New Slay The Spire 2 patch will "make infinites harder to achieve" by letting the Doormaker eat your cards, amongst other surprises
Rock Paper Shotgun • • technology
Key Points:
- Slay The Spire 2's first major post-launch update focuses on balancing tweaks, particularly targeting the reduction of infinite card combos while improving some underwhelming insect-themed cards via the new Phobia Mode.
- The update nerfs specific cards like Alignment and Boomerang that enable infinite combos, and introduces a revamped Doormaker enemy that temporarily removes cards from the player's deck, disrupting combo setups.
- Additional changes include reducing shop relic costs by 25 gold, removing gold-generating relics from the merchant, capping power values at 999,999,999, and restricting certain character stat upgrades and epochs in Daily or Custom runs to emphasize the main campaign.
- The patch also adds new portrait art and character-specific
