The Best Infinite Decks for every Class in Slay the Spire

[@EarlofSedgewick]

Had a VERY satisfying run with Defect. 4 claws, 3 All fir One's, 1 upgraded hologram. 2 upgraded buffers for defence with an amplify floating around. Ice cream made the whole thing operable

[@3hourgames]

That sounds like an incredible run! I can’t ever quite get the whole claw to work on its own.

[@carter-bp5ud]

Try upgraded hologram, or 2 all for one find a way to make them both cost 0 I used echo firm and madness or just 2 madness if those are your only cards in hand it goes infinite returning each other back to hand

[@esbernhawkins5912]

Made a drop kick infinite right after watching this video, so thanks for that! 2 Drop Kicks + Double Tap gave me a way to infinitely cycle Ethereal Armor, so I was even able to beat the Heart with it. I'd like to note for new players (like me) trying to make an Ironclad infinite deck: DO NOT ignore exhaust cards. Fiend Fire was consistently clearing 9 cards from my deck (thanks to my draw power, anyways), which was helpful for dumping my Defends and cards that were good for setup but not for the combo (e.g. Battle Trance).

[@alanaginsberg4166]

Thanks for the video, most other StS content is an hour or longer. I appreciate your work!

[@3hourgames]

Thank you! I prefer to edit out all the bland silence and such. Glad to have you here!

[@autive42]

I find going infinite on Ironchad the easiest because you don't need to watch deck size as much because pf his easy access to exhaust. Fiend fire, corruption, second wind, burning pact, sever soul, and true grit+ all make it easy to trim your deck down to just your infinite pieces. My favorite infinite is a silly one with reckless charge, evolve, dark embrace, and medkit.

[@3hourgames]

Clad infinites definitely have more widespread use since you keep the extra cards for sure. They're sometimes less reliable if you brick your draw early but they really help vs heart, spikers, and time slug

[@hectormeneses9930]

I have never actually built an infinite deck but I get the idea. Great content 👍

[@3hourgames]

If you're up for a fun challenge, I highly recommend. It's a good fun time for everyone, except elites i guess.

[@nash6540]

I realise it’s really not that deep but saying to specifically aim to get an unceasing top to go infinite on defect is a bit strange considering its a rare relic which can do relatively similar things on any class. There are ways to go infinite on defect without relics, most commonly by exhausting the deck down to few cards with recycle, then combining turbo+ with another draw positive card like skim alongside really any 1 or 0 cost damage card. Alternatively there’s ways to go infinite using plasma orbs too

[@3hourgames]

True. I need to make some updates to some of these. While I’d completed A20 for most characters when these were created I’ve still learned a lot through continued play. Thanks for the feedback!

[@3hourgames]

CAW CAWWW! What's your favorite Infinite deck, and why is it CLAW?

[@sf6040]

Claw-Claw is the best! Had one amazing claw deck only to not pay attention to the ten card rule on the time guy and didnt shield up and ruined it. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.

[@3hourgames]

@@sf6040 it’s so rare to ever get a claw deck that is all there. And then you either have to fight the time slug or don’t have the block engine vs the heart

[@iskambillordu]

corruption+dead branch. don't know if it counts as a infinite though.

[@jumpedintheriverwhatdidise5499]

@@iskambillordu this is the easiest way to win guaranteed. I always will pick corruption on the off chance I get offered a dead branch. Completely broken and no skill required

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

Probably my favorite infinite deck I've achieved was on the silent. I love the silent's non poison or shiv damage sources, and as such you will commonly see me take sneaky strike and eviscerate. But on one run I had two reflex+, two prepared+, three after images, and an eviscerate. I knew this deck would be best if it was slimmed down a lot, so I prioritized removes, but I didn't realize what was happening until I realized I had played prepared like 10 times in a single turn. Unfortunately I didnt't quite have enough removes to have a true infinite against heart (if I got unlucky with draw order I'd draw statuses instead of prepared), but I think I was able to get at least one infinite turn against it. And eviscerate hits hard enough that I didn't even need a full infinite.

[@3hourgames]

Eviscerate and finisher are incredible with big turns Sounds like an incredible run! Removal is one of the tough parts for me to prioritize still.

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

@@3hourgames I find that a good rule of thumb to know if you should prioritize removes is to check if there is a particular card or two you play every time you draw it. Getting removes helps you streamline your deck twards drawing that one card more often, which can honestly be far more impactful than relics or upgrades. Also, if you are curious, I uploaded the heart fight from that run, here's a link to it. This definitely is not a shameless plug: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoHRd4SIbZKNpqM

[@machixius]

beating an intangible enemy with finisher is wild

[@Smallpriest]

Just wanted to mention this because it was my first watcher infinite: 2x empty mind 2x prostrate 1x any damage (ideally conjure blade) Double empty mind and prostrate literally gives you infinite mana and block, the only thing you have to worry about is Time Eater

[@3hourgames]

That's quite a different watcher infinite too!

[@mrvfino]

Lmao that Nemesis kill was satisfying

[@3hourgames]

It was the best. But it was also the worlds longest turn

[@FukurouYGR]

I feel like the cards for the infinite decks are just rarer in general. I've been trying to get the Watcher infinite deck for 2 hours now and didn't manage to lol

[@NebulaPurple]

Defect's most reliable infinite is Recursion with a Plasma Orb, from Chaos, Fusion, or Nuclear Battery, supported by Coolheaded, Compile Driver, and Skim for card draw, most of the pieces to this are common/uncommon, compared to needing to a find a Rare Relic, it's way easier to assemble

[@3hourgames]

That's not one I've managed to make happen yet. I'll be on the lookout for it!

[@CadaverLordSupreme]

One of my favorite runs was prismatic shard run where I got an establishment as the defect with an Equilibrium. Made my coolheaded free along with Sundial.

[@CadaverLordSupreme]

Unload Can be OP too if you've enough density of reflex/taction, or just a nightmare works too.

[@3hourgames]

Love a good prismatic shard run, even better when it's a lot of cool synergies

[@D_1_O]

I just recently got a Defect infinite that was maybe the coolest infinite I've ever had. Meteor Strike, Enlightenment, and two copies of Skim were the big parts. Start by playing Skim to get all your other cards in your hand. Then play Enlightenment to reduce th cost of Meteor Strike to one, and play it to channel 3 plasma. If you either have Nuclear Battery or at least two more energy from relics, play the other skim to draw Skim, Meteor Strike, and Enlightenment. Then, play Meteor Strike again and gain 6 energy from plasma. Repeat the process of Skim and Meteor Strike infinitely. If either Skim is upgraded, you can add in a Leap or another block card to also infinitely scale block with this.

[@HaiLongNguyen-zj9pq]

The problem of all the the silent is if you go infinite run with "Endless" mod activated. After few rotations u'll get the debuff that restrict you to play with no more than 15 cards each turn. So the key to really go infinite with the silent is wrath form.

[@3hourgames]

Can't say I've done much endless mode.

[@ssj3rebox]

Alternatively for the defect, you can use a madness on a hologram to make it 0 cost for the rest of combat. Then you only need hologram and turbo in discard with all for one to infinite. As all for one grabs hologram, which then grabs back all for one. And turbo gives you the energy for all for one.

[@3hourgames]

I've done a few lengthy terms with similar but yes if you do that right it's incredible

[@xx-os8dz]

The silent on avg can deal 1701 damage if applying the right cards in the right order

[@danchalmers8211]

Getting the correct cards is still proving to be a bitch, I can almost get what I need, but not quite

[@3hourgames]

@@danchalmers8211 oh definitely that's the hardest part! There are ways to force infinites but aside from an ironclad exhaust deck those are well beyond my ability to do

[@Jcdlf7]

for defect you can basically just get infinite mana with recycle skim. then double energy into tempest for the one shot. add some expensive cards to recycle preferably meteor strike. 2x skim 6 card deck with 2xmeteor upgraded recycle and 2x double energy can one shot any boss with a tempest.

[@jadenlindeman3806]

Defect: 2x Cool headed, Fusion+, blizzard. Such a fun run

[@3hourgames]

Blizzard decks are the best

[@moartems5076]

Silent infinites can add anything into an infinite engine to deal damage/ provide utility. Backflip to generate block, poison, eviscerate, malaise . Also for infinites dont sleep on purity

[@alexsherzhukov6747]

for every class (proceeds to show 3/4 classes)

[@3hourgames]

Well I do have a full video on the watcher infinite

[@user-mw4lx6zb1q]

Acrobatics, tactician, reflex, blade dance , finisher , calculated gamble

[@gomethins7738]

My first heart kill was with a silent infinite with the main contributors being 2 acrobatics, a tactician, and an eviscerate. Had enough energy, card draw, and a slim enough deck to get excess block in even despite the statuses. (Though I did get an abacus in the final shop anyway. Not necessary, but still really funny)

[@mhkpt]

When you have Tough Bandages and a discard/redraw-happy deck with The Silent

[@3hourgames]

And tingsha! Da-ding!

[@mhkpt]

@@3hourgames oof! Pure pain. But inevitably when i get an infinite or almost infinite deck with The Silent, that giant asshole Time guy shows up. Hate him.

[@3hourgames]

@@mhkpt tingsha is amazing, it deals damage to a random enemy every time you discard. Best synergy with tough bandages and discard happy deck!

[@RavenFelman]

What to do when you face the Time Eater with an infinite deck?

[@3hourgames]

Time slug VS infinite is challenging for sure! The moment you decide to go infinite, think of a contingency plan for that specific boss, look for block relics or exhausting block cards that you can play in clutch situations. Other than that it’s making sure to control the fight. Sometimes it may be better to stop when the counter is on 6 instead of 11, or to stop early on a big hit turn.

[@iTzAnger]

I’m new to this game, how often can these build be made during runs? I did 5 runs with the first character so far and always end up missing one of the cards. Also how does he cut his card number this low? Even if I go through all merchant it won’t reach that low.

[@3hourgames]

For most runs, an infinite isn't going to be a win-condition or even a possibility. In several hundred hours I've managed less than ten true infinite decks. You have to find exactly the right cards and removals, events and relics to make it happen. For the Ironclad, making use of the exhaust mechanic will temporarily reduce your deck size down considerably. Other than that, remember that you dont HAVE to take a card every floor, and there are several events or relics that also allow you to remove extra cards. Welcome to the game!

[@SkylarkGSH]

Hey, time eater called, he says you have until 12. But regardless infinites are beautiful and intricate strategy in slay the spire. And scaling is the utmost importance to infinites. Relics like kunai and shrunken are clear examples of this. Because it's not a good infinite if you can't defeat the heart or let alone time eater.

[@3hourgames]

Oops, did I say 10? *facepalm* guess I need my own help.

[@ggRengar]

The nipple of Flex having goggly eyes caught me off guard.

[@3hourgames]

Googly eyes in all the weirdest places

[@jonathaneto8]

How do you get rid of so many cards to only have 6

[@3hourgames]

A lot of times it's easier to build synergies that exhaust cards especially on ironclad. Otherwise you get lucky with shop and event removes along with empty cage or others.

[@mblada4514]

I think going infinite on the watcher is the easiest, also the deck i had with the watcher generated WAY more block than i could have ever needed

[@3hourgames]

Definitely easiest with watcher with the amount of draw manipulation that also refreshes energy

[@eorgosa]

Caw caaaw! The googly eye on flex though lol

[@3hourgames]

CAW CAWWWW! There are a few cards/mobs that just really make googly eyes next-tier. For instance the red skull, Donu

[@Copur_]

i remember once accidentally making an infinite using violet lotus and 4x cut through fates. after misclicking on embrace madness, i could scry my entire deck while being energy-positive and counter beat of death using nirvana

[@3hourgames]

Building infinites requires such a different mindset, it's fun when they happen accidentally.

[@Urgo-m8t]

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[@3hourgames]

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[@CodemanGames]

Why do they all have googly eyes?

[@3hourgames]

I'm running a mod that gives all the characters Googly eyes. It's fun and makes me smile

[@CodemanGames]

@3hourgames oh cool I've seen it on other videos so I thought it was an unlock able thing very cool though!

[@3hourgames]

@CodemanGames if you're playing on steam the mod is available called Googly Eyes

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[@Krsnik666]

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