#SLAY THE SPIRE THE WATCHER SERIES#

Other than Miracle, the Watcher starts with a standard strike-and-defend deck similar to ones the Ironclad, the Silent, and the Defect begin with. Don’t get too excited though - although zero-cost, the card only provides a single energy and exhausts after use. When dropped off on the ground floor with Neow, the Watcher begins with the relic Pure Water, which starts your hand with the card Miracle. New Relics, Potions, and Interesting Cards Given the many types of relics and items available on your journey, there are still numerous strategies to ultimately get you to the Corrupt Heart. In strength-focused plays, you can defend until you eventually multiply your attack damage with your combined strength and Stance and defeat enemies in just a few shots. In energy-focused plays, you can aim to form zero-cost decks or not even having to worry about energy at all with a power card that carries over unused energy combined with a relic that offers excess energy. If you’re a player who enjoyed using Dark Orbs when playing the Defect or using Body Slam, you’ll likely love the potentiating in Watcher’s gameplay.Įven with a main overall strategy, there’s still a wide variety of ways to ascend the Spire.

#SLAY THE SPIRE THE WATCHER SERIES#

The Watcher lends well to turtling when enemies are in high damage phases, watching and waiting until ready to torrent a series of attacks. I imagine this kind of play is natural for players that like to alternate between phases of slow build-up and heavy attack. And just in case, you want back-up zero-cost mechanisms to switch the Watcher from Stance to Stance.

Make sure that you exit Calm with enough actions to spend your energy wisely.You don’t want to leave the Watcher in Wrath before you’re hit hard.You want to have as much energy and as many attack cards as you can, while you are in either Wrath or Divinity.Playing the Watcher well involves good timing.I’m sure just based on all this information, you can imagine how best to utilize the Watcher. Let’s Talk Strategy The Watcher is the fourth character in the “Slay the Spire” game universe from Mega Crit. And Scry allows you to plan at least a few turns ahead. Retain keep cards ready for commission when your time shines. Scry: Allows you to review and discard cards from the top of your deck.īoth these actions grow incredibly important in combination with the Watcher’s abilities, which seem heavily dependent on the right cards at the right time.In other words, you can have as many ‘Retain’ cards in your hand and still draw a fresh five per turn, given you’re within the overall hand limit of 10. These cards do not influence the amount of cards you draw from your deck per turn, however. Retain: Any card with ‘Retain’ will stay in your hand until you use it.You’ll need to use cards or potions to switch the Watcher from one state to the other. (And yes, for those of you already with some forethought - you can change your Stance directly from Calm to Wrath.) New Vocabulary There’s a couple action words that long-time players of Slay the Spire may not be familiar with: Important to note is that, outside of Divinity, the Watcher does not shift autonomously between Stances.

(Or using the card Blasphemy, but that comes at a steep cost. Also, you can only achieve Divinity by collecting a total of 10 Mantra over the course of the battle. Unfortunately, this Stance only lasts for the remainder of your turn. Upon entering this Stance, the character gains three energy and damages enemies at three times normal.

Divinity surrounds the Watcher in a sphere of purple eyes.

However when exiting the Stance, the character gains two energy. In this Stance, the character has no changes to attack or defense.

Calm envelops the Watcher in a calming blue cloud.

In this Stance, the character deals twice as much damage, but also reciprocally becomes susceptible to double damage.

Wrath enshrouds the Watcher in a furious red aura.

Technically four stances, if you count not having a Stance as a stance itself. There are three Stances that the Watcher can adopt. Unique to the Watcher are Stances, or what I like to think of as states of mind, that unlock different potentials and abilities in the character. Even beyond character design however, the Watcher’s abilities also seem inspired by martial arts and spiritualism. And in the Watcher’s hands is a long golden staff topped with a design reminiscent of an eye. Adorned on the Watcher’s hair bun is a pair of golden chopsticks.

The Watcher wears a purple kimono-like clothing and obi with gray bottoms. The Watcher’s character clearly suggests inspiration from East Asia. The game describes the Watcher as “a blind ascetic who has come to ‘Evaluate’ the Spire. The fourth character is live for testing in the Beta branch! /4nt02C61XL- Mega Crit SeptemWho is The Watcher?Īlthough still in beta-stage, the Watcher comes completely playable, ready to conquer and ascend the Spire.

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