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Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:24 am
by Zilnad
FatDaz wrote:Anyone had any luck with the black deck? I’m finding it’s very hard to build momentum. If you do t get a good joker after the first round you really struggle.


I definitely found that one very tricky with the lowered hand limit but I can't remember how I got my first win with it now. :fp:

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:08 am
by Ploiper
getting that extra hand tag early on helps quite a bit with the black deck

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:42 am
by FatDaz
After about 15 hours and countless runs I finally beat the black deck.

To my utter shame I had totally misunderstood how +multipliers differed from Xmultipliers. Once I realised the power of glass cards, steel cards and jokers with X abilities it was a game changer!

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:12 pm
by aayl1
FatDaz wrote:After about 15 hours and countless runs I finally beat the black deck.

To my utter shame I had totally misunderstood how +multipliers differed from Xmultipliers. Once I realised the power of glass cards, steel cards and jokers with X abilities it was a game changer!


Took me a couple of games to realise that too! Tbf it's all "multiplying" so if you're not paying attention it's very easy to miss. Get those X multipliers dragged to the right of the + multipliers!

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:08 pm
by False
I think it applies to played cards too, so if you have a glass card or something in a flush you can play that one last

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:53 am
by FatDaz
I recall the tutorial mentioning card positions but never knew why you would do it, having now worked out multiplier it makes total sense that you multiply last to get best benefit.

This has consumed my life, up to 35hrs and only 5 wins but still love it.

It’s so RNG dependent but when you get a good draw it’s such a satisfying feeling.

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:04 am
by TonyDA
Finally got my first win last night, using a mix of high card, pair, 2-pair & three of a kind, all stacked with Jokers that had a +mult. Then realised I’d struggle to get the 100k I was going to need at the end, until I got the Wheel of Fortune Tarot card (which had never worked at any other time I’d had it) and it put a x1.5 mult on a random Joker!

Dragged that Joker to the right (hadn’t worked that out either until I read it on here) & got the 100k with two hands remaining! :D

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:49 pm
by FatDaz
Congrats!! X multipliers really are the key.

Edit and wheel of fortune had only ever worked twice for me In Dozens of tries!

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:55 pm
by TonyDA
Thanks! I think since reading on here a few days ago about the multipliers, I’ve not had one joker with it come up in the shop. To fluke one through a tarot card, just before the boss of Ante 8 was brilliant.

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:28 pm
by aayl1
1/12 chance of that specifically happening too, as the wheel of fortune has 3 potential outcomes (2 of which probably wouldn't have got you the win!)

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:17 pm
by TonyDA
I think I’ve ended up picking the wheel of fortune 10-15 times in various playthroughs (after opening packs) and every time it had flashed up ‘nope!’ upon opening.

Apart from this one time - so jammy!

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:09 pm
by Ploiper
finally got my first 2 billion+ points in a single hand, every joker unlocked, reached ante 12. not to bad.

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:42 pm
by FatDaz
Ploiper wrote:finally got my first 2 billion+ points in a single hand, every joker unlocked, reached ante 12. not to bad.


What deck do you primarily use?

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:16 pm
by Ploiper
FatDaz wrote:
Ploiper wrote:finally got my first 2 billion+ points in a single hand, every joker unlocked, reached ante 12. not to bad.


What deck do you primarily use?


i like the use the chequered deck, makes getting a fair few of the unlocks slightly easier when you can concentrate on just playing flushes.

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:31 am
by Memento Mori
Got my third or fourth win yesterday, this time with the green deck. Every single win I've gotten I've ended up using that joker which retriggers your first played card. It's become my talisman.

Was using a joker which added a X multiplier for each planet card used and one which added X3 if the cards remaining in my hand were nothing but spades and clubs. Won without even trying to.

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:57 pm
by FatDaz
I’ve now put 50hrs into this and still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing half the time!

Good runs are so reliant on getting synergy early. The number of times I’ve got to shop on first ante and found no jokers :x

Just completed green stakes. What I don’t like is that so many runs end up being all about flushes. Maybe I need to diversify my strategy

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:14 pm
by aayl1
Working my way through the decks, trying to get a win with each before moving on. Up to the black deck now - 6 jokers but one less hand and I'm struggling to get a run off the ground, past the first couple of antes. Loving it though!

Just unlocked the coupon for +1 hand so that should help if I luck upon that!

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:51 am
by Memento Mori
Got a win on the abandoned deck (no face cards). The hanging chad joker snuck in of course but I played it very similar to my green win with X3 if you only have spades and clubs in your hand. Paired it with blackboard which copies the joker on its right.

Still haven't actually won with the starting red deck.

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:36 pm
by Herdanos
This is really very clever isn't it? :wub:

Re: Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:01 pm
by poshrule_uk
Got this yesterday, best Ante so far is 6. Very addictive.