War Paint Relic

Is War Paint good in Slay the Spire 2?

In Slay the Spire 2, War Paint is a common relic you can pick up on your climb. Its effect: Upon pickup, Upgrade random Skills. The data marks it as a weaker relic, settling at D tier — rarely a run-defining grab.

Over 2137 tracked runs the win rate of decks holding it sits at 35.6%, 21.8% ahead of the 13.8% all-run baseline. It sees lighter play, carried in only 10.2% of runs. It does its best work in the hands of the Regent, who post a 42.8% win rate with it. Within Regent runs specifically, it’s carried 10.1% of the time.

Its standout card pairing is Demonic Shield, which lifts the relic’s win rate by +40.4% when both are in play. It also works nicely with Beat Down, good for a +39.4% win-rate change. It typically enters the deck near floor 22. As a common relic, how often it’s offered depends on its rarity tier.

Of the runs that carried it, 756 ended in victory while 1368 fell to a defeat. Its most common run-ender is Test Subject Boss, finishing 6.7% of the runs it appears in. See the best cards, class split, and threats below for the full read on whether War Paint is worth grabbing.

Pick or Skip: War Paint

Players take War Paint in 63.9% of the 3347 offers it appears in; those runs win 35.7% against 28.1% for runs that passed, a pick lift of +7.5% over 2123 decided runs.

Taken 2138 times out of 3347 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 War Paint

The cards that gain the most from carrying War Paint are Demonic Shield (+40.4%), Beat Down (+39.4%), and Calamity (+38.1%), each shown with its win-rate swing.

Demonic Shield+40.4%25 runsBeat Down+39.4%17 runsCalamity+38.1%20 runsNostalgia+37.7%16 runsApotheosis+37.6%41 runsProphesize+36.6%19 runs

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

War Paint Win Rate by Class

Of the 5 classes that carry War Paint, it performs best with Regent (42.8%), Silent (39.1%), and Necrobinder (35.0%).

The Regent42.8%331 runsThe Silent39.1%513 runsThe Necrobinder35.0%374 runsThe Ironclad34.0%489 runsThe Defect27.2%410 runs

War Paint Details

Carried in 10.2% of runs, War Paint is a common relic typically acquired near floor 22.

Upon pickup, Upgrade random Skills.

What Ends Runs with War Paint

Runs carrying War Paint end most often against Test Subject Boss (6.7%), Queen Boss (5.7%), and Aeonglass Boss (5.1%) — the share of its runs each accounts for is shown.

• Test Subject Boss6.7% of runs
• Queen Boss5.7% of runs
• Aeonglass Boss5.1% of runs
• Kaiser Crab Boss4.9% of runs
• Knowledge Demon Boss4.6% of runs

See Also

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