The Necrobinder
66 HPMax HP on floor one. No Ascension level changes it.
A Spireborn lich who seeks revenge.
Calls upon her trusty left hand, Osty, in combat.
Gold
99 GoldGold on floor one. No Ascension level changes it; Ascension 3 only cuts what fights and chests drop.
Card pool
88 cardsCards only the Necrobinder finds: 35 Attacks, 35 Skills, 18 Powers. The card list also shows 3 playtest cards, marked, that the live game leaves out.
Starting relic
Bound PhylacteryIn hand from floor one. Hover the name for what it does.
Bound PhylacteryIn hand from floor one. Hover the name for what it does.
Play a single run with The Regent to unlock this character.
Starting deck
Necrobinder relics
Necrobinder potions
How the Necrobinder plays
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The basics
- The Necrobinder has 66 HP, the lowest of the five, 3 Energy and 99 Gold, and she fights beside a pet: Osty, a skeletal hand with his own HP.
His single power, Die For You, redirects every unblocked Attack aimed at you into him while he lives.
Her relic, Bound Phylactery, Summons 1 at the start of every turn, including the first, so he is always present at least as a 1-HP shield.
What Summon does
- Summon X summons or revives Osty with X Max HP if he is missing, or raises his Max HP by X and heals him that much if he is alive.
Starting deck
Necrobinder card pool
Protector
Attack
1
Osty deals 10 damage.
Deals additional damage equal to Osty's Max HP.
Deals additional damage equal to Osty's Max HP.
Eidolon
Skill
2
Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.
Forbidden Grimoire
Power
2
At the end of combat, you may remove a card from your Deck.
Eternal.
Eternal.
Banshee's Cry
Attack
9
Deal 33 damage to ALL enemies.
Costs less for each Ethereal card played this combat.
Costs less for each Ethereal card played this combat.
End of Days
Skill
3
Apply 29 Doom to ALL enemies.
Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
Kill enemies with at least as much Doom as HP.
Call of the Void
Power
1
At the start of your turn, add 1 random card into your Hand. It gains Ethereal.
Eradicate
Attack
X
Retain.
Deal 11 damage X times.
Deal 11 damage X times.
Glimpse Beyond
Skill
1
ALL players add 3 Souls into their Draw Pile.
Exhaust.
Exhaust.
Demesne
Power
3
Ethereal.
At the start of your turn, gain and draw 1 additional card.
At the start of your turn, gain and draw 1 additional card.
Hang
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage.
Double the damage ALL Hang cards deal to this enemy.
Double the damage ALL Hang cards deal to this enemy.
Oblivion
Skill
0
Whenever you play a card this turn, apply 3 Doom to the enemy.
Devour Life
Power
1
Whenever you play a Soul, Summon 1.
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NeurosurgePower0Gain .
Draw 2 cards.
At the start of your turn, apply 3 Doom to yourself.- EradicateAttackXRetain.
Deal 11 damage X times. 
DeathbringerSkill2Apply 21 Doom and 1 Weak to ALL enemies.
Sleight of FleshPower2Whenever you apply a debuff to an enemy, they take 9 damage.
Bone ShardsAttack1If Osty is alive, he deals 9 damage to ALL enemies and you gain 9 Block.
Osty dies.
What to pick up
Early picks
- The Necrobinder starts with 66 HP and a deck that deals little damage, so early picks should hit several enemies or block cheaply.
- Bone Shards has Osty deal 9 to ALL enemies and gives 9 Block for 1 Energy. Osty dies, and Bound Phylactery brings him back at 1 HP next turn.
- Deathbringer puts 21 Doom and 1 Weak on every enemy.
- Doom kills only at the end of the enemy turn, so they act once more, but the Weak blunts that turn.
Defy gives 6 Block and 1 Weak and is the best common. Enfeebling Touch takes 8 Strength from one enemy for a turn.
The Energy plan
- The Energy plan starts with Neurosurge, a 0-cost Power that gives 3 Energy and draws 2 cards, paid for with 3 Doom on herself at the start of every later turn.
- Take it on sight and end fights before that Doom reaches her HP.
- Spare Energy goes into Eradicate, 11 damage X times, which Retains until the big turn.
Borrowed Time gives 4 Energy, and its extra cost never raises an X-cost card.
The debuff plan
- The debuff plan needs Sleight of Flesh and debuff cards. It deals 9 damage each time she debuffs an enemy, and Doom counts.
- So Deathbringer triggers it twice on every enemy and Putrefy twice on one target.
- End of Days adds 29 Doom to all and at once kills anything whose Doom covers its HP.
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Upgrade order and skips
- Upgrade Borrowed Time first, 6 Energy upgraded, then Bone Shards, 12 damage and Block upgraded, and Demesne, which drops from 3 to 2 Energy.
Skip Sic 'Em: Osty hits for only 5, and its Summon needs more Osty hits that turn.- Soul Storm adds only 2 damage per Soul in the Exhaust Pile, so it needs many Souls to beat a plain attack.
Notes
The Necrobinder unlocks after a run as the Regent, won or not, and she in turn unlocks the Defect, the last character in the chain.- Osty is technically a monster on your side with no moves of his own.
- Die For You only redirects Attack damage. HP loss from Poison or your own cards still hits you.
- When he dies he stays on the field until the phylactery revives him at your next turn start with 1 HP.
High Five cannot be played while he is missing, and Unleash does nothing but shake him if he is dead.
Forbidden Grimoire and Protector are her Ancient cards.
Changes by version
- Updated Necrobinder's slash VFX
- Added new multiplayer Necrobinder card; Underworld: Uncommon - Skill - Cost 2 - "Whenever other players deal attack damage this turn, apply that much Doom. Exhaust. (Lose Exhaust)"; Soulbound: Uncommon - Power - Cost 1 - "(Innate.) Choose an ally. Whenever you create a Soul, add a Soul to their Draw Pile."; Cacophony: Rare - Power - Cost 2 - "Every 33 cards drawn by ALL players, deal 66(99) damage to a random enemy."
- Necrobinder cast
All 51 patch notes48 older
- Added new Necrobinder cast animation
- Updated text for Vakuu and The Necrobinder's first dialogueBug fixThe RegentThe DefectInternal playtestThe unlock instructions for The Regent, Necrobinder, and Defect now display the name of the pre-requisite character instead of ??? if that character is unlocked
- Updated some Epoch text
- ChangeSculpting StrikeVeilpiercerBanshee's CryInternal playtestNecrobinder's last card unlock set is now Sculpting Strike, Veilpiercer and Banshee's CryBug fixThe RegentInternal playtestFixed some story ordering issues in the Silent, Regent, and Necrobinder Epochs
- Updated the portrait artInterfaceInternal playtestNecrobinder's character icon no longer has flaming VFX, sorry
- Changed Necrobinder's Haunt Neow bundle: replaced Haunt card to Death MarchBug fixInternal playtestFixed crash when abandoning run as Necrobinder outside combat
- Reworked Necrobinder starter deck
- Updated text for Necrobinder Chapter 2-6 EpochsTextInternal playtestPresent tense-ified Necrobinder Chapter 1 Epoch
- Necrobinder: Glimpse Beyond, Legion of Bone
- BuffOrobasPhylactery UnboundInternal playtestBuffed Orobas' Necrobinder Transcendence blessing: Phylactery Unbound also Summons 5 at the start of each combat
- Fixed a missing comma in Necrobinder's character select screen description
- Added portrait art for the following Necrobinder cards
- Necrobinder and Defect continue to get content and balance passes as we clean up some bugs from a lot of the combat logic cleanups which we're still bringing in
- Changed Make Use card: Osty now attacks and deals the damage instead of Necrobinder
- Re-added Ghostly Armor as a Necrobinder cardInterfaceInternal playtestUpdate Necrobinder's Energy icon on cards
- Changed Necrobinder's Veilpiercer Neow bundle: Defile to Death's Visage
- Randomized Necrobinder & Osty's fire a small amount at the rest site
- Osty's healthbar now shows the blue block outline when Necrobinder has block
- Necrobinder: Bodyguard to SentinelArtInternal playtestAdded Necrobinder's flame to her icons
- Updated Necrobinder flame VFX on character select screen
- Adjusted Silent and Necrobinder's Character Select art
- Renamed Necrobinder's card "Ensoul" to "Capture Spirit"
- Necrobinder no longer plays death animation twice if she is killed at the same time as OstyBug fixOstyThe InsatiableInternal playtestOsty and Necrobinder are now both properly pulled towards The Insatiable
- Damage VFX no longer plays on Necrobinder when Osty absorbs all damage from an attack
- The Necrobinder is back and totally redesigned!!ChangeInternal playtestNecrobinder's max HP increased from 13 to 66
- Colorful Philosophers event no longer shows you Necrobinder or Defect cards
- Necrobinder and Defect cards are now prevented from showing up via Prismatic Shard relic
- Added some logic to lock Necrobinder and Defect for now
- Slimed Berserker no longer softlocks when trying to give Slimed to Necrobinder
- Updated Necrobinder character select art
- Lightning orbs no longer hit Necrobinder if Osty is alive
- Adjusted hitboxes for Ironclad, Necrobinder, and Act 1 enemies
- Added custom heal VFX for Necrobinder
- InterfaceInternal playtestNecrobinder HP loss cards now glow red if they are going to kill you
- Necrobinder now starts with two relics: Osty's Devotion and Bound PhylacteryChangeInternal playtestNecrobinder's max HP decreased from 35 to 9
- Many Necrobinder card changes, adding more Vigor and ShieldBug fixInternal playtestFixed energy hovertip for NecrobinderInterfaceInternal playtestCard compendium now has a 5 row limit and can be filtered for Necrobinder cards
- Added "Drain Life" Necrobinder card; Type: Uncommon Attack; Energy cost: 1AddedGrave WardenInternal playtestAdded "Grave Warden" Necrobinder card; Type: Common SkillChangeInternal playtestDecreased Necrobinder's HP from 42 to 35
- Updated Necrobinder sprite font (energy icon)
- The Necrobinder is taking a break this build as we work on restructing some core mechanics for her
- Updated Necrobinder card art with more skeletony fingers
- Replace 1 Strike with Pull Aggro card in Necrobinder starting deck
- The Necrobinder is undergoing many changes but she isn't ready yet
- We're looking into changing up Necrobinder but not quite yet. However, Osty now attacks the closest enemy so that's a big shift
- Make Necrobinder flames disappear on deathArtInternal playtestNew Necrobinder animationsChangeInternal playtestDeprecate Necrobinder card: Free For AllChangeInternal playtestTemporarily deprecating two Necrobinder cards: Maintenance and Dark Siphon
Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.
Goes well with
Necrobinder+Ironclad
- She has 66 HP, the lowest of the five; his Tank makes him take double damage and her half.
- Legion of Bone Summons 6 for all players: he gets an Osty of his own, a bodyguard that absorbs the unblocked attacks Tank invites.
- Demonic Shield gives her Block equal to his, and Glimpse Beyond gives him 3 Souls, free cards that each draw 2.
History
The story ofThe Necrobinder7 chapters of the Timeline, from Doors to Invitation
Doors Chapter 1 of 7The Twelve
Who is worthy to enter the exalted Spire?
The Capital gathers the most brilliant, formidable, and courageous from all the lands.
Twelve explorers formed an expedition and advanced inside to make history.None made it back.
Invitation Chapter 2 of 7Futility
Incident Report // Date: 2,771-??-??
Accidentally entered a conflict between a boulder-throwing individual and flying automatons.Jacktopher Grootz (Fighter): Crushed by a boulder
Jose Paxo (Fighter): Fell in a hole
Big Ed (Bard): Shot by a construct
Garbo Doughbee (Healer): Touched grass
Temi Mondes (Arcanist): Whereabouts unknown
Invitation Chapter 3 of 7Spireborn
“We were but meant to survey the preliminary floors...
But it proved nothing like we expected! Such wondrous wildlife, curious artifacts, and even wandering traders. From whence have these marvels arrived?Our team seems intent on hoarding riches but at least my enthusiasm is shared by Geovan. We have fallen madly in love, and soon shall welcome a child into our lives.”
Invitation Chapter 4 of 7The Giant
Today marks a fantastic discovery!
A benevolent giant has agreed to guide us to the top of the Spire to meet his brother.
We believe this brother of his has the solution to stop the monsters which have been pouring out of the Spire.This would be the greatest accomplishment of our time!
Invitation Chapter 5 of 7Annihilation
At the top, they finally met with the Giant’s brother, a floating man. They plead for aid but to no avail.
“Interlopers aren’t welcome.”Only a little girl made it out alive.
Invitation Chapter 6 of 7Life and Death
A young explorer unlatched the Forbidden Grimoire... Magics from another time and place explode outward as weightless dark smoke overwhelms this curious one.
She gains the Understandings of Life and Death — but at a cost. Her skin, hair, and organs rapidly rot away as her soul is forcefully bound into the locket in her pocket.
The Grimoire whispers, “If I die, you die.”
Invitation Chapter 7 of 7To Kill
The Necrobinder faced off against the Architect and demands the restoration of the Giant, her parents, her humanity. She’s blazing with vengeance but is annihilated again and again.
On one of her ascents, she discovers a massive dragon, Pael. Giving off the same gentle presence as the Giant, he speaks...
“This will help you get his attention...”
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