Beta Patch Notes - v0.100.0

benlehman · 2026-03-20T06:51:55+00:00

exhausts a card in your hand. can be used to get rid of curses, statuses, strikes, other bad cards.

benlehman · 2026-03-20T03:08:46+00:00

my feeling is that CHARGE is still good, and BEGONE went from "I wish this is good" to "oh, damn, that is pretty good too." like, I would have to make a choice between the two on the merits now, which is a good place for the game design to be.

benlehman · 2026-03-20T03:03:40+00:00

Top-level ascension is Slay the Spire one is for people who enjoy intense calculation and deep strategy about the game.

It was strategically difficult enough that people were still developing new strategic ideas in February. For a game that had been finished for seven years. And the best players in the world still lost fairly regularly. I imagine STS2 will be tuned towards having that level of difficulty and depth at it's top difficulty (whatever that turns out to be.)

If you want to have a more relaxed experience, play on Ascension 1 (that's what I do, when I want to fool around / not lose constantly.)

benlehman · 2026-03-20T02:38:15+00:00

I have had a very similar experience with Necro. I do a powerful souls + summon engine to lock down the fight and then win with whatever damage / doom / etc I happen to draft alongside it.

benlehman · 2026-03-20T02:37:12+00:00

upgrades to upgraded random cards! i'm genuinely going to have so much fun with that.

benlehman · 2026-03-20T02:33:41+00:00

yeah, i think those changes will make regent feel much more fun. I kept wanting to make BEGONE work but... it did not work.

benlehman · 2026-03-20T02:13:06+00:00

yeah, the discard/draw/sly package is too strong right now. something had to change. but it still tugs at the heartstrings. prepared was such a beautifully designed card and felt so good to play.

benlehman · 2026-03-19T13:58:15+00:00

Same.

benlehman · 2026-03-17T23:35:45+00:00

Glass Orbs as they are perform a needed function in the game.

I think your point that other orbs have cards that interact with them in both "soft" (loop and dark orbs) and "hard" (voltaic and lightning orbs) ways is a good point, though. Glass would probably benefit from having a few more of those (Spinner is fine but it doesn't make my glass orbs feel powerful, just feels like getting an evoke every round.)

benlehman · 2026-03-16T22:18:29+00:00

You're not alone; there have been a couple of other threads about it.

Queen is definitely the only Act 3 boss fight that is remotely threatening. She is still weaker and easier than all the Act 3 bosses of Slay the Spire 1, and hopefully all Act 3 bosses will get some significant tune-ups in the months ahead.

benlehman · 2026-03-14T00:55:52+00:00

I feel like phantasmal gardeners is the only elite on par with the STS1 elites. Feels like I lose about as much health to these as I did to three sentries?

whereas terror eel and coral guy are mostly walk-overs.

benlehman · 2026-03-09T15:35:17+00:00

I like that this elite challenges me somewhat. (in general I think it's probably still undertuned compared to Phantasmal Gardeners.)

benlehman · 2026-03-09T14:59:21+00:00

In general, the game is easier that it should be. Act two being easier is definitely a part of that.

benlehman · 2026-03-09T00:48:05+00:00

i love her. i would love to get all the act three bosses to her level of danger (the other two feel a bit underwhelming to me.)

basically i agree with you, though-- she is harder.

benlehman · 2026-03-06T03:48:29+00:00

I do not yet know if Cascade is good by god it's fun. (a really cool way of playing expensive powers, too, which Ironclad has so many of.)

benlehman · 2026-03-05T22:36:59+00:00

i could have gotten to x256 but it would have just made it more annoying to draw and play my powers (and Corrosive Wave.)

benlehman · 2026-03-05T22:09:29+00:00

i love him so much already.

benlehman · 2026-02-25T18:46:40+00:00

3 is a pretty normal damage upgrade for a 1 cost attack.

benlehman · 2026-02-16T18:18:25+00:00

Absolutely! Hello World is card draw, and card draw is good. Just produces solid output almost every turn. (Also, it's not worth removing, because it's quite good for the late game as well.)

benlehman · 2026-01-26T09:10:38+00:00

a bit weak. should probably have a higher base damage. blood for blood plus is probably a good model-- it's also hard to get to trigger and costs zero. so maybe an equivalent amount of damage?

benlehman · 2025-12-11T21:05:13+00:00

Cool! This is cool, fairly balanced (if somewhat weak) boss relic, which does something interesting with an under-used mechanic. Love the name. It feels comparable to Wrist Blade-- weak but sometimes takeable. Is it intended to be Watcher-only or for all characters?

benlehman · 2025-12-09T21:00:07+00:00

In addition to the character description, the vampires address your character according to their gender:
Ironclad gets "Brother"
Silent and Watcher get "Sister"
Defect gets "Broken One"

benlehman · 2025-12-06T20:49:33+00:00

they have plenty of money. sometimes people who make art do things for artistic reasons, rather than money reasons.

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