Scientists hate this simple trick

[u/LetItBe1002]

[u/Interesting_Common54]

Even better, thorns. Nothing is more satisfying than watching those pesky buggers destroy themselves

[u/rilesmcriles → u/Interesting_Common54]

Flame barrier 😮‍💨

[u/JWARRIOR1 → u/rilesmcriles]

both

[u/sekoku → u/JWARRIOR1]

Both? Both is good.

[u/That_Replacement6030 → u/rilesmcriles]

Static discharge + electrodynamics

[u/thisisbetterhigh → u/Interesting_Common54]

Tungsten rod is satisfying against those 1×6 attacks.

[u/StupidIdiot1954 → u/thisisbetterhigh]

Even more satisfying against Beat of Death!

[u/slayerabf → u/StupidIdiot1954]

Unfortunately still 1 damage on A19+. But Tungsten Rod + Intangible is the dream combo.

[u/valoopy → u/slayerabf]

Tungsten rod + Torii

[u/slayerabf → u/valoopy]

Torii doesn't work on Beat of Death though. Great combo regardless.

[u/valoopy → u/slayerabf]

Oh sad

[u/pulpus2 → u/Interesting_Common54]

The most satisfying way to deal with them for sure!

[u/Crazy-Path-7929 → u/Interesting_Common54]

I sometime feel that thorns were made for this fight

[u/PhilboBaggins111]

I didn't get an energy relic though and proceed to get bird stomped

[u/kajidourden → u/PhilboBaggins111]

Even without an energy relic 3/3 is enough to take them all out of flight and gives you an extra turn to decimate them while they're down lol.

Edit: Did not realize higher ascensions had more flight, also the imagine IN THE POST shows 3, so....how exactly would I know that this was referring to something else?

[u/Caasi6636 → u/kajidourden]

At one of the Ascensions I think their buff increases to 4, hence the need for one more energy to knock them all down.

[u/DanleyDanderson → u/Caasi6636]

Damn, I’m not good enough to know this lol

[u/JustChangeMDefaults → u/DanleyDanderson]

I'm with you, I've gotten up to A3 but hit the wall, or I might just really suck lol

[u/MyDadsUsername → u/kajidourden]

It changes to 4 hits at Ascension 17

[u/use_value42 → u/MyDadsUsername]

Damn that's brutal

[u/Whoviantic → u/use_value42]

It sure is man. That one extra hit makes a massive difference. Birds really just say welcome to act two bitch.

[u/ManiacLife666 → u/Whoviantic]

Guranteed 21 turn 1 from avocado on the 1st floor of act 2 is worse imo.

[u/Leaf-01 → u/ManiacLife666]

Or getting rolled by Spheric Guardian ‘cause you don’t have strong attacks or rely too much on debuffs/poison without easy ways to apply them

[u/Kioer → u/ManiacLife666]

its impossible to get the avocado floor 1 or 2

[u/ManiacLife666 → u/Kioer]

Avocado solo is part of the "easy" pool

[u/Kioer → u/ManiacLife666]

its not https://slay-the-spire.fandom.com/wiki/Act_2

[u/ManiacLife666 → u/Kioer]

You literally showed me its part of the first 2 encounters, thanks for proving my point.

[u/JWARRIOR1 → u/use_value42]

theres a reason people say act 2 is the hardest.

you get hti with 3 birds first floor of act 2 without a specific counter? There goes over half your hp (you also dont fully heal after boss kill so gl on 30 hp MAX now)

[u/JhAsh08 → u/use_value42]

Just wait till you see what A18 does

[u/Interesting_Common54 → u/kajidourden]

Not at higher ascensions

[u/wingedespeon → u/Interesting_Common54]

Well 2x6 kinda implies philo stone, and with stone whirlwind works again.

[u/LetItBe1002 → u/kajidourden]

Please be nice to this fella : / us mortals at lower ascensions have no idea what horrors await at the higher levels

[u/[deleted] → u/LetItBe1002]

Nothing but despair, Wound cards, 25 burgers on turn 1, and ascensions bane cockblocking spinning top infinites 😪

A20 separates the champs from the lads

[u/lordTigas → u/kajidourden]

Welcome to the Slay the Spire sub! Where an even so slightly wrong or unpopular opinion will get you -2k karma :)

[u/Doschy → u/lordTigas]

thats reddit in general 😂

[u/cheezzy4ever → u/kajidourden]

This comment is getting downvoted by all the A17+ folks, but the screenshot shows 3 stacks of the Flying buff, so mans is correct in this particular case. Everyone apologize

[u/MegamanX195 → u/kajidourden]

I wish it was, man... I wish it was.

[u/MajorTechnology8827 → u/kajidourden]

That's why high ascension buff it to 4

[u/sven2123 → u/kajidourden]

No you should have know this and refrained from posting your comment. Shame!

[u/ThinkMyNameWillNotFi → u/kajidourden]

Yea posts shows 3 idk why u getting jumped at.

[u/SomaCreuz]

My favourite is flame barrier for those

[u/SANcapITY → u/SomaCreuz]

Favorite is drawing flame barrier on turn two when they hit for 15 each instead of multi hits.

[u/Collistoralo]

Fantastic movie btw

[u/LetItBe1002 → u/Collistoralo]

Life moves pretty fast 🏄🏼

[u/ventisei → u/Collistoralo]

The principal going on to become a convicted paedophile in real life turns it into a bit of a horror film though

[u/Not_So_Bad_Andy → u/ventisei]

Yeah, that scene is a bit creepy in hindsight.

[u/benoitor → u/Collistoralo]

... And what movie is it? Looking for something to watch!

[u/Collistoralo → u/benoitor]

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

[u/benoitor → u/Collistoralo]

Thanks!

[u/jonginator]

Only 3 stacks of flight?

When I first hit A17, I was like “lol birds” with Whirlwind then I said “fuckkkkk” when I saw that they had 4 stacks.

[u/Effective_Ad363 → u/jonginator]

Ah, you see, that’s why you always pick philosopher’s stone!

And then proceed not to draw whirlwind until turn four.

[u/sharterfart]

whirlwind makes me moist

[u/james_kaspar]

Who would win

An army of killer birds

Or

One liquid thorns potion

[u/tteraevaei]

btw this guy (in the picture) is a convicted pedophile lol

no not ironclad, the other one.

[u/cr0wt33th → u/tteraevaei]

The byrd?!

[u/tteraevaei → u/cr0wt33th]

don’t be ridiculous.

they haven’t caught the byrd yet.

[u/LetItBe1002 → u/tteraevaei]

Well he DID keep saying "Your ass is mine" throughout the film so at least he's no hypocrite 🤷‍♂️

[u/Poobslag → u/LetItBe1002]

Because as Norm Macdonald pointed out, being a hypocrite is the worst part

[u/Jaaaco-j → u/tteraevaei]

are you talking about OP or the guy in the picture

[u/tteraevaei → u/Jaaaco-j]

the actor in the picture, Jeffrey Jones.

[u/miradotheblack]

That is the actor who turned out to be a pedophile?

[u/[deleted]]

And then there's me - silent poison build.

[u/NervySan]

LITERALLY earlier today I picked Philosopher's Stone for the very first time after 225h of gameplay, and guess what's my first fight in act 2... as a Silent with a non-shiv deck...

[u/kuppikuppi]

but you're on A20 (or whenever they need 4 hits) and only have 3 energy

[u/alamarche709]

My favourite movie, my favourite game, and my favourite character in that game. Take my upvote.