Precarious ShearsRelic
Upon pickup, remove cards from your Deck and lose HP.
Is Precarious Shears good in Slay the Spire 2?
Precarious Shears is an ancient relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: Upon pickup, remove cards from your Deck and lose HP. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.
Across 22 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 23.5% of the time, comfortably clear of the 12.6% average, by 10.9%. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 4.2% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Regent, at a 50.0% win rate. Regent players hold onto it in 1.8% of their runs.
It combos especially well with Clumsy, worth a +51.5% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Metamorphosis, worth +43.1% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 1 of a run. Its ancient rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.
It has 4 run wins against 13 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Phantasmal Gardeners Elite, which closes out 9.1% of them. Read on for Precarious Shears’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.
Precarious Shears Win Rate & Pick Rate
Precarious Shears’s 23.5% win rate clears the 12.6% all-run average by 10.9%, the gap charted below.
Run Outcomes with Precarious Shears
Precarious Shears has 4 wins and 18 losses over 22 tracked runs (18.2% won); abandoned runs count as losses.
- Wins 18.2%
- Losses 81.8%
Best Cards with Precarious Shears
Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Precarious Shears are Clumsy (+51.5%), Metamorphosis (+43.1%), and Wisp (+36.5%).
Based on small co-occurring samples — treat these as early signals, not final verdicts.
Precarious Shears Win Rate by Class
Precarious Shears shows up across 5 classes, led by Regent (50.0%), Necrobinder (27.3%), and Silent (0.0%) by win rate.
Precarious Shears Details
Precarious Shears is an ancient relic carried in 4.2% of runs and usually picked up around floor 1.
Upon pickup, remove cards from your Deck and lose HP.
What Ends Runs with Precarious Shears
Precarious Shears’s most common run-enders are Phantasmal Gardeners Elite (9.1%) and Phrog Parasite Elite (9.1%).
- Phantasmal Gardeners Elite9.1% of runs
- Phrog Parasite Elite9.1% of runs
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Precarious Shears – Frequently Asked Questions
Is Precarious Shears good in Slay the Spire 2?
Across 22 tracked runs carrying it, Precarious Shears wins 23.5% of the time — +10.9% above the average run. Win rate reflects how often runs with the relic end in victory.
What does Precarious Shears do in Slay the Spire 2?
Upon pickup, remove cards from your Deck and lose HP.
How rare is Precarious Shears in Slay the Spire 2?
Precarious Shears is an Ancient relic, picked up in 4.2% of tracked runs.
What is the best card to use with Precarious Shears?
In tracked runs, Precarious Shears has performed best alongside Clumsy, which lifts its win rate by +51.5% over 4 runs together.
Which class is Precarious Shears best in?
Precarious Shears has its highest win rate with The Regent (50.0%).
See Also
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