Kingly Kick Attack

Is Kingly Kick good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Kingly Kick is an uncommon attack from the Regent card pool. Its effect: Deal 27 damage. Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1. The data flags it as a weaker pick, settling at D tier — usually one to pass on unless your deck specifically wants it.

Over 220 tracked runs its win rate sits at 14.2%, almost exactly the overall average. It sees niche play, included in only 1.1% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 13.7% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 14.7% against 32.5% for runs that passed — a -16.9% pick lift across 177 decided runs. Within Regent runs it’s drafted 6.3% 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 Decisions, Decisions, which lifts its win rate by +15.5% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Sparkling Rouge is its standout companion, worth a +19.5% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 4 energy, gets upgraded 32.6% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 13.

Upgrading the card adds +8 Damage to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 31 ended in victory against 187 deaths and 2 abandons. Its most common run-ender is The Insatiable 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 Kingly Kick fits a Regent deck.

Pick or Skip: Kingly Kick

Players take Kingly Kick in 13.7% of the 1363 offers it appears in; those runs win 14.7% against 32.5% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -16.9% over 177 decided runs.

Taken 186 times out of 1363 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 Kingly Kick

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Kingly Kick, Act 3 is the best: 42.9% across 14 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Kingly Kick

Kingly Kick’s strongest card pairings so far are Decisions, Decisions (+15.5%), Royal Gamble (+14.7%), and Big Bang (+13.0%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Decisions, Decisions+15.5%15 runsRoyal Gamble+14.7%26 runsBig Bang+13.0%43 runsVoid Form+12.3%33 runsOrbit+12.1%41 runsNeutron Aegis+11.5%15 runs

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

Kingly Kick Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Regent, Kingly Kick posts a 14.1% win rate over 208 tracked runs.

The Regentappears in 6.3% of its runs (208 tracked)

Best Relics for Kingly Kick

The relics that swing Kingly Kick’s win rate the most are Sparkling Rouge (+19.5%), Festive Popper (+19.4%), and Vajra (+18.5%), with each lift shown.

Sparkling Rouge+19.5%15 runsFestive Popper+19.4%27 runsVajra+18.5%32 runsRegal Pillow+17.4%23 runsMercury Hourglass+17.2%20 runsRed Mask+16.8%31 runs

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

Kingly Kick Card Details

A 4-energy uncommon attack, Kingly Kick is upgraded 32.6% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 13.

Deal 27 damage. Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1.

Upgrade: +8 Damage

What Ends Runs with Kingly Kick

Runs holding Kingly Kick end most often against The Insatiable Boss (5.5%), Knowledge Demon Boss (5.5%), and Infested Prisms Elite (5.0%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• The Insatiable Boss5.5% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss5.5% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite5.0% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.5% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.5% of runs

See Also

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