Talk:Slice and Dice

I thought we were supposed to wait before spoilering this...?

Wait for what? I thought that we waited to spoil new content. This trophy isn't new content, it's just been recently discovered. Sign your posts.--Someone Else 06:07, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

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With this trophy, does the Stab Bat have to be a base of 20 pounds, or can it include buffs, such as empathy? --Rai 03:54, 23 May 2006 (CDT)

I'm thinking base, because I'm not sure that buffs work in Valhalla. I could be wrong.--Someone Else 04:51, 23 May 2006 (CDT)

Is it sufficient to beat the NS, then train up your stabbat to 20lbs, then step through the big glowing orifice with your fresh 20lbs stabbat? --Mozai 16:40, 6 June 2006 (CDT)

• Correct, that's exactly what I did. It is not neccesary to defeat the NS with your stab bat.--Kiltan 16:48, 6 June 2006 (CDT)
• I assume so. (What else could ascending with a 20lb stabbat mean?)--SomeStranger (T | C) 16:42, 6 June 2006 (CDT)
• I wondered if it was required to carry the Stabbat during the entire ascension, from 'welcome n00b' to freeing the King (when HC is lifted), and/or beyond. --Mozai 12:42, 7 June 2006 (CDT)
  • With NS13, this may indeed become the case. --Quietust (t|c) 08:47, 30 May 2007 (CDT)
  • I am thinking, that 90% is ought to be enough. 100% is a real pain. --raorn 03:13, 21 August 2007 (CDT)
  • 100% is not required -- see comment at the bottom of the page. --Tanzania_Pudding 15:37, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

Has to be a real stab bat?

Has anyone tested ascending with a doppleshifter or comma chameleon in stab bat form to see if you get the trophy? I wouldn't think it would work, but someone suggested it in /valhalla and it's an interesting idea. --rholliday 19:16, 10 January 2007 (CST)

No longer attainable?

With NS13 coming up, will the trophy be no longer attainable after the update? On the info site (found from the KoL main page), it is said that "You will no longer retain a full-weight familiar through the Gash." Since you wont be able to take a level 20 stab bat through the gash, wouldn't that mean you can't get the trophy? --Chuckles1 08:41, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

• I'd say wait and see what the actual implementation is and how it affects the trophy. The requirements may easilly change.--Toffile 09:31, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
  • First of all, the criteria for earning the trophy is only taking a 20lb stab bat (not including any weight bonuses) through the astral gash, and nothing is going to remove the ability to do that. The only thing NS13 will do is change the weight of your familiar after you've stepped through the gash, by which point you've already qualified for the trophy. Also, Jick himself has stated that it will still be possible to get this trophy, though he may change the requirement from "ascend with a 20lb stab bat" to "complete an entire ascension using only a stab bat" (i.e. complete a 100% stab bat run). --Quietust (t|c) 08:46, 30 May 2007 (CDT)
• I'm cranky; I got my 20lb Stab-bat, ascended with it before NS13 rolled out, had the ability to buy it but now that NS13 has turned up I can no longer purchase my trophy! Is this fair? I did earn it. --Robyn* 06:22, 25 June 2007 (CDT)
  • The same thing happened to me :( --Jakisskev 01:03, 26 June 2007 (CDT)
  • Well apparently it's because the 'get' requirement has changed so our 'get' claim is no longer valid. --Robyn* 03:57, 27 June 2007 (CDT)
  • Well, Riff says it needs to be obtained in a new way. Here's what he said.--BMoD 17:18, 27 June 2007 (CDT)
• My bitch is that I spent 80 turns in the arena to level up the stupid bat. That is 8,000 maet that I could have spent on something else, had I known that the damn trophy wouldn't be purchasable. What a bummer to start my NS-13 experience this way. --Blastphemist 19:46, 28 June 2007 (CDT)
• This happened to me, too. Hopefully they will find out how to obtain it soon. --wexer9 08:51, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

References

Is it just me, or does the "Friend Bat" reference seem like a really big stretch? --Quietust (t|c) 08:47, 30 May 2007 (CDT)

• no, it's not just you. --Evilkolbot 11:43, 30 May 2007 (CDT)

I'm gonna remove the reference to the new batman movie, as this trophy is years older. --Silophant 19:22, 23 July 2008 (CDT)

The reference you deleted wasn't to the 2008 movie (note that the reference was added in April), but to the 1986 Frank Miller series...which is years older than the trophy.--Foggy 19:34, 23 July 2008 (CDT)

Yes, but ... there's "bats" and "slice and dice," but I just don't see that part as being a reference. The phrase "slice and dice" is ANCIENT, considerably older than 1986, and nothing else about the trophy or familiar references Batman *at all*. TPTB are NOT this subtle about references. --Yunatwilight 17:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

guess guess

ascend with a 20 lb scary death orb and 20 lb stab bat?--Myst44 20:48, 8 September 2007 (CDT)

Visit the Trophy Maker while accompanied by a >N-lb Stab Bat (maybe 60 lbs or more, with spray, snacks, Optimist Primal, Sympathy, Empathy, Leash, pith helmet, bar whip, lead necklace, 3 tiny plastic familiars...)? --Ash Plissken 13:53, 17 September 2007 (CDT)

• If that's the way to receive the trophy, your stab bat has to be heavier than 68 lbs. I've just tried to get one and failed.
  It must be another way... --Grenald 14:46, 20 September 2007 (CDT)
  • Here's a suggestion: try doing a 100% stab bat run. That is, once you've stepped through the gash and reincarnated, get out your stab bat and spend every combat adventure with it. After you've beaten the Naughty Sorceress, step through the gash and reincarnate, then check the trophy hut. --Quietust (t|c) 15:39, 20 September 2007 (CDT)
    • PorcupineSpader (#993977) did a 100% hardcore run with the bat after NS13 and doesn't have the trophy. At least not on display. I haven't had the opportunity to ask them about it. --rholliday 18:31, 20 September 2007 (CDT)

I just did a post-NS13 run, at the end of which my Stab Bat had 1299 kills, my NPZR had 10, my Leprechaun had 1 and my Star Starfish had 1 (it was well into the run before I realized the criterion had changed). I ascended with the Stab Bat, and upon reincarnation, I was eligible for the trophy. So the trophy doesn't require a 100% Stab Bat run (thank God). A couple of hypotheses for the requirement, based on this one data point: -ascend with a Stab Bat with over 1000 kills; -have more than N% Stab Bat kills (99%?); -kill all (most?) bosses using the Stab Bat; -a combination of above elements. --Tanzania_Pudding 15:37, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

How could you even do 100% Stab Bat run? Don't you need to use other familiars to beat the Naughty Sorceress? --PsychoBoy 12:40, 28 September 2007 (PST)

• Leveling the familiars in the arena and using them to beat the NS familiars does not count in the percentage used in the run. --CheezyBob 14:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
• Whether or not arena-leveling counts as kills, you can raise familiars to the required 20 pounds without giving them any experience, using skills and items like Amphibian Sympathy, Leash of Linguini, familiar equipment, plexiglass pith helmet, pet-buffing spray... --Tanzania Pudding 16:09, 30 September 2007 (CDT)

Kills, Not Weight?

I'm currently doing a run with a stab bat; my theory is that it takes 400 kills (to make 20 pounds in kills). Results in a week. Ish.--Iridia 16:51, 1 November 2007 (CDT)

• I currently have a Stab Bat with 400 kills, no trophy. I haven't ascended with it yet, though, so that may be required. If no further progress has been made when I'm done with this run, I'll take it through the gash with me. --Dryhad 22:48, 7 November 2007 (CST)
• I have ascended with a lvl20 Stab Bat, 423 kills; brought him through the gash. No trophy for me. Ascension records show that it is an ascension of 44% favorite familiar (Leprechaun) run. Maybe the trophy require BOTH having 400+ kills AND the favorite familiar is the stab bat. --Stevetek 20:21, 18 November 2007 (CST)

Confirmation of change

I recently did a NS13 100% stab bat run and was offered the trophy on the subsequent ascension. The trophy makers text had not changed since NS11. Now who wants to try a 99% run? --Bigcalm 05:40, 3 November 2007 (CDT)

Hardcore? Softcore? Casual?--Iridia 07:27, 4 November 2007 (CST)

Sorry, I didn't see the reply until now - I was hardcore at the time. --Bigcalm 05:18, 18 December 2007 (CST)

I can confirm that you CAN NOT get this trophy by doing a 100% casual run with the stab bat :( I just ascended with my multi and no trophy. --The sofa king 00:34, 8 November 2007 (CST)

I did a 100% stab bat run in hardcore after the NS13 switch and I got the trophy that way. Someone needs to try it in soft. (And then try lower percentages.)--MaskedLihc 02:31, 8 November 2007 (CST)

I got it from a 100% bat softcore run a few days ago. --Prestige 03:36, 8 November 2007 (CST)

Okay, so we just need to try lower percentages. (Ugh, this is why I should hit update immediately instead of letting it sit for a few hours while I'm at class. Sorry about that sofa king.)--MaskedLihc 11:37, 8 November 2007 (CST)

Apparently it's worth mentioning again (see above) -- I did a 99% bat softcore run back in September and got the trophy. --Tanzania Pudding 11:56, 5 December 2007 (CST)

Has anybody completed a Stab Bat run (softcore or hardcore) with less than 99%? What about 90%? 75%? 51%? --Morphius 02:29, 15 December 2007 (CST)

I can confirm that you can get this trophy with a softcore 97% stab-bat run. As I was just elligible for it with that percentage on my last ascension. I was actually aiming for 95%, but I guess I missed by just a bit. --Alxndrxvier 06:22, 2 February 2008 (CST)

• if you're eligible , what's the trophy maker text? is it still the 20lb message? --Evilkolbot 13:10, 2 February 2008 (CST)

• "You're entitled to the "Slice and Dice" Trophy, for having ascended with a 20-lb. Stab Bat." --Alxndrxvier 04:18, 3 February 2008 (CST)

I ascended today with a 94% hardcore run, and am now eligible for the trophy. I suspect my real percentage was 93.XX rounded up to 94, based on the counting I did (the perfection of which was marred due to white candy and the like). I was planning on ascending closer to the 90% threshold, but wound up with no time to ascend over the weekend, so a friend kindly sat my account and botted 100% combats to drive up my usage. I got the same Trophy Maker text: "You're entitled to the "Slice and Dice" Trophy, for having ascended with a 20-lb. Stab Bat." --Mighty Xerxes 16:11, 4 February 2008 (CST)

Though this obviously needs to be further tested, I'm thinking that the actually requirements are a 90%+ stab-bat non-casual run. Considering two of the new trophies that came out with NS-13 both require 90%+ runs to acquire, it would make sense for TPTB to keep a theme like that going with this trophy since they obviously changed the requirements for it. --Alxndrxvier 07:14, 7 February 2008 (CST)

I recently did an ascension. I got 88% and no trophy. So all someone needs to do is an 90 and 89.--Karoly1 10:53, 4 May 2008 (CDT)

I also got the trophy with a 94% run. --Morphius 21:35, 3 July 2008 (CDT)

Just qualified for the trophy with a 91% Stab Bat Hardcore run. It was 20 lbs (base) at the time, and unfortunately I didn't get a look at its kills/experience. --Pneuma08 14:27, 13 August 2008 (CDT)

I got this trophy (with my multi antipasta) at 93.1%, in casual mode. --Antimarty 23:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Casual Runs

I got this trophy via a casual run (100%). It definitely works.

Bifferwine 04:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Post April 02

Not sure if this is due to the recode of how Ronin ends, but the trophy became available right after I freed the king during a 100% stab bat run. Took down the NS, checked for a trophy and found none, smashed the crystal, and there the trophy was. I did NOT ascend. So it would seem that one doesn't necessarily have to actually Ascend (with or without the stab bat), as long as the king is freed after a ~93%+ stab bat run. Do familiar percentages actually "freeze" after freeing the king? --Theletterm 00:37, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, they do (the game stores both beforecore and net with aftercore usuage precentages. That would indictcate that the important part is stored and checked before ascending on that run.--Brion thenotgiant 01:52, 15 April 2009 (UTC)