Cloak and Dagger Skill

Is Cloak and Dagger good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Cloak and Dagger is a common skill from the Silent card pool. Its effect: Gain 6 Block. Add Shivs into your Hand. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 1427 tracked runs its win rate sits at 25.7%, 11.8% ahead of the 13.8% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 6.8% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 33.0% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 25.9% against 22.0% for runs that passed, a +3.8% pick lift over 1234 decided runs. Within Silent runs it’s drafted 30.0% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.4 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Mad Science, which lifts its win rate by +28.3% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Sword of Jade is its standout companion, worth a +41.5% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 36.1% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 11.

Upgrading the card adds +1 Cards to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 363 ended in victory against 1050 deaths and 14 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Knowledge Demon Boss, finishing 5.5% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Cloak and Dagger fits a Silent deck.

Pick or Skip: Cloak and Dagger

Players take Cloak and Dagger in 33.0% of the 5028 offers it appears in; those runs win 25.9% against 22.0% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +3.8% over 1234 decided runs.

Taken 1658 times out of 5028 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 Cloak and Dagger

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Cloak and Dagger, Act 3 is the best: 55.6% across 81 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger’s strongest card pairings so far are Mad Science (+28.3%), Apotheosis (+28.0%), and Bad Luck (+26.3%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Mad Science+28.3%91 runsApotheosis+28.0%19 runsBad Luck+26.3%18 runsFlanking+25.2%56 runsDecay+24.5%33 runsAdrenaline+23.5%235 runs

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

Cloak and Dagger Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Silent, Cloak and Dagger posts a 25.5% win rate over 1410 tracked runs.

The Silentappears in 30.0% of its runs (1410 tracked)

Best Relics for Cloak and Dagger

The relics that swing Cloak and Dagger’s win rate the most are Sword of Jade (+41.5%), History Course (+38.0%), and Sai (+36.4%), with each lift shown.

Sword of Jade+41.5%40 runsHistory Course+38.0%16 runsSai+36.4%36 runsKifuda+35.5%22 runsForgotten Soul+34.9%57 runsFragrant Mushroom+33.5%67 runs

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

Cloak and Dagger Card Details

A 1-energy common skill, Cloak and Dagger is upgraded 36.1% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 11.

Gain 6 Block. Add Shivs into your Hand.

Upgrade: +1 Cards

What Ends Runs with Cloak and Dagger

Runs holding Cloak and Dagger end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (5.5%), Aeonglass Boss (4.6%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (4.6%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss5.5% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.6% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.6% of runs
• Test Subject Boss4.5% of runs
• Lagavulin Matriarch Boss4.4% of runs

See Also

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