Pael's Tears•Relic

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

In Slay the Spire 2, Pael's Tears is an ancient relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: If you end your turn with unspent -cost, gain an additional Energy next turn. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at F tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 220 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 23.4%, 9.4% ahead of the 14.0% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 1.9% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Necrobinder, who post a 28.9% win rate with it. Within Necrobinder runs specifically, it’s carried 2.4% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Mad Science, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +41.3% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Invoke, good for a +22.1% 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, 51 ended in victory while 167 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Decimillipede Elite, finishing 6.4% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Pael's Tears is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Pael's Tears

Across 220 offers Pael's Tears has a 100.0% pick rate; the 220 runs that took it and 0 that left it are still below the sample floor, so no win rate is shown.

Taken 220 times out of 220 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 Tears

The cards that gain the most from carrying Pael's Tears are Mad Science (+41.3%), Invoke (+22.1%), and Grave Warden (+21.1%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Mad Science+41.3%17 runsInvoke+22.1%22 runsGrave Warden+21.1%28 runsLethality+21.1%18 runsCloak and Dagger+19.5%21 runsCosmic Indifference+18.7%19 runs

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

Pael's Tears Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Pael's Tears, it performs best with Necrobinder (28.9%), Regent (26.0%), and Silent (23.8%).

The Necrobinder28.9%53 runsThe Regent26.0%50 runsThe Silent23.8%43 runsThe Ironclad23.1%39 runsThe Defect11.8%34 runs

Pael's Tears Details

Carried in 1.9% of runs, Pael's Tears is an ancient relic typically acquired near floor 18.

If you end your turn with unspent -cost, gain an additional Energy next turn.

What Ends Runs with Pael's Tears

Runs carrying Pael's Tears end most often against Decimillipede Elite (6.4%), The Insatiable Boss (5.9%), and Aeonglass Boss (5.9%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Decimillipede Elite6.4% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss5.9% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.9% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss5.5% of runs
• Infested Prisms Elite5.5% of runs

See Also

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