Slay the Spire 2
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The Ironclad returns with updated powers, redesigned skills, and fresh attack animations. A battle-hardened warrior who has made a pact with dark forces, trading his humanity for immense strength.

Some returning cards have been reworked — for example, Cleave in Slay the Spire 2 shows a mushroom being hacked in half with an axe, suggesting it now focuses on delivering massive damage to a single target rather than hitting all enemies. Other returning cards include Ghostly Armor and Shrug It Off. His signature strength-scaling gameplay remains, but with new tools and synergies.

The deadly huntress returns with her specialization in poison, shivs, and card draw intact — but now with a powerful new keyword.

Sly is The Silent's unique keyword: when you discard a card with the Sly keyword, it plays itself for free. This opens up a new layer of strategy around discard mechanics, turning what was once a cost into a massive advantage. Combined with her existing poison and shiv toolkit, the Sly mechanic gives The Silent some of the most intricate combo potential in the game.

The sentient automaton returns as the third veteran character in Slay the Spire 2. The Defect brings back its iconic Orb-based combat system — channeling Lightning, Frost, Dark, and Plasma orbs — rebuilt with reworked card pools for the sequel.

While specific card details are still being revealed, Defect-exclusive relics have been spotted in trailers, and the character is confirmed as a playable Slayer at Early Access launch. Expect familiar orb manipulation strategies alongside brand new synergies and cards.

A wandering lich who seeks to bind the forgotten dead. The Necrobinder starts with only 35 HP — the lowest of any character — but compensates with a companion that fights alongside her.

Her reanimated skeletal hand companion, Osty, attacks independently, has its own HP total, absorbs incoming damage, and ignores debuffs affecting the Necrobinder. The Summon keyword resurrects and upgrades Osty throughout combat.

Doom is her unique debuff mechanic — a counter that, when it reaches an enemy's HP threshold, marks them for death at the end of the turn (displayed via a tombstone icon). Think of it like a delayed-execution poison.

She also generates Souls as a resource for drawing additional cards, and can summon Ghosts — persistent tokens that remain between turns. Her card Danse Macabre (2 energy) deals 4 damage to ALL enemies for each Ghost you have, enabling devastating board clears.

The Heir to the Throne of Stars — a domineering, arrogant alien being who draws on the power of the cosmos and his long-suffering minions to do his bidding. His adorable Minions even carry him around on his giant throne during combat.

Stars are The Regent's secondary resource alongside energy. Unlike energy, Stars don't reset each turn and have no accumulation cap. Cards like Hidden Cache generate Stars, while Falling Stars consumes them. Some cards cost only Stars, enabling a unique turn-banking playstyle where you save up resources for astronomical combos.

The Forge keyword creates his signature weapon, the Sovereign Blade — a gleaming sword that orbits around him. The first Forge each combat creates the card; subsequent Forges increase its damage. It has Retain by default, so you can build it up to lethal levels before striking at exactly the right moment.

The Regent can also transform cards into loyal Minions that attack and defend for him, and has unique synergy with colorless cards — he can both create and interact with them in ways no other character can. Scrawl, originally a Watcher card, is now a colorless card playable by all classes.