The Silent

The Silent is one of three returning characters in Slay the Spire 2. She’s built around three core archetypes: stacking Poison to kill enemies over time, flooding the board with free Shiv attacks, or cycling cards with the new Sly keyword. Her class identity carries over almost entirely intact from the original game.


What's Changed in Slay the Spire 2

There are a few big changes:

  • The new Sly keyword appears on cards which are automatically played if you Discard them.
  • More support for the Weak keyword as a sub-archetype thanks to cards like Tracking.

More Poison support via cards like Accelerant, Mirage, and Bubble Bubble.

Silent Builds

Slay the Spire 2 is still fresh and the meta is still being figured out. We're working with experienced players to put together in-depth guides for each of the Silent's main build archetypes. In the meantime here’s an idea of what looks popular.

Poison Builds

Poison is the most iconic build for the class and it remains fully intact with even more flexibility. It deals its primary damage through Outbreak, Noxious Fumes, and Bubble Bubble with Accelerant really speeding things up.

Shiv Builds

There’s also the usual Shiv builds for free attacks using Blade Dance and Fan of Knives then multiplying their damage with Accuracy and Shadow Step. Then you can use Knife Trap and Finisher as a gigantic damage dealer against bosses.

Sly Builds

Sly builds are all about drawing cards and discarding the correct ones. Master Planner giving every Skill you play the Sly keyword is the goal, but there are plenty of other cards to build around including Reflex, Haze, and Flick-Flack. Just make sure to churn through cards using Acrobatics and Prepared.



Exclusive Silent Relics

The Silent’s exclusive relics map cleanly onto each of her build archetypes with two supporting Poison, Shivs, and Discard archetypes while Ring of the Snake drawing two extra cards at the start of combat is strong enough to slot into almost anything.

You can find the full list here.

Exclusive Silent Potions

There are three exclusive Silent potions: a free Shiv upgrade, more Poison support, and one free turn where enemies can only deal 1 HP of damage at a time to you.

You can find the full list here.


Exclusive Silent mechanics

The Silent does have some exclusive mechanics to learn:

  • Sly - Cards with Sly trigger automatically when discarded, turning hand management into a source of free value.
  • Poison - At the beginning of their turn, enemies take damage equal to the number of Poison stacks they have. Then the Poison stack is decreased by one. This damage bypasses Block.
  • Shivs - These attacks are 0-cost cards that deal 4 damage by default and then Exhaust for the rest of the fight. They must be generated by other cards.