Slay the Spire | Complete Beginner's Guide and Beyond | Episode 1

I love Slay the Spire. I want other people to enjoy it and love it like I do, so I'm making a complete beginner's guide with the hope of helping new players to this amazing game--or even those previously put off by the learning curve--understand the basics. I've spent over 1000 hours trying to Slay the Spire and am starting the guide with a brand new account to thoroughly explain all aspects of the game from the ground up. This guide goes Beyond the basics and clears the game with each character, then proceeds to clear Ascension 1 with the characters to show you more situations and explain more combos and cards!

I hope you enjoy--thanks for watching! Please ask any questions you may have in the comments below and I would love to help you out :)

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[rumination]

I feel the labour of love here. I'm sure it seems like kindergarten level to some but for a brand new player who's casual these days its nice to have a patient and complete explanation. Pretty rare.

[georgevoknerech]

This channel is, like, criminally underrated??? I cannot imagine the amount of work that went into these series. This is undoubtedly the best StS guide on this platform.

[flowerpixel]

Omg, thank you. The other YouTube guides weren't basic enough for me. I've never played a card game like this before

[Wyshes]

I'm an intermediate level player but still found this guide very useful in terms of fully explaining the core gameplay loop. Even found some thought processes I don't normally go through. Fantastic guide for new players - will be sharing this when I try to convince more people to play. Thanks for the video!

[AdriMars]

Oh... The joy of getting into a new game and then seeing that you have videos on it. Little big joys of life. Thanks for this! I'm enjoying Slay the Spire a lot while I walk on the treadmill or the stairs. I like this one better than Balatro (which was my "cards and cardio" game until STS 😂).

[Richb]

This is an outstanding, clear tutorial. StS is my first deck game, and I needed my hand held for a bit. Well produced, and a bonus that you sound like an NPR host. I'll be back for more.

[denios]

Amazing beginner series, thanks for explaining the choices and thought processes, this is a good a primer as it gets!

[KyliyJoy]

Just started playing this game, and thank you so much for making this guide!! I appreciate the time you took to explain things as well as your thought processes about the pathing and cards. It helped me to understand so much more! Subbed and going to watch the rest of this series. :D

[ftibo]

Incredibly well explained ! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks man !

[brandonisburied]

this game is so insanely complex. my brain hurts. thanks for explaining all these terminologies, mechanics. i m doing bit better. reached halfway through act3 today.

[TimTim]

Recently picked up this game and I've been watching various videos on it to try and get better, but this series has been the most helpful by far. Thanks for doing it. It's still valid in 2023 :)

[despicablememe]

Great guide. Very in depth. Hopefully its still relevant i plan on getting this game soon my friend said its very good and ive never even heard of it.

[Silencioro]

What a great tutorial! Thnx for that. Heard a lot about the game and it's indeed so much fun, even more when you see this video.

[lordfolter]

Heard about this title so many times but i always thought it wouldn't be my thing. I'm not that into card games but i love rogue-likes. Finally installed it a few days ago and it's sooo good. I'm addicted. Your videos are very good and extremly helpful. Thank you so much! Have a nice day!

[effiecross]

I normally only play survival games, so this is extremely different than my usual. I tried a couple of other vids on this game, one even claiming to be a tutorial, and I was TOTALLY lost! This video explained things so well, and made it look lots of fun also. I'm off to buy it during the spring Steam sale, I just can't resist the excellent price and the super high review ratings. I will definitely be watching more of this series. Thanks!

[yashkhd]

Oh man..u r doing job that no other tuber is doing. Not just this game but I saw ur videos on other games too. Ur explanation is wonderful. You definitely deserve lot more subs than u have. I will do my part and suggest ur channel to everyone in my circle.

[TheGavranatar]

Great guide. I found a lot of the other YT vids were too focused on one thing, really needed this

[carlsbl]

Dang! This is GREAT! Thank you, I have been a bit lost playing this game, this will help me out. I am starting to see more why this game is so darn popular!

[BenSmerg]

Thank you for this series! Brand new to the game and really enjoying it, and that is partly due to these videos! Subscribed!

[NatureIsTheWorst]

I watched this entire first episode and found it very informative and useful!