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However, the value is minimal as the only cards we have remotely worth upgrading are Survivor and Neutralize. The first option, “Upgrade a Card”, is a guaranteed positive bonus.Now, go back to looking at our starting bonus options: Of those, Path 1 gives you the option of the guaranteed store if you need it for some reason. Since we don’t really care about early shops, I would choose to take either Path 1 or Path 2.
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Paths 1 and 2 allow us to hit four campfires and two elites. Paths 3 and 4 allow us to fight a maximum of 3 elites but there will only be three campfires on that path (if we have to get at least two elite fights). Thinking back, we said that we would like to fight at least two elites this run. Path 3 and 4 are pretty similar to each other, except Path 4 gives a double early store. Path 2 is pretty much the same as Path 1, but you cannot visit that early store. However, our starting bonuses do not give us any gold and we’re unlikely to be able to buy anything good with just ~110 or so gold. Numbering the four paths on the right 1-4 (from left to right), Path 1 allows you to visit a store really early on. Seeing that the left-most path involves fighting the flaming elite as the first elite, you would pick this route if you want to start over right away to get that “enemies in your next three combats have 1 HP” buff for your next run. I won’t go into the details on that (you can google it… and I might eventually put a link here).
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It is also important to note that the first 3 hallway fights of this act are taken from an “easier” pool. You should plan to fight at least 2 elites in this act, but with a little leeway (so that you can opt to fight an extra or one less depending on how the run is going). Note that there are 5 starting positions in this map, 1 of which (left-most) that only gives you a singular path until near the end of the Act. Many thanks to Siri for providing us with this image. You will be offered either 2 options (if you did not reach the first boss in your last run) or 4 options (if you did) for starting bonuses.Ĭonsider your starting options carefully, as they may have a significant impact on your early routing. When you start your run, you are offered a starting bonus by Neow (henceforth referred to as “Deceptively Awesome Teammate of Aspiring Spire Slayers” or DATASS for short). It will be done in the spare time of my spare time (namely, when I’m bored enough to work on it). If you want me to finish this guide faster – too bad. There are a few things that I might consider cleaning up or adding, but I’m busy. The guide has been mostly updated to Patch V2.2. The A20 Heart Kill was performed on Patch V1.0.
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The reason for this is that anything that works in A20 will work in A0-A19, but not vice-versa. This guide is written under the premise that you are running on A20 difficulty. I think this guide is exceptionally good because I started writing it at the same time as I was doing the run thus leaving the fate of the run completely uncertain.Updated to Patch V2.2. Together, we shall go through an A20 run and I will try to explain my decision making process to you. We will be working under the assumption that you roughly know how to play the game and are here to learn how to play better. The goal of this guide is to teach you how to think about Slay the Spire more than a step-by-step walkthrough. This guide is focused on the Silent but some of the general ideas will hold true for the other characters. The title may or may not be a trademark infringement, but this guide consists of my original thoughts on how to play Slay the Spire.