Is Kingly Punch good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Kingly Punch is an uncommon attack from the Regent card pool. Its effect: Deal 8 damage. Whenever you draw this card, increase its damage by this combat. The data flags it as a weaker pick, settling at D tier — usually one to pass on unless your deck specifically wants it.

Over 122 tracked runs its win rate sits at 18.2%, 3.7% ahead of the 14.5% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.3% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 16.6% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 17.0% against 30.4% for runs that passed — a -12.2% pick lift across 100 decided runs. Within Regent runs it’s drafted 7.3% 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 Royal Gamble, which lifts its win rate by +21.9% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Venerable Tea Set is its standout companion, worth a +23.4% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 44.6% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 12.

Upgrading the card adds +2 Damage to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 22 ended in victory against 99 deaths and 1 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Knowledge Demon Boss, finishing 4.9% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Kingly Punch fits a Regent deck.

Pick or Skip: Kingly Punch

Players take Kingly Punch in 16.6% of the 658 offers it appears in; those runs win 17.0% against 30.4% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -12.2% over 100 decided runs.

Taken 109 times out of 658 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 Punch

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Kingly Punch, Act 2 is the best: 35.3% across 34 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Kingly Punch

Kingly Punch’s strongest card pairings so far are Royal Gamble (+21.9%), Dying Star (+13.1%), and Solar Strike (+10.0%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Royal Gamble+21.9%17 runsDying Star+13.1%15 runsSolar Strike+10.0%39 runsQuasar

Kingly Punch Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Regent, Kingly Punch posts a 17.2% win rate over 117 tracked runs.

The Regentappears in 7.3% of its runs (117 tracked)

Best Relics for Kingly Punch

The relics that swing Kingly Punch’s win rate the most are Venerable Tea Set (+23.4%), Lantern (+19.1%), and Centennial Puzzle (+18.2%), with each lift shown.

Venerable Tea Set+23.4%16 runsLantern+19.1%19 runsCentennial Puzzle+18.2%17 runsBronze Scales

Kingly Punch Card Details

A 1-energy uncommon attack, Kingly Punch is upgraded 44.6% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 12.

Deal 8 damage. Whenever you draw this card, increase its damage by this combat.

Upgrade: +2 Damage

What Ends Runs with Kingly Punch

Runs holding Kingly Punch end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (4.9%), The Kin Boss (4.9%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (4.9%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss4.9% of runs
• The Kin Boss4.9% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.9% of runs
• Entomancer Elite4.9% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.9% of runs

See Also

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