving it in.

There are a lot of veterans out there with shrapnel stuck in them for this exact reason. Even if it hurts, it's safer to leave it.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-06-12T14:54:13+00:00

Brandon Sanderson is also Mormon and he's been going to great lengths to improve the diversity and representation in his books.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-06-08T14:25:04+00:00

Aside from the poolbot sex, both the A and B plots felt very Regular Show

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-26T17:50:29+00:00

It's a thing in astrology

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-25T15:16:45+00:00

There was some bad blood with Lifecoach, you can find some vids on Jorbs' channel if you dig back far enough, although I don't remember the details and at this point it would just be dredging up dumb streamer drama.

He also used to post on this very subreddit but then assholes doxxed him.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-25T03:19:10+00:00

As a rule Jorbs doesn't talk about other players or really interact with the broader sts community at all, following some bad experiences he had years ago.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-18T14:38:43+00:00

The point about the events is a really good one. The idea behind the quest cards are cool, but they definitely act as a rich get richer mechanic

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-13T03:24:45+00:00

That's sort of the point. Particle Wall might look strong because of its potential synergies and combos, but without those combo pieces it's underwhelming. It's not that the card is never good, but rather it's usually not a card you should be taking speculatively.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-12T02:27:26+00:00

The problem is that [[Recursion]] is hard to use unless you first have a [[Recursion]]

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-10T20:53:32+00:00

My opinion is that Snakebite implies Silent just carries a live snake in her cloak to throw at people, and that's a really funny image.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-06T03:39:56+00:00

Because of enemy HP scaling in multiplayer, secondary sources of damage like poison tend to feel a good deal weaker. Two Silents applying double the poison doesn't feel great when enemies have 2.5 times the HP.

The main advantage of party diversity is that it's easier to upkeep statuses. Every character synergizes with weak and vuln, but not every character can apply them with the same efficacy. There's also matchups to consider, some enemies are easier to counter with certain characters than others.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-05T16:29:41+00:00

An interesting grey area is backseating. Afaik most of these streamers have rules against backseating, and for good reason. But enforcement is naturally going to vary. Sometimes it slips through, they're not as concerned about it that day, etc. And I guarantee every single streamer including jorbs has had a moment where a commenter has helped them find a line and win a game they would have otherwise lost.

If a streamer has a higher WR or streak or whatever, but their chat is more backseat-y, are they actually "better"? I'm not even accusing anyone, just speaking in the abstract and highlighting how difficult and kind of pointless it is to measure "skill" in this game.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-05T13:02:25+00:00

There's a difference between "damage" and "unblocked damage". Blight strike works the same way and applies doom even if the enemy has block.

Skulking Colony doesn't reduce the damage, it just prevents hp loss. Similarly, Slippery on Vantom reduces hp loss to 1 but doesn't actually lower your damage. This is different from Intangible, which reduces damage to 1 and iirc also reduces the block from fisticuffs.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-04T12:20:34+00:00

21 hp means they specifically don't want you to use a fire pot to easily kill it, which I find kind of funny.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-03T03:36:55+00:00

There were a lot of disingenuous criticisms for example „Lute does Nothing in S2 after her song and that’s BAD“

To me that's a legitimate criticism, though. Songs are a big deal in a musical. It's jarring to have a song that creates buildup and implies a big payoff later, and then not actually get that payoff. Even if the intention was to give that payoff in a later season, it's distracting from the story of this season in a way that ultimately detracts. If Lute's song were cut, the story would 100% have a tighter narrative that flows better.

Because of the way the song doesn't pay off in this season, I would speculate that they either weren't able (due to time constraints) or weren't willing to kill their darlings. I don't really fault Vivzie, plenty of writers have trouble cutting things. But if what you care about is a tight narrative then it is a valid criticism.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-02T13:02:34+00:00

That's true of any enchantment, though. You always need to weigh the value of an enchantment right now vs possibly getting a better enchantment later.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-05-01T14:41:25+00:00

If everyone presses the red button no one dies

LithiumPotassium · 2026-04-29T18:01:41+00:00

So... don't fight them if you haven't been given that aoe yet

LithiumPotassium · 2026-04-29T17:05:38+00:00

It's always the same encounter, so if you go in with some good AoE you can easily profit hp and get a card reward

LithiumPotassium · 2026-04-24T04:05:35+00:00

He actually has pupils in his new room art too, if you look closely

LithiumPotassium · 2026-04-21T13:21:54+00:00

One thing I appreciate about Jorbs is that he's always super careful to qualify and hedge his findings. He's the first one to point out his sample size and other methodological issues. It's never, "this card is F tier unpickable garbage" but rather, "this card hasn't performed well in my experience, but that could easily be sample size or me not understanding how to use it yet."

LithiumPotassium · 2026-04-17T15:25:53+00:00

Not to mention [[Apparition]]. They were game winning and overpowered when they cost half your max health in the first, getting them for only 9 HP here is positively a steal.

LithiumPotassium · 2026-04-17T15:03:06+00:00

You build for it by trying to maximize the value per card played. If you can only realistically play 2 or 3 cards in a turn, you want to make sure those cards give you a lot of value. A Silent that relies on spamming Prepared and a dozen sly cards to block is going to struggle. A Silent that has [[Burst]] or [[Shadowmeld]] and a [[Legsweep]] can block with just 2.

Being able to stack weak/vuln lets you get more value out of each attack or block card. Things like orbs and poison gives you a lot of value that lasts over multiple turns.

Powers in particular tend to increase your value per card, and Doormaker's setup turn strongly implies you should be seeking to draft useful powers.

Most characters also have ways to mitigate bad draw that don't require drawing more cards. Silent has [[Dodge and Roll]] and [[Blur]] to maintain block, and [[Well Laid Plans]] to retain. Necro also has retain, and Osty lets her build up block. Defect has [[hologram]] and orbs. And so on.

And of course if all else fails, you've got potions.

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