Precise Cut•Attack

Is Precise Cut good in Slay the Spire 2?

Precise Cut is an uncommon Silent attack in Slay the Spire 2. In combat it resolves as: Deal 13 damage. Deals 2 less damage for each other card in your Hand. It currently underperforms most alternatives, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 card rankings.

Across 185 recorded runs, decks running it win 15.4% of the time, comfortably clear of the 14.0% average, by 1.4%. It’s a more selective pick, turning up in just 1.6% of decks that could run it. Taken in 12.5% of its offers, it still trails on the pick-versus-skip split: 16.3% for runs that took it against 30.6% for runs that left it, a -13.4% pick lift over 141 decided runs. Silent players keep it in 6.3% of their runs, so it’s a familiar sight in those decks. On average it shows up 1.1 times in the decks that take it.

It performs best next to Hidden Daggers — together they post a +18.7% swing in win rate. It also has strong chemistry with the relic Blood Vial, which moves its win rate by +21.8%. At 0 energy, it’s upgraded in 19.3% of runs and usually joins the deck around floor 11.

Upgraded, it gains +3 CalculationBase, which is why so many decks invest a rest-site upgrade in it. That’s 28 wins, 154 deaths, and 3 abandoned runs with it in the deck. The encounter that most often ends a run carrying it is Knowledge Demon Boss, which closes out 6.5% of its appearances. Read on for Precise Cut’s complete synergy, class, and threat breakdown to decide whether it earns a slot in your Silent run.

Pick or Skip: Precise Cut

Out of 1200 recorded offers Precise Cut is taken 12.5% of the time, and taking it is worth -13.4% in pick lift — 16.3% for runs that picked it against 30.6% for runs that skipped, across 141 decided runs.

Taken 150 times out of 1200 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 Precise Cut

Precise Cut is strongest when it joins the deck in Act 2, where runs win 16.7% across 43 runs — one of 4 recorded pickup windows.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Precise Cut

Ranked by win-rate lift, Precise Cut performs best alongside Hidden Daggers (+18.7%), Afterimage (+18.4%), and Tracking (+16.2%).

Hidden Daggers+18.7%18 runsAfterimage+18.4%35 runsTracking+16.2%18 runsUp My Sleeve+15.2%32 runsAcrobatics+14.5%32 runsFinisher+12.1%33 runs

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

Precise Cut Win Rate by Class

Precise Cut is drafted only by the Silent, where it holds a 15.6% win rate across 182 runs.

The Silentappears in 6.3% of its runs (182 tracked)

Best Relics for Precise Cut

Precise Cut pairs best with the relics Blood Vial (+21.8%), Pendulum (+18.6%), and Lantern (+17.6%), ranked by win-rate lift.

Blood Vial+21.8%22 runsPendulum+18.6%26 runsLantern+17.6%26 runsVenerable Tea Set+16.4%21 runsMercury Hourglass+15.1%19 runsStrawberry+13.5%31 runs

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

Precise Cut Card Details

Precise Cut is an uncommon attack costing 0 energy; it’s upgraded in 19.3% of runs and usually picked up by floor 11.

Deal 13 damage. Deals 2 less damage for each other card in your Hand.

Upgrade: +3 CalculationBase

What Ends Runs with Precise Cut

Precise Cut’s most common run-enders are Knowledge Demon Boss (6.5%), Aeonglass Boss (5.9%), and Lagavulin Matriarch Boss (5.9%).

• Knowledge Demon Boss6.5% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.9% of runs
• Lagavulin Matriarch Boss5.9% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite5.4% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.9% of runs

See Also

Compare Precise Cut with the rest of the best Slay the Spire 2 cards, relics, and classes below.