Intimidating Helmet Relic

Is Intimidating Helmet good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Intimidating Helmet is a rare relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Whenever you play a card that costs Energy or more, gain Block. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 439 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 41.8%, 28.0% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 2.1% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Necrobinder, who post a 47.8% win rate with it. Within Necrobinder runs specifically, it’s carried 1.9% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Adrenaline, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +33.2% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Rupture, good for a +33.2% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 23. As a rare relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 181 ended in victory while 252 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 Intimidating Helmet is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Intimidating Helmet

Players take Intimidating Helmet in 58.5% of the 772 offers it appears in; those runs win 41.8% against 31.6% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +9.9% over 443 decided runs.

Taken 452 times out of 772 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 Intimidating Helmet

The cards that gain the most from carrying Intimidating Helmet are Adrenaline (+33.2%), Rupture (+33.2%), and Hellraiser (+28.8%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Adrenaline+33.2%25 runsRupture+33.2%16 runsHellraiser+28.8%17 runsWisp+24.9%33 runsNot Yet+24.9%15 runsPyre+24.9%19 runs

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

Intimidating Helmet Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Intimidating Helmet, it performs best with Necrobinder (47.8%), Silent (43.2%), and Regent (42.9%).

The Necrobinder47.8%67 runsThe Silent43.2%97 runsThe Regent42.9%79 runsThe Ironclad39.5%121 runsThe Defect34.3%70 runs

Intimidating Helmet Details

Carried in 2.1% of runs, Intimidating Helmet is a rare relic typically acquired near floor 23.

Whenever you play a card that costs Energy or more, gain Block.

What Ends Runs with Intimidating Helmet

Runs carrying Intimidating Helmet end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.2%), Kaiser Crab Boss (5.7%), and Aeonglass Boss (5.7%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.2% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss5.7% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.7% of runs
• Queen Boss4.8% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss3.9% of runs

See Also

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