Shrug It Off•Skill

Is Shrug It Off good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Shrug It Off is a common skill from the Ironclad card pool. Its effect: Gain 8 Block. Draw card. The data flags it as a weaker pick, settling at D tier — usually one to pass on unless your deck specifically wants it.

Over 876 tracked runs its win rate sits at 20.6%, 6.5% ahead of the 14.1% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 8.4% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 31.0% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 21.1% against 16.1% for runs that passed, a +4.9% pick lift over 712 decided runs. Within Ironclad runs it’s drafted 34.5% 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 Mad Science, which lifts its win rate by +24.7% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Royal Stamp is its standout companion, worth a +40.9% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 26.0% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 13.

Upgrading the card adds +3 Block to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 178 ended in victory against 688 deaths and 10 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 6.3% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Shrug It Off fits a Ironclad deck.

Pick or Skip: Shrug It Off

Players take Shrug It Off in 31.0% of the 2901 offers it appears in; those runs win 21.1% against 16.1% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +4.9% over 712 decided runs.

Taken 899 times out of 2901 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 Shrug It Off

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Shrug It Off, Act 3 is the best: 34.5% across 55 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Shrug It Off

Shrug It Off’s strongest card pairings so far are Mad Science (+24.7%), Prolong (+23.7%), and Crimson Mantle (+21.3%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Mad Science+24.7%52 runsProlong+23.7%24 runsCrimson Mantle+21.3%101 runsDemonic Shield+20.6%29 runsDebt+20.4%17 runsDoubt+19.0%23 runs

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

Shrug It Off Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Ironclad, Shrug It Off posts a 20.8% win rate over 857 tracked runs.

The Ironcladappears in 34.5% of its runs (857 tracked)

Best Relics for Shrug It Off

The relics that swing Shrug It Off’s win rate the most are Royal Stamp (+40.9%), Molten Egg (+28.0%), and Forgotten Soul (+27.9%), with each lift shown.

Royal Stamp+40.9%21 runsMolten Egg+28.0%21 runsForgotten Soul+27.9%19 runsRainbow Ring+26.8%26 runsLooming Fruit+26.1%18 runsMummified Hand+25.3%25 runs

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

Shrug It Off Card Details

A 1-energy common skill, Shrug It Off is upgraded 26.0% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 13.

Gain 8 Block. Draw card.

Upgrade: +3 Block

What Ends Runs with Shrug It Off

Runs holding Shrug It Off end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.3%), The Insatiable Boss (5.8%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (5.7%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.3% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss5.8% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss5.7% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.6% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.6% of runs

See Also

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