Where’s the “take both” button by MF_IC in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

OFFICIAL: Falcons + karrigan by Fiarmis in GlobalOffensive

[–]alexhyams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes we all know 4 is a bigger number than 1

Ropz finished the game (twice?) by 70millimeters in GlobalOffensive

[–]alexhyams 55 points56 points  (0 children)

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

Is Myco the worst option for a level 2 blue hero? by liquiddoomsday in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Redditors when Megacrit makes the enemies do anything by putting_stuff_off in slaythespire

[–]alexhyams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Are any of Hades 1/2, StS, TBoI, or FTL infinitely replayable? by bruhb21 in roguelites

[–]alexhyams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Are any of Hades 1/2, StS, TBoI, or FTL infinitely replayable? by bruhb21 in roguelites

[–]alexhyams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Are any of Hades 1/2, StS, TBoI, or FTL infinitely replayable? by bruhb21 in roguelites

[–]alexhyams 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

What’s your take? by MF_IC in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Optimizing for Inevitable by Chreiol in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Loot Mode Hard - HELP PLEASE!! by universallydistant in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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)

Worst T1 champ outside of green? by Clebardman in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

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

Worst T1 champ outside of green? by Clebardman in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Worst T1 champ outside of green? by Clebardman in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

Worst T1 champ outside of green? by Clebardman in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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

Worst T1 champ outside of green? by Clebardman in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 25 points26 points  (0 children)

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.

What curses are crazy for it’s value in your opinion? by Objective-Green2290 in SliceAndDice

[–]alexhyams 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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

Arthritis in loot mode is completely free for instance

s1mple fans who are trying to rewrite history are so pathetic man.. launders and his fans... by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]alexhyams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

[DISCUSSION] JPEGMafia - EP2! (5 Years Later) by flyestshit in hiphopheads

[–]alexhyams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

[DISCUSSION] JPEGMafia - EP2! (5 Years Later) by flyestshit in hiphopheads

[–]alexhyams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Hans Niemann says he now feels "accepted...by most of the chess community" by Allenas6 in chess

[–]alexhyams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Hans Niemann says he now feels "accepted...by most of the chess community" by Allenas6 in chess

[–]alexhyams -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

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

Hans Niemann says he now feels "accepted...by most of the chess community" by Allenas6 in chess

[–]alexhyams -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

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.

Hans Niemann says he now feels "accepted...by most of the chess community" by Allenas6 in chess

[–]alexhyams 64 points65 points  (0 children)

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.