Demon Tongue Relic

Is Demon Tongue good in Slay the Spire 2?

Demon Tongue is a rare relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: The first time you lose HP on your turn, heal HP equal to the amount lost. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 34 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 33.3% of the time, comfortably clear of the 13.9% average, by 19.4%. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 0.3% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Ironclad, at a 33.3% win rate. Ironclad players hold onto it in 1.3% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Bloodletting, worth a +16.7% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Tremble, worth +13.7% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 21 of a run. Its rare rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 11 run wins against 22 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Knowledge Demon Boss, which closes out 11.8% of them. Read on for Demon Tongue’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Demon Tongue

Out of 54 recorded offers Demon Tongue is taken 63.0% of the time, and taking it is worth +2.6% in pick lift — 33.3% for runs that picked it against 30.0% for runs that skipped, across 33 decided runs.

Taken 34 times out of 54 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 Demon Tongue

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Demon Tongue are Bloodletting (+16.7%), Tremble (+13.7%), and Defend (+1.1%).

Bloodletting+16.7%18 runsTremble+13.7%17 runsDefend+1.1%33 runsBlood Wall0.0%16 runsStrike-1.1%32 runsBash-1.2%28 runs

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

Demon Tongue Win Rate by Class

So far Demon Tongue is carried mainly by the Ironclad, who win 33.3% of their runs with it across 34 tracked.

The Ironcladappears in 1.3% of its runs (34 tracked)

Demon Tongue Details

Demon Tongue is a rare relic carried in 0.3% of runs and usually picked up around floor 21.

The first time you lose HP on your turn, heal HP equal to the amount lost.

What Ends Runs with Demon Tongue

Demon Tongue’s most common run-enders are Knowledge Demon Boss (11.8%), Test Subject Boss (8.8%), and Queen Boss (5.9%).

• Knowledge Demon Boss11.8% of runs
• Test Subject Boss8.8% of runs
• Queen Boss5.9% of runs
• Entomancer Elite5.9% of runs

See Also

Compare Demon Tongue with the rest of the best Slay the Spire 2 relics, cards, and classes below.