The Silent is one of four playable characters in Slay the Spire. She is a huntress themed on a rogue fantasy build. This cunning character weakens her foes with numerous cuts and poison, while using cheap tricks and agility to avoid their attacks. With many powerful cards that draw and discard, the Silent ensures that she will always be one step ahead of her enemy. She starts with a relatively low 70 hp.
The Silent's starting Relic is Ring of the Snake, which draws 2 additional cards when starting combat.
Cards
Starting Deck
- 5 Strikes
- 5 Defends
- 1 Survivor
- 1 Neutralize
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Attacks | Common
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Bane • Dagger Spray • Dagger Throw • Flying Knee • Poisoned Stab • Quick Slash • Slice • Sneaky Strike • Sucker Punch
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Uncommon
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All-Out Attack • Backstab • Choke • Dash • Endless Agony • Eviscerate • Finisher • Flechettes • Heel Hook • Masterful Stab • Predator • Riddle with Holes • Skewer
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Rare
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Skills | Common
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Uncommon
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Blur • Bouncing Flask • Calculated Gamble • Catalyst • Concentrate • Crippling Cloud • Distraction • Escape Plan • Expertise • Leg Sweep • Reflex • Setup • Tactician • Terror
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Rare
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Powers | Uncommon
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Rare
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Relics
Starting Relic: Ring of the Snake
Common Relic: Snecko Skull
Uncommon Relics: Ninja Scroll, Paper Krane
Rare Relics: The Specimen, Tingsha, Tough Bandages
Boss Relics: Hovering Kite, Ring of the Serpent (replaces Ring of the Snake), Wrist Blade
Shop Relic: Twisted Funnel
Strategy
The Silent does not have any reliable ability to heal or an abundance of starting health. Therefore she is often focused on Block, and gaining explosive advantage so that she can end the encounter faster. Many of her cards give additional Energy and card draw, allowing her to chain momentum together to overcome low individual impact.
Starting Deck
The Silent's starting deck is the largest of the 4 characters, at 12 cards, compared to the Ironclad's, Defect's and Watcher's starting deck, each of which have 10 cards. This means more Strikes and Defends are encountered in Act 1, and it's slightly more difficult to remove all starting cards from The Silent's Deck.
- The Silent's starting deck is also the cheapest, with its 2 non-Strike non-Defend cards costing 1 and 0. This means it's easier to take strong 2-cost card options earlier in the game, such as Dash, Predator, and Leg Sweep.
Starting Relic
The Silent's starting Relic, Ring of the Snake ensures that the first turn of every fight is slightly stronger than all of the other turns. This makes Innate cards slightly better for Silent since they only take up 1 of 7 cards instead of 1 of 5 cards.
General Build Archetypes
These are the standard types of decks that may give you an idea of direction for your deck, or what you want to go for. Keep in mind that none of these builds are mutually exclusive. Many of them are more of a general strategy, which can be adapted or combined into multiple builds in a single deck.
Defensive Deck
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Block builds revolve around playing defensively. This means drafting a smaller deck than usual, and focusing on getting enough Block to block all damage every turn. The combat is then stalled out until a decks win condition is met.
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Poison Deck
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Poison Builds use Poison stacks as their main source of damage. With the right cards, you can ramp up Poison stacks on an enemy very quickly and kill them in 1-2 turns. However, the usual style of Poison builds slowly ramp up stacks over time and whittle the enemy down over many turns.
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This build aims to cycle through your deck quickly to find the key cards needed to finish the fight.
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Momentum Deck
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Unceasing Top: Whenever your hand is empty, draw 1 card. Allows you to play discard without fear of "running out of cards". This build also exploits Silent's relatively low cost of her cards, and her synergy with playing a large number of cards.
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Shiv Deck
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A primarily damage-focused build that revolves around gaining and using many Shivs during each combat. The Silent also has a few Relics that are specifically for enhancing Shivs.
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Grand Finale Deck
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Grand Finale deck is a niche combo deck, and requires most or all of the deck to be built around it to work. Also there are a few cards needed specifically to make it work.
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Unlocks
The Silent is unlocked by completing a run with The Ironclad.
Unlock Number | Prizes Unlocked |
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1st | Bane, Catalyst, Corpse Explosion |
2nd | Du-Vu Doll, Smiling Mask, Tiny Chest |
3rd | Cloak and Dagger, Accuracy, Storm of Steel |
4th | Art of War, The Courier, Pandora's Box |
5th | Concentrate, Setup, Grand Finale |