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Slay the Spire 2: The Silent - Shiv Spammer V1.1

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The Silent - Play Guide: Shiv spamming is insane. I'm tearing through the enemies and nothing can stop me.

Steam Community guide by Huppi92:..

Introduction:

The goal of this playstyle is to collect as many Shiv Knives as possible and throw them all at your opponents. Make them bleed.
Don't forget to maintain your block and strengthen your passive abilities with Powers.

Key Cards

The absolute and indispensable key is the "Knife Trap" card. As long as you don't have this card in your card pool, this playstyle is unplayable.


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To get as many Shivs as possible, try to play "Blade Dance" and "Up My Sleeve" as much as possible.




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"Finisher" is strongest when you play "Knife Trap" before. But it's also very strong without it.

Recommended

These cards are standard Shiv cards that also provide block or deal damage.
The key is to block more than attack.




Defense

Defense is key to survival. You can use these cards for that purpose.



Optional Adds

With the following cards, you can build up even more block depending on the situation or deal passive damage. The fact that your Shivs deal damage to ALL enemies is also useful in certain situations, but can be ignored against single opponents.






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Very Strong if you play "Knife Trap" in the same round!

Colorless Cards

Colorless cards are often strong. However, "Panache" is particularly strong in this build because it is triggered by "Knife Trap".

Epilogue

Thank you for your numerous and constructive comments. Please forgive me for not always being able to respond immediately. But thanks to you, here is the latest version of this build.
If you play this build, please give me some feedback on how it went for you. If you have any ideas on how to improve it further, please leave them in the comments.

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