Piercing Wail Skill

Is Piercing Wail good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Piercing Wail is a common skill from the Silent card pool. Its effect: ALL enemies lose Strength this turn. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 1681 tracked runs its win rate sits at 28.4%, 14.5% ahead of the 13.8% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 6.7% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 29.6% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 29.2% against 20.3% for runs that passed, a +8.9% pick lift over 1444 decided runs. Within Necrobinder runs it’s drafted 0.4% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.3 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Apotheosis, which lifts its win rate by +34.7% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Sword of Jade is its standout companion, worth a +49.1% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 23.1% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 13.

Of the runs that drafted it, 474 ended in victory against 1198 deaths and 9 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 5.6% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Piercing Wail fits a Silent deck.

Pick or Skip: Piercing Wail

Players take Piercing Wail in 29.6% of the 5859 offers it appears in; those runs win 29.2% against 20.3% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +8.9% over 1444 decided runs.

Taken 1735 times out of 5859 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 Piercing Wail

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Piercing Wail, Act 3 is the best: 59.0% across 134 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Piercing Wail

Piercing Wail’s strongest card pairings so far are Apotheosis (+34.7%), Mad Science (+30.1%), and Bolas (+27.0%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Apotheosis+34.7%31 runsMad Science+30.1%125 runsBolas+27.0%15 runsJack of All Trades+26.3%20 runsFlanking+25.6%99 runsKnife Trap+23.5%222 runs

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

Piercing Wail Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that draft Piercing Wail, it performs best with Necrobinder (47.4%), Ironclad (31.3%), and Silent (28.2%).

The Necrobinder47.4%19 runsThe Ironclad31.3%16 runsThe Silent28.2%1622 runsThe Defect25.0%12 runsThe Regent20.0%10 runs

Best Relics for Piercing Wail

The relics that swing Piercing Wail’s win rate the most are Sword of Jade (+49.1%), Sai (+37.9%), and Crossbow (+37.8%), with each lift shown.

Sword of Jade+49.1%44 runsSai+37.9%32 runsCrossbow+37.8%23 runsHistory Course+36.6%19 runsJewelry Box+34.7%31 runsToolbox+34.0%25 runs

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

Piercing Wail Card Details

A 1-energy common skill, Piercing Wail is upgraded 23.1% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 13.

ALL enemies lose Strength this turn.

What Ends Runs with Piercing Wail

Runs holding Piercing Wail end most often against Test Subject Boss (5.6%), Aeonglass Boss (5.3%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (4.6%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss5.6% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.3% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.6% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss3.6% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite3.3% of runs

See Also

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