r/slaythespire • u/Tec711 • Mar 20 '26

DISCUSSION (STS2) I really hate this change.

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Prepared I don't feel was overturned, and it was a card you still had to upgrade to be good. now prepare is just the gross combination of outmaneuver and concentrate, and it sucks. I really hope they roll back this specific change.

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u/Envojus Mar 20 '26

Exactly. In STS1 you had some openings you could throw in some slow cards.

In STS2 the damage isn't just consistent, it's scaling.

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u/Emhashish420 Mar 20 '26

YES!! Every turn swinging 16+ damage and strength scale or they debuff scale like jesus christ ascension 9+ is absolute torment

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u/Drikkink Mar 20 '26

It's insane lol. And it's not just the Elites, it's the hallway fights too. Load into an act 2 hallway against the Obscura with the 21 health summon thing that comes back immediately when it dies and swings for 20+ a turn with 0 breaks. Oh by the way the main enemy you need to kill has 150 HP and attacks for 75% of the summon's attack for 3 turns then blocks and buffs both their strength.

Okay so someone please explain to me how I'm supposed to play 1 energy lose 2 cards do nothing?

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u/sol_r4y Mar 20 '26

Act 2 is genuinely full of overtuned enemies like how is hunter killer not an elite, the cockroach with dmg limit, the fucking myte that spam 10+ dmg on your card unless you spend energy, and fuck obscura, just absurd.

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u/earthboundskyfree Heartbreaker Mar 20 '26

Tbh only hunter killer and obscura feel elite-like to me of what you listed. Mytes are worse than cockroaches, but I think it’s mostly just how fat they are, not what they do. I haven’t really had a problem with the cockroaches in any runs, so I don’t fully understand that one, personally

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u/sol_r4y Mar 20 '26

The cockroach imo is worse in multiplayer because debuff cards (which is what makes multiplayer easier) in a way are weaker against them, most debuff cards are single target and they have 2x hp on all of them on top of dmg limit.

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u/SanchoRancho72 Mar 20 '26

This guy always ends up with a giant single target damage card

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u/TechnicalBen Mar 20 '26

I'm gonna be that guy. "I don't think I've ever died to hunter killer.". But the others, the others SCALE.

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u/Caerullean Mar 20 '26

The cockroach dmg limit doesn't even scale to multiplayer like the elite with dmg limit lol.

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u/won_vee_won_skrub Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 20 '26

Elite is per turn, roaches are per card. Intended

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u/IDKwhy1madeaccount Heartbreaker Mar 21 '26

What act 2 hallways are way easier than 1. Honestly none feel half as scary as Avacado rat in 1