#SLAY THE SPIRE TROPHY GUIDE UPGRADE#

It is important to realize that Blur stacks. Many people seem to underrate Blur, but I take as many of these as I can get.

#SLAY THE SPIRE TROPHY GUIDE UPGRADE#

Upgrading Backflip is not too useful, although I would rather do that than upgrade a vanilla Defend or the Survivor, because I am more likely to play a Backflip.īlur is very strong. You might change your mind about what to play once you see what you draw. If you are going to play a Backflip during a turn, play it first. I would always take at least two of these. Upgrading After Image doesn't seem too good - it's not even clear it's good to upgrade it, if you have other similar powers.īackflip is solid, both block and card draw. Try to play them out on the first pass through your deck. I typically want 1-3 of the defensive powers. They slow you down a bit the first time through your deck, but power your long game. Upgrading Adrenaline is okay but not great.Īfter Image and Footwork are your defensive powers. It is especially good in a deck with a lot of powers, that could use a burst of energy and card draw its first time through the deck. Drawing four is better than drawing three.Īdrenaline has almost no downside. Not so great with Reflexes because you often can't fit a draw-six into your hand. You might change your mind about what to play once you see what you draw.Īcrobatics works well with Tactician - I will take a Tactician if I have just a single Acrobatics and the starting Survivor to combo it with. If you are going to play an Acrobatics during a turn, play it first. I would always take one Acrobatics, and I would usually take two. There are enough cards that work with the Turtle Style that you will rarely be forced to drastically change your deckbuilding strategy based on the cards you get.Īcrobatics is the best draw spell. You will typically end up skipping about half of your reward cards.

If none of the cards in your reward choices are a good fit, don't take any cards. In the next section, I discuss the cards that are a good fit for the Turtle Style. It is very important to not add crappy cards to your deck.

The main exception is thieves, for which it's generally worth taking some damage to make sure you kill them. Avoiding all damage is the ideal path to victory. It just seems that the odds that an elite defeats you are higher than the odds that you wouldn't have been able to win the run, but the elite's relic puts you over the edge. Unless the deck is feeling very dominant, it's usually a good idea to avoid elites. Upgrading cards at campfires is good - I try to avoid healing unless I'm below half health, or if I'm about to fight a boss and feeling worried.Īfter stores and campfires, question marks are better than fighting enemies, because they often lead to removing a card. Removing either Strikes or Defends is good. Campfires and stores are the top priority when picking a path.Īt a store, the most reliable purchase is removing a card. With this strategy, improving your deck is a much more reliable route to victory than earning relics, and removing a card is better than adding a card. You won't have to get lucky.įrom the Turtle point of view, the perfect deck is an engine with a high density of powerful ways to provide block, card draw, and energy, and just a small number of cards as the actual 'win condition' that lets you defeat your opponents. If you follow this guide, you will be able to beat the game most of the time. I was motivated to write this guide when I saw some comments from people that had played this game a number of times without beating the end boss, or doing it only rarely. If you enjoy inevitably grinding down your opponent, or playing control decks in games like Magic: The Gathering, then the Turtle Style might be for you. It does not rely on unusual cards or relics, so you can win most runs this way. This is a very consistent way to play the game. By the end of the game, you will be able to draw enough cards and gain enough block to prevent damage indefinitely, and eventually win through a small number of win condition cards. At the beginning of the game, you might have a lot of turns playing Defend-Defend-Strike. A perfect battle is a battle in which you took no damage. This is a guide to one of them - the Turtle Style. There are many different ways to play Slay the Spire.

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