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Exhaust Ironclad Build
Burn your own cards for Block, draw and damage. Highest ceiling, slow start.
Data from build 23811903, updated
The Ironclad
The last soldier of the Ironclads. Crushes foes with sword and flame against his will.
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Exhaust
HardDark Embrace and Feel No Pain turn every Exhausted card into a draw and Block. Fiend Fire cashes in your hand, Ashen Strike your Exhaust Pile, and Charon's Ashes chips ALL enemies on every burn. If Darv offers Dusty Tome, take it: that's Corruption, upgraded.
Relics to want
Charon's AshesRare3 damage to ALL enemies on every Exhaust. With Fiend Fire it clears a room by itself.
Forgotten SoulEvent1 damage to a random enemy per Exhaust. Small, but it stacks with Charon's Ashes.
Letter OpenerUncommon5 damage to ALL enemies every third Skill in a turn. Trivial to trigger once Corruption makes Skills free.
How to play it
- Take True Grit and Burning Pact early. They give the engine fuel before you have any payoffs.
- Play Feel No Pain before you start burning cards. Every Exhaust after it is 3 Block, including the ones Dark Embrace draws into.
- Count your hand before Fiend Fire. It Exhausts everything, including the Powers you hadn't played yet.
Why the core cards
2Dark EmbraceRare PowerWhenever a card is Exhausted, draw 1 card.Every Exhausted card draws 1. It keeps the deck cycling while you thin it.
1Feel No PainUncommon PowerWhenever a card is Exhausted, gain 3 Block.3 Block per Exhaust for 1 Energy. It makes burning cards your defense.
2Fiend FireRare AttackExhaust your Hand. Deal 7 damage for each card Exhausted. Exhaust.7 damage for every card in your hand, and it Exhausts them all. Pair it with Dark Embrace and the turn doesn't end.
1Ashen StrikeUncommon AttackDeal 6 damage. Deals 3 additional damage for each card in your Exhaust Pile.6 damage plus 3 for every card in your Exhaust Pile. It's a boss card by Act 3.
Card ranking: Ironclad, Exhaust
Ranked for this build onlySCore
Take these on sight. The build doesn't work without them.
AGreat fit
Strong once the core is in. Take them over anything below.
BFiller
Fine until something better shows up. First to go when a shop offers removal.
SkipPass
Does little in this deck. Skip the reward and keep the deck thin.
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