Crescent Spear•Attack

Is Crescent Spear good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Crescent Spear is a common attack from the Regent card pool. Its effect: Deal 6 damage. Deals 2 additional damage for ALL your cards that have a cost. The data flags it as a weaker pick, settling at D tier — usually one to pass on unless your deck specifically wants it.

Over 361 tracked runs its win rate sits at 18.3%, 4.4% ahead of the 13.9% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 3.1% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 17.9% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 18.5% against 25.7% for runs that passed — a -7.0% pick lift across 298 decided runs. Within Regent runs it’s drafted 18.1% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.5 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Mad Science, which lifts its win rate by +21.2% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Festive Popper is its standout companion, worth a +20.7% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 26.2% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 12.

Upgrading the card adds +1 ExtraDamage to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 66 ended in victory against 294 deaths and 1 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Knowledge Demon Boss, finishing 6.1% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Crescent Spear fits a Regent deck.

Pick or Skip: Crescent Spear

Players take Crescent Spear in 17.9% of the 2072 offers it appears in; those runs win 18.5% against 25.7% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -7.0% over 298 decided runs.

Taken 370 times out of 2072 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 Crescent Spear

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Crescent Spear, Act 3 is the best: 63.6% across 22 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Crescent Spear

Crescent Spear’s strongest card pairings so far are Mad Science (+21.2%), Convergence (+16.8%), and Sword Sage (+16.6%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Mad Science+21.2%25 runsConvergence+16.8%72 runsSword Sage+16.6%21 runsDying Star+16.6%64 runsComet+15.8%51 runsBig Bang+15.3%52 runs

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

Crescent Spear Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Regent, Crescent Spear posts a 18.3% win rate over 361 tracked runs.

The Regentappears in 18.1% of its runs (361 tracked)

Best Relics for Crescent Spear

The relics that swing Crescent Spear’s win rate the most are Festive Popper (+20.7%), Pear (+20.3%), and Whetstone (+20.3%), with each lift shown.

Festive Popper+20.7%51 runsPear+20.3%31 runsWhetstone+20.3%44 runsKusarigama+19.4%24 runsLizard Tail+19.0%19 runsVenerable Tea Set+18.9%46 runs

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

Crescent Spear Card Details

A 1-energy common attack, Crescent Spear is upgraded 26.2% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 12.

Deal 6 damage. Deals 2 additional damage for ALL your cards that have a cost.

Upgrade: +1 ExtraDamage

What Ends Runs with Crescent Spear

Runs holding Crescent Spear end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (6.1%), Infested Prisms Elite (5.5%), and The Insatiable Boss (4.7%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss6.1% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite5.5% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss4.7% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.7% of runs
• Vantom Boss3.9% of runs

See Also

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