Thrumming Hatchet Attack

Is Thrumming Hatchet good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Thrumming Hatchet is an uncommon attack from the Colorless card pool. Its effect: Deal 11 damage. At the start of your next turn, return this to your Hand. Performance-wise it’s a solid if unspectacular include, rated C tier overall.

Over 121 tracked runs its win rate sits at 28.3%, 14.5% ahead of the 13.8% all-deck baseline. It sees niche play, included in only 0.5% of eligible runs. When it is actually offered players take it 2.1% of the time, and that looks correct: those runs win 33.3% against 27.8% for runs that passed, a +4.1% pick lift over 27 decided runs. Within Silent runs it’s drafted 0.3% 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 Flame Barrier, which lifts its win rate by +15.9% when the two share a deck. On the relic side, Lord's Parasol is its standout companion, worth a +27.0% win-rate swing alongside it. It costs 1 energy, gets upgraded 33.6% of the time, and tends to be picked up near floor 15.

Upgrading the card adds +3 Damage to its stat line. Of the runs that drafted it, 34 ended in victory against 86 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 Thrumming Hatchet fits a Colorless deck.

Pick or Skip: Thrumming Hatchet

Players take Thrumming Hatchet in 2.1% of the 1290 offers it appears in; those runs win 33.3% against 27.8% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +4.1% over 27 decided runs.

Taken 27 times out of 1290 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 Thrumming Hatchet

Of the 3 pickup windows recorded for Thrumming Hatchet, Act 3 is the best: 66.7% across 19 runs.

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

Best Cards to Pair with Thrumming Hatchet

Thrumming Hatchet’s strongest card pairings so far are Flame Barrier (+15.9%), Battle Trance (+13.3%), and Armaments (+12.5%), each shown with the win-rate lift it adds.

Flame Barrier+15.9%19 runsBattle Trance+13.3%16 runsArmaments+12.5%19 runsRage+10.4%18 runsTrue Grit+7.0%15 runsShrug It Off+4.6%32 runs

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

Thrumming Hatchet Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that draft Thrumming Hatchet, it performs best with Silent (38.9%), Necrobinder (28.6%), and Regent (27.8%).

The Silent38.9%19 runsThe Necrobinder28.6%14 runsThe Regent27.8%18 runsThe Defect27.3%11 runsThe Ironclad24.1%58 runs

Best Relics for Thrumming Hatchet

The relics that swing Thrumming Hatchet’s win rate the most are Lord's Parasol (+27.0%), Strawberry (+25.7%), and Bag of Marbles (+24.4%), with each lift shown.

Lord's Parasol+27.0%15 runsStrawberry+25.7%24 runsBag of Marbles+24.4%21 runsOddly Smooth Stone+21.1%21 runsBag of Preparation+21.1%21 runsWar Paint+19.9%28 runs

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

Thrumming Hatchet Card Details

A 1-energy uncommon attack, Thrumming Hatchet is upgraded 33.6% of the time and tends to enter the deck around floor 15.

Deal 11 damage. At the start of your next turn, return this to your Hand.

Upgrade: +3 Damage

What Ends Runs with Thrumming Hatchet

Runs holding Thrumming Hatchet end most often against Knowledge Demon Boss (6.6%), Queen Boss (5.0%), and The Insatiable Boss (5.0%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Knowledge Demon Boss6.6% of runs
• Queen Boss5.0% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss5.0% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite5.0% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss5.0% of runs

See Also

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