The Boot

The Boot
Description	Whenever you would deal 4 or less unblocked Attack damage, increase it to 5.
Flavor	When wound up, the boot grows larger in size.
Rarity	Common
Class	Any

The Boot is a Common Relic. Anytime an Attack would deal 4 or less unblocked damage, it deals 5 damage instead.

The effect applies only to damage dealt by Attacks. It will not increase damage from other relics ( Mercury Hourglass, Charon's Ashes), non-Attack cards that deal damage (Fire Breathing, Poison), or the Defect's Lightning and Dark Orbs.

Interactions

• Positive
  • Riddle with Holes and Pummel deal much more damage, since they are many small hits.
  • The Boot bypasses enemies' innate damage reduction, such as Byrd's Flight and Nemesis's Intangible.
  • Decks which utilize multiple low-damage 0 Energy Attacks (Shiv, Go for the Eyes) can especially benefit.
• Negative
  • Gaining Strength will quickly make The Boot obsolete.
  • Inflicting Vulnerable also makes The Boot obsolete.
  • If an Attack would deal 0 damage due to negative Strength, The Boot will not increase the damage to 5.
  • Using Body Slam while having 0 Block will also occur in The Boot not increasing damage to 5.

Trivia

The artwork for The Boot is a reference to Goomba's Shoe from the Mario Bros. franchise.

Update History

• Patch V1.1: The Dealer
  • Fixed Invincible power with interactions such as The Boot and Block.
• Weekly Patch 55: Blur
  • Reaper card now heals the correct amount if the player has The Boot relic.
• Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
  • Boot relic now triggers on 4 or less rather than 5, this caused it to flash when it did nothing.
• Weekly Patch 25: Building Blocks
  • New common relic The Boot.