Photon Cut Attack

Is Photon Cut good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Photon Cut is a common attack from the Regent card pool. Its effect: Deal 10 damage. Draw cards. Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 459 tracked runs its win rate sits at 28.4%, 14.1% ahead of the 14.3% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.7% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 8.0% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 27.8% against 23.2% for runs that passed, a +4.5% pick lift over 367 decided runs. Within Regent runs it’s drafted 9.5% 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 Make It So, which lifts its win rate by +29.4% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Tuning Fork is its standout companion, worth a +35.9% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 28.1% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 12.

Upgrading the card adds +3 Damage, +1 Cards to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 129 ended in victory against 326 deaths and 4 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Kaiser Crab Boss, finishing 5.0% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Photon Cut fits a Regent deck.

Pick or Skip: Photon Cut

Players take Photon Cut in 8.0% of the 5002 offers it appears in; those runs win 27.8% against 23.2% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +4.5% over 367 decided runs.

Taken 402 times out of 5002 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 Photon Cut

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Photon Cut, Act 3 is the best: 76.5% across 34 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Photon Cut

Photon Cut’s strongest card pairings so far are Make It So (+29.4%), Neutron Aegis (+26.2%), and Heavenly Drill (+24.9%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Make It So+29.4%52 runsNeutron Aegis+26.2%30 runsHeavenly Drill+24.9%17 runsMad Science+23.5%36 runsBundle of Joy+23.2%44 runsLargesse+22.7%23 runs

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

Photon Cut Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Regent, Photon Cut posts a 27.9% win rate over 442 tracked runs.

The Regentappears in 9.5% of its runs (442 tracked)

Best Relics for Photon Cut

The relics that swing Photon Cut’s win rate the most are Tuning Fork (+35.9%), Unceasing Top (+34.0%), and Fragrant Mushroom (+30.5%), with each lift shown.

Tuning Fork+35.9%38 runsUnceasing Top+34.0%17 runsFragrant Mushroom+30.5%22 runsKusarigama+30.0%36 runsRoyal Stamp+26.6%17 runsShuriken+26.6%17 runs

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

Photon Cut Card Details

A 1-energy common attack, Photon Cut is upgraded 28.1% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 12.

Deal 10 damage. Draw cards. Put 1 card from your Hand on top of your Draw Pile.

Upgrade: +3 Damage, +1 Cards

What Ends Runs with Photon Cut

Runs holding Photon Cut end most often against Kaiser Crab Boss (5.0%), Knowledge Demon Boss (4.8%), and The Insatiable Boss (4.1%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Kaiser Crab Boss5.0% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.8% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss4.1% of runs
• The Kin Boss3.7% of runs
• Test Subject Boss3.3% of runs

See Also

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