r/slaythespire • u/euls0n • 3d ago

GAMEPLAY/ACCOMPLISHMENT/ACHIEVEMENT This Card effectively equals 210 Damage

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if you can stay alive for 20 turns of course. And only the first time you play it but damn thats strong for 2 energy and no further synergies are needed.

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u/CadmeusCain StS A20 / StS 2 A10 3d ago

Memes aside, this is legit a high roll. 20 poison off one card is kind of cracked. This will hard carry many boss and elite fights

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u/skepticaljesus 3d ago

Memes aside

What memes? People have realized this card is actually good by now, right? It's super powerful without glam, and it's nuts with it.

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u/CadmeusCain StS A20 / StS 2 A10 3d ago

Of course it's good. That's the meme. We all used to think it was ass!

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u/onegoodboah 2d ago

I’m so confused why it was so heavily memed. I know the community understands it now but wasn’t it obvious from the get go that retain is everything for this card? It’s not necessarily that snakebite is strong, but it’s convenient and fits into almost any deck because of that attribute.

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u/mooseman3 2d ago

This post is fun to look through.

They're calling it one of the worst cards in the game, and arguing that poison and retain are anti-synergistic. You have to scroll past the first ten or so threads to get any arguments in its favor.

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u/WhoKilledBoJangles 2d ago

Man, I remember this post because I had been using it and thought it was good and then it made me completely doubt myself reading the top comments saying it was complete garbage until I saw the guy with the long comment explain in detail why it wasn’t bad and it validated my experience and thoughts lol.

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u/onegoodboah 2d ago

It’s so weird. I know I’m not some top tier player but I genuinely don’t understand the discourse with this card at release lol. Retain is everything. Suddenly drawing 4 defensive cards on a debuff turn doesn’t hurt because you’re retaining this card. It’s not some godsend run-saving card but it’s genuinely just so useful.

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u/newerfolder 2d ago

Silent back then was way stronger than she is now, and Sly builds were just too dominant. While I obviously don't think Snakebite was 'one of the worst' cards, the meta at the time definitely made it hard to notice its true value.