Stat sheet · ranked by damage per playVerified on build 23811903

Slay the Spire 2 1-energy attacks stat sheet: damage per play

Every 1-energy attack card with a fixed damage number, across all five characters and the colorless pool, ranked by the total damage one play deals before upgrades, Strength or Vulnerable.

Ranked by damage per play from the game files at build 23811903. Counts the fixed damage a play deals. Does not count block, draw, debuffs, Exhaust, synergies or how the card fits a deck, so it is not a verdict on which card is best.

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How this is ranked

Metric: The damage the card text deals, times the number of hits ("twice", "3 times"), added up over every damage line. Area attacks count once, not once per enemy; block, card draw, debuffs and other effects are shown in the card but not counted.
Why there are no tiers: The number is exact, but on its own it can't say which one is best, so this is a sorted sheet with no tier letters. What it leaves out is in the line at the top; your own ranking belongs in the maker.

21 1-energy attacks whose damage depends on the fight ("for each", "X", "equal to your Block") or on Osty aren't ranked: there's no fixed number to compare.

All 66, with the numbers

#	Name	Damage per play	Character	Rarity	Hits	Target	Upgraded
1	Devastate	30	Regent	Uncommon	30	One enemy	40
2	Crash Landing	21	Regent	Rare	21	All enemies	26
3	Break	20	Ironclad	Ancient	20	One enemy	30
4	Hemokinesis	15	Ironclad	Uncommon	15	One enemy	20
5	Ultimate Strike	14	Colorless	Uncommon	14	One enemy	20
6	Defile	13	Necrobinder	Common	13	One enemy	17
7	Guiding Star	12	Regent	Common	12	One enemy	13
8	Gunk Up	12	Defect	Common	4 × 3	One enemy	15
9	Salvo	12	Colorless	Rare	12	One enemy	16
10	Thrumming Hatchet	11	Colorless	Uncommon	11	One enemy	14
11	Debilitate	10	Necrobinder	Uncommon	10	One enemy	12
12	Drain Power	10	Necrobinder	Common	10	One enemy	12
13	Echoing Slash	10	Silent	Rare	10	All enemies	13
14	Feed	10	Ironclad	Rare	10	One enemy	12
15	Hang	10	Necrobinder	Rare	10	One enemy	13
16	Molten Fist	10	Ironclad	Common	10	One enemy	14
17	Momentum Strike	10	Defect	Common	10	One enemy	13
18	Photon Cut	10	Regent	Common	10	One enemy	13
19	The Hunt	10	Silent	Rare	10	One enemy	15
20	Twin Strike	10	Ironclad	Common	5 × 2	One enemy	14
21	Veilpiercer	10	Necrobinder	Uncommon	10	One enemy	13
22	Breakthrough	9	Ironclad	Common	9	All enemies	13
23	Dagger Throw	9	Silent	Common	9	One enemy	12
24	Dying Star	9	Regent	Rare	9	All enemies	11
25	Focused Strike	9	Defect	Common	9	One enemy	11
26	Headbutt	9	Ironclad	Common	9	One enemy	12
27	Pommel Strike	9	Ironclad	Common	9	One enemy	10
28	Rampage	9	Ironclad	Uncommon	9	One enemy	9
29	Reave	9	Necrobinder	Common	9	One enemy	11
30	Sculpting Strike	9	Necrobinder	Common	9	One enemy	12
31	Seeker Strike	9	Colorless	Uncommon	9	One enemy	12
32	Solar Strike	9	Regent	Common	9	One enemy	10
33	Sword Boomerang	9	Ironclad	Common	3 × 3	Random enemy	12
34	Blight Strike	8	Necrobinder	Common	8	One enemy	10
35	Conflagration	8	Ironclad	Rare	2 × 4	All enemies	10
36	Dagger Spray	8	Silent	Common	4 × 2	All enemies	12
37	Dismantle	8	Ironclad	Uncommon	8	One enemy	10
38	Kingly Punch	8	Regent	Uncommon	8	One enemy	10
39	Shining Strike	8	Regent	Uncommon	8	One enemy	11
40	Sow	8	Necrobinder	Common	8	All enemies	11
41	Strangle	8	Silent	Uncommon	8	One enemy	10
42	Sucker Punch	8	Silent	Common	8	One enemy	10
43	Thrash	8	Ironclad	Rare	4 × 2	One enemy	12
44	Ball Lightning	7	Defect	Common	7	One enemy	10
45	Compile Driver	7	Defect	Common	7	One enemy	10
46	Crush Under	7	Regent	Common	7	All enemies	8
47	Fear	7	Necrobinder	Common	7	One enemy	8
48	Fisticuffs	7	Colorless	Uncommon	7	One enemy	9
49	Scrape	7	Defect	Uncommon	7	One enemy	10
50	Setup Strike	7	Ironclad	Common	7	One enemy	9
51	Shatter	7	Defect	Rare	7	All enemies	11
52	Wrought in War	7	Regent	Common	7	One enemy	9
53	Cold Snap	6	Defect	Common	6	One enemy	9
54	Flick-Flack	6	Silent	Common	6	All enemies	8
55	Pillage	6	Ironclad	Uncommon	6	One enemy	9
56	Poisoned Stab	6	Silent	Common	6	One enemy	8
57	Strike	6	Defect	Basic	6	One enemy	9
58	Strike	6	Ironclad	Basic	6	One enemy	9
59	Strike	6	Necrobinder	Basic	6	One enemy	9
60	Strike	6	Regent	Basic	6	One enemy	9
61	Strike	6	Silent	Basic	6	One enemy	9
62	Sweeping Beam	6	Defect	Common	6	All enemies	9
63	Beat into Shape	5	Regent	Rare	5	One enemy	7
64	Iron Wave	5	Ironclad	Common	5	One enemy	7
65	Graveblast	4	Necrobinder	Common	4	One enemy	6
66	Leading Strike	3	Silent	Common	3	One enemy	6