Book of Stabbing

The Book of Stabbing is an Elite encounter found in Act 2 of the Spire. Its scaling multi-hit attack, strong single-hit attacks, and ability to shuffle many into your discard pile make it a fearsome foe.
== Pattern ==
Every turn, the Book of Stabbing has an 85% chance of using Multi-Stab and a 15% chance of using Single Stab. Whenever you receive unblocked damage from one of its attacks, a Wound is shuffled into your discard pile.
Cannot use Multi-Stab 3 times in a row. Cannot use Single Stab twice in a row.
Name 	Intent	Effect 	Ascension 3+ 	Ascension 18+
Multi-Stab 	 	Deals 6 x N* damage.	Deals 7 x N* damage.	Deals 7 x N** damage.
Single Stab	 	Deals 21 damage. 	Deals 24 damage. 	Deals 24 damage.
*N is equal to 2 plus the number of times Multi-Stab has been previously used in the fight.
**On Ascension 18+, N increments even on the Single Stab attack.
== Tips ==
* It is important to try and kill the Book as quickly as possible, because its attacks will only get worse and can become overwhelming.
* The Book suffers greatly against , , and reduction due to its scaling being solely said multi-hit attacks and its lack of ability to apply any kind of debuff on the player to reduce their ability to .
** The Ironclad fairs fairly well against the Book as he has a lot of powerful cards, can obtain to permanently reduce the Book's , and can obtain , , and to apply .
** The Silent is arguably the best character against the Book. Her access to and multiple cheap cards allow her to easier stack against the Book. not only grants a huge , but also apply a large number of . and are cheap attacks that apply . can shut down a Multi-Stab attack. deals a large damage against Multi-Stab. Lastly, can potentially shut down the Book for the entirety of the fight.
** The Defect has a harder time against the Book as it mainly relies on slowly scaling with Orbs, , or . Consider dealing a large amount of damage by invoking or multiple times to finish off the Book quickly. can also be used to give said Orbs a burst of damage and an ability to generates a large against the Book.
** The Watcher can deal with the Book quite well with her ability to burst it down during or using cards with high base damage such as and . She can also gain a large number of using , , , or . can also apply a large number of in a single use.
== Gallery ==
Safety.png|Book of Stabbing as seen in the Safety card art.
==Update History==
*Weekly Update 56: The Collector
**Book of Stabbing enemy's multi-stab attack strikes 1 less time on Ascension 18.
*Weekly Update 49: The Designer
**Painful Stabs power will no longer give wounds if the damage was prevented by Buffer.
*Weekly Patch 44: Chrysalis
**Book of Stabbing enemy on Ascension 18+ now does a single stab sometimes, but still increases its multi-stab count.
*Weekly Patch 42: Reboot
**Adding SFX for Book of Stabbing attacks.
*Weekly Patch 40: Forethought
**Ascension 18 Book of Stabbing enemy now has modified AI. Now stabs you relentlessly.
*Weekly Patch 10: Quality of Life
**We updated the animations for several monsters! Affected monsters include: Book of Stabbing
*Weekly Patch 6: We're Back!
**Book of Stabbing elite nerf. Has 8 less HP and a new move that deals 21 damage. While doing this move, the multi-stab doesn't increase in stab count.
*Weekly Patch 5: Happy Holidays!
**Book of Stabbing is completely reworked. Lots more stabbing, and a lot less random.
**Painful Stabs gets a power icon.
*Weekly Patch 3: Balance Balance Balance
**Book of Stabbing was appearing in normal enemy rooms and stabbing everyone to death, we are truly sorry for the suffering.
Category:Elite
Category:Act II