Blade of Ink Skill

Is Blade of Ink good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Blade of Ink is a rare skill from the Silent card pool. Its effect: Add Inky Shivs into your Hand. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 340 tracked runs its win rate sits at 42.3%, 28.5% ahead of the 13.8% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.6% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 44.2% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 45.3% against 36.0% for runs that passed, a +9.0% pick lift over 265 decided runs. Within Silent runs it’s drafted 7.0% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.2 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Shadowmeld, which lifts its win rate by +24.0% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Cloak Clasp is its standout companion, worth a +32.6% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 39.0% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 18.

Upgrading the card adds +1 Cards to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 143 ended in victory against 195 deaths and 2 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 6.5% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Blade of Ink fits a Silent deck.

Pick or Skip: Blade of Ink

Players take Blade of Ink in 44.2% of the 643 offers it appears in; those runs win 45.3% against 36.0% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +9.0% over 265 decided runs.

Taken 284 times out of 643 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 Blade of Ink

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Blade of Ink, Act 3 is the best: 80.0% across 15 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Blade of Ink

Blade of Ink’s strongest card pairings so far are Shadowmeld (+24.0%), Knife Trap (+22.5%), and Corrosive Wave (+21.2%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Shadowmeld+24.0%20 runsKnife Trap+22.5%70 runsCorrosive Wave+21.2%26 runsWell-Laid Plans+19.2%32 runsStorm of Steel+18.8%47 runsAdrenaline+18.8%88 runs

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

Blade of Ink Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Silent, Blade of Ink posts a 42.1% win rate over 327 tracked runs.

The Silentappears in 7.0% of its runs (327 tracked)

Best Relics for Blade of Ink

The relics that swing Blade of Ink’s win rate the most are Cloak Clasp (+32.6%), Tiny Mailbox (+23.4%), and Pael's Blood (+22.6%), with each lift shown.

Cloak Clasp+32.6%18 runsTiny Mailbox+23.4%37 runsPael's Blood+22.6%15 runsAkabeko+22.1%41 runsIce Cream+21.5%18 runsRazor Tooth+21.5%29 runs

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

Blade of Ink Card Details

A 1-energy rare skill, Blade of Ink is upgraded 39.0% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 18.

Add Inky Shivs into your Hand.

Upgrade: +1 Cards

What Ends Runs with Blade of Ink

Runs holding Blade of Ink end most often against Aeonglass Boss (6.5%), Test Subject Boss (6.2%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (5.6%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss6.5% of runs
• Test Subject Boss6.2% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss5.6% of runs
• Queen Boss5.0% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite2.9% of runs

See Also

Keep exploring Slay the Spire 2 tier lists and stats below.