Anchor Relic

Is Anchor good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Anchor is a common relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Start each combat with Block. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 2142 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 38.1%, 24.2% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 10.2% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Regent, who post a 47.0% win rate with it. Within Regent runs specifically, it’s carried 11.3% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Secret Weapon, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +36.9% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Pale Blue Dot, good for a +36.2% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 22. As a common relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 810 ended in victory while 1318 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 6.2% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Anchor is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Anchor

Players take Anchor in 66.2% of the 3281 offers it appears in; those runs win 38.2% against 26.6% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +11.6% over 2145 decided runs.

Taken 2172 times out of 3281 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.

Best Cards with Anchor

The cards that gain the most from carrying Anchor are Secret Weapon (+36.9%), Pale Blue Dot (+36.2%), and Prolong (+35.1%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Secret Weapon+36.9%25 runsPale Blue Dot+36.2%35 runsProlong+35.1%42 runsBeat Down+34.2%19 runsLegion of Bone+34.2%18 runsTyranny+33.0%38 runs

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

Anchor Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Anchor, it performs best with Regent (47.0%), Necrobinder (39.2%), and Silent (38.6%).

The Regent47.0%371 runsThe Necrobinder39.2%377 runsThe Silent38.6%474 runsThe Ironclad36.1%505 runsThe Defect29.4%395 runs

Anchor Details

Carried in 10.2% of runs, Anchor is a common relic typically acquired near floor 22.

Start each combat with Block.

What Ends Runs with Anchor

Runs carrying Anchor end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.2%), Queen Boss (5.5%), and Aeonglass Boss (5.2%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.2% of runs
• Queen Boss5.5% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.2% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss5.1% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss3.9% of runs

See Also

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