Straight Flush scaling buff? | Balatro | Page 1

heavy pebble Aug 21, 2025, 2:41 PM

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Straight Flushes are (in my opinion) the hardest hand to consistently draw and play in Balatro, especially on the current (1.0.1) Blue Stake and above due to having -1 discards.

Perhaps Straight Flush's scoring could be buffed to reflect the deck-fixing and utility-based Jokers often needed to make playing the hand consistent?

Maybe something like the below:

Straight Flush Lvl. 1 increased:
100 chips 80 mult ➡️ 100 chips 10 mult

Neptune increased:
+40 chips +4 mult ➡️ +50 chips +5 mult

Tbh, Straight Flush isn't even weak anyway!
I just think it would be neat if it scaled faster due to how hard it can be to play into, and how Straight's scaling is only slightly slower despite being way easier to play :)

sonic magnet Aug 21, 2025, 2:49 PM

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I don’t think I’ve ever been in a scenario where a straight flush doesnt score me enough

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I don’t see much of a point

heavy pebble Aug 21, 2025, 2:49 PM

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Win More Button!!

sonic magnet Aug 21, 2025, 2:50 PM

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Yes I agree this is the hardest hand to make, but it is the biggest scaling planet (aside from flush five’s chips)

rain bison Aug 21, 2025, 2:50 PM

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your last point says it all

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strush isnt weak

sonic magnet Aug 21, 2025, 2:51 PM

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It’s just a pain in the ass to play consistently

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That’s really it

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My only successful straight flush run was this

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Not a single x mult joker needed

heavy pebble Aug 21, 2025, 2:52 PM

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sonic magnet Yes I agree this is the hardest hand to make, but it is the biggest scaling plan...

it's technically only the 2nd biggest scaling because Flush House scales the same and starts stronger at Lvl. 1, despite being more consistent to filter a deck around
additionally, Flush Five scales at a very similar pace to both SF and FH if only calculating chipsXmult, only being 10 total chips lower

heavy pebble Aug 21, 2025, 2:53 PM

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sonic magnet It’s just a pain in the ass to play consistently

which is why it should be bonkers powerful imo

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not just "as good as Flush House and very slightly better than Flush Five", as those are two hand types that are significantly more consistent to play

sonic magnet Aug 21, 2025, 2:54 PM

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heavy pebble which is why it should be bonkers powerful imo

It already is, no?

heavy pebble Aug 21, 2025, 2:55 PM

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sonic magnet It already is, no?

not really powerful enough scaling to make me consider switching from a Straight build to a Straight Flush build halfway through a run, even though my deck and jokers would be great for it

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frankly, i pretty much never see the opportunity to pivot a Straight build into a Straight Flush build like i see the opportunity to pivot a Flush build into a Flush House build

sonic magnet Aug 21, 2025, 2:57 PM

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heavy pebble frankly, i pretty much never see the opportunity to pivot a Straight build into ...

But unlike FH and F5, you can opt to scale with Neptune if Saturn isn’t in your planet pack

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In other words, straight flush can be scaled as a backup plan if straights are not available

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You can’t do this with FH with F5 until one hand is played

#Straight Flush scaling buff?