Charon's Ashes Relic

Is Charon's Ashes good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Charon's Ashes is a rare relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Whenever you Exhaust a card, deal damage to ALL enemies. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 65 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 40.0%, 26.2% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 0.3% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Ironclad, who post a 40.0% win rate with it. Within Ironclad runs specifically, it’s carried 1.4% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Crimson Mantle, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +20.0% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Bloodletting, good for a +18.3% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 20. As a rare relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 26 ended in victory while 39 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 15.4% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Charon's Ashes is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Charon's Ashes

Players take Charon's Ashes in 60.5% of the 109 offers it appears in; those runs win 40.9% against 30.2% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +9.3% over 66 decided runs.

Taken 66 times out of 109 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 Charon's Ashes

The cards that gain the most from carrying Charon's Ashes are Crimson Mantle (+20.0%), Bloodletting (+18.3%), and Howl from Beyond (+13.3%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Crimson Mantle+20.0%15 runsBloodletting+18.3%24 runsHowl from Beyond+13.3%15 runsPommel Strike+10.0%26 runsShrug It Off+10.0%30 runsStampede+6.7%15 runs

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

Charon's Ashes Win Rate by Class

Charon's Ashes’s class data comes mostly from the Ironclad, at a 40.0% win rate over 65 runs.

The Ironcladappears in 1.4% of its runs (65 tracked)

Charon's Ashes Details

Carried in 0.3% of runs, Charon's Ashes is a rare relic typically acquired near floor 20.

Whenever you Exhaust a card, deal damage to ALL enemies.

What Ends Runs with Charon's Ashes

Runs carrying Charon's Ashes end most often against Test Subject Boss (15.4%), Queen Boss (6.2%), and Waterfall Giant Boss (4.6%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss15.4% of runs
• Queen Boss6.2% of runs
• Waterfall Giant Boss4.6% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite3.1% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite3.1% of runs

See Also

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