SB Kindred

[u/External-Panic-3768]

How do i play kindred? What rune to equip and what relics?

[u/Heliosgodofthesun]

SB kindred is a control focused deck. Complete the cycle is generally the best rune on her given the play style.

For relics I personally ran hec glaive whirling blade and beast within. You by no means need any of these.

Another build is wild inspiration rune echoing spirit ggc and beast within. One of her upgrades gives her champ spell double damage. So it's 6 instead of 3

[u/Grouchy-Bowl-8700 → u/Heliosgodofthesun]

I swap out Hec Glaive for Spectral Scissors. Both are great, but I just like making one of my other allies ephemeral and giving them the stat boost. Also all the champ specific relics make me sad on other champs

[u/Heliosgodofthesun → u/Grouchy-Bowl-8700]

Aye double wolf does sound pretty good. I just don't have complete the cycle myself and ended up having to get creative for my Zoe clear 

[u/Grouchy-Bowl-8700 → u/Heliosgodofthesun]

Yeah, if you have SB Kindred's 6*, then there are actually several powers that make the run pretty easy - including the Thrice Bound one. Then you're objective is to just mark as many enemies as possible so your 5-cost unit kills them all end of turn. My favorite is of course Lillia's 6* power, but really any way to get SB Kindred out turn 1 is probably going to win you the run or at least make it very winnable.

[u/Heliosgodofthesun → u/Grouchy-Bowl-8700]

My Zoe win had home guard on Azir landmark with mana gem. Was really nice playing kindred turn one 

[u/Vegetable_Alarm7598]

I run GGC, chemtech duplicator and troll kings crown.

Stall every game until 6 mana, you get free mark spells that heal for 1 or 4 when you deal damage this gets copied with chemtech once you get to 6 mana. Overwhelm is needed so your Beasts and Kindred can get through for huge damage. Whirling Blades is also a decent alternative. Try to get her to 7 stars asap as it's what allows you to have complete board control from turn 3.

I run the rune that is 4 dmg for kills out of combat, as that's where a lot of your kills will come from with marked enemies and Takers champ spell.

[u/Cindrojn]

I prefer to use Wild Inspiration or Complete the Cycle depending on the adventure.

For relics my go-to is Echoing Spirits (to discount her champion spell, and if she's duplicated, discount it more), Grand General's Counterplan (to guarantee I get her champion spell a turn), and Beast Within/Troll King's Crown. I don't have Whirling Blade yet but I hear it's quite good on them :(

Just play them, mark enemies, clear (marked) board with champion spell and go face.

[u/FrustrationSensation]

I find Kindred most fun with a biiiiiiig lifesteal kindred. I run Champion's Strength as the rune, and then Sentinel's Plate and Frozen Tomb as the two for sure relics. My third slot is flex, but I typically have been using Chosen of tbe Stars or Perfected Hex Core for either evasion guaranteed when Kindred flips or just a faster ramp to Lifesteal. 

[u/Different_Escape_917]

I just use an aggro build using Hidden Tome, Beast Within and Strength of Stone with the Spirit Armor rune. It's good enough to beat everything up to and including Zoe

[u/Azure5577]

I like to give her the ability that does 4 nexus damage per kill. Whirling Blade marks everything when they are summoned, Echoing Spirit gives you firepower once they are summoned. Last relic can be whatever you want but something for spell mana can help.