I ranked every card for the Ironclad in Slay The Spire

Me: oh hey I like that card Frost: Noob trap Me, struggling with ascension 1: ah fuck

1: I agree that whirlwind usually isn’t good 2: I take whirlwind every time I see it

If Demon Form was "Gain 2 strength, at the start of your turn gain 2 strength" it would be worth playing.

1:13 Anger (C Tier) 2:35 Armaments (B Tier) 4:16 Barricade (A Tier) 5:25 Bash (S Tier) !! 6:34 Battle Trance (A Tier) 8:18 Berserk (D Tier) 9:23 Blood for Blood (B Tier) 11:22 Bloodletting (D Tier) 12:43 Bludgeon (A Tier) 13:30 Body Slam (B Tier) 14:44 Brutality (B Tier) 17:34 Burning Pact (A Tier) 20:00 Carnage (A Tier) 21:43 Clash (FFFFF Tier) 22:00 Cleave (A Tier) 23:25 Clothesline (B Tier) 24:10 Combust (A Tier) ?? 25:20 Corruption (A Tier) (not S) 27:01 Dark Embrace (B Tier) 27:50 Defend (F Tier) 27:55 Demon Form costs too much energy (C Tier) 29:37 Disarm (S Tier) 30:35 Double Tap has a low chance of being effective (C/D Tier) 33:39 Dropkick has weak damage (D Tier) 34:40 Dual Wield (B Tier) 36:55 Entrench (B Tier) 37:50 Evolve makes specific fights very easy (S Tier) 39:01 Exhume lets you reuse strong cards (S Tier) 40:25 Feed (S Tier) 41:33 Feel No Pain (A Tier) 42:47 Fiend Fire (S Tier) 43:32 Fire Breathing (D Tier) 45:06 Flame Barrier (A Tier)

I have been playing this game compulsively for months and never beat the fucking heart until I watched these videos. I thank you and I bow to you.

Upgraded Heavy Blade is my favorite card in the game for the ironclad. Period. Hands down. Idc if its bad, doing 300 damage in a single hit is actual euphoria.

I'm excited for colorless card review.

An elite tierlist would be hilarious, I would definetly put gremlin nob at f cus all my homies hate gremlin nob

Gotta say the feeling for these cards changed DRAMATICALLY when you start doing ascension, hell I'm only on 5 and I'm doing some fun synergies with stuff I hadn't thought of before, like my last game I had 4 Power Throughs and a Medkit in my Juggernaut Barricade deck

I really like Whirlwind, the amount of times I've gotten Akabeko and turn one clapped a hallway fight or combined with Strength boosting cards and Pen Nib for insane damage is quite high. Even when it's a dead card I tend to find ways to make it useful like playing it for zero mana just to proc Kunai or Shuriken. On the runs where you get next to no AoE damage I take it over a cleave, just cause the ability to multi-cast it is more beneficial even it's dmg per mana cost is less efficient. I know like it sounds like a lot of one off situations to justify a bad card, but it's good in enough varied situations that I think its flexibility should have it in C tier.

Ya know what, after watching these friggen not only informative, but amusing videos, I've gone on a winning streak. Lot of trap cards in there I never really considered to be bad. The more ya know! Thanks dooder!

Wow what a great tierlist. This is the best tierlist and I thought it was very helpful. Thank you Frost Prime. :)

Heavy Blade has its drawbacks for sure but witnessing it smack for almost 400 damage on the 10th tick of PenNib on a high strength build by turn 3 the first time i ever encountered Time Eater will always give it a special place in my heart

Love the tier-list and all your content! Keep it up!

39:00 I came into STS as an ex-competitive Yu-Gi-Oh player and I LOVE Exhume. I used to run Zombies back in 2010/2011 so it just feels like playing Burial from a Different Dimension. Good shit.

i can't wait to see the relic tier list

"Corruption is great" -Tristan 2021

I know this content isn’t going to get as many views, but it’s so fantastic to hear your serious opinions on all this. I hope we get tier lists of the other characters as well, or also just more watcher runs

I've been playing this game for about two years now and Ironclad isn't my favorite character, but I've been trying to branch out. This video helped me shake some bad habits and try out some different strategies. For one, I always thought Pummel was a bad card so I never took it. Two damage, five times, then it exhausts? Big deal! And then I remembered/you pointed out that strength scaling is a thing and uhhhh Pummel was a big reason why I just had a great run and reached the heart. I lost the run, but it was very close! Thank you for making this, I look forward to the other character's tier lists. Edit: Pummel is so fucking good holy shit. I'm currently playing a run with an upgraded Limit Break, upgraded Pummel, two Inflames, and Exhume and I'm just melting stuff.

Love the Tierlist, and I agreed with your decisions throughout and could follow the logic behind each placement. Also helpful for me to acknowledge which noobtraps I love. cough whirlwind