I'm never gonna get past orange stake

[ROORnNUGZ]

Been trying to beat orange stake for the last two weeks. Finally just got a good start and got a bunch of steel kings with mime and baron. Then run into the plant in ante 6. GG

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[Joeynator3000]

Yeah...just watched a video about high cards, they said it's the easiest way to beat everything...I'm not even at Orange yet and I still struggled to even get started on trying a high card strat. -.-

I keep saying this, no matter how many good jokers or cards you get, the game WILL manage to find a way to screw you over. On rare occasions do I ever win now.

[games23]

i feel your pain, i've been stuck on red deck orange for 20+ hours

[malogoss]

Baron + Mime is cool in endless white stake.

You got to try it at orange stake, you lost. From now on you can avoid that build, because it's not that great, or try it again and pray for good fortune. Your choice.

[ROORnNUGZ]

Originally posted by malogoss:

Baron + Mime is cool in endless white stake.

You got to try it at orange stake, you lost. From now on you can avoid that build, because it's not that great, or try it again and pray for good fortune. Your choice.

Not really any choice on your build at the higher stakes. Just have to go with what the game will bless me with. Usually die in ante 2 or 3

[YoruHawk]

orange stake is where the game gets extremely difficult. High card and two pair are the easiest to win with because they are easy to play consistently. They also have much simpler set ups on average to higher tier hands. If you need any tips let me know Ive beat gold stake on like 5 decks and orange stake on like 10. Happy to help!

[ROORnNUGZ]

Originally posted by YoruHawk:

orange stake is where the game gets extremely difficult. High card and two pair are the easiest to win with because they are easy to play consistently. They also have much simpler set ups on average to higher tier hands. If you need any tips let me know Ive beat gold stake on like 5 decks and orange stake on like 10. Happy to help!

well I think I had the right idea. Just got unlucky with the boss. If you have any tips they would be appreciated.

[Joeynator3000]

I was only able to do high card once...after that, the game just constantly refused to give me what I needed for high cards...go figure.

[AzrealPlays2]

Getting the Director's Cut/Retcon is usually the best way to deal with problematic Bosses in your build, like the Plant. There are also other Joker's that can neuter them, like Lachador and that one Legendary Joker (I forgor the name).

[DonDarker]

Orange stake gave me the most trouble. The standard strategy is to save all your money early on until you get to the £25 mark but this doesn't really work on orange, you want to build up your money but slower than normal. You have to snap up a few packs and be willing to skip a few blinds early on. Those early risks will pay off later on.
I finally beat it by switching up to the checkered deck. I played the flush game early on and levelled it up barely enough to get past the blinds, all the while building my deck for a high/pair build.
I rode flushes until my pairs and highs were scoring just as much.
Grab tarots when you can and reroll until you get the jokers you need. Its better to risk falling behind with your cash over settling for just ok jokers.
Good luck.

[ROORnNUGZ]

Originally posted by AzrealPlays2:

Getting the Director's Cut/Retcon is usually the best way to deal with problematic Bosses in your build, like the Plant. There are also other Joker's that can neuter them, like Lachador and that one Legendary Joker (I forgor the name).

yeah i never got the voucher in my shop and I rerolled all my money before the boss hoping for a lucky joker to counter the boss

[YoruHawk]

yeah sometimes you get unlucky. I would have to had seen the run to see what happened. Best general advice i can give is economy. Orange stake currently basically takes all packs out of the game because they are so expensive. So if you are going to buy packs they need to be really early in the run. I would just roll with what is working but if you see an opportunity to run something simple like high card pair two pair run with it. It seems to be the only consistent way for me to have a chance at winning orange and gold stake. Utility jokers are not as good in orange stake since packs are more expensive you need to make up for the score youll be losing. I think even jokers that give money lose value for the same reason. You just want to remain above the interest cap of 25 so you can maximize your money. I am not saying dont use jokers that give money but focus on ones that give guaranteed money not ones that need to be built around or carried for a long time cause you eventually want to get rid of them for a joker that increases your scores, I like gold joker and cloud nine because you are guaranteed four every round and you can drop them when you need to. Two other things i see a lot of people doing that I dont agree with is people reroll when it is expensive you shouldnt be rerolling much unless you absolutely have to because it gets insanely expensive basically just dont roll down to like 0 dollars cause then you will lose your interest cap. I also like to basically just not even look at packs after a certain point because even if you get what you want 9/10 its not worth the 10+ dollars you spent on the pack. I am not the best player by any means, I still lose in high stakes but I think these tips can help you increase your win rate. If you need more tips watch balatro university on youtube he has great guides and might actually be the best balatro player

[YoruHawk]

I should have specified that you dont always need to be above the interest cap especially early because that is the only time you can really buy packs. However, it is a good general rule of thumb for the rest of the run and all other stakes.

[YoruHawk]

Sorry lol i keep thinking of things I would definitely recommend watching balatro universities skip tag tier list you might be skipping to much to little or on the wrong things. He also has plenty of videos of him beating gold stake and it can really help you get an idea of how to win a run

[malogoss]

Originally posted by ROORnNUGZ:

Not really any choice on your build at the higher stakes. Just have to go with what the game will bless me with. Usually die in ante 2 or 3

That's false, but if thinking that way makes you comfortable, keep living in that bubble.

[ROORnNUGZ]

Originally posted by malogoss:

Originally posted by ROORnNUGZ:

Not really any choice on your build at the higher stakes. Just have to go with what the game will bless me with. Usually die in ante 2 or 3

That's false, but if thinking that way makes you comfortable, keep living in that bubble.

explain how I'm wrong? Can only buy what gets put in the shop. Have no economy to reroll the shop. So have to go with what gets put in the shop. Would love to know what to do differently?