Vambrace Relic

Is Vambrace good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, Vambrace is an uncommon relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: The first time you gain Block from a card each combat, double the amount gained. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 1078 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 36.1%, 22.3% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 5.2% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Ironclad, who post a 42.1% win rate with it. Within Ironclad runs specifically, it’s carried 5.7% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Stoke, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +43.9% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Bundle of Joy, good for a +40.4% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 21. As an uncommon relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 386 ended in victory while 683 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 6.9% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether Vambrace is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: Vambrace

Players take Vambrace in 61.0% of the 1792 offers it appears in; those runs win 36.1% against 28.7% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +7.3% over 1081 decided runs.

Taken 1093 times out of 1792 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 Vambrace

The cards that gain the most from carrying Vambrace are Stoke (+43.9%), Bundle of Joy (+40.4%), and Dark Shackles (+35.9%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Stoke+43.9%21 runsBundle of Joy+40.4%17 runsDark Shackles+35.9%26 runsNeutron Aegis+32.6%16 runsStorm of Steel+32.6%33 runsDecisions, Decisions+31.9%26 runs

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

Vambrace Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry Vambrace, it performs best with Ironclad (42.1%), Silent (39.1%), and Regent (35.5%).

The Ironclad42.1%262 runsThe Silent39.1%240 runsThe Regent35.5%168 runsThe Necrobinder34.3%201 runsThe Defect25.6%201 runs

Vambrace Details

Carried in 5.2% of runs, Vambrace is an uncommon relic typically acquired near floor 21.

The first time you gain Block from a card each combat, double the amount gained.

What Ends Runs with Vambrace

Runs carrying Vambrace end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.9%), Aeonglass Boss (5.3%), and Knowledge Demon Boss (4.7%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.9% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.3% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.7% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.4% of runs
• The Insatiable Boss4.3% of runs

See Also

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