Dirge Skill

Is Dirge good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Dirge is an uncommon skill from the Necrobinder card pool. Its effect: Summon 3 X times. Add X Souls into your Draw Pile. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 476 tracked runs its win rate sits at 30.5%, 16.6% ahead of the 13.8% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 2.3% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 30.4% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 29.9% against 24.5% for runs that passed, a +5.3% pick lift over 412 decided runs. Within Necrobinder runs it’s drafted 13.0% 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 Mad Science, which lifts its win rate by +33.7% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Sword of Jade is its standout companion, worth a +41.1% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs X energy, gets upgraded 47.0% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 14.

Upgrading the card adds +1 Summon to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 143 ended in victory against 326 deaths and 7 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Decimillipede Elite, finishing 5.0% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Dirge fits a Necrobinder deck.

Pick or Skip: Dirge

Players take Dirge in 30.4% of the 1489 offers it appears in; those runs win 29.9% against 24.5% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +5.3% over 412 decided runs.

Taken 453 times out of 1489 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 Dirge

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Dirge, Act 3 is the best: 63.6% across 44 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Dirge

Dirge’s strongest card pairings so far are Mad Science (+33.7%), Neurosurge (+25.3%), and Demesne (+21.8%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Mad Science+33.7%29 runsNeurosurge+25.3%60 runsDemesne+21.8%80 runsHang+21.4%44 runsDebilitate+18.9%64 runsOblivion+18.8%55 runs

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

Dirge Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Necrobinder, Dirge posts a 30.0% win rate over 470 tracked runs.

The Necrobinderappears in 13.0% of its runs (470 tracked)

Best Relics for Dirge

The relics that swing Dirge’s win rate the most are Sword of Jade (+41.1%), Fragrant Mushroom (+33.9%), and Venerable Tea Set??? (+33.7%), with each lift shown.

Sword of Jade+41.1%18 runsFragrant Mushroom+33.9%32 runsVenerable Tea Set???+33.7%15 runsIce Cream+33.5%26 runsFunerary Mask+31.8%27 runsMolten Egg+29.7%16 runs

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

Dirge Card Details

A X-energy uncommon skill, Dirge is upgraded 47.0% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 14.

Summon 3 X times. Add X Souls into your Draw Pile.

Upgrade: +1 Summon

What Ends Runs with Dirge

Runs holding Dirge end most often against Decimillipede Elite (5.0%), Infested Prisms Elite (4.8%), and Aeonglass Boss (4.4%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Decimillipede Elite5.0% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite4.8% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.4% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.2% of runs
• Test Subject Boss3.8% of runs

See Also

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