Shadow Step Skill

Is Shadow Step good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Shadow Step is a rare skill from the Silent card pool. Its effect: Discard your Hand. Next turn, Attacks deal double damage. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 273 tracked runs its win rate sits at 28.0%, 13.8% ahead of the 14.3% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.0% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 17.9% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 29.7% against 34.4% for runs that passed — a -4.6% pick lift across 209 decided runs. Within Silent runs it’s drafted 4.5% 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 Knife Trap, which lifts its win rate by +36.0% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Nunchaku is its standout companion, worth a +33.1% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 36.4% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 16.

Upgrading the card adds -1 EnergyCost to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 76 ended in victory against 195 deaths and 2 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 6.2% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Shadow Step fits a Silent deck.

Pick or Skip: Shadow Step

Players take Shadow Step in 17.9% of the 1209 offers it appears in; those runs win 29.7% against 34.4% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -4.6% over 209 decided runs.

Taken 216 times out of 1209 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 Shadow Step

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Shadow Step, Act 3 is the best: 71.4% across 14 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Shadow Step

Shadow Step’s strongest card pairings so far are Knife Trap (+36.0%), Serpent Form (+25.5%), and Shadowmeld (+24.5%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Knife Trap+36.0%37 runsSerpent Form+25.5%28 runsShadowmeld+24.5%23 runsAdrenaline+23.4%45 runsExpertise+23.0%19 runsCorrosive Wave+22.9%22 runs

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

Shadow Step Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Silent, Shadow Step posts a 29.1% win rate over 263 tracked runs.

The Silentappears in 4.5% of its runs (263 tracked)

Best Relics for Shadow Step

The relics that swing Shadow Step’s win rate the most are Nunchaku (+33.1%), Ornamental Fan (+30.0%), and Sturdy Clamp (+28.9%), with each lift shown.

Nunchaku+33.1%25 runsOrnamental Fan+30.0%32 runsSturdy Clamp+28.9%17 runsJoss Paper+28.9%17 runsHappy Flower+28.3%51 runsRainbow Ring+26.8%18 runs

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

Shadow Step Card Details

A 1-energy rare skill, Shadow Step is upgraded 36.4% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 16.

Discard your Hand. Next turn, Attacks deal double damage.

Upgrade: -1 EnergyCost

What Ends Runs with Shadow Step

Runs holding Shadow Step end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.2%), Knowledge Demon Boss (5.5%), and Infested Prisms Elite (4.8%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.2% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss5.5% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite4.8% of runs
• Queen Boss4.4% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.0% of runs

See Also

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