Spite•Attack

Is Spite good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Spite is an uncommon attack from the Ironclad card pool. Its effect: Deal 5 damage. If you lost HP this turn, hits times. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 191 tracked runs its win rate sits at 25.0%, 11.1% ahead of the 13.9% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 1.6% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 15.2% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 25.0% against 21.0% for runs that passed, a +3.8% pick lift over 148 decided runs. Within Ironclad runs it’s drafted 7.0% 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 Offering, which lifts its win rate by +22.9% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Parrying Shield is its standout companion, worth a +21.0% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 0 energy, gets upgraded 31.5% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 16.

Upgrading the card adds +1 Repeat to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 47 ended in victory against 141 deaths and 3 abandons. Its most common run-ender is The Insatiable Boss, finishing 7.3% of the runs it shows up in. See the synergies, class split, and threats below for the full picture of where Spite fits a Ironclad deck.

Pick or Skip: Spite

Players take Spite in 15.2% of the 1070 offers it appears in; those runs win 25.0% against 21.0% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +3.8% over 148 decided runs.

Taken 163 times out of 1070 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 Spite

Of the 4 pickup windows recorded for Spite, Act 3 is the best: 48.1% across 27 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Spite

Spite’s strongest card pairings so far are Offering (+22.9%), Impervious (+17.6%), and Not Yet (+16.7%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Offering+22.9%37 runsImpervious+17.6%17 runsNot Yet+16.7%20 runsBrand+15.3%26 runsOne-Two Punch+14.1%22 runsPyre+12.9%23 runs

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

Spite Win Rate by Class

Exclusive to the Ironclad, Spite posts a 25.1% win rate over 190 tracked runs.

The Ironcladappears in 7.0% of its runs (190 tracked)

Best Relics for Spite

The relics that swing Spite’s win rate the most are Parrying Shield (+21.0%), Bag of Preparation (+18.4%), and Pantograph (+18.1%), with each lift shown.

Parrying Shield+21.0%15 runsBag of Preparation+18.4%28 runsPantograph+18.1%19 runsTuning Fork+17.0%15 runsWar Paint+16.7%32 runsWhetstone+16.1%35 runs

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

Spite Card Details

A 0-energy uncommon attack, Spite is upgraded 31.5% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 16.

Deal 5 damage. If you lost HP this turn, hits times.

Upgrade: +1 Repeat

What Ends Runs with Spite

Runs holding Spite end most often against The Insatiable Boss (7.3%), Test Subject Boss (7.3%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (7.3%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• The Insatiable Boss7.3% of runs
• Test Subject Boss7.3% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss7.3% of runs
• Queen Boss5.8% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss5.2% of runs

See Also

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