Nunchaku Relic

Is Nunchaku good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Nunchaku is an uncommon relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Every time you play Attacks, gain Energy. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 1382 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 38.1%, 23.8% ahead of the 14.3% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 5.1% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Silent, who post a 47.6% win rate with it. Within Silent runs specifically, it’s carried 5.7% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Malaise, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +43.7% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Apotheosis, good for a +43.4% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 22. As an uncommon relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 521 ended in victory while 847 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 6.1% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Nunchaku is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Nunchaku

Players take Nunchaku in 61.9% of the 2262 offers it appears in; those runs win 38.2% against 27.1% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +11.0% over 1382 decided runs.

Taken 1399 times out of 2262 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 Nunchaku

The cards that gain the most from carrying Nunchaku are Malaise (+43.7%), Apotheosis (+43.4%), and Apparition (+40.9%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Malaise+43.7%23 runsApotheosis+43.4%27 runsApparition+40.9%20 runsWell-Laid Plans+36.9%29 runsShadow Step+36.9%25 runsAutomation+36.9%25 runs

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

Nunchaku Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Nunchaku, it performs best with Silent (47.6%), Regent (41.5%), and Necrobinder (39.5%).

The Silent47.6%336 runsThe Regent41.5%227 runsThe Necrobinder39.5%201 runsThe Ironclad34.8%337 runsThe Defect25.4%272 runs

Nunchaku Details

Carried in 5.1% of runs, Nunchaku is an uncommon relic typically acquired near floor 22.

Every time you play Attacks, gain Energy.

What Ends Runs with Nunchaku

Runs carrying Nunchaku end most often against Aeonglass Boss (6.1%), Test Subject Boss (5.9%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (4.3%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss6.1% of runs
• Test Subject Boss5.9% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.3% of runs
• Queen Boss4.3% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.1% of runs

See Also

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