Slay the Spire 2, which has recently found itself in the crosshairs of community grumbling, has rolled out a fresh beta patch to address the situation.

Mega Crit dropped the 0.104.0 beta patch notes on the 24th. The developers noted they are keeping a close eye on metrics for the Act 3 boss, 'The Gate-Maker,' following recent player feedback. However, they believe the boss’s overall difficulty and clear rates are sitting in a reasonable spot, and they intend to simply tweak things so that specific deck builds aren't unfairly punished.

Balance adjustments followed. The Ironclad's 'Conflagration' card, which previously dealt bonus damage based on the number of attack cards played this turn, now deals 2 damage to all enemies four times. Additionally, the 'War Drum' card has had its effect of exhausting the top card of the draw pile removed, replaced with an effect that grants energy when 'War Drum' is exhausted.

The Regent's 'Parry,' which provided block upon using 'Blade of the Monarch,' has been reworked to scale with Dexterity and Vulnerable. Furthermore, the Silent's 'Untouchable' card sees its block increased from 8 to 9 when upgraded, while the Regent's 'Reflex' card has had its block reduced by 1.

On top of that, the difficulty for lower Ascension levels has been tuned. Damage output for Act 1 normal enemy 'Ruby Assassin Raider' and boss 'Bantam' has been lowered, while the HP for 'Gnawing Scroll,' 'Owl Judge,' and 'Slime Berserker' has been reduced. The Act 1 boss 'Waterfall Giant' also sees a reduction in its healing capacity.

The patch also includes various updates including new artwork, refinements to animations and UI/UX, and a raft of bug fixes.