Cursed Seeds: DOOMED Rector Run + FORMLESS CHILD | Monster Train: The Last Divinity

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Covenant 25: Melting / Umbra | Seed: AirlineCollapseKernel
Outrageously difficult 3-hour run with several mid-run pivots. Try this if you want to suffer.
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Cursed Seeds is an ad hoc and educational series where viewers submit the hardest, Covenant 25 challenge seeds that they encounter and I try to navigate them to a victory, featuring complete explanations of every decision.
🕒 Time Stamps
0:00:00 Introduction
0:05:05 Rings 1-2
0:28:22 Rings 3-5
1:25:05 Rings 6-7
2:10:36 Seraph
2:33:14 Divinity
2:58:09 Run Summary
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Пікірлер: 73

@Gabriot 2 жыл бұрын

oof, that indeed was an aggravatingly cursed seed. Not a single shop at all had what we want to see lol. I gave it a shot and it was cool to see where we lined up and differed, I think we for the most part lined up w/ the general gameplan, though I ended up leaning more toward HH which made it a little less awful. At any rate though, wow watching the pain you had to navigate through some of these rings is just downright impressive that you got through it, very well done Dusk!

@Gabriot 2 жыл бұрын

*spoilers* And you know the funny thing is, rewatching it, technically there is probably an umbra line here that is relatively smooth, but I just have a hard time realistically w/out any advance knowledge of the run making the choices leading up to ring 4 that would properly allow me to lean into it (basically, you could get some pretty good morsel gen, self infused quick alloy, and if I'm not mistaken a furnace tap eventually showed up so you could have a quad striking quick alloy)

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

I took a look at your playthrough and I'm genuinely surprised it even won from looking at the cards, but I did consider the "don't even try to upgrade halls and just dupe a -1/-1 version of it repeatedly" since you have 2 chances after seeing it. You might've been able to get there with Construct, too, but the relics shown are pretty tough and there are no supporting good cards like Shroud Spike anywhere. You couldn't even go full jank with Holdover on anything since the run has no Holdover.

@______Daniel 5 ай бұрын

You did it!!! Formless child was a wild pick. I can’t believe you pulled this run off. I can’t believe

@AyylienInvader 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely losing my mind over "Formless child, you're too good"! Jank runs (or train wreck runs) always lead to some of the best moments

@ecbrd8478 2 жыл бұрын

Train Wreck sounds like the name of a series on this channel that doesn't exist yet.

@AyylienInvader 2 жыл бұрын

@@ecbrd8478 I took the nomenclature from Northernlion's community, where some of his more disastrously bad Binding of Isaac runs were named train wrecks. Definitely fits given the name of this game though! Maybe some sort of VOD/run review series?

@tookatripto3000 2 жыл бұрын

Dusk clocking out his brains CPU to clownputate every possible outcome. Even NASA's best machines would fail at all the pivots and half measures. Formless Child is a divine being.

@pRIderzaur 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, it finally happened. Sorry - not sorry - for this seed. It was truly cursed. I am by no means a great player, but I consider myself to be... decent/above average. And looots of times when I lose I think to myself "well, if I did that/picked that up, I'm sure it would be a win", so I don't really submit 'cursed' seeds. But this one... this one... it took you 3 hours, worse than I expected, wow. Congratulations and thank you!

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to have played it, but I lost all hope and went partially insane around Ring 6 so you know it's a good one haha.

@beastofbones 2 жыл бұрын

After listening to Dusk's wrapup commentary on the run on whether the decision making was necessary, definitely check out Gabriot's version of the run. Leaning into the Hallowed Halls instead of Formless Child makes the run much easier, and the margin for error isn't nearly so nasty. Robot is not necessary to survive Ring 4, double Baron is fine, (although that's a pathing difference), Gabriot lived taking the trial, and he actually dropped micro in several spots which would have saved Pyre health. Playing aggressively off the bottom/mid floor with Calling hybrid would've been better for Gabriot's run. Holdover / permafrost / Spellchain are never found, but simply duping a cost reduced Halls gets the job done. Dusk had to work a lot harder lategame with big brain plays because of the line he took. Immortal Trade and Stealth tomb are good, but not must takes, if you've already seen Harvest + Baron. But definite props to Dusk for threading the needle and getting the job done on his run. Made for a great watch and demonstration of skill.

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm actually genuinely surprised that Gabriot's approach even wins. It lacks hits on the floor and generally is really slow, but it does avoid the need to pivot so much so it gets to focus a little more. I'll have to study the video a bit more because I'm definitely underestimating some part of everything there. I think the thing that makes that approach so much cleaner is that the deck can be much smaller, so the redraw on all 3 Halls is a lot cleaner. Randomly upgraded Dregs going over 150 damage is really important too, and something to consider in this line. I'll keep that knowledge tucked away for future runs like this!

@ruudje86 2 жыл бұрын

Can you link to the video? Can't seem to find it

@beastofbones 2 жыл бұрын

@@ruudje86 Bit leery of posting direct links, since YT tends to think they're spam. The video in question on Gabriot's channel is titled "Giving Dusk's Cursed Seed A Shot - What to do when zero desired "big" upgrades are found??". Popping a few of the main search terms into YT's search should get you there. Dusk's comment on both sides is accurate though. One line isn't necessarily better than the other, and taking the Robot / Maker as a hedge isn't a bad idea, and if the drafts had turned out differently, could've been the superior line. Resin block with Halls does make Dregs decent though, since it's essentially Firelight Fade lite which loves 1 pip units.

@opal2860 2 жыл бұрын

The sort of run I'd abandon halfway through after looking at my deck and seeing nothing... would never have found the Formless Child line. Amazing run, well played!!

@danielfeldt6110 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap three hours. This must be an absolute banger I finally finished it a day or so later, can confirm was an absolute banger!

@ifish7599 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited for this! the cursed seed episodes are so good!

@Henfredemars 7 ай бұрын

Wow! This was such an intense and distressing video to watch. Hung on every minute of it over the past few evenings of our cruise. I'm still stunned that you managed to extract so much value particularly out of formless child.

@RisingDusk 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, this was a real toughie to be sure. Sometimes you've got to do weird stuff, though!

@corpusfrisky33 8 ай бұрын

This wound up being the perfect run to rewatch in a week without new content. Whew!

@LarryBazongas 3 ай бұрын

formless child man, this run is SOMETHING

@littlezimty 2 жыл бұрын

"Oh no, formless child, you're too good?" That man has been carrying my melting runs since the day he was born haha

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

What have I been missing all this time?!

@littlezimty 2 жыл бұрын

@@RisingDusk Revel in this little man's power! Sometimes I use him with a curated reform pool, sometimes he just fills an extra pip behind an important unit like a living permafrosted primitive mold. I've also had runs with intrinsic channelsong/prism retrieval where he was the bulk of my initial scaling. But as long as I can afford to play him I don't mind thinking of him as miscellaneous scaling.

@definingkr33d Жыл бұрын

What a run! My word that was well played! Those runs where every decision is crucial, definitely wear you down but they feel so good to win. Never seen Formless Child used in such a pivotal way.

@Brockoleen Жыл бұрын

Formless Child, the savior blob! What an incredibly played run. I've been really enjoying the backlog of cursed seeds and I can't wait to catch up to present times so I can binge watch the other playlists too. Keep up the great content!

@roylong2059 8 ай бұрын

Even if I managed to make it to the choice I never would have considered taking Formless child impressive work

@Zackapo 2 жыл бұрын

Shapeless boi carrying the team

@matteganhouse3989 2 жыл бұрын

I’m always too much of a coward to pick Formless Child. Well done Dusk, tip of the sludge hat to you

@zosete 8 ай бұрын

Big fan of your videos and explanations, but this one is easily top 3. Formless child is one of the units I just don’t know how to use (soul devourer or whatever the name might be the other ) but a FC clutch is unheard of. Here’s hoping to find a video where you carry with shadoweater

@Ulfhrafninn 2 жыл бұрын

Formless Child? More like Formless Chad.

@Kikalenew42 2 жыл бұрын

Critical child BS is a good way to put it yeah. By far the weirdest ?scaling? line I've ever seen. I'm sorry you had to go through that jeez

@alexgregory1034 2 жыл бұрын

What a run! Formless Child sure did some work this run

@thomaswall7685 2 жыл бұрын

What a run, good stuff. Formless child for the win.

@waidan 2 жыл бұрын

Long one, must be a rough one

@BaronessZen 2 жыл бұрын

Probably also a dark calling run

@waidan 2 жыл бұрын

Was definitely a pivot. But wow so much could have went wrong. Formless Child def pulled weight that run

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this run can only be described as an absolute nightmare.

@williamzhang8166 2 жыл бұрын

Formless Child keyword. Very cursed run, hilarious that you saw 3 formless childs throughout the run.

@littlezimty 2 жыл бұрын

BTW I saw the video length and knew we were in for an absolute banger

@Zoolooman Жыл бұрын

What an awesome run to watch.

@Zoolooman Жыл бұрын

o yea formless child because lmao what a run

@KnowbysCabin 2 жыл бұрын

Formless Child. Good lord what s gauntlet

@ReptillianStrike 2 жыл бұрын

Why are you shitting on Formless child? D: That boi did amazing! I love Formless child. He's awkward as fuck to play, but I love the idea of him.

@SimplySammyK 2 жыл бұрын

I used to hate melting remnant until I watched several of your videos and I learnt allot about them, now they're one of my favourites. call me cursed but I love Umbra too and I'd be happy having them team, reforming some umbra units is alright really but I play kinda weird I guess xD

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

Melting is really tough to play, so when I say it's the strongest clan I am assuming "with optimal play" as a qualifier. Don't feel bad losing a lot while you get better with them!

@jimbob0i0 Жыл бұрын

Formless child ... and what the heck was that?!

@5Grave5Robber5 Жыл бұрын

A bit late to this but what a performance by formless child.

@izgorable 9 ай бұрын

About 1 year late, but good run dude. Formless child

@RisingDusk 9 ай бұрын

I still read these, though! Hell yeah for making it through!

@Shenalia 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. I wouldn't believe this happened with Formless Child if I hadn't seen it. BRA-VO.

@ak49 7 ай бұрын

I now main FORMLESS CHILD

@KazeNoKlonoa0 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes unlikely cards get the Job done. I had a run once where I picked Glugsider for card mastery and he ended up being critical to beating the run. But this Formless Child run is like 10 levels beyond that...

@fikamonster2564 2 жыл бұрын

i would like a magic shop upgrade that said "bottomdeck this card". would make cards like memonto mori show upn when you can actually use them

@pablovirus Жыл бұрын

Super cursed seed 😂

@G.Aaron.Fisher Жыл бұрын

50:41 You missed +9/+9 on your baron by placing him in front instead of in back. Hallowed Halls kills units one at a time, front to back. So anything with a harvest trigger will see all the deaths to its right.

@G.Aaron.Fisher Жыл бұрын

You missed this a couple times, but finally remembered and started talking about it in the TLD fight.

@justinbeale5672 2 жыл бұрын

We have to find a cursed seed the finally defeats dusk once and for all. #FORMLESS CHILD

@tille5588 2 жыл бұрын

Have a seed if you want: TotalTowardClassics It is *technically* a win but in reality I reloaded a bunch to make it happen, and could never have won fairly. There is a certain unit here that you once said you could make work from any position, if you manage to win with that one that would be something to see ;)

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, you bet I want! Love these cursed seed submissions and am always happy to have more, though it's probably like 3 months before it goes live since there's quite a backlog haha. Cheers!

@lvlen-125 2 жыл бұрын

Formless Child run, holy fuck

@lvlen-125 2 жыл бұрын

R E F O R M D E N S I T Y

@petercoll9498 Жыл бұрын

Keyword formless child

@siri7005 Жыл бұрын

I don't have anything constructive to say, I just want you to know about Formless Child.

@RisingDusk Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!

@jonorgames9880 2 жыл бұрын

Are you planning any 1k subs event/live-stream? :)

@RisingDusk 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to set up an actual Discord server for my channel at 1k with notifications and stuff, probably include upcoming Cursed Seeds in a list and some other stuff. I didn't really have anything else planned, though I'm open to ideas!

@PolarBear0 2 жыл бұрын

@@RisingDusk I think it’d be really awesome to see the cursed seeds backlog in advanced, so more people could try their hand at playing beforehand. It’s always nice when there’s a handful of runs already for a cursed seed when you run it. Makes for some good intel when you review the runs that failed.