Metronome Relic

Is Metronome good in Slay the Spire 2?

Metronome is a rare relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: The first time you Channel Orbs each combat, deal damage to ALL enemies. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at F tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 45 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 24.4% of the time, comfortably clear of the 13.8% average, by 10.6%. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 0.2% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Defect, at a 24.4% win rate. Defect players hold onto it in 1.0% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Go for the Eyes, worth a +13.1% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Lightning Rod, worth +6.0% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 23 of a run. Its rare rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 11 run wins against 34 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Test Subject Boss, which closes out 13.3% of them. Read on for Metronome’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Metronome

Out of 97 recorded offers Metronome is taken 47.4% of the time, and taking it is worth +5.3% in pick lift — 26.1% for runs that picked it against 19.6% for runs that skipped, across 46 decided runs.

Taken 46 times out of 97 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 Metronome

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Metronome are Go for the Eyes (+13.1%), Lightning Rod (+6.0%), and Beam Cell (+2.8%).

Go for the Eyes+13.1%24 runsLightning Rod+6.0%23 runsBeam Cell+2.8%22 runsBoost Away+0.6%20 runsLeap+0.6%20 runsClaw+0.6%16 runs

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

Metronome Win Rate by Class

So far Metronome is carried mainly by the Defect, who win 24.4% of their runs with it across 45 tracked.

The Defectappears in 1.0% of its runs (45 tracked)

Metronome Details

Metronome is a rare relic carried in 0.2% of runs and usually picked up around floor 23.

The first time you Channel Orbs each combat, deal damage to ALL enemies.

What Ends Runs with Metronome

Metronome’s most common run-enders are Test Subject Boss (13.3%), Aeonglass Boss (8.9%), and Kaiser Crab Boss (6.7%).

• Test Subject Boss13.3% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss8.9% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss6.7% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite6.7% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss6.7% of runs

See Also

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