STS2 Tips and Tricks
Practical Slay the Spire 2 habits: the taxes most new players keep paying, and what to do instead.
Habit 1: stop paying this tax
Picking every rare. Synergy and energy matter more than the sparkle. Flip it: Play the returning characters until pathing and card remove feel automatic. New heroes can wait.
Habit 2: stop paying this tax
Skipping rest sites because you 'feel fine'. Act 2 elites disagree. Flip it: Remove Strikes. A thin deck with a plan beats 40 cards of 'maybe'.
Habit 3: stop paying this tax
Hoarding potions into a hallway fight you lose. Use them to take an elite. Flip it: Elites are rewards if you are healthy and have damage. They are wipes if you are not.
Habit 4: stop paying this tax
Ignoring relics that change your energy rule, then wondering why the deck bricks. Flip it: If co-op is on, draft as a pair. Two greedy rare piles is two dead climbers.
Keep a tiny notes file
Write down one map, one loadout, or one setting that worked. STS2 players who improve fastest are not the ones with the most tabs open — they are the ones who stop repeating the same wipe.