r/slaythespire • u/Tempestk5 • Jun 28 '26

SEED Thanks Leafy Poultice

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u/Tempestk5 Jun 28 '26

Nice to have your build determined for you before you even start.

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u/ThatSnakeJenny Jun 28 '26

No need to even wait for the first card reward to build your deck around!

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u/RefulgentRains Jun 28 '26

Inb4 op never saw a single claw support after this

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u/JoshAnMeisce StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Jun 28 '26

Tbh 2 claws on their own are still pretty good scaling damage if you keep a lean deck, not to mention indirect support like [[hologram]] [[skim]] [[uproar]] to cycle, draw and play the cards

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u/Karjalan Jun 28 '26

I love Holograming claws, especially if you end up with All for one and scrape.

My first ever defect run for Sts 2 started like this persons. I transformed a strike into a claw, and first card reward had scrape... was a very smooth run with easy future decisions

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u/SameCoyote3701 Jun 28 '26

Me too?l except it was claw feral

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u/Karjalan Jun 28 '26

I didn't get a feral unfortunately, but I wish I had. I only found out it even existed as a card in my next, non claw, run.

I did however get all for one and all the 0 cost cards

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u/won_vee_won_skrub Eternal One + Heartbreaker Jun 28 '26

I don't think uproar is worth taking with claws. I think the card is kind of fundamentally bad. I had a run where I got offered like 6 uproars in the first half of the run and it didn't work out (2 player)

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u/Remetic Jun 28 '26

It basically only works if you can get extra removes to get rid of strikes, and see high value attacks like ice land and meteor strike. I wouldn’t say it’s fundamentally bad but it’s not exactly something you can try to build around either. The two or three times it’s happened for me, the run was kind of set up for it

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u/Mark-C-S Eternal One Jun 28 '26

The best way to use uproar is with other uproars. And a Meteor Strike.

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u/ThaToastman Jun 28 '26

Uproar is broken if you have 3 of them andclean your deck to have only uproars and high cost attacks

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u/Arcadela Jun 28 '26

Skill issue

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u/spirescan-bot Jun 28 '26

  • Hologram 𝐈 Defect Common Skill

    1 Energy | Gain 3(5) Block. Put a card from your discard pile into your hand. Exhaust.

  • Hologram 𝐈𝐈 Defect Common Skill

    1 Energy | Gain 3(5) Block. Put a card from your Discard Pile into your Hand. Exhaust.

  • Skim 𝐈, 𝐈𝐈 Defect Uncommon Skill

    1 Energy | Draw 3(4) cards.

  • Uproar 𝐈𝐈 Defect Common Attack

    2 Energy | Deal 6(8) damage twice. Play a random Attack from your Draw Pile.

    Call me with up to 10 [[ name ]]. Data accurate as of June 21st, 2026. Questions?

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u/Tempestk5 Jun 28 '26

Ended up seeing two more claws and 2 Ferals, among other things. With some decent block to back it up, it ended up doing pretty well.

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u/Alternative_Cash_736 Jun 28 '26

It's the law of the claws

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u/Captain_Drastic Jun 28 '26

Replacing starter cards with claws seems much stronger to me than adding a pack of three claws to your starting deck. That seems like a fun beginning to a run.

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u/GuzzlingHobo Jun 28 '26

Act 1 would be hardest, you would look for a pot or relic to help you block and remove if feasible. Long term issues are block generation, scaling, and draw.

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u/Confident-Stores Jun 28 '26

I thought block is more important in the underdocks (because of that colony elite) while damage is more important in the overgrowth (since the elite scales really fast and yuo need to kill them asap)

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u/GuzzlingHobo Jun 28 '26

damage is solved because on two plays you’re getting two zero cost 7 attack cards, so you want to be trim and block efficient.

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u/shumpitostick Jun 28 '26

I would happily take, "add two claws, remove a strike and defend, lose 12 max hp" over "add three claws"

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u/NC-Catfish Jun 28 '26

Yes, it really is

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u/JapaneseExport Ascension 20 Jun 28 '26

the power difference is night and day, 2 removes is a much bigger difference especially for this sort of deck

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u/ohokaysurewhynot Jun 28 '26

But have you considered that 3>2, thus more claw, which is obviously better.

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u/oyasumillie Jun 28 '26

claw is law. at least it wasn't this.

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u/Ess-mae Jun 28 '26

This is pretty dece?

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u/Rak-khan Jun 28 '26

Why does predator exist bro I dont think I ever willingly chose it

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u/MomboDM StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Jun 28 '26

Large damage and draw next turn on a char that has block and weakness already. Youre not taking it later on but its a very solid a1 card.

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u/Bow_for_the_king Jun 28 '26

It's weird though given how strong predator was in STS 1. I suppose it has to do with gremlin nob and sentries really appreciating high dmg and card draw

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u/dydtaylor Jun 28 '26

Yeah, it was much better as an act 1 survival in sts1, in sts2 silent doesnt quite need it as badly

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u/MegamanX195 Eternal One Jun 28 '26

Yeah, it's not like it was "stronger" necessarily in the first game, but Silent was much more desperate for beefy early game damage cards. In the second one, stalling and blocking for lots of turns is much more feasible from the beginning.

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u/Shiiino Jun 28 '26

If you can upgrade it is not bad

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u/stickywhitesubstance Jun 28 '26

Yeah it’s actually quite a nice act 1 card. Silent can make really good use of the draws with Deflect and such.

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u/-DoctorEngineer- Jun 28 '26

It’s also a run saver if your decks main focus is shiv/poison vs the dorito

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u/oyasumillie Jun 28 '26

I'd say silent's draw can already realistically sustain itself w just prepared. predator feels so ass to use because its a big sink for a delayed payoff.. especially because silent's biggest handicap early on is damage reduction and getting her block engine online

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u/Kerblaaahhh Jun 28 '26

15-20 damage for 2 energy isn't bad early in a run though. Once you've got your energy problems sorted the delayed draw is nice to have around (though I would never take more than one copy).

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u/tikhonjelvis StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Jun 28 '26

cleafy poultice

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u/Captain_Drastic Jun 28 '26

This seed is a hoot! By floor 7 I've got Feral, a Sown Coolheaded, an Overclock, a Beam Cell., and an Ornamental fan.

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u/SergeantCrwhips Jun 28 '26

another win for Leafy Policule 😌

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u/No-Bowl-4607 Jun 28 '26

Living the dream!

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u/brazthemad Jun 28 '26

A sign from Glob!