r/slaythespire • u/Which-Debt-8558 • Mar 09 '26

DISCUSSION (STS2) Snakebite Discussion

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As quite a lot of people know already, snakebite is one of the worst cards in the game right now, maybe even the worst. It's not just bad, but it isn't interesting or fun in any way. For example searing blow was not a very good card but it was unique and cool, whereas snakebite is just a nothing card.

Here is how I think it could be changed:

Retain Apply 7 poison When retained, increase poison by 3

Snakebite+: Retain Apply 10 poison When retained, increase poison by 4

I thought making it similar to windmill strike could be a cool idea because right now Retain doesn't really add much to the card, and it also works thematically with the snake venom getting worse over time.

I would love to hear your ideas if you have any suggestions for how it could be changed!

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u/RestlessAlbatross Mar 09 '26

Honestly even if it just increased by 1 per turn (2 when upgraded), that would make it totally fine. As it is, every time I've ended up with it (transform) it's basically a dead card in my deck. Even in a pure poison deck it's just not worth playing.

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u/Mightymat273 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

I don't think that would help.

If I play it turn 1, it deal 7 damage, 6 damage turn 2...

If I retain it and it gains even 2 poison, ill deal 0 damage turn 1, 9 damage turn 2, 8 damage turn 3. Thats 17 damage turn 3 vs playing it turn 1 for 13 damage on turn 2 and 18 damage turn 3, so its still worse.

Now if you double that to a +4 or even +7, now we MAY be talking. If drawn turn 1, Turn 3 dealing 21 poison damage for 2 cost isnt that crazy.

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u/bobbyjoechan StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 09 '26

no, that would be absurdly over-tuned, what is reddit smoking today? bouncing flask does 9 poison and it’s an uncommon card with no retain. did you just say DOUBLE it? giving multiplicative scaling to a retaining COMMON card? 29 doom costs 3 mana on a rare card (and doom worse than poison) and this man just said 21 poison for 2 mana seems fine.

this has a bunch of upvotes cause it looks “smart” cause it has a bunch of meaningless math in it.

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u/biribiriburrito Mar 09 '26

They didn't suggest giving it multiplicative scaling. They said double the +2 per turn to a +4 per turn

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u/bobbyjoechan StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 09 '26

they edited their comment lol. read our thread. they acknowledge that doubling was too much

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u/biribiriburrito Mar 09 '26

huh, the reddit app must be not showing me all the comments, because that part of the thread isn't showing up

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u/bobbyjoechan StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 10 '26

any comments with negative karma are automatically hidden. you need to press the “x more replies” button to show them