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Demon Form (3E Power, +3 Strength/turn) is the engine. Inflame (1E, +2 Strength) and Brand (0E, lose 1 HP, Exhaust a card, +1 Strength) are the cleanest supporting generators in the current STS2 card pool.

Payoff turns come from cards that convert raw Strength into immediate damage bursts, especially Whirlwind (XE, 5 damage X times to all enemies) and Sword Boomerang (1E, 3 damage x3 to random targets). Once Strength reaches double digits, even medium-cost attacks start ending hallway fights in one turn.

Flex + Artifact relic combination makes Strength permanent by blocking the 'lose Strength' debuff that appears in some elite encounters. This is the highest-reliability path to scaling above 50 Strength.

The Holy Trinity: Corruption (3E Power, all Skills cost 0 + Exhaust), Dark Embrace (2E Power, draw 1 card per Exhaust), Feel No Pain (1E Power, gain 3 Block per Exhaust). Once all three are active, every Skill played draws a card and generates Block, effectively creating infinite sustain through your Skill pile.

Finishers are Pact's End (0E Attack, 17 damage to all enemies, Exhaust) and Ashen Strike (1E Attack, 6 damage plus 3 per exhausted card this combat). The Exhaust count snowballs fast — decks hitting 20+ Exhausts per run see Ashen Strike deal 60+ damage.

The Ultimate variant adds Barricade + Body Slam + Juggernaut. Block stops decaying at end of turn, Body Slam converts accumulated Block to damage, and Juggernaut deals 5 damage each time Block is gained. Community consensus rates this hybrid S+ tier.

Barricade (3E Power, Block no longer expires at end of turn) is the cornerstone. Body Slam (1E, or 0E upgraded, deals damage equal to current Block) closes fights, while high-value Block cards let Barricade turn one safe turn into three or four.

Unmovable (2E Rare Power, doubles the first card-based Block gain each turn) stacks with Barricade — these are distinct Powers that both apply. Shrug It Off 8 Block becomes 16 with Unmovable active. Evil Eye 16 Block becomes 32. Impervious 30 Block becomes 60. After 3 turns of stacking, 100+ Block and a lethal Body Slam is the standard outcome.

Japanese community calls this the 'Block Three-Piece Set': Shrug It Off + Second Wind + Feel No Pain. Second Wind (1E, Exhaust all non-Attacks and gain 5 Block each) bridges the Exhaust and Block archetypes cleanly.

Rupture (1E Uncommon Power, +1 Strength each time you lose HP from a card — +2 Strength upgraded) and Inferno (1E Uncommon Power, deal 6 AoE damage each time you lose HP — 9 upgraded) are the twin payoffs. Self-damage triggers both simultaneously.

The most reliable self-damage triggers in the current card pool are Crimson Mantle (1E Power, lose 1 HP and gain 8 Block at start of each turn), Brand (0E, lose 1 HP + Exhaust a card + gain Strength), and Offering (0E, lose 6 HP + gain 2 Energy + draw 5 cards). A single turn that combines Brand with an Offering spike can generate Strength, AoE damage, draw, and tempo at the same time.

With Rupture upgraded to +2 per trigger, repeated self-damage turns create the fastest Strength ramp of any Ironclad archetype still represented in the STS2 card pool.

Bully (0E Uncommon Attack, 4 base damage plus 2 per Vulnerable stack on the enemy) and Cruelty (1E Rare Power, Vulnerable enemies take 25% extra damage — 50% upgraded) are the payoffs. Cruelty upgraded means Vulnerable enemies take 150% total damage, and a fully upgraded Cruelty combined with standard Vulnerable's 50% multiplier effectively doubles all damage output.

Vulnerability application: Bash (2E starter, 8 damage + 2 Vulnerable), Tremble (1E, 2 Vulnerable), Uppercut (2E, 1 Weak + 1 Vulnerable). Paper Phrog increases Vulnerable bonus from 50% to 100%, making the standard 150% total damage jump to 200%.

This archetype works best as a hybrid layer inside a Strength build rather than as a standalone path. The 0-energy cost of Bully means every Strength gain translates directly to free damage, making it a low-cost addition that does not compete with energy.

Shockwave moved from Ironclad-exclusive to a neutral card available to all characters. New cards create entirely new archetypes: Inferno and Rupture power the Self-Damage path, Unmovable elevates Block builds, and Brand bridges Exhaust, Strength, and Self-Damage.

Gold Axe was buffed from 2 energy to 1 energy with Exhaust removed, making it a reliable combat card. STS2 Ironclad leans less on old STS1 staples and more on persistent scaling engines plus efficient payoff turns.