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.

Cannot use Multi-Stab 3 times in a row. Cannot use Single Stab twice in a row.

 Single Stab

\*N is equal to 2 plus the number of times Multi-Stab has been previously used in the fight. On Ascension 18 and higher, N is equal to the Turn Number plus 1 instead.

## 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 quite 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

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.