Tungsten Rod Relic

Is Tungsten Rod good in Slay the Spire 2?

Tungsten Rod is a rare relic in Slay the Spire 2. While carried, it does the following: Whenever you would lose HP, lose less. It currently underperforms most relics, sitting at D tier in our Slay the Spire 2 relic rankings.

Across 426 recorded runs, decks carrying it win 37.0% of the time, comfortably clear of the 13.8% average, by 23.1%. It’s a more situational relic, showing up in just 2.0% of runs. The class that gets the most out of it is the Regent, at a 52.0% win rate. Regent players hold onto it in 2.3% of their runs.

It combos especially well with Fan of Knives, worth a +49.4% win-rate swing together. Another strong card to run with it is Afterimage, worth +40.8% to its win rate. On average it’s acquired around floor 21 of a run. Its rare rarity shapes how frequently you’ll run into it.

It has 155 run wins against 264 losses in our tracked data. When runs carrying it end, the most frequent culprit is Test Subject Boss, which closes out 7.3% of them. Read on for Tungsten Rod’s complete card, class, and threat breakdown before you decide to pick it up.

Pick or Skip: Tungsten Rod

Out of 683 recorded offers Tungsten Rod is taken 63.5% of the time, and taking it is worth +6.5% in pick lift — 37.4% for runs that picked it against 30.8% for runs that skipped, across 425 decided runs.

Taken 434 times out of 683 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 Tungsten Rod

Ranked by win-rate lift, the best cards to run with Tungsten Rod are Fan of Knives (+49.4%), Afterimage (+40.8%), and Adrenaline (+39.2%).

Fan of Knives+49.4%23 runsAfterimage+40.8%19 runsAdrenaline+39.2%22 runsAccuracy+38.9%30 runsStorm of Steel+38.0%17 runsUp My Sleeve+38.0%20 runs

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

Tungsten Rod Win Rate by Class

Tungsten Rod shows up across 5 classes, led by Regent (52.0%), Silent (46.0%), and Necrobinder (39.4%) by win rate.

The Regent52.0%75 runsThe Silent46.0%88 runsThe Necrobinder39.4%67 runsThe Ironclad28.9%105 runsThe Defect22.6%86 runs

Tungsten Rod Details

Tungsten Rod is a rare relic carried in 2.0% of runs and usually picked up around floor 21.

Whenever you would lose HP, lose less.

What Ends Runs with Tungsten Rod

Tungsten Rod’s most common run-enders are Test Subject Boss (7.3%), Queen Boss (6.1%), and The Insatiable Boss (5.9%).

• Test Subject Boss7.3% of runs
• Queen Boss6.1% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss5.9% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss3.8% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss3.5% of runs

See Also

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