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◆Defect·Basic·🛡 Skill·1 Energy

Defend

Defend is a Basic Skill card for the Defect in Slay the Spire 2, costing 1 energy.

It grants 5 Block.

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Community performance

Live aggregate across community-submitted runs. Filter by bracket to see how it holds up at higher levels of play.

Win rate
28.3%
58.1k of 205.3k wins
Pick rate
25%
205,349 picks
Codex Score
F0
Underperforming
Codex Elo
—
revealed preference

Win rate by character

Defect22.5% · 140.1k
Silent42.1% · 17.8k
Ironclad39.1% · 16.3k
Necrobinder39.4% · 15.6k
Regent41.7% · 15.6k

Most often taken by Defect players(140,064 picks · 68% share). Codex rates it F (underperforming) overall.

Community-submitted runs only, refreshed every 30 minutes. Pick rate is 25% of 820,476 tracked runs. How is the score calculated?

Description

Gain 5 Block.

Relations

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Defend - Slay the Spire 2
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At a glance
Energy
1
Type
Skill
Rarity
Basic
Character
Defect
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