Captain's Wheel Relic

Is Captain's Wheel good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Captain's Wheel is a rare relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: At the start of your 3rd turn, gain Block. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 492 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 43.5%, 29.7% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 2.4% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Regent, who post a 50.6% win rate with it. Within Regent runs specifically, it’s carried 2.6% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Guiding Star, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +39.8% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Enfeebling Touch, good for a +33.4% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 22. As a rare relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 212 ended in victory while 275 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 6.9% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Captain's Wheel is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Captain's Wheel

Players take Captain's Wheel in 61.1% of the 820 offers it appears in; those runs win 43.9% against 26.8% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +16.8% over 492 decided runs.

Taken 501 times out of 820 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 Captain's Wheel

The cards that gain the most from carrying Captain's Wheel are Guiding Star (+39.8%), Enfeebling Touch (+33.4%), and Blade of Ink (+31.5%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Guiding Star+39.8%18 runsEnfeebling Touch+33.4%26 runsBlade of Ink+31.5%17 runsAssassinate+31.5%17 runsBorrowed Time+30.1%19 runsSerpent Form+30.1%20 runs

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

Captain's Wheel Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Captain's Wheel, it performs best with Regent (50.6%), Necrobinder (47.0%), and Silent (46.0%).

The Regent50.6%87 runsThe Necrobinder47.0%83 runsThe Silent46.0%125 runsThe Ironclad39.6%91 runsThe Defect36.5%104 runs

Captain's Wheel Details

Carried in 2.4% of runs, Captain's Wheel is a rare relic typically acquired near floor 22.

At the start of your 3rd turn, gain Block.

What Ends Runs with Captain's Wheel

Runs carrying Captain's Wheel end most often against Aeonglass Boss (6.9%), Test Subject Boss (5.7%), and Queen Boss (4.9%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss6.9% of runs
• Test Subject Boss5.7% of runs
• Queen Boss4.9% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.3% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss3.9% of runs

See Also

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