Punch Dagger Relic

Is Punch Dagger good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Punch Dagger is a shop relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Upon pickup, Enchant an Attack with Momentum. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 255 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 34.4%, 20.6% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 1.2% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Defect, who post a 42.2% win rate with it. Within Defect runs specifically, it’s carried 1.0% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Expose, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +32.3% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Smokestack, good for a +30.3% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 25. As a shop relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 87 ended in victory while 166 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Aeonglass Boss, finishing 7.8% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Punch Dagger is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Punch Dagger

Players take Punch Dagger in 18.3% of the 1385 offers it appears in; those runs win 34.5% against 28.4% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +5.9% over 252 decided runs.

Taken 254 times out of 1385 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 Punch Dagger

The cards that gain the most from carrying Punch Dagger are Expose (+32.3%), Smokestack (+30.3%), and Overclock (+28.1%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Expose+32.3%18 runsSmokestack+30.3%17 runsOverclock+28.1%16 runsAccuracy+27.5%21 runsFTL+21.9%16 runsHologram+21.2%19 runs

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

Punch Dagger Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Punch Dagger, it performs best with Defect (42.2%), Necrobinder (38.5%), and Regent (33.3%).

The Defect42.2%46 runsThe Necrobinder38.5%39 runsThe Regent33.3%49 runsThe Silent32.1%56 runsThe Ironclad28.1%64 runs

Punch Dagger Details

Carried in 1.2% of runs, Punch Dagger is a shop relic typically acquired near floor 25.

Upon pickup, Enchant an Attack with Momentum.

What Ends Runs with Punch Dagger

Runs carrying Punch Dagger end most often against Aeonglass Boss (7.8%), Test Subject Boss (7.8%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (6.7%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Aeonglass Boss7.8% of runs
• Test Subject Boss7.8% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss6.7% of runs
• Queen Boss5.9% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss4.3% of runs

See Also

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