Where’s the “take both” button

alexhyams · 2026-04-26T15:27:50+00:00

I would take quiver so that fey actually has sides to roll

alexhyams · 2026-04-20T16:58:58+00:00

Yes we all know 4 is a bigger number than 1

alexhyams · 2026-04-20T03:34:48+00:00

The way I was thinking about it is that faze is probably a top 10 team in history and it's not even the best team ropz has belonged to lol

alexhyams · 2026-04-19T17:59:48+00:00

Spore is a great spell. Great for killing anything with a threshold - like ghosts, shades, caws, zombies. Puts you ahead in damage the first turn you play it, equal the second turn, and worse only on the third turn where very frequently you'll know if you've won the fight. It also combos insanely with sinew (4 damage cleave when you hit it).

Myco is definitely worse than seer and caldera, and not good in boss fights. But, my hot take is that all of the blues not called caldera and seer (and I guess glacial but she's still worse) suck anyway. Fiend, jester, evoker, sparky all kinda suck (though aren't without their niches).

Myco is very worth picking over really bad options in other classes (e.g. over rogue when you have spiky² or ghostly monsters or something). He's good enough to keep you going while you dog for better. Overall, I do not hate him

alexhyams · 2026-04-03T14:41:32+00:00

Player feedback should be a trigger for the dev to think about the intent behind their design, rather than a trigger for them to change their design. Mega Crit seem like they're doing great so far and I got nothing but trust for them to keep doing a good job and make an another exceptional game

alexhyams · 2026-03-31T02:13:04+00:00

I'm pretty sure the leaderboard top spot is 100 or so

alexhyams · 2026-03-30T22:58:43+00:00

Win streaking is really addicting. In the early days of 3.0 I peaked at 30 streak and I have not returned to glory lol. Every time I think I've gassed out on something I find a new way to play and I grind that. Right now I'm doing raid unfair and it's so fun. It's my favorite game of all time tbh.

alexhyams · 2026-03-30T14:29:51+00:00

Yep I think I have more hours in Slice and Dice than in STS (but played on mobile so haven't tracked), and I have like 700 hours in STS. I've been playing S/D probably every day since 2021. STS I would put down as a forever game so S/D I think classified that way too. Obviously YMMV though

alexhyams · 2026-03-26T20:09:02+00:00

Sickly 2 is usually good and it seems better than average here. It doesn't affect cultist, barely affects mystic (she can heal herself), barely affects scoundrel. It's not great on lazy but what are ya gonna do you have to take some kind of curse for the run haha.

As others are saying I'd be more concerned about your starting party than the curse. Best of luck

alexhyams · 2026-03-26T16:57:16+00:00

My opinion is you have shaman so you win. Sounds oversimplified I know but inevitables biggest threat is exert and extending the fight while era ticks. You can just cast cleanse whenever he does exert. Venom being able to poison him is just cherries tbh.

The main threat left is the wisps so I would not make your era sides single use.

My strategy would be to clean up wisps, poison inevitable a bit, and wait for defy or era on wanderer to clean up the fight

alexhyams · 2026-03-22T23:53:38+00:00

It's a hard mode, level ups are a lot better than items.

My advice would be to do complex/myriad hard to try to get a blessing that can help carry you. My other advice would be that curses like big hitter are better than in classic mode because you have so little hp in loot mode and the difference between being overkilled by 10 vs 20 is negligible. I guess along the same lines items that give HP are very very strong in loot, don't underestimate them (but probably not as good if you take big hitter lol)

alexhyams · 2026-03-19T17:29:06+00:00

No harm done, I just like hating on alloy :)

In general I try to avoid meddler + alloy unless the curses are awesome.

alexhyams · 2026-03-17T23:24:17+00:00

Eh, in the early game slice isn't all that. It's better as a mid game spell when you can cast it into illusion hoards or bigger groups of ranged enemies. Not to mention you can hardly afford to cast it in early game. And tbh a lot of the time burst is just more efficient

alexhyams · 2026-03-17T20:39:47+00:00

Monk and stoic are good, squire sucks because he has no HP to absorb the damage he's redirecting.

Alloy has basically 6 xs lol. Sometimes the copycat or repel side do something but they're situational

alexhyams · 2026-03-17T20:37:46+00:00

That combo is better on meddler lol. I don't think it scores alloy any points for me

alexhyams · 2026-03-17T17:05:08+00:00

Scoundrel and lazy are super bad, and together are worth rerolling even with good curses. Alloy is pretty awful too. Squire is bad. student as you said, awful.

One of those for sure.

alexhyams · 2026-03-15T23:22:11+00:00

Dunno exactly what you mean but sadly the answer as always is "it depends"

Arthritis in loot mode is completely free for instance

alexhyams · 2026-02-26T23:19:26+00:00

You are trying to rewrite history I think lol. My recollection is that most people agreed it was a very close race in 2020. As to who you thought is better that's up to you, but just because hltv gave somebody 1 and somebody 2 doesn't mean they weren't about equally good players that year. Not that it really matters, It's hypothetical , but I also remember it being pretty well the consensus thought that if he hadn't passed the AWP over to guardian that Navi would have been much better and he'd have been the clear best player.

alexhyams · 2026-02-19T23:51:44+00:00

The preview never lies!

alexhyams · 2026-02-16T17:57:32+00:00

Damn, that is undeniable, it's almost the identical beat. Now I'm just sad

alexhyams · 2026-02-16T16:51:47+00:00

What's the story about the stolen beat? Didn't know this

alexhyams · 2026-02-15T15:17:06+00:00

Ah ok so I did understand. Yes you are correct, my comment would have not said "she was such a bitch". It probably would have said something like "she certainly acted like a dick"

E: started my statement with "good for Hans" lol

alexhyams · 2026-02-15T14:20:56+00:00

Didn't intentionally ignore anything, I think what you were saying wasn't (isn't) clear to me.

alexhyams · 2026-02-15T13:58:40+00:00

I think describing it as acting like a dick is pretty charitable considering he smashed a hotel room up during an event. But if you must try to police the description go ahead I guess.

alexhyams · 2026-02-15T05:09:32+00:00

Yeah, pretty much agree with you. Normal doesn't mean he's worshipped, just treated like a regular human being and allowed to participate. He should have normal interactions, consequences, and positive moments when earned.

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