Secret Technique Skill

Is Secret Technique good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Secret Technique is a rare skill from the Colorless card pool. Its effect: Put a Skill from your Draw Pile into your Hand. Right now it’s a premium pick that sits at B tier — one of the better cards you can add to a deck this run.

Over 86 tracked runs its win rate sits at 43.5%, 30.1% ahead of the 13.5% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 0.5% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 1.8% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 50.0% against 27.4% for runs that passed, a +15.5% pick lift over 22 decided runs. Within Regent 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 1.1 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Backflip, which lifts its win rate by +6.0% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Happy Flower is its standout companion, worth a +23.2% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 0 energy, gets upgraded 35.7% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 27.

Of the runs that drafted it, 37 ended in victory against 48 deaths and 1 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 8.1% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Secret Technique fits a Colorless deck.

Pick or Skip: Secret Technique

Players take Secret Technique in 1.8% of the 1242 offers it appears in; those runs win 50.0% against 27.4% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +15.5% over 22 decided runs.

Taken 22 times out of 1242 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 Secret Technique

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Secret Technique, Act 3 is the best: 62.9% across 36 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Secret Technique

Secret Technique’s strongest card pairings so far are Backflip (+6.0%), Piercing Wail (+5.9%), and Ascender's Bane (+5.1%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Backflip+6.0%19 runsPiercing Wail+5.9%17 runsAscender's Bane+5.1%39 runsPrepared+4.0%16 runsClumsy+2.2%17 runsShrug It Off+1.9%15 runs

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

Secret Technique Win Rate by Class

Of the 4 classes that draft Secret Technique, it performs best with Regent (70.0%), Ironclad (42.9%), and Silent (39.3%).

The Regent70.0%10 runsThe Ironclad42.9%21 runsThe Silent39.3%29 runsThe Necrobinder33.3%15 runs

Best Relics for Secret Technique

The relics that swing Secret Technique’s win rate the most are Happy Flower (+23.2%), Red Mask (+22.1%), and Pendulum (+20.1%), with each lift shown.

Happy Flower+23.2%23 runsRed Mask+22.1%22 runsPendulum+20.1%23 runsFestive Popper+20.1%23 runsBag of Marbles+19.4%17 runsBronze Scales+17.9%16 runs

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

Secret Technique Card Details

A 0-energy rare skill, Secret Technique is upgraded 35.7% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 27.

Put a Skill from your Draw Pile into your Hand.

What Ends Runs with Secret Technique

Runs holding Secret Technique end most often against Test Subject Boss (8.1%), Queen Boss (7.0%), and Infested Prisms Elite (4.7%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss8.1% of runs
• Queen Boss7.0% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite4.7% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.7% of runs
• Entomancer Elite3.5% of runs

See Also

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