Kindred
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Poor (5/10)
Rare Relics OK
Low Investment
Players disagree about Kindred's base mechanics. Some consider her revive strategies highly effective and capable of clearing difficult content, while others find her Prey mechanic clunky, slow, and counter-intuitive to her theme.
Infinite Strike Control
When I'm summoned, I strike the weakest enemy.- When I'm summoned, I strike the weakest enemy.
Start adventures with +1 ReviveLast Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
Strategy
This build maximizes Kindred's board control by leveraging her champion spell, Spirit Journey, and revive mechanics. By casting the spell on Kindred, she is destroyed and immediately revived by Guardian Angel.
This triggers both copies of Stalker's Blade to strike two enemies upon summon. This instantly removes major threats and counts toward her level-up condition if the targets are marked. This setup is highly recommended for difficult encounters, including Monthly Challenges against Fiora.
Item Generation Engine
- Start adventures with +1 ReviveLast Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
When I'm summoned, grant Epic items to 3 random cards in your deck.- When I'm summoned, grant Epic items to 3 random cards in your deck.
Strategy
Focusing on long-term scaling, this setup replaces strike effects with Guardian's Orb. Repeatedly destroying and reviving Kindred with her champion spell triggers multiple Guardian's Orb activations.
This rapidly distributes Epic items throughout the deck, creating a powerful win condition. This approach is highly effective for grinding down high-health encounters where direct strikes are insufficient.
Puffcap Pressure
SpellshieldWhen I deal damage, plant that many Poison Puffcaps in the enemy deck.- Start adventures with +1 ReviveLast Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
- When I'm summoned, I strike the weakest enemy.
Strategy
This build introduces an alternative win condition to compensate for Kindred's slow scaling. Mischiefmaker's Flute triggers whenever Kindred deals damage.
By reviving her and triggering Stalker's Blade, she deals direct damage that plants significant amounts of puffcaps in the enemy deck. This provides consistent chip damage to close out games, especially when the AI refuses to block marked units.
Stun Lockdown
- Start adventures with +1 ReviveLast Breath: If it's the first time I've been slain this game, revive me with 1 Health.
When I'm summoned, Stun the strongest enemy.- When I'm summoned, Stun the strongest enemy.
Strategy
Utilizing only Rare and Common relics, this build provides absolute board control against massive enemy units. By reviving Kindred, Everfrost repeatedly stuns the most threatening enemies.
This is particularly useful in Nightmare adventures where enemy statistics are too high for Stalker's Blade to secure kills.
Other Relic Options
Game Start: Create 7 copies of me in deck. Champion Spells cost 1 less.
Support: Kill my supported ally and grant me its keywords and stats.
+1|+0While I'm attacking, I can't take damage or die.
Echoing Spirit increases consistency in drawing Kindred and provides discounted champion spells to maintain the revive loop. Corrupted Star Fragment provides essential sustain and stat scaling by consuming Prey units or other disposable allies. Death's Foil pairs excellently with Guardian Angel to ensure Kindred can attack safely while maintaining board presence.
Constellation
Players disagree about Kindred's overall constellation design. Some consider her control tools highly effective, while others find her reliance on the Prey mechanic clunky and restrictive due to board space limitations. The 3-star power is widely considered low-impact, making her highly functional at just 2 stars. At 6 stars, her ability to reduce marked targets to 1 Health provides a massive advantage against high-health bosses.
Ashes to Ashes
Round Start: Summon a Prey. If you already have one, instead, grant your Prey "Last Breath: Deal 1 to the enemy Nexus".Review
The Prey mechanic is considered slow and can clutter the board, though it provides early blockers.
Circle of Death
+1 Starting Mana. Round Start: Create a Spirit Journey in hand. If you already have one, reduce its cost by 2.Review
Essential for her playstyle, providing the Spirit Journey spell needed for revive loops and board control.
Ashes to Ashes II
Round Start: Summon a Prey. If you already have one, instead, grant your Prey "Last Breath: Deal 2 to the enemy Nexus".Review
Considered low-impact and slow, offering minimal improvement over the first star power.
Gameplay Tips
- Sacrifice Prey Units
Do not hoard Prey units for their passive damage. Utilize them as free blockers or as sacrifice targets for spells like Crumble to maintain board control.
- The Revival Loop
Cast Kindred's champion spell, Spirit Journey, directly on Kindred when equipped with Guardian Angel. This destroys and immediately revives her, triggering all on-summon relic effects without permanently losing the champion.
- Avoid Trifarian Might
Never draft the Trifarian Might power. It forces Kindred to strike and potentially kill units immediately upon entering the board, which breaks her level-up condition since she must observe the marked unit dying.
- Manage Board Space
Be highly mindful of your bench. Prey units can quickly fill available slots, preventing you from playing more impactful units or summoning additional copies of Kindred.
- Exploit the Switcheroo Adventure
Kindred is exceptionally strong in the Switcheroo weekly adventure. Her star powers actively hinder the AI when it is forced to pilot her deck, making the encounter significantly easier.
- Avoid Scales of Judgment
Do not equip Scales of Judgment. Kindred's optimal strategies involve frequently summoning her through revive effects rather than playing her from hand, causing the relic's Play effect to miss entirely.
- Beware of Hush
In difficult encounters like Aurelion Sol, be extremely cautious of Hush effects, which can completely neutralize Kindred's revive strategy and lead to immediate defeat.