Snecko Eye is the worst boss relic in the game

[Big Ol' Burr]

You can't change my mind.

I would rather Velvet Choker than the sneko turd, holy hell it's so useless.

[Gentlest Giant]

Początkowo opublikowane przez LHGreen:

But if people were already building decks that are more Snecko-compatible, then of course their win rates would get better when they pick it, and they likely wouldn't be as high in runs where Snecko Eye wasn't offered. That's not a hypothesis, it's just a self-fulfilling prophesy.

My point is that the benefit of Snecko Eye is good enough that you benefit from planning to take it right at the start of the run. The very existence of Snecko in the boss pool changes the value of stuff like Deflect vs Leg Sweep, Sneaky Strike vs Slice etc.
If you are a player that tend to pick a lot of 0-cost cards, my hypothesis is that you would improve slightly overall if you took more expensive cards. The cost of adapting to the existence of Snecko (less energy upgrades, less low-impact cards) is lower than the benefit offered by the occasional hit.

My other point is that if you cleared act 1 as Silent and your card pickups were Deadly Poison, Poison Stab, Blade Dance, Footwork, Deflect, Skewer and Dash that would actually be a great Snecko pick, where I suspect that a lot of people would intuitively think it is not - and my hypothesis is that if they were forced to take Snecko despite their own evaluation, they would improve. Snecko is less situational than they think.

[1.2M | Missingno.]

You'll almost certainly get killed a few times if you just pick it without trying to understand it, but over time those deaths will teach you how to use it.

[roguefrog]

My first ever victory? I used Snecko eye. There were some amazing expensive card 0 cost rounds then dud rounds but it averaged out and I could pull through. Used Ironclad.

[paolo.bera]

Sneko+ sneaky strike deck (acrobatic, concentrate, expertise and eviscerate) and you win 90% of the time at any diffivulty level.

[Chibi Life]

I'm just redeeming myself. Ascension 20 ironclad HEART kill, no snecko eye though. However without the self-forming clay the heart would have ended me turn 3.

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[LHGreen]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

no snecko eye though.

Then why mention it here?

[Khor]

Początkowo opublikowane przez LHGreen:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

no snecko eye though.

Then why mention it here?

It`s a negative proof that Sneko is the worst relic and you can`t win with it, duh

[Yakult]

u mad

[Chibi Life]

Początkowo opublikowane przez LHGreen:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

no snecko eye though.

Then why mention it here?

Cuz this was the thread making fun of me for choosing not to do the heart. That wasn't really a good run for Snecko eye anyways, I felt honor bound to show I did the thing for no reason other than feeling better about myself and less like a loser.

[LHGreen]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

Początkowo opublikowane przez LHGreen:

Then why mention it here?

Cuz this was the thread making fun of me for choosing not to do the heart. That wasn't really a good run for Snecko eye anyways, I felt honor bound to show I did the thing for no reason other than feeling better about myself and less like a loser.

Were they? Well, I guess, but I don't fully remember that, and I don't feel like checking.

[Chibi Life]

Początkowo opublikowane przez LHGreen:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

Cuz this was the thread making fun of me for choosing not to do the heart. That wasn't really a good run for Snecko eye anyways, I felt honor bound to show I did the thing for no reason other than feeling better about myself and less like a loser.

Were they? Well, I guess, but I don't fully remember that, and I don't feel like checking.

Either way it was my first ascension 20 heart kill so yay for me.

[Khor]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

yay for me.

[Khor]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Khor:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Neko Time:

yay for me.

It wasn`t sarcastic, like, really, gratz!

[Pixxel Wizzard]

My 1st experience with confusion was awful, but it wasn't from the relic, I got confused by an enemy and he totally destroyed me and ended my run. I complained about it on these boards and was told I was just very unlucky and that Snecko Eye is a top tier relic. I was skeptical, but in my last game I had the option to select Snecko Eye for the 1st time, and it was early in my run. Deciding to put what I'd heard to the test, I chose it...and I just beat the Act III boss, despite having only 40 HP going into him.

I am now a believer.