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This build leans towards the former, spawning as many Frost Orbs as possible to gain a massive Block rating. Try to keep your deck somewhat small so you can rotate between your strong Poison abilities like Catalyst as often as possible.ĭefect relies heavily on his Orb mechanic to survive, using them to either reinforce its defenses or dish out an obscene amount of damage. If you get The Specimen Relic during your run, your Poison becomes substantially stronger for clearing enemies. There are quite a few poison cards in Silent's card pool, so you should be able to create a poison deck on your runs with relative consistency. Noxious Fumes: At the start of your turn, apply 2 Poison to ALL enemies.If the enemy has Poison, deal 7 damage again. Bouncing Flask: Apply 3 Poison to a random enemy 3 times.To become a poison-slinging assassin, you'll need the following cards: It does struggle against groups of enemies, although a few Relics can help with this. Silent has quite a few cards that apply and multiple Poison, allowing you to consistently deal large amounts of damage across each of your turns. To fight the Act 4 boss, the player must defeat the Act 3 boss with the Ironclad, the Silent, and the Defect at least once.Arguably the strongest mechanic tied to the Silent is Poison, a debuff that causes enemies to take damage equal to their current Poison stacks. The Act 4 boss cannot be fought on the first playthrough of any character minus the Watcher. This boss fight does not add towards the run's score, but does activate the Pantograph and Slaver's Collar relics. Slaver's Collar will give the player an additional Energy at the start of their turn.Ĭonversely, relics such as the Wing Boots cannot be used to skip boss fights, as all paths in an Act lead to the floor that contains the boss.ĭuring the Mind Bloom Event in Act 3, choosing the option starts a fight with a random Act 1 boss for a random rare relic.Pantograph will heal the player for 25 HP at the start of each boss combat.Some relics will activate during boss fights: Slaying all three bosses without taking any damage adds 200 points and overrides any previous flawlessness bonus. Slaying a boss without taking damage, not including self-damaging cards such as Offering, adds an additional 50 points. Slaying a boss will add 50 points to a run's score.

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The player is also healed to full health (75% of missing health starting at Ascension 5) at the end of every boss battle. The Act 3 and Act 4 bosses do not award the player any consumables or cards.

Upon defeating the Act 1 and Act 2 bosses, the player is rewarded with gold, a choice between three rare cards, a choice between three boss relics, and occasionally, a random potion. At the end of Act 3, two bosses are fought in a row at Ascension 20. To advance to the next Act, the boss must successfully be defeated. One boss is fought at the end of each Act. The preceding map location will always be a Rest Site, allowing the player to heal before the fight the only exception to this is the Corrupt Heart in Act 4 which always has a special elite encounter before it.

Every boss has a unique portrait visible at the top of the Spire map, which can be used to plan a deck accordingly. Compared to both normal monsters and elites, bosses typically sport a much higher health pool, much more damaging attacks, and utilize special gimmicks that either heavily cripple the player's deck or heavily buff themselves. Bosses are incredibly difficult monsters that are encountered at the end of each Act.

Slay the spire vs book of demons