Spinner Power

Is Spinner good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Spinner is a rare power from the Defect card pool. Its effect: At the start of your turn, Channel 1 Glass. The data flags it as a weaker pick, settling at D tier — usually one to pass on unless your deck specifically wants it.

Over 291 tracked runs its win rate sits at 23.1%, 9.3% ahead of the 13.8% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.4% of eligible runs. Offer data argues the other way: taken 33.6% of the time it is shown, runs that picked it win 23.7% against 26.1% for runs that passed — a -2.3% pick lift across 211 decided runs. Within Defect runs it’s drafted 6.2% of the time, making it a regular part of that class’s decks. Decks that include it run about 1.2 copies on average.

Its standout pairing so far is Ice Lance, which lifts its win rate by +27.9% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Candelabra is its standout companion, worth a +26.2% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 32.2% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 16.

Of the runs that drafted it, 67 ended in victory against 223 deaths and 1 abandons. Its most common run-ender is Kaiser Crab Boss, finishing 10.0% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Spinner fits a Defect deck.

Pick or Skip: Spinner

Players take Spinner in 33.6% of the 654 offers it appears in; those runs win 23.7% against 26.1% for runs that passed, a pick lift of -2.3% over 211 decided runs.

Taken 220 times out of 654 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 Spinner

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Spinner, Act 3 is the best: 45.5% across 11 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Spinner

Spinner’s strongest card pairings so far are Ice Lance (+27.9%), Mad Science (+23.1%), and Genetic Algorithm (+23.1%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Ice Lance+27.9%20 runsMad Science+23.1%21 runsGenetic Algorithm+23.1%21 runsEcho Form+22.3%49 runsMachine Learning+21.0%28 runsIteration+18.1%32 runs

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

Spinner Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Defect, Spinner posts a 23.2% win rate over 285 tracked runs.

The Defectappears in 6.2% of its runs (285 tracked)

Best Relics for Spinner

The relics that swing Spinner’s win rate the most are Candelabra (+26.2%), Cloak Clasp (+26.1%), and Strawberry (+22.4%), with each lift shown.

Candelabra+26.2%19 runsCloak Clasp+26.1%15 runsStrawberry+22.4%51 runsLizard Tail+22.1%15 runsCaptain's Wheel+22.1%15 runsData Disk+21.3%47 runs

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

Spinner Card Details

A 1-energy rare power, Spinner is upgraded 32.2% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 16.

At the start of your turn, Channel 1 Glass.

What Ends Runs with Spinner

Runs holding Spinner end most often against Kaiser Crab Boss (10.0%), The Insatiable Boss (5.8%), and Aeonglass Boss (5.5%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Kaiser Crab Boss10.0% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss5.8% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.5% of runs
• Test Subject Boss5.2% of runs
• Queen Boss4.5% of runs

See Also

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