Pendulum Relic

Is Pendulum good in Slay the Spire 2?

Pendulum is a common relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: Every turns, draw cards. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 2014 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 9.6% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Regent, at a 43.3% win rate. Regent players hold onto it in 10.6% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Beat Down, worth a +51.1% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Beacon of Hope, worth +44.1% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 22 of a run. Its common rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 741 run wins against 1255 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Test Subject Boss, which closes out 6.3% of them. Read on for Pendulum’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Pendulum

Out of 3286 recorded offers Pendulum is taken 62.1% of the time, and taking it is worth +11.0% in pick lift — 37.4% for runs that picked it against 26.4% for runs that skipped, across 2020 decided runs.

Taken 2042 times out of 3286 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 Pendulum

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Pendulum are Beat Down (+51.1%), Beacon of Hope (+44.1%), and Seeker Strike (+37.9%).

Beat Down+51.1%19 runsBeacon of Hope+44.1%16 runsSeeker Strike+37.9%21 runsNostalgia+36.2%16 runsHuddle Up+36.2%15 runsAlchemize+35.6%23 runs

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

Pendulum Win Rate by Class

Pendulum shows up across 5 classes, led by Regent (43.3%), Necrobinder (40.5%), and Silent (39.6%) by win rate.

The Regent43.3%347 runsThe Necrobinder40.5%351 runsThe Silent39.6%461 runsThe Ironclad34.9%460 runsThe Defect26.6%380 runs

Pendulum Details

Pendulum is a common relic carried in 9.6% of runs and usually picked up around floor 22.

Every turns, draw cards.

What Ends Runs with Pendulum

Pendulum’s most common run-enders are Test Subject Boss (6.3%), Aeonglass Boss (5.8%), and Queen Boss (5.6%).

• Test Subject Boss6.3% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.8% of runs
• Queen Boss5.6% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.7% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss3.8% of runs

See Also

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