Shining Strike•Attack

Is Shining Strike good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Shining Strike is an uncommon attack from the Regent card pool. Its effect: Deal 8 damage. Gain Stars. Put this card on top of your Draw Pile. The data flags it as a weaker pick, settling at D tier — usually one to pass on unless your deck specifically wants it.

Over 272 tracked runs its win rate sits at 22.1%, 8.2% ahead of the 14.0% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 2.4% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 30.4% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 22.8% against 33.6% for runs that passed — a -10.3% pick lift across 215 decided runs. Within Regent runs it’s drafted 13.5% 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 Mad Science, which lifts its win rate by +25.2% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Vajra is its standout companion, worth a +24.0% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 24.8% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 12.

Upgrading the card adds +3 Damage to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 60 ended in victory against 211 deaths and 1 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Knowledge Demon Boss, finishing 6.6% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Shining Strike fits a Regent deck.

Pick or Skip: Shining Strike

Players take Shining Strike in 30.4% of the 783 offers it appears in; those runs win 22.8% against 33.6% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -10.3% over 215 decided runs.

Taken 238 times out of 783 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 Shining Strike

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Shining Strike, Act 3 is the best: 73.7% across 19 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Shining Strike

Shining Strike’s strongest card pairings so far are Mad Science (+25.2%), Sword Sage (+20.9%), and Make It So (+20.5%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Mad Science+25.2%20 runsSword Sage+20.9%23 runsMake It So+20.5%28 runsMonologue+20.5%21 runsKingly Punch+17.9%18 runsTyranny+17.3%21 runs

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

Shining Strike Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Regent, Shining Strike posts a 22.0% win rate over 269 tracked runs.

The Regentappears in 13.5% of its runs (269 tracked)

Best Relics for Shining Strike

The relics that swing Shining Strike’s win rate the most are Vajra (+24.0%), Venerable Tea Set (+23.0%), and Gorget (+21.9%), with each lift shown.

Vajra+24.0%36 runsVenerable Tea Set+23.0%37 runsGorget+21.9%45 runsPendulum+20.8%51 runsBronze Scales+20.6%49 runsTuning Fork+20.5%21 runs

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

Shining Strike Card Details

A 1-energy uncommon attack, Shining Strike is upgraded 24.8% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 12.

Deal 8 damage. Gain Stars. Put this card on top of your Draw Pile.

Upgrade: +3 Damage

What Ends Runs with Shining Strike

Runs holding Shining Strike end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (6.6%), Test Subject Boss (4.8%), and Decimillipede Elite (4.8%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss6.6% of runs
• Test Subject Boss4.8% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.8% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite4.0% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss3.7% of runs

See Also

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