Pantograph Relic

Is Pantograph good in Slay the Spire 2?

Pantograph is an uncommon relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: At the start of each Boss combat, heal HP. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 1157 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 37.1% of the time, comfortably clear of the 13.8% average, by 23.3%. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 5.5% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Silent, at a 45.5% win rate. Silent players hold onto it in 6.0% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Finesse, worth a +42.9% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Flanking, worth +42.9% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 21 of a run. Its uncommon rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 424 run wins against 718 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Test Subject Boss, which closes out 6.7% of them. Read on for Pantograph’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Pantograph

Out of 1876 recorded offers Pantograph is taken 62.3% of the time, and taking it is worth +9.7% in pick lift — 37.5% for runs that picked it against 27.7% for runs that skipped, across 1150 decided runs.

Taken 1169 times out of 1876 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 Pantograph

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Pantograph are Finesse (+42.9%), Flanking (+42.9%), and Demon Form (+40.3%).

Finesse+42.9%32 runsFlanking+42.9%15 runsDemon Form+40.3%31 runsSeven Stars+37.9%16 runsMaster of Strategy+34.9%26 runsAdrenaline+34.8%65 runs

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

Pantograph Win Rate by Class

Pantograph shows up across 5 classes, led by Silent (45.5%), Regent (39.4%), and Ironclad (37.9%) by win rate.

The Silent45.5%284 runsThe Regent39.4%205 runsThe Ironclad37.9%247 runsThe Necrobinder32.9%217 runsThe Defect26.4%198 runs

Pantograph Details

Pantograph is an uncommon relic carried in 5.5% of runs and usually picked up around floor 21.

At the start of each Boss combat, heal HP.

What Ends Runs with Pantograph

Pantograph’s most common run-enders are Test Subject Boss (6.7%), Queen Boss (4.8%), and Decimillipede Elite (4.3%).

• Test Subject Boss6.7% of runs
• Queen Boss4.8% of runs
• Decimillipede Elite4.3% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss4.2% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss3.3% of runs

See Also

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