r/slaythespire • u/A_Certain_Surprise • Oct 10 '24

META Xecnar attempts to continue his rotating A20H streak to 25 Spoiler

...and loses to Awakened One as The Silent!

What a phenomincal achievment. The current world record, which beat Baalorlord's previous world record by 4 runs (20%). Insane

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u/philrmack Oct 10 '24

One of the most insanely brutal act 2s I've ever seen, massive props to xec for even getting to the act 3 boss gauntlet.

I audibly gasped when he was trying desperately to conserve HP by going for 2 question marks before act 2 elite and he got knowing skull into altar. terrible act 2 translated into being consistently a bit behind curve on upgrades and relics, having to duck colosseum part 2 because he was literally on 1hp which otherwise would have been money and relics, forced pathing due to no keys in act 3, and then slowly bleeding out across act 3 (and having to red key before boss gauntlet). the deck just could not consistently block without having paper krane weakness and footwork down which meant that the chip damage from bosses and tough hallways just added up over time.

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u/A_Certain_Surprise Oct 10 '24

It goes to show the difference between players like him, and scrubs such as myself. I accidentally waste a potion and consider the run over, this mad lad has some of the worst luck I've seen for a top player and still got to the act 3 bosses

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u/philrmack Oct 10 '24

yeah no kidding, whereas us mortals die to unexpected speedbumps or plain old misplays, it takes xec bricking one of the worst possible boss swaps into the most savage possible act 2 into a particularly terrible act 3 boss gauntlet to bring him down.