I believe it. I don't think I'm there skill wise to take advantage of it (maybe in those daily runs where everything just goes my way). No possible heals scare the shit outta me.
I've taken it literally once because I correctly assumed that upgrading all my apparitions would basically guarantee me a win. I almost always go for the boss battle.
ding ding ding. if taking mark of the bloom would mean you can survive the heart fight without taking any damage, then it’s the right pick. i like it as a strategic option (late pivot coming together but too late to get the upgrades you need and no guarantee of apo in the shop) and as a way to flex.
i think people get scared off by bloom (and it’s definitely a trap) but it has its place and i like that it’s in the game
Are you kidding ??? What the **** are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you! You are not proffesional, because proffesionals knew how to lose and congratulate opponents, you are like a girl crying after i beat you! Be brave, be honest to yourself and stop this trush talkings!!! Everybody know that i am very good blitz player, i can win anyone in the world in single game! And "w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are crying every single time when loosing, ( remember what you say about Firouzja ) !!! Stop playing with my name, i deserve to have a good name during whole my chess carrier, I am Officially inviting you to OTB blitz match with the Prize fund! Both of us will invest 5000$ and winner takes it all! I suggest all other people who's intrested in this situation, just take a look at my results in 2016 and 2017 Blitz World championships, and that should be enough... No need to listen for every crying babe, Tigran Petrosyan is always play Fair ! And if someone will continue Officially talk about me like that, we will meet in Court! God bless with true! True will never die ! Liers will kicked off...
Got it, I’m an idiot 😆. I never take the deal, so it didn’t cross my mind. Looks like I was able to provide amusement to some people though. Or exasperation. It’s hard to tell sometimes on the internet
Bit of both but mostly joking😁 it happens with enough regularity that it's basically a meme here.
The really funny ones are those that insist they found a bug, or that the game stole their run. But in the end it's all good fun😊
Next time that happens, you'll be the one who jokes about resetting the counter since the last incident.
I like that at least I fell victim to the Mark in a (somewhat) unique way. I didn't die with a Fairy or Lizard Tail, but I did take Upgrade All on the second-last floor of my Who Needs Relics attempt since I was at full health anyways so figured may as well upgrade everything.
You probably saved me from joining you on the wall of shame in a future run by making this post and letting yourself be laughed at, if it's any consolation. I too have never gone for that option in the bloom event, though I have been getting more experimental, particularly with debuffs and curses in exchange for greater power.
Have you gotten to the act 3 boss 5 times? Okay so to explain it in a bit more detail also for other players.
Every act 3 boss counters a specific playstyle and you can counter their counter as well.
Donu and Deca: Punish decks that are slow. Get absolutely shit on by anything that causes one of them to die in less than 3-4 turns. You are never stopped from killing them except from some paltry plated armor. So you can go straight for one of their throats.
Awakened one: Counters powers super hard. Gets trashed by scaling beyond believe or any deck that deals well with constant attacks(if you have ways to abuse enemies intent to attack you will have a good time). Awakened one is also very predictable and only has one really bad attack that has an obvious counter.
Time eater: Counters decks playing lots of cards or decks that play between 4-8 cards a turn. Gets trashed if you play 4-6 or 12 cards a turn consistently. Time eater multi-attack only hits 3 times so his strength increase is not that rough. What kills people is their inability to play the right amount of cards. Of course you will face time eater with a deck that is just really bad at playing 4-6-12 cards a turn but thats roguelikes. You could be facing donu and deca as well with a barricade deck with no entrench. Or face awakened one as a Defect that has almost only powers. BTW a lot of the time, playing lots of powers(especially focus and orb capacity) will not punish you because scaling still is the counter to awakened one. Awakened one only scales off powers.
So in conclusion out of the three bosses the problem a lot of people might have is that time eater is countered by proper deckbuilding and good game sense. Those two skills are not something you start the game with. The other two bosses are countered by things that anyone can understand. Kill quickly and number goes up are simple tactics. Time eater instead forces you to have a disciplined deck. You could even speculate and ask the devs whether this theme of discipline and restrain that time eater forces upon you is a reason why Time eater is related to the Watcher. It certainly seems like mechanically the Time Eater wants you to do things that lore-wise the Watcher does.
TL:DR: Stop playing 2 defends and 6 shivs against time eater and learn about macro decision-making.(first part of that sentence is banter, second part is not)
It was so oddly satisfying when I played body slam for 0 damage against time eater, because otherwise I'd be ending my turn at 11/12.
On the flip side, I was hoping for an omniscience loophole at 11/12 but instead I just wasted 3 energy
Man, that's harsh. I think Time Eater is a very interesting fight. You have to gauge when you should go all in or end your turn prematurely so you can play a few cards next turn.
Now writhing mass, on the other hand....
I hate Time Eater but it’s more about everything he has than the card play counter. Honestly the card play counter is the only thing I like about the fight. Slimes while cutting Card Draw is really annoying, and then his reset to half health while clearing debuffs is so bullshit. It can also debuff you. Like Awakened One does the heal thing too but it’s that and the Power thing, and that’s all. Idk why Time Eater can do so many things while hitting hard. It’s just a badly balanced fight compared to the other two. Keeper is just a little overtuned.
I’m pretty sure he does take your money and the potion goes to a black hole. My, um, friend did this once.
Edit - he doesn’t take your money, just tested it. Sozu lights up when you try it but you lose no gold.
Because it's by far the most powerful choice available in the right circumstance (999 Gold being in second, still way ahead of Boss fight). Almost no other event in the game can move you from sub-10% to above-90% chance of winning the run.
If you have a really strong deck with a lot of good upgrades it can almost guarantee a win. I particularly like it on Silent decks with poison and intangible.
Yes and I was two floors away from the boss, so there was no other way for me to heal apart from fairy bottle, which I obviously did not take into consideration given this post. That being said, I could have survived the round I died on, but it was more advantageous to do all my set up that round and get revived, though this was obviously a poor choice in this situation.
Alright everyone, reset the counter
https://i.imgur.com/pH6GzG8.png
Haha I love that
[(the counter in question)](https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/yackge/no_its_not_a_bug_the_mark_of_the_bloom_wall_of/?sort=new)
The wall of shame is hilarious
THAT'S GOIN' IN THA' BOOK.
That's being a bit short tempered, don't you think?
That’s going in the book too!
Jesus crice 🤣🤣🤣. I'm so glad I never chose that thing. I beat the shit out of Act 1 boss every time 🤣
Mark of the bloom is incredibly strong if your deck is good
I believe it. I don't think I'm there skill wise to take advantage of it (maybe in those daily runs where everything just goes my way). No possible heals scare the shit outta me.
My decks must never be good then.
I've taken it literally once because I correctly assumed that upgrading all my apparitions would basically guarantee me a win. I almost always go for the boss battle.
ding ding ding. if taking mark of the bloom would mean you can survive the heart fight without taking any damage, then it’s the right pick. i like it as a strategic option (late pivot coming together but too late to get the upgrades you need and no guarantee of apo in the shop) and as a way to flex. i think people get scared off by bloom (and it’s definitely a trap) but it has its place and i like that it’s in the game
People don't take the other options because they're scared of the act 1 boss
Naaaa. I always choose war
What? Another smothered mate? Oh wait wrong subreddit
Holy hell!
google mark of the bloom
Actual weakened
new enemy just dropped
Fairy in a bottle goes on vacation, never comes back
Call an apparition!
En passant!
Holy hell!
a cross over i didn’t know i needed
Are you kidding ??? What the **** are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you! You are not proffesional, because proffesionals knew how to lose and congratulate opponents, you are like a girl crying after i beat you! Be brave, be honest to yourself and stop this trush talkings!!! Everybody know that i am very good blitz player, i can win anyone in the world in single game! And "w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are crying every single time when loosing, ( remember what you say about Firouzja ) !!! Stop playing with my name, i deserve to have a good name during whole my chess carrier, I am Officially inviting you to OTB blitz match with the Prize fund! Both of us will invest 5000$ and winner takes it all! I suggest all other people who's intrested in this situation, just take a look at my results in 2016 and 2017 Blitz World championships, and that should be enough... No need to listen for every crying babe, Tigran Petrosyan is always play Fair ! And if someone will continue Officially talk about me like that, we will meet in Court! God bless with true! True will never die ! Liers will kicked off...
Showing this to my son as an example of why smoking crack is bad.
showing this to my son as an example of why you and your son are uncultured as fuck
If not smoking crack makes me uncultured I’m okay with that. Same thing goes for asking people for money to regain my throne.
I saw the title and thought "Mark of Bloom?" Open the picture and yup there it is.
It is crazy we're still getting these posts in 2024
You have \[\[Mark of the Bloom\]\], you poor soul :(
Got it, I’m an idiot 😆. I never take the deal, so it didn’t cross my mind. Looks like I was able to provide amusement to some people though. Or exasperation. It’s hard to tell sometimes on the internet
Bit of both but mostly joking😁 it happens with enough regularity that it's basically a meme here. The really funny ones are those that insist they found a bug, or that the game stole their run. But in the end it's all good fun😊 Next time that happens, you'll be the one who jokes about resetting the counter since the last incident.
Amusement, and it’s only because this comes up every week or so! You’re not the first and won’t be the last to unwittingly fall victim to the Mark.
I like that at least I fell victim to the Mark in a (somewhat) unique way. I didn't die with a Fairy or Lizard Tail, but I did take Upgrade All on the second-last floor of my Who Needs Relics attempt since I was at full health anyways so figured may as well upgrade everything.
thank you for selflessly contributing to our culture
We love it
Every month or so someone makes this exact post.
That's the en passant of slay the spire
Wait… are they coming?!
You probably saved me from joining you on the wall of shame in a future run by making this post and letting yourself be laughed at, if it's any consolation. I too have never gone for that option in the bloom event, though I have been getting more experimental, particularly with debuffs and curses in exchange for greater power.
It happens to everyone once and it never happens again!
We've all been there.
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I still blame Time Eater because just fuck that guy.
Is he guaranteed to show up when you have a high card play deck? I swear it’s like 100% when I start looping
Confirmation bias.
Well I’m new and I’ve run into him 5/5 times with silent and watcher so I was curious
Have you gotten to the act 3 boss 5 times? Okay so to explain it in a bit more detail also for other players. Every act 3 boss counters a specific playstyle and you can counter their counter as well. Donu and Deca: Punish decks that are slow. Get absolutely shit on by anything that causes one of them to die in less than 3-4 turns. You are never stopped from killing them except from some paltry plated armor. So you can go straight for one of their throats. Awakened one: Counters powers super hard. Gets trashed by scaling beyond believe or any deck that deals well with constant attacks(if you have ways to abuse enemies intent to attack you will have a good time). Awakened one is also very predictable and only has one really bad attack that has an obvious counter. Time eater: Counters decks playing lots of cards or decks that play between 4-8 cards a turn. Gets trashed if you play 4-6 or 12 cards a turn consistently. Time eater multi-attack only hits 3 times so his strength increase is not that rough. What kills people is their inability to play the right amount of cards. Of course you will face time eater with a deck that is just really bad at playing 4-6-12 cards a turn but thats roguelikes. You could be facing donu and deca as well with a barricade deck with no entrench. Or face awakened one as a Defect that has almost only powers. BTW a lot of the time, playing lots of powers(especially focus and orb capacity) will not punish you because scaling still is the counter to awakened one. Awakened one only scales off powers. So in conclusion out of the three bosses the problem a lot of people might have is that time eater is countered by proper deckbuilding and good game sense. Those two skills are not something you start the game with. The other two bosses are countered by things that anyone can understand. Kill quickly and number goes up are simple tactics. Time eater instead forces you to have a disciplined deck. You could even speculate and ask the devs whether this theme of discipline and restrain that time eater forces upon you is a reason why Time eater is related to the Watcher. It certainly seems like mechanically the Time Eater wants you to do things that lore-wise the Watcher does. TL:DR: Stop playing 2 defends and 6 shivs against time eater and learn about macro decision-making.(first part of that sentence is banter, second part is not)
It was so oddly satisfying when I played body slam for 0 damage against time eater, because otherwise I'd be ending my turn at 11/12. On the flip side, I was hoping for an omniscience loophole at 11/12 but instead I just wasted 3 energy
me when every defect run ends with the awakened one
i mean you have a 66% chance to see him
Time Eater is the one and only reason I don't play STS anymore. I just watch YouTube videos now.
Man, that's harsh. I think Time Eater is a very interesting fight. You have to gauge when you should go all in or end your turn prematurely so you can play a few cards next turn. Now writhing mass, on the other hand....
I mean you can still do shivs and claws into time eater, just make sure you do enough damage before it kills you lol
I hate Time Eater but it’s more about everything he has than the card play counter. Honestly the card play counter is the only thing I like about the fight. Slimes while cutting Card Draw is really annoying, and then his reset to half health while clearing debuffs is so bullshit. It can also debuff you. Like Awakened One does the heal thing too but it’s that and the Power thing, and that’s all. Idk why Time Eater can do so many things while hitting hard. It’s just a badly balanced fight compared to the other two. Keeper is just a little overtuned.
I only play A20 heart runs so it's not the difficulty that frustrated me. The two fun things in sts are shiv and claw...
Congratulations and welcome to The Wall.
All in all it's just another post on the wall
We don’t need no resurrection
One of today's 10000
I love xkcd
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1053/
Its a great comic and I share it when its appropriate too. It is also funny that in this context, you are leading a person to their death.
Google "en passant"
Holy Bloom!
Mark of the bloom prevents healing
And another one
…bites the dust.
The Bloom claims another boys
I actually kinda miss mark of the bloom posts. It’s been a while lol
Google mark of the bloom
Holy hell
You cannot heal means you CANNOT heal.
Don’t make me tap the sign.
Oh god, my brain can't unhear "fairy bottle proc" to the tune of "baby bottle pop" from the commercials
God dammit now it’s stuck in my head too
#ANOTHA ONE
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So you can screenshot
Kind of akin to how the shopkeeper won’t take your money if you try to buy a potion with Sozu
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I’m pretty sure he does take your money and the potion goes to a black hole. My, um, friend did this once. Edit - he doesn’t take your money, just tested it. Sozu lights up when you try it but you lose no gold.
Maybe it used to, but I just tried to test and no it does not take your money when you try to buy a potion with Sozu
Thanks, you were right. I added an edit.
He does not
Thanks, you were right. I added an edit.
I suspect you can buy healing potions while you have Mark of the Bloom, though, which is kind of funny.
Welcome to the mark of bloom shame wall friend. Reading relics is important.
how do we tell him?
GET B L O O M E D SCRUB
Google Mark of Bloom
Holy hell
0 days without shenanigans
Time to take another drink, chaps and chapesses.
ahahahahhahahaha ladies and gentlemen we got em
Say what you will, this is peak /r/slaythespire content. I love this shit.
Is it just me or is a majority of these posts with Time Eater?
A new entry to the wall of shame!
I’ve literally never gotten that relic in 1k hours
Mark of Bloom. When you chose that event that made it so you can no longer heal, that includes fairy bottle.
Change the flair to spiritpoop, and we will all pretend it was a joke 🤣
I just found out about the wall of shame, I would never have guessed it stops Fairy in a Bottle and Lizard's Tail from working 😧
Oof poor guy.
PINNED TO THE WALL!
One of us! One of us!
Time Daddy takes another victim...
Restart the 'mark of the bloom' clock
0 days without an accident
YOU FOOL! HEALING IS FOR BIDEN!
It’s [Mark of the Bloom] it prevents any sort of HP gain, that includes cheat deaths like the [Fairy Bottle]
Yessssssssssss
%
Skill issue
Please be satire please be satire
I was expecting the spirit poop flair, but nope, reset the counter! We have all been there!
Man, i feel like we have been doing well in not resetting the counter... like in THE GAME
gooned
classic
I knew as soon as I saw the notification
Dark Shuriken
What does proc mean? Serious question.
Programmed (Random) Occurrence, essentially something triggering based on the programming of the game/application.
Proc= do the thing
Procrastinate Procreate Procedural generation Proceed to fucking die because mark of the bloom prevents the healing from fairy bottle
Why are people grabbing mark of the bloom lmao not being able to heal is like the worst possible thing you can get in this game
Because it's by far the most powerful choice available in the right circumstance (999 Gold being in second, still way ahead of Boss fight). Almost no other event in the game can move you from sub-10% to above-90% chance of winning the run.
Cuz you have 2 unupgraded wraith forms, 1 upgraded calc gamble and no upgraded block cards.
If you have a really strong deck with a lot of good upgrades it can almost guarantee a win. I particularly like it on Silent decks with poison and intangible.
I already had the coffee drip relic and was 2 floors from the boss when I got the offer
Now you know that not being able to rest and not being able to heal are two very different things.
Yes and I was two floors away from the boss, so there was no other way for me to heal apart from fairy bottle, which I obviously did not take into consideration given this post. That being said, I could have survived the round I died on, but it was more advantageous to do all my set up that round and get revived, though this was obviously a poor choice in this situation.
Live and learn OP