Pael's Horn Relic

Is Pael's Horn good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Pael's Horn is an ancient relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Upon pickup, add 2 Relax to your Deck. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at F tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 145 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 18.2%, 4.2% ahead of the 13.9% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 1.3% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Regent, who post a 31.3% win rate with it. Within Regent runs specifically, it’s carried 0.8% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Venerate, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +15.2% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Grave Warden, good for a +13.1% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 18. As an ancient relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 26 ended in victory while 117 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Kaiser Crab Boss, finishing 9.7% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Pael's Horn is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Pael's Horn

Across 145 offers Pael's Horn has a 100.0% pick rate; the 145 runs that took it and 0 that left it are still below the sample floor, so no win rate is shown.

Taken 145 times out of 145 offers.

A win rate is only shown once that side clears the sample floor. Below it you get the run counts and nothing else — a 0% here would be a reporting artefact, not a result.

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 Pael's Horn

The cards that gain the most from carrying Pael's Horn are Venerate (+15.2%), Grave Warden (+13.1%), and Falling Star (+13.1%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Venerate+15.2%15 runsGrave Warden+13.1%16 runsFalling Star+13.1%16 runsDefend+13.1%16 runsBody Slam+6.8%16 runsShrug It Off+3.6%24 runs

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

Pael's Horn Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Pael's Horn, it performs best with Regent (31.3%), Necrobinder (20.7%), and Silent (19.4%).

The Regent31.3%16 runsThe Necrobinder20.7%29 runsThe Silent19.4%31 runsThe Ironclad17.1%42 runsThe Defect7.7%27 runs

Pael's Horn Details

Carried in 1.3% of runs, Pael's Horn is an ancient relic typically acquired near floor 18.

Upon pickup, add 2 Relax to your Deck.

What Ends Runs with Pael's Horn

Runs carrying Pael's Horn end most often against Kaiser Crab Boss (9.7%), Decimillipede Elite (8.3%), and Test Subject Boss (7.6%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Kaiser Crab Boss9.7% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite8.3% of runs
• Test Subject Boss7.6% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss6.9% of runs
• Mytes Normal6.2% of runs

See Also

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