Beacon of Hope Power

Is Beacon of Hope good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Beacon of Hope is a rare power from the Colorless card pool. Its effect: Whenever you gain Block on your turn, other players gain half that much Block. Right now it’s a premium pick that sits at B tier — one of the better cards you can add to a deck this run.

Over 87 tracked runs its win rate sits at 60.9%, 46.6% ahead of the 14.3% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 0.3% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 8.4% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 69.4% against 45.5% for runs that passed, a +19.9% pick lift over 49 decided runs. Within Regent runs it’s drafted 0.5% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.1 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Strike, which lifts its win rate by +3.5% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Bronze Scales is its standout companion, worth a +16.8% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 48.0% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 26.

Of the runs that drafted it, 53 ended in victory against 34 deaths and 0 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 6.9% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Beacon of Hope fits a Colorless deck.

Pick or Skip: Beacon of Hope

Players take Beacon of Hope in 8.4% of the 583 offers it appears in; those runs win 69.4% against 45.5% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +19.9% over 49 decided runs.

Taken 49 times out of 583 offers.

Pick rate when offered counts offers, not runs: out of every time the game put this in front of a player, how often it was taken. It is not the same number as the share of runs that end up containing it.

Pick lift is the sample-adjusted gap between runs that took the option and runs that passed on it. It is the fair way to rank choices, because raw win rates put the smallest samples on top.

When to Pick Up Beacon of Hope

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Beacon of Hope, Act 3 is the best: 78.4% across 37 runs.

Win rate of runs by the act Beacon of Hope entered the deck. Acts that have not reached the sample floor show their run count only.

Best Cards to Pair with Beacon of Hope

Beacon of Hope’s strongest card pairings so far are Strike (+3.5%), Survivor (+1.0%), and Defend (+1.0%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Strike+3.5%15 runsSurvivor+1.0%16 runsDefend+1.0%16 runsNeutralize-0.6%15 runsBodyguard-2.9%16 runsAscender's Bane-3.6%46 runs

Based on small co-occurring samples — treat these as early signals, not final verdicts.

Beacon of Hope Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that draft Beacon of Hope, it performs best with Regent (71.4%), Silent (66.7%), and Defect (61.5%).

The Regent71.4%21 runsThe Silent66.7%18 runsThe Defect61.5%13 runsThe Necrobinder58.8%17 runsThe Ironclad44.4%18 runs

Best Relics for Beacon of Hope

The relics that swing Beacon of Hope’s win rate the most are Bronze Scales (+16.8%), Whetstone (+15.4%), and Vajra (+15.4%), with each lift shown.

Bronze Scales+16.8%21 runsWhetstone+15.4%15 runsVajra+15.4%15 runsPendulum+15.3%19 runsVenerable Tea Set+15.3%19 runsLantern+15.1%23 runs

Based on small co-occurring samples — treat these as early signals, not final verdicts.

Beacon of Hope Card Details

A 1-energy rare power, Beacon of Hope is upgraded 48.0% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 26.

Whenever you gain Block on your turn, other players gain half that much Block.

What Ends Runs with Beacon of Hope

Runs holding Beacon of Hope end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.9%), Decimillipede Elite (3.4%), and Aeonglass Boss (3.4%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.9% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite3.4% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss3.4% of runs
• Queen Boss3.4% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss2.3% of runs

See Also

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