Horn Cleat•Relic

Is Horn Cleat good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Horn Cleat is an uncommon relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: At the start of your 2nd turn, gain Block. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 644 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 39.4%, 25.5% ahead of the 13.9% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 5.6% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Silent, who post a 46.1% win rate with it. Within Silent runs specifically, it’s carried 5.4% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Fasten, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +39.5% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Parry, good for a +39.5% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 21. As an uncommon relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 252 ended in victory while 387 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 7.0% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Horn Cleat is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Horn Cleat

Players take Horn Cleat in 64.7% of the 1004 offers it appears in; those runs win 39.1% against 20.8% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +18.0% over 644 decided runs.

Taken 650 times out of 1004 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 Horn Cleat

The cards that gain the most from carrying Horn Cleat are Fasten (+39.5%), Parry (+39.5%), and Well-Laid Plans (+37.0%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Fasten+39.5%20 runsParry+39.5%19 runsWell-Laid Plans+37.0%18 runsOutbreak+36.6%26 runsAdrenaline+36.4%30 runsBouncing Flask+35.6%20 runs

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

Horn Cleat Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Horn Cleat, it performs best with Silent (46.1%), Regent (44.6%), and Defect (35.8%).

The Silent46.1%157 runsThe Regent44.6%112 runsThe Defect35.8%96 runsThe Ironclad35.3%156 runsThe Necrobinder34.2%114 runs

Horn Cleat Details

Carried in 5.6% of runs, Horn Cleat is an uncommon relic typically acquired near floor 21.

At the start of your 2nd turn, gain Block.

What Ends Runs with Horn Cleat

Runs carrying Horn Cleat end most often against Test Subject Boss (7.0%), Queen Boss (5.4%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (5.0%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss7.0% of runs
• Queen Boss5.4% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss5.0% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.7% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.5% of runs

See Also

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