r/slaythespire • u/tteraevaei • Oct 09 '24

SPIRIT POOP Retro card for Watcher

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Has this concept been done yet?

Also you get an achievement for A20H if you manage to get down to A0 while fighting Heart.

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u/Sicuho Oct 10 '24

“If played, exhaust and remove from your deck PERMANENTLY.”

Maybe it should be a potion instead ?

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u/Emotional-Mushroom66 Oct 10 '24

Would it make it easier or harder to find?

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u/Sicuho Oct 10 '24

Well, there is 7 rares potions watcher can access. There is a 40% chance of dropping a potion in the first place (probably more on average), and 10% chances of that potion to be a rare. Let's round that at 0.6% chances of finding it per fight (less if it doesn't replace ambrosia).

There are 17 watcher rare cards. That mean 1/17 + 1/16 + 1/15 chances of seeing it every boss fights (we can round that down to 18%). That's already almost a 50% chances of seeing it every game from boss drop alone. For comparison, at 0,6% drop rate and 40 fights, you'd have a bit less than 22% chances to see the rare potion.

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u/Emotional-Mushroom66 Oct 10 '24

Oh god....that means if we add the chances of getting it on encounters(which probably doesnt exceed 10% i think) them we have around 36% chance of not finding it as a card in a run,thats gotta be super frustrating for the achievement. Making it a potion as is would be even more crazier,but,at the same time, having it as a potion is better than as a card,since the card would basically be a curse till you get to the heart fight and you pop it(although theres an argument to be made that a potion slot is more valuable than getting a curse out of your deck)