Ironclad

The Ironclad is a playable character in Slay the Spire. He is the last remaining soldier of the Ironclads and sold his soul to harness demonic powers.
== Overview ==
A man clad in light armor (along with pauldrons) and imbued with demonic powers who ascends the Spire in an attempt to regain his lost honor. 
== Abilities ==
The Ironclad specializes in two major areas: Strength stacking and Defense stacking. Of all the playable characters, the Ironclad has the most cards meant for Gathering Steam, often dramatically buffing his stats over time. While it takes a while for the ball to get rolling so to speak, if the Ironclad can really take off, he'll either be doing absolutely absurd amounts of damage or otherwise be so well defended that enemies can't even penetrate through his utterly massive wall of block.
His primary card manipulation mechanic is Exhaust, which removes a card until the end of the combat. A number of his cards exhaust on use, when not used, or allow him to exhaust other cards of his choice. While this seems risky, it actually helps with thinning your deck down enough that you would reach your key cards more frequently. 
Demon Form, one of the Ironclad's rare cards, can make him gain strength at the start of each of his turns, but it costs a lot of energy and can waste a turn. Additionally, he can double his strength and block by using Limit Break and Entrench respectively. 
Category:Video Game Heroes
Category:Fantasy Heroes
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Category:Pawn of the Villain
Category:Demons
Category:Knights
Category:Defectors
Category:Elementals
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