Can you beat Slay the Spire with only

one HP? Greetings, gentlemen and ladies.

Welcome back. Today we take on quite

possibly one of the hardest challenges

that I have ever attempted. The rules

are simple. We must complete a run of

Slay the Spire with only one health and

no increasing it either. Yes, that means

no fruit juice, no strawberries, no

pear, no mango. Both off and on stream,

we have over 30 failed attempts so far.

It's been brutal, but marking the

docahedron of challenges. This one had

to be special. With 11 crazy and

unrelenting challenges behind us, we're

going to have to give this one

absolutely everything we've got. So, sit

back, get yourself comfortable, for it's

time to climb. Climb time. Before we

embark on our adventure with the defect,

I am doing another slow spy 2 giveaway.

Details at the end of the video. Let's

do this guys. Today we are given two

choices. Enemies in our next three

combat encounters have one HP or

increasing our max health by zero.

Checking the map. We had two paths for a

potential free elite. One here and one

there. After I remember all of your

encouraging support, it was time to

begin our ascent. The first free elite

was against the cultist. We get 18 gold,

a block potion, and for the cards, I

choose genetic algorithm. A great card

to get so early in the run. For the

question mark events, it was the shining

light. And because we only have one HP,

there isn't a cost. So, two strikes get

upgraded for free. Now, for our first

merchant, we couldn't afford much. Out

of the selection, I choose Sunder as

it's a good option for act one combats

as well as removing a strike to aid in

our draw consistency. B4 had the scrap

ooze event. I didn't want the run to end

here, so decide to leave. We then skip

by the next merchant, upgraded our

genetic algorithm at the rest sites, and

bought our second free encounter. We

tell the jawworm, "No biting today. 19

gold, a colorless potion, and all three

card options here were solid. Compile

would give us draw. White noise would

give us dopamine, and go for the eyes

gives us safety. With our health at one,

safety was our top priority. Two relic

chests back to back now. Gremlin horn in

the first one. Wow, this gives us well

needed assistance with multiple enemy

combats. And for the second chest, 26

gold and a happy little flower. We make

it to the elite with our final charge of

Meow's Lament, removing the Gremlin

knob. Rewards wise, we get Anchor. Okay,

I had been streaming this challenge

nonstop for the last week, and we had

never hit such a lucky start before. And

just to add to that luck, yeah, glacia

card rewards as well. The next question

mark event has us ambushed by a couple

of slimes. No more enemy health

reduction. up. Anchor allows us to use

force, defeating the smaller slime.

Genetic and glacia defends us from the

eight attack on turn two. Then our

upgraded strike finishes the job. 20

gold gets awarded to us and a beautiful

card reward, defragment.

Let's go for the next rest sides. It

would be rude not to upgrade our new

acquisition. Now, bringing defragments

focus up to two. Now, law 13's question

mark event posed some serious danger.

The problem here was skipping the

encounter would leave us with an

effective permanent purse for the rest

of the run as removing it would kill us.

So we fight. Okay, a good start. Our

opening hand is full of attacks. I start

with weakening the far one, though not

necessary. Then zap and send our

upgraded strikes into the one closest.

Turn two. 18 damage now shows. I misplay

the glacia before the def fragment but

thankfully with strike being enough to

take the front one down. Gremlin horn

activates which allows us dual cast

causing his other friend to follow. I

managed to get a genetic algorithm

stack. Then finishing off the final

Shroommy boy after that 20 gold the odd

mushroom a fantastic relic. And for the

cards one of my personal favorites

rainbow. Now it was time for three

handsome little louses. I start with a

rainbow which evokes our lightning. Then

strike to remove the odd one out. Dual

cast removes the front one and genetic

algorithm gets played to stack.

Thankfully, we had a defend in hand here

to block the last lous's attack. Then

game over. 11 gold and another glacia

gets added to the deck. The warm embers

of arrest site welcomed us next. Our

defense was starting to look good, but

our damage realistically wasn't. With

this in mind, I choose to upgrade our

rainbow, giving us more access to dark

if we need. It was now time for the boss

of act one, Hexagost. We kick things off

with a glacia for defense, then strike,

and go for the eyes. Turn two was his

big punishing attack. Wow. I play Zap,

defend, and strike, blocking his attack

with ease. Next was a beautiful hand. I

learned my lesson with the fragging

before channeling new orbs. then

rainbow. Now, if you don't know, there

is a very exciting and suspenseful

tactic with this card. It's called stack

the darkness. No, not that darkness.

This darkness. This is how you do it. We

defend, then pass, then defend, then

pass, then we can defend. And you've

guessed it, pass. With our next hand

showing a dual cast, our patience was

rewarded, bringing it all the way down

to 68. But with only 12 block, would we

be able to survive his big 24 attack

next turn? We draw a brilliant hand.

Genetic Algorithm gives us 10, and

Rainbow evokes our frost orbs to keep

our head above water. This one random

defense saves the run here with our dual

cast being the card that takes him down.

Things were looking good. I think it's

hard to tell with us only having one

health. For the rewards, we get 100

gold, an energy potion, and for the

cards, biased cognition shows. This was

good. Like really good. Even though our

damage was low, this would help curb our

defending setup. For the relics, we get

runic Dome, Empty Cage, or Astral Lab.

Extra energy would be nice, but with

only one HP, not knowing the enemy

intents. Yeah, not going to happen.

Empty cage for two removals gives us

more consistency. Or Astra. Three cards

transformed and upgraded. Hu's been

pretty good so far, so let's give it a

go. Strike, defend, and zap get chosen.

They come back as definite upgrades.

Compile for draw, turbo for utility, and

rip and tear. Moving on. Act two, the

city. I check over the path for both

merchants and the safest route ahead

before we get greeted by two aggressive

thieves. A mix of our anchor and genetic

algorithm managed to protect us on turn

one, giving us the ability to attack the

mugger twice. Always attack the mugger.

Turn two, 20 damage was showing once

again and doing some calculations. It

wasn't looking good. I drink our

colorless potion, picking up the dark

shackles and use it on the looter. Then

rainbow weaken, defend, and defragment

only just allowing us to defend their

attacks. They prepared to run away next.

I do manage to take down the mugger, but

the looter was the one who got the last

laugh here. We get back 30 of our gold,

17 more, and then another solid addition

for our deck. Capacitor. You can't

script this. An old beggar greets us

next, offering us a card removal. But

with a merchant fast approaching, I

decide to hold on to our gold for now.

Floor 20 had three flabby dabies. I

compile Glacia and strike the front one

to start. Then, oh dear lord, 23 damage

on its way to us. But our hand was

strong. Glacia puts us up to 12 block.

Go for the eyes removes five of their

damage. Then a simple defend handles the

rest. Turn three. Both us and the birds

focused on buffing up. Then disaster. 15

damage was coming our way. We have one

defending hand, bringing our defense up

to 12. If it wasn't for this block

potion, our summer vacation would be

over. A gentle reminder that we were

still far off any type of victory here.

A mixture of attacks and one final

rainbow allowed us to continue moving

forward. I pick up the 17 gold and

ultimately decide to pass on the cards.

Okay, merchant time. I enter into his

quarters before a wave of relief washed

over me. My favorite relic of all time

was here. Orange pellets. I mean like

second favorite. This relic removes all

of our debuffs when we play an attack,

skill, and power in the same turn, which

is especially good with our bias

cognition in mind. A very big pickup for

sure. Moving into the next question mark

event was the vampires. And whilst we

technically wouldn't lose any health, we

wouldn't exactly be healing any either.

So, we politely refused that offer. A

quick stop by the rest site was next

with a tough upgrade choice. one orb for

capacitor or one focus for biased. I

still don't know what the ultimate

correct choice was here, but my gut said

the extra orb, especially with how much

generation we already had. Now it was

time for the centurion and his wife

Sorthodontist. I kick things off with a

dual cast into rainbow combo followed up

with eyes and the strike. Turn two,

glacia and defragment protects us from

the tin man's attack. 24 damage now

incoming. Thankfully, our genetic

algorithm draw would allow us another

turn of life. Compile driver shows a

biased which thanks to our orange

pellets was free to use without

downside. I then turbo for sunder. A

handful of attacks takes down the

knight. Darkness consumes the mystic.

Okay, we need some outs because right

now we are dancing with death. 10 gold,

a skill potion, and for the cards, an

upgraded chill would no doubt give us

some extra safety in the setup phases

ahead. A quick stop by the rest site

next with bias finally getting its

upgrade. A relic chest with 54 gold and

Oamorei followed. Then another relic

chest, this one with noneaku. Both these

relics were good in their own rights. I

then choose the path with a combat

encounter, the snake plant. This

challenge has been ended by this weasel

of a plant. Time after time after time

already. 21 damage on turn one is just

brutal with us only at one HP. But this

time would be different. 10 armor from

our anchor, seven more from our biased

and chill combo. Then go for the eyes

weakening it down to 15. 21 damage shows

again. But with Glacia and Focus in

hand, we were able to defend it once

again. And yeah, with all these orbs and

frost, it's not a problem anymore. Take

that, you big weasel of a weed, we get

14 gold, another energy potion. And

although there was another rainbow here,

I didn't feel like it was the right

decision. So end up passing on the card

rewards. Now, we might be locked at one

health, unable to increase it in any

way. At this point, the spire knows

that, but this relic was so much more

than a simple increasing of Max health.

It was a message. No, an emotional

construct that would only appear when we

needed him most. It was none other than

Lee's waffle. He was back to show us his

support. He knows we can't pick him up.

Just look at the potion underneath. He

wasn't here for the health. He was here

for us. Let's go, Lee. I pick up the

skill paint to upgrade to defense,

giving us that consistency we would need

for the fights to come. Talking of

fights, Romeo, Juliet, and Bear wanted

our gold. If it wasn't for Lee's waffle

keeping me on track here, I would have

risked it all. But that isn't the right

decision. We all know that deep down.

The risk for red mask with us already

having chill and anchor was not

necessary here. So we give them the 40

gold and be on our way. Next was the

shell parasite and mushroom combo.

Thunder removes the button. A consistent

defense and darkness mushed the avocado.

20 gold and I passed on the card

rewards. The final rest site was now

here and only a few cards remained to

upgrade. After talking it over with

everyone, I settled on the go for the

eyes. Not just for the champ, but with

future combats in mind, too. It was now

time for the boss of act two, the champ.

We begin with our nerves being

everpresent. I play Capacitor,

defragment, chill, and defend. Fully

defending against his 16 attack. Turn

two is much of the same with us

weakening his attack before we defend.

The champ then decides he wants to buff

himself. Well, let us join you. I

smartly used an energy potion first,

allowing us to get both defense with

glacia and darkness with rainbow, bias

cognition, and pellets played together.

Then it was a matter of us applying the

tactics we learned from the first boss

here, being extra mindful to keep him

above 50% health. A few more turns go by

with now being the time to dual cast. 92

on our darkness,

184 off the boss. One more glacia turn

goes by. Then it was yet again through

our belief in the darkness that brings

us the strength to bring down the boss

of act two. Wow, we were in a good spot

here. Though I was still cautious as it

wasn't after the setup that was the

issue. It was before we get 100 gold, a

Snecko oil potion, and for the cards

reboot, it would give us exactly what we

needed, an additional out. If we drew

into a bad hands, we could just draw it

again. So, it gets added to the deck.

Now, for the relics, we have Sneaky,

Blackar, and Tiny House. Tiny House is

not allowed. We weren't choosing to do

elites, which knocks off Blackar. So,

snack away. It was a double-edged sword.

Two extra draw every turn would help

with setup and consistency. Getting

confused was not a good debuff to have.

Wait, we can remove the confusion while

keeping the card draw. Our opening ham

might be a little scuffed, but I had a

good feeling about this. Act three, the

beyond. After finding the safest route

without elites and our Sneo eye in hand,

we begin the hardest ascent yet with the

orb walker. Seriously, Sneeko, what are

these costs? At the very least, our turn

one would be okay with Chill and Glacia

protecting us. Turn two had a beautiful

play with Turbo allowing us focus and

removal of debuffs, which I played

completely wrong. Whoops. But thanks to

our setup now effectively being

complete, we had enough defense to see

us through. 11 gold and a hologram.

That's a great addition. No, we're not

going for claw guys. Moving forward, we

have the shapes. I biased. Glacia then

weaken keeping us safe. Turn two. Sunder

has its moment. Then defragment,

rainbow, and rip and tear have theirs.

11 gold. another energy potion which

decide to take over the skill potion

helping us counter a bad Sneako draw

with the cards. It was a toss up between

draw and damage with damage slightly

winning over here. Our first question

mark event of the act was wheel of

change. If this lands on damage we lose

as in this challenge could be over right

now due to bad RNG.

Here we go.

No, a curse. All right, this isn't the

worst case scenario as we can block it

off. But it wasn't Oh, that's right. We

have Oamorei. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I knew

that. Yep. Moving on. It was the Moore

that would fight us next. And with its

slow start, we would be able to fully

set up. So,

reward-wise, we get 19 gold, a strength

potion, which we declined to pick up,

and no cards that were of interest.

Floor 39's question mark event had us

ambushed by the writhing mass with our

Oamorei still having one charge left. We

were able to attack without worry for

curse. We weaken, defragment, chill, and

pass seeing as we could fully defend his

attack. Then continue with defense in

mind. Capacitor and glacia just keeping

us alive here. Next, we set up our

biased hollow and go for the eyes for

both weak application and orange

pellets. only just managing to defend

once again. Compile draws more

weakening. Glacia fills our defense. And

with 45 defense now as standard, this

Tangler cosplayer was no threat to us. I

do get our genetic algorithm stack here

before finishing the fight. 13 gold, a

potion that was not allowed, then a

questionable choice. You see, everyone

wanted chaos here, but for those that

have played with rainbow or darkness

before, recursion was an insane pickup

for us. When you rechan a dark orb, it

retains its value instead of resetting.

Next, we remove a card at the purifier

event, then pick up a liquid memories

potion at the merchant. Floor 42. Add

the shapes. Chill and biased. Play along

like Philadelphia and Cheese Stakes

strike, removing the debuff. Next, we

def fragment and barrage the exploder

down. Get our genetic algorithm stack

here and slowly but surely deal with the

remaining spiker. We pass on the

colorless potion, but do in fact pick up

another hologram as again we were

looking for as many outs as possible.

The final relic chest of the act had an

art of war, which very least would have

potential to give us more energy. Now

was three very hungry jaworms. All they

wanted was to take a bite. Chill was too

expensive to play here, so I capacitor

into Glacia for our safety first. 27

damage now aimed at us. Biased and

Glacia helps a lot here, which I follow

up with a go for the eyes. Whilst they

might have 40 damage, it just didn't

matter anymore. Defragment, genetic

algorithm, two holograms, there was

nothing they could do to us. Barrage and

Evocation removed the front snappy boy.

His friends follow shortly after. 14

gold, a weak potion I decide to pass on.

And for the cards, I couldn't help

myself. I just really wanted to play

with multiccast and darkness. Was it the

smart choice? No. No, it really wasn't.

But it could definitely be fun. Floor 45

had even more shapes for us to face.

Jill and Anger defend the opening turn.

Lucky Thunder Strike removes the

Repulser, bringing us our Bias

Cognition, which, you know, spells out

the rest of the fight. Even though we

only had one HP, this was such a fun

deck to play with. All we needed was to

get through the opening turns and we

would be okay, right? They don't leave

us any rewards to note. Floor 46 had a

spy growth, and outside of this turn

having very few ways to defend, thanks

to our orange pellets being able to

remove its constriction, it goes down

without a problem. Three more floors.

Three more encounters. A rare relic for

a fight with us being this powerful.

Don't mind if I if it wasn't for you

guys being here. I don't know what might

have happened. But thankfully, you guys

reigned me in. Not this time, John. One

more set of shapes. One more set of card

rewards, which we don't take. Amplify

isn't baiting us today. Now the final

rest site with the final upgrade being

used on our hologram giving us even more

permanence to the deck. It was now time

for the time eater. Things kick off well

with a strong opening hand. I play our

defragment into the free sunder then

hologram to play it again. Turn two. The

snail had 24 damage prepared. We needed

to get our frost orbs online. So I

played both our glaciers, just scraping

enough block to defend his attack. Now

26 aiming at us. And it was here we

found something. Something very naughty.

You see, the only way the snail

increases its strength is if we continue

playing our cards. Well, with one HP, we

didn't want to do that. So do you see

it? Do you see the line? the way, the

strategy, the tactic that we would have

to use here by capacitor, then biased

cognition and rainbow. Then we drink our

energy potion to remove the bias debuff.

And now, now it was time time to end our

turn. I couldn't help play the barrage

here for fun and glacia here because I

was a little scared. But anyway, back to

business. I end our turn. I then end our

turn and then again and again and again.

One more end. And this was it.

After over two and a half hours, after 4

days of 6hour streams,

the most unlikely

of characters was the one to take it

all.

With Lee's Waffle by our side, blessing

this run, we've officially beaten Slay

the Spire with one HP.

What a fun challenge this was. Thank you

so much for watching the video. I want

to give a special shout out to all those

that came along to the live streams for

this one. It was great to not only play

alongside everyone, but to also get some

very funny and enjoyable moments

together. Now, for the giveaway, I am

giving away two more copies of Slay

Spire 2 for its release. Thank you for

your incredible support and feedback.

The rules are simple. Comment on this

video, and if you don't already know,

that's it. You don't need to like or

subscribe, just a comment down below.

The second copy will be given to a

random member and both winners will be

announced in August 23rd's video. And

remember to as always stay hydrated.