Tough Bandages•Relic

Is Tough Bandages good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Tough Bandages is a rare relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Whenever you discard a card during your turn, gain Block. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 15 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 35.7%, 16.8% ahead of the 18.9% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 0.4% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Silent, who post a 35.7% win rate with it. Within Silent runs specifically, it’s carried 1.5% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Tools of the Trade, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +64.3% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Acrobatics, good for a +64.3% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 19. As a rare relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 5 ended in victory while 9 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is The Insatiable Boss, finishing 13.3% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Tough Bandages is worth grabbing.

Best Cards with Tough Bandages

The cards that gain the most from carrying Tough Bandages are Tools of the Trade (+64.3%), Acrobatics (+64.3%), and Reflex (+64.3%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Tools of the Trade+64.3%3 runsAcrobatics+64.3%4 runsReflex+64.3%4 runsPiercing Wail+39.3%4 runsHidden Daggers+39.3%4 runsBackstab+35.7%7 runs

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

Tough Bandages Win Rate by Class

Tough Bandages’s class data comes mostly from the Silent, at a 35.7% win rate over 15 runs.

The Silentappears in 1.5% of its runs (15 tracked)

Tough Bandages Details

Carried in 0.4% of runs, Tough Bandages is a rare relic typically acquired near floor 19.

Whenever you discard a card during your turn, gain Block.

What Ends Runs with Tough Bandages

Runs carrying Tough Bandages end most often against The Insatiable Boss (13.3%) and Knowledge Demon Boss (13.3%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• The Insatiable Boss13.3% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss13.3% of runs

See Also

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