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title: "Lightning Rod Stats & Winrates - Slay the Spire 2"
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  <h1 class="title">Lightning Rod</h1>
  <p class="subtitle" style="text-transform: capitalize;"><span class="blue">Defect</span> &bull; Common Skill</p>

  
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    <h2 style="margin-top: 0; font-size: 1.4rem;">Lightning Rod <span style="font-weight: normal; color: var(--gray); font-size: 0.9em;">Winrate & Run Stats</span></h2>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Based on my tracked gameplay, <strong>Lightning Rod</strong> currently has a <data value="53.3"><strong style="color: #8dff8d;">53.3% winrate</strong></data> across <data value="15"><strong>15 total runs</strong></data> (<data value="8"><strong style="color: #8dff8d;">8 Wins</strong></data> / <data value="7"><strong style="color: var(--red);">7 Losses</strong></data>) as of <time datetime="2026-04-27T16:32:41.111Z">April 27, 2026</time>.</p>
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          <div class="sts-energy ">1</div>
          <div class="sts-card-title">Lightning Rod</div>
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        <div class="sts-card-text">Gain 4 <span class="yellow">Block</span>.<br>At the start of the next {:diff() turns}, <span class="yellow">Channel</span> 1 <span class="yellow">Lightning</span>.</div>
        <div class="sts-card-footer">Common</div>
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    <div class="sts-card-arrow"><span>Upgrade</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined">arrow_forward</span></div>
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          <div class="sts-energy ">1</div>
          <div class="sts-card-title green">Lightning Rod+</div>
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        <div class="sts-card-type-banner">Skill</div>
        <div class="sts-card-text">Gain <span class="green">7</span> <span class="yellow">Block</span>.<br>At the start of the next {:diff() turns}, <span class="yellow">Channel</span> 1 <span class="yellow">Lightning</span>.</div>
        <div class="sts-card-footer">Common</div>
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