r/slaythespire • u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker • Feb 11 '25
DISCUSSION any embarrassing realizations?
I have 2,000 hours in on this game. in the back of my mind I've always kind of mildly wondered why a relic called "the boot" is represented by a pair of green nunchucks with a yellow chain connecting them.
imagine my surprise when I walked past my TV and saw the relic up close.
It IS a boot!
Anyone else have any embarrassing realizations you're ashamed to admit it took you this long to figure out?
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u/Dwv590 Ascension 20 Feb 11 '25
I need a diagram, I have no idea how The Boot can be interpreted that way
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u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
you have to be looking at it from a distance, which is what I'm always doing
I play on a TV from my couch and without my glasses the relics are pretty small up there. it looks like a set of green nunchucks lying horizontally, stacked on top of each other, with a yellow chain connecting them on the right side. And yes, the bottom nunchuck is a little bigger and longer, but I ignore that due to artistic license haha
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u/TheRoyalCommunist Feb 11 '25
I guess I can see it now (glasses off and holding my phone out away from me). But I'd probably have gone for a yo-yo or diablo, with the chain reminding of a piece of string.
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u/Professional_War4491 Feb 11 '25
I can't comprehend how you saw two green cylinders with a yellow ring thingy on the right and your brain went to green nunchucks instead of like, emerald earrings or jellybeans or literally anything that's green haha
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u/chaosanity Feb 12 '25
I thought the bottom one was Angled towards you and the top one was angled away and floating kinda? Idk I always saw it as a boot but understood what you meant cuz I’m blind asf without my glasses lmao
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u/MossSnake Feb 12 '25
Also, boot really makes no sense with the big windup key if you’re not familiar with SMB3 (or later game iterations).
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u/khari_lester Ascended Feb 12 '25
You're not alone. Until this post, I also thought it was green nunchucks.
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u/Azirbiro Feb 11 '25
How the hell do you even see that
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u/seth1299 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
For real, I just twisted and turned my phone in every direction and squinted intensely from every possible angle and I still can’t see the nunchucks or chain lol.
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u/Godobibo Feb 11 '25
when it's not zoomed in it's a lot easier to see as the nunchucks
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u/uniace16 Feb 11 '25
Zoom out far enough and it's invisible and you can just imagine numchucks to your heart's content
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u/Professional_War4491 Feb 11 '25
Literally holding my phone at arm's length and squinting and I still can't possibly imagine how anyone looks at it and see nunchucks. Even if you just see two green cylinders and a yellow thingy, in what world is that nunchucks lmao. Emerald/jade earrings I'd have bought maybe.
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u/soundecho944 Feb 12 '25
I’d imagine the yellow thing looks like that wind up thing for toys that you twist. That makes no sense in the context of a boot. Then you think it’s a chain. And somehow land on a nunchuck
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u/E_102_Gamma Eternal One Feb 12 '25
The Boot is a reference to the Goomba's Shoe from the Super Mario games, if you didn't know. The yellow thing is indeed a wind-up key, just like the ones from Mario have.
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u/MaybeSecondBestMan Feb 11 '25
Bottom part of boot is the one nunchuck in the foreground. Top part is the other nunchuck sitting in the background. Yellow crank is the chain connecting them. Took some squinting.
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u/SotisMC Eternal One Feb 11 '25
You got me to see it once, I had to hold my phone far away from my face and squint really hard
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u/hedoeswhathewants Feb 11 '25
Most of these posts are understandable but I think OP might just be blind this time
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u/CreepyClawly Feb 11 '25
Squint your eyes and you can see a shorter nunchack on top and a longer one down below, golden winding key as a chain I think.
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u/Strangegary Eternal One + Ascended Feb 11 '25
it's the Mario boot for stomping goomba lmao
I never realized noxious fume was enemy choking. I thought it was a fancy devil with a scarf
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u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
I had to go look it up and I realized I had no idea what that was either. maybe I should take 20 minutes and just seriously look at every piece of card art in the compendium
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u/ShadowNacht587 Feb 12 '25
I thought coolheaded was a worm on snowy land. My disappointment upon realizing it was just part of Defect's head was immense. I wish I still saw it as a worm.
Also realized recursion was also a chain of defect heads instead of orbs relatively recently (I have 1k hrs)...
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u/Intelligent_Ad2739 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
I always saw a bunny in it, don’t ask me how or why
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u/DoggyDoggy_What_Now Feb 11 '25
To me, Noxious Fumes always looked like an imposing red person looming in smoke/fumes.
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u/oldladyhater Feb 11 '25
being in this subreddit has taught me that people simply do not look at half the things in this game
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u/PhotoRight2682 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
They don't read them either usually
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u/Gulladc Feb 11 '25
Took me 1000 hours to realize the art on Parasite isn’t a flower
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u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
oh NO i just looked closely at it
I thought it was a parasitic plant :(
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u/_interloper_ Feb 12 '25
I called bullshit. So I googled. Just as I suspected! It's a flower... except... enhance... mother of god, he's right.
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u/Only1Schematic Feb 11 '25
I thought it was a windup toy at first lol
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u/Noise_Crusade Feb 11 '25
I still think it is… isn’t it a wind up boot?? Unless those are supposed to be laces but who ties shoes like that??
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u/Violet_Artifact Feb 11 '25
You can’t exhume an exhume. Learned it today after 500+ ish hours but only a20 completion on 3 characters (I detest the ironclad)
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u/Numerot Feb 12 '25
Honestly, I really dislike the fact it's not expressed on the card in any way. I'd like to know what my cards actually do without having to look up which cards happen to have weird hard-coded interactions.
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u/Violet_Artifact Feb 12 '25
I only learned it today after somebody completely disproved some bullshit comment I made about a modded card being too op with infinite exhumes lol
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u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
That's funny, I detest the watcher. I've beaten the heart with every character on every level all the way through A20, but on watcher I've never even made it past A3 from boredom
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u/Violet_Artifact Feb 11 '25
I only find the ironclad enjoyable with a block based deck, because I just really hate an exhaust deck with the ironclad, and strength decks rely on limit break. Idk I just don’t enjoy playing him other than with barricade, but whenever I get barricade it’s too op and ruins the fun for me imo.
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u/Dragon_Caller Ascension 20 Feb 12 '25
Rely is kinda a strong word. Ironclad can honestly get by most fights with one good strength card and some decent vulnerability.
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u/Violet_Artifact Feb 12 '25
You’re right, don’t get me wrong the Ironclad is a well made character like the other 2 in the main trio, I just personally hate playing him
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u/Pingy_Junk Feb 11 '25
You know I have serious vision problems but the slay the spire subreddit has made me feel substantially less blind than I thought I was
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u/gabriot Feb 11 '25
I honestly can't even make out what's going on in 75% of the card art in this game
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u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
this is a good point - there's a lot of ambiguity out there
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u/Blessed_Cobra Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 12 '25
[[Vault]] literally looks like a flag to me
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u/spirescan-bot Feb 12 '25
Vault Watcher Rare Skill (100% sure)
3(2) Energy | Take an extra turn after this one. End your turn. Exhaust.
Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]], where name is a card, relic, event, or potion. Data accurate as of April 20, 2024. Wiki Questions?
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u/kadebo42 Feb 11 '25
Man I always thought the defect would be freaky in bed
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u/KindaStupidTho4 Ascension 20 Feb 12 '25
what the fuck? what made you think of that?
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u/kadebo42 Feb 12 '25
Read OP’s gamer tag
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u/KindaStupidTho4 Ascension 20 Feb 12 '25
i think im missing something
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u/jeppehagerup55 Feb 12 '25
Well you are literally called Kinda Stupid Tho so we can cut you some slack
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u/TacosAreJustice Feb 11 '25
I actually thought it was a green hand strengthening device with a yellow spring.
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u/LugubriousLemon Feb 12 '25
Thanks god - I thought I was crazy
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u/TacosAreJustice Feb 12 '25
I looked again last night while playing on my phone…
It does not look like a boot from afar.
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u/Super-Pilot-8492 Ascension 20 Feb 11 '25
Wait until you get a closer look at [[Parasite]]
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u/spirescan-bot Feb 11 '25
Parasite Curse (100% sure)
Unplayable. If transformed or removed from your deck, lose 3 Max HP.
Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]], where name is a card, relic, event, or potion. Data accurate as of April 20, 2024. Wiki Questions?
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u/CronoDAS Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
Indeed, it's the giant shoe from Super Mario Bros. 3 that wasn't seen again for 22 years, when it reappeared in Super Mario Maker.
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u/BarbaraGrethAny Feb 11 '25
I always thought Searing Blow (ironclad) was of some demon guy made out of fire, and not just a sword on fire for SO LONG
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u/MikoMiky Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25
Man I can't fault you
It took me AGES to realise that the fungal rats are upside down rats with a mushroom sticking out
Crazy how my mind interpreted the rats as random gray blobs all this time
Maybe it's got something to do with the art style?
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u/Hot_Philosopher_6462 Feb 11 '25
It took me so long to realize that the Guardian's Sharp Hide doesn't work like Thorns, which wouldn't be embarrassing if I hadn't seen it explicitly pointed out in at least three YouTube videos before it stuck.
Incidentally, I'm just now realizing that it could never just be Thorns because Thorns wouldn't wear off. Same reason Flame Barrier is its own buff.
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u/gamerdudeNYC Feb 11 '25
I’m trying to see it but I just can’t
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u/issafacade Feb 12 '25
I always thought it was a grip strength trainer. Those lil things you squeeze. I just never thought twice about it
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u/Jlatryce Feb 12 '25
for the longest time i thought the silent was the one getting caught in the outmaneuver card. it didn't make sense for so long till my friend pointed out the silent is the one behind the character. i can see it both ways now depending on how i look at it
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u/Pleasant-Hawk-2154 Feb 13 '25
I have been playing STS on my handheld device for 400 hours and realized two weeks ago I could replace a potion by removing one when all my potions slots are filled.
I keep just thinking about all of missed sweet potion synergy opportunities lost in my previous games lol
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u/Taon_lline Feb 13 '25
At first i thought that parasite was a purple carrot with spikes and some cool pink leaves/petals. I only figured that it was petals blooming out of someones back when i locked at it through a yt vid on my tv
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u/Sadface-- Feb 11 '25
i have played this game for 500 hours and the whole time i thought that white beast statue was an elephant
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u/DoggyDoggy_What_Now Feb 11 '25
[[A Thousand Cuts]] always looks like Samus to me on a very quick glance or if my eyes are unfocused.
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u/spirescan-bot Feb 11 '25
A Thousand Cuts Silent Rare Power (100% sure)
2 Energy | Whenever you play a card, deal 1(2) damage to ALL enemies.
Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]], where name is a card, relic, event, or potion. Data accurate as of April 20, 2024. Wiki Questions?
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u/goldcrusty Feb 11 '25
I had that effect constantly when I was playing Warcraft 3. Many items and my imagination always melded together.
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u/SnowingSilently Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 11 '25
I still don't actually know what most of the card art in this game is actually depicting lol. I don't look closely at the card art unless it's physical cards that I get to stare at closely between my turns.
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u/N0YSLambent Feb 12 '25
the defects face when choosing a character looked like a bear with a ball in its mouth to me. All the other pictures are oriented that way so until I played the defect I thought it was a bear character
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u/threaq Feb 12 '25
The good old days when static discharge is ironclad doing a sick kickflip on a scooter.
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u/a-restless-knight Feb 12 '25
I'm pretty sure it's a reference to Super Mario Bros 3. Look up Kuribo Shoe.
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u/1000wBird Eternal One Feb 12 '25
Yeah I had the same realization! Only I previously thought it was a pair of flippers (which is at least boot-adjacent, I suppose)
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u/MurkyLurker7249 Feb 12 '25
I always thought Pummel Strike was a horse. I see what it is but even knowing it’s a dude holding a knife… I still definitely see a horse most the time unless i really deeply look at it lol
Also the fungal rats. I don’t really know what I thought they were… I guess I thought they were just mushrooms growing out of a dirt patch. Didn’t realize it was literally, as described, a fungal rat…
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u/n0thing12 Eternal One + Heartbreaker Feb 12 '25
I can see the horse when I squint yep
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u/MurkyLurker7249 Feb 12 '25
I play handheld + have bad eyesight so I’m basically squinting anyways lol. I always saw the horse and only when I questioned why ironclad has a horse themed card did I realize… oh, it’s because ironclad DOESNT have that actually
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u/sacredGoby Ascension 20 Feb 12 '25
I only saw nunchucks too... Like cool there are two nunchuck relics in this game.
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u/Modern169 Feb 12 '25
Ngl I thought it was those hand grip exercise tool that rock climbers use to workout. I can see the nunchucks though. But I’m just hella blind apparently
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u/Quack_Candle Feb 12 '25
I thought it was two green scrolls. Then again I think the defects head icon looks like a dog
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u/Mr_Teatree Feb 12 '25
I don’t actually pay attention to the names. I always thought it was one of those grip strength trainers 😅
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u/Trapt10 Feb 12 '25
I only ever saw the boot from super mario 3 tbh and havent ever really considered anything else but i now see the nunchuks xD
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u/Razielism Feb 12 '25
I was today years old to learn it's a boot instead of nunchucks.. I want my nunchucks back! Makes so much more sense
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u/M0L1N3r Feb 12 '25
Wait a moment. I just realised that the boot + reprogramming is a great combo. You deals 5 per orb anyway and you can buff your strength and dexterity with no drawbacks.
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u/L0reWh0re Ascension 17 Feb 12 '25
I realized embarrassingly late that Defect's orbs glow when their passive ability happens at the end of your turn. He's far and above the #1 character I play and the furthest ascension I've achieved (a19) and I only realized that about a month ago
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u/allbirdssongs Feb 12 '25
same thing happen to me but i thought it was one of those hand excercisers you squeeze hard
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u/Joshworthwhile Feb 13 '25
Noxious Fumes isn’t a badass red ninja turned side on from camera with a cloak covering their mouth and poison everywhere
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u/Godobibo Feb 11 '25
I JUST NOTICED THAT LIKE 15 MINUTES AGO TOO
i also realized it was called "the boot", I always just called it nunchucks and never read the name apparently
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u/gender_crisis_oclock Feb 11 '25
For a long time the card art on eruption looked to me like an anthropomorphic rat facing away from the viewer
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u/oldladyhater Feb 11 '25
i just spent several minutes staring at eruption trying to figure out how you could possibly see this, and i've come to the conclusion that you are simply insane
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u/bootman8 Ascension 2 Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25
Thank god it's not just me being blind as hell, this boot is part of my pfp in a bunch of places and I literally didn't know it was actually a boot (thought it was some reference that I just didn't get) till someone made me the pfp and I saw it upfront at 4x zoom.
Think my latest "am I fucking blind do I even play this game" realisation was that playing Anger makes Ironclad glow RED. Like very very red it's a huge ass red bubble that I literally didn't notice till Xecnar or someone pointed it out. i don't even know how I didn't ever notice considering that's my second most played character