When you don't get the right card and get bodied by the Champ for the 12th time T^T

[u/Eteleu]

[u/Greggics]

Holy shit that's some really good art

[u/False-Definition15 → u/Greggics]

Agreed; this is incredible I need more

[u/clothanger]

i love this and i hate this at the same time knowing my Defect losing against this boss the most times among all characters lmao.

[u/Krags → u/clothanger]

The trick to beating Champion as Defect is to stay frosty. :)

[u/Enigma343 → u/Krags]

Every once in a while, I’ll have only Coolheaded, no focus or orb slots, and even surviving the first phase is a struggle. True humiliation :(

[u/CMDRAlexanderCready → u/Krags]

If you get some good luck with cards early on, a well-constructed lightning deck will utterly melt him.

Then again, if you get good luck early on, a well-constructed lightning deck kinda melts everything.

[u/diodenkn → u/clothanger]

Defect has the easiest time with this boss imo, since he has easiest access to long term scaling

[u/WeenisWrinkle → u/diodenkn]

"Champ is just a scaling check on your deck"

"Yeah I know. That's why he keeps killing me"

[u/VoidRad → u/clothanger]

Rlly? Not silent?

[u/seth1299 → u/VoidRad]

I have the easiest time with Silent against Champ honestly, on the condition that I have [[Deadly Poison]], [[Burst]], [[Catalyst]], and [[Well-Laid Plans]], that is.

If you save your Catalyst until the turn right before you get Champ to half health, then you can Burst Catalyst+ on your poison (which even if it’s as low as only 40 poison stacks, will still triple it and then triple it again, so up to 360 damage), he will die before he switches to his Buffing turn where he removes all debuffs and buffs himself.

It does require being very lucky in getting cards though, but the only Rare card is Burst, the others are only Uncommons.

[u/Hermononucleosis → u/seth1299]

"If you have these 2 uncommon cards and this 1 rare card with amazing synergy, the boss is easy"

...yeah

[u/seth1299 → u/Hermononucleosis]

I did say that it does require very good luck in getting the cards.

[u/iceman012 → u/seth1299]

I have an easy time with Defect against Champ as well, when I have Echo Form, Glacier, Capacitor, and Defragment.

[u/seth1299 → u/iceman012]

All you really need is [[Creative AI]] and Glacier and some good luck that it gives you the cards you need.

I got really lucky once with having both Creative AI and [[Mummified Hand]] and Creative AI gave me another Creative AI on turn 2 and I was playing almost my entire hand every turn lol.

Power-scaling Defect is pretty good, even against Awakened One, as long as you get [[Buffer]]s given to you by Creative AI.

[u/spirescan-bot → u/seth1299]

• Creative AI Defect Rare Power ^{(100% sure)}

  3(2) Energy | At the start of each turn, add a random Power card to your hand.

• Mummified Hand Uncommon Relic ^{(100% sure)}

  Whenever you play a Power, a random card in your hand costs 0 for the turn.

• Buffer Defect Rare Power ^{(100% sure)}

  2 Energy | Prevent the next (1(2)) time(s) you would lose 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?}

[u/spirescan-bot → u/seth1299]

• Deadly Poison Silent Common Skill ^{(100% sure)}

  1 Energy | Apply 5(7) Poison.

• Burst Silent Rare Skill ^{(100% sure)}

  1 Energy | This turn, your next 1(2) Skill(s) is(are) played twice.

• Catalyst Silent Uncommon Skill ^{(100% sure)}

  1 Energy | Double(Triple) an enemy's Poison. Exhaust.

• Well-Laid Plans Silent Uncommon Power ^{(100% sure)}

  1 Energy | At the end of your turn, Retain up to 1(2) card(s).

  ^{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?}

[u/UpsetFinding → u/VoidRad]

Usually with Silent I don't have as hard a time, mostly because I have poison I can use and enough defense to deal with his bullshit.

[u/VoidRad → u/UpsetFinding]

But he cleanses the poison no?

[u/UpsetFinding → u/VoidRad]

Yes, but he can only do that once and I have more where that came from

(Keep in mind I don't play on Ascension, I don't know if that makes a difference to how often he can cleanse poison)

[u/VoidRad → u/UpsetFinding]

He cleanses when he get to half or below hp.

[u/gxslim]

More like 33x2

[u/AdamAnderson320 → u/gxslim]

Right? Great art, but 10x2 is way off! 😆

[u/HumanTheTree → u/gxslim]

Ancient gamers remember when it was 33x3.

[u/Doggywoof1]

I just follow the secret strat for Champ, which is where I never fucking see him ever (i think I've fought champ only 3 or 4 times)

[u/Totally--not-a-robot → u/Doggywoof1]

I have the complete opposite relationship with champ, I have sunk over 2000hrs into this game and I get champ as act 2 boss a disproportionately large number of my runs (around 50% of my runs I get champ) so I have probably fought champ literally hundreds of times.

Champ haunts my dreams

[u/bagsli → u/Totally--not-a-robot]

Ah the old confirmation bias

[u/Eteleu → u/Doggywoof1]

I wish I had those odds.

[u/Zylch_ein]

I know it's a meme but this art slaps

[u/iceman012]

I've lost track of how many runs I've lost to Champ because I thought "Eh, I don't have any damage scaling, but I have several Footworks and a Wraith Form. I should be fine."

Turns out it's hard to get past 14 Metallicize with Silent's attacks while also blocking for 40.

[u/myassholeburnsss]

OC?

[u/jzoelgo]

The champ taking your character like he was walking through viridian forest after beating the elite four. This should also be done for time eater with the silent lol

[u/D4rthLink]

This art rules

[u/Philoscifi]

Super good piece! I really like the perspective. I especially like that the champ is crouching and beating the shit out of my robot boy…definitely something he’d do.

[u/Normal_Letterhead409]

Sick art!

[u/Carol-2604]

OMG LOVE THIS ART

[u/ChefDud]

Is that the yamcha death pose? Nice

[u/Eteleu → u/ChefDud]

Yes, it's also the spiderman with a wrench too. :)

[u/Use-errr-naename]

From my runs with defect facing these guys would either be a cakewalk or a fucking struggle to your last point of hp.

[u/EGOtyst]

I love what you made here, and I want more.

[u/Judge_BobCat]

Crazy good art! Please more!

[u/geodukemon]

me with gremlin nob

[u/Noveno_Colono]

this but it's more like 33x2

[u/UpsetFinding]

Hate when that happens

[u/PixelPenguin_GG]

Ahh so this is what drawing well looks like! 🐧

[u/Troysmith1]

When i do a poison build i always meet up with this guy who cures all poisons from himself. There's the time boss when I play a shiv build too. Hate both those fucks

[u/Frazzledragon]

"Here's a full hand of starter cards. I helpfully put all your powers and orbs in the bottom of your draw pile. You're welcome."

[u/putting_stuff_off]

Woah that's awesome art, if you do more StS art in this style be sure to post it here.

[u/YourCarGoesBroom]

Your art is amazing, truly makes me relive the excruciating pain!

[u/MDhaviousTheSeventh]

D:

[u/brotherz_]

Yeah, hit them with the yamcha pose. (Also banger art)

[u/LazyAltName]

YOU CALL THAT A WEAPON

[u/False-Definition15]

OP this is seriously good. Do you have more?

[u/Maya_Hett]

Oh, we are already getting leaks for Slay the Spire 3.

Great work.

[u/Bignas420]

Is this art a reference to dark souls 3 boss Vordt? Very cool regardless.

[u/MasterJ94]

Well... I would like "to get bodied" by him, too.👀

[u/Autistic-ferret]

he's literally the reason I lose all my good runs 🥀🥀🥀

Tbf, the best run I had died at awakened one ...on phase one.

[u/JCorby17]

F to Defect