STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-10-10

CONTENT

Ironclad:

• Deprecated Reckless Charge, Clothesline, Immolate, and Power Through cards
• Added Crimson Mantle, Unmovable, Conflagration, Fight Me, Winged Jump, Pulverize, Colossus, and Veteran cards
• Added Brimstone relic from StS1
• Reworked Grapple:
• Skill - Common - 1
• “Apply 2(3) Vulnerable. Enemy loses 1 Strength this turn for each Vulnerable it has.”
• Reworked Stomp:
• Attack - Common - 1
• “Deal 7(10) damage to ALL enemies. Free to play if you have played 2+ Attacks this turn.”
• Reworked Bully:
• Attack - Uncommon - 0
• “Deal 4 damage. For each Vulnerable on the enemy, deal 2(4) additional damage.”

Potions & Relics:

• Added Cursed Key and Girya relics from StS1
• Reworked Planisphere - "Whenever you enter a ? room, heal 3 HP."

Ancients:

• Added Medicinal Pouch Neow relic
• Added Monochrome Neow choice
• Reworked Neow's Hunger choice: “Enemies in Boss rooms have 30% less HP.”
• Reworked Tanx Whistle relic: "Stun an enemy and deal 100 damage."

BALANCE

Ironclad:

• Nerfed Blood Wall: Block lowered from 16(20) ➝ 15(20)
• Buffed Cinder: increased damage from 14(20) ➝ 15(20)
• Changed Demon Form: rarity increased from Rare ➝ Legendary
• Changed Entrench: reverted to its previous version; cost is now 2(1), no longer increases block on upgrade
• Changed Evil Eye block from 7(10) ➝ 8(11)
• Buffed Rampage: damage increased from 8+5(8) ramp ➝ 9+5(9) ramp
• Buffed Searing Blow: initial damage increased from 12(16) ➝ 16(20)
• Buffed Setup Strike: damage increased from 7(10) ➝ 8(11)
• Buffed Unrelenting: damage increased from 10(15) ➝ 11(17)

ART

• Added art for Memento Mori, Wraith Form, Pact’s End, and Setup Strike cards
• Added temporary art for Heavenly Drill card
• CPU to GPU VFX conversion for Insatiable and Tezcatara
• Updated Silent rig with new head
• Obtaining relics now applies a different kind of flash VFX
• Rare cards in the card reward screen now have glowy lines and sparkles
• Added custom map backgrounds

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

• Made adjustments to hovertips
• No longer show Ascension 0 when hovering character portrait in topbar
• The power amount shown below the health bar for Poison and Doom is now white instead of red
• Updated event option title, description, and button animation
• You can no longer skip opening chests (unless you have Cursed Key relic)

WORDING

• Dismantle card now says "enemy" instead of "target"

BUG FIXES

Colorless Cards:

• Squash card now includes Vulnerable tip

Potions & Relics:

• Egg relics now upgrade immediate cards on same reward screen

Enemies:

• Burrowing Bug now stays Dizzy if Burrow is cleared by Thorns
• Enemies killed by Perfect Reflection+ no longer perform their moves

Events:

• Fixed Relic Trader softlock

Misc:

• Fixed an issue that was causing occasional hardlocks when starting a new run
• Adjusted placement of unplayable crossout UI asset on cards
• Player can now scroll again once after exiting peek mode
• Fixed CharStats and CardStats not loading into ProgressSave
• Fixed map legend hovering persisting between map toggles
• Fixed status intent loc pluralization
• Fixed the potions full UX animation
• Merchant card removal hovertip now goes away if you back out of card removal
• Rigid enchantment no longer shows incorrect value with Dexterity/Shadowmeld