Kin Priest

Boss

Health

190/199 HPAlways 190. 199 from Ascension 8.

Gold

10075 goldAlways 100. 75 from Ascension 3.Always 75. 100 below Ascension 3.

Found in

Overgrowththe The Kin fight, 1 in 3 from the boss pool.

Part of

The Kin fightOne of its opening enemies.

8/9

1Frail

190/190/199/199Kin Priest

Turn 1

How to beat Kin Priest

Every debuff it applies is a single stack, so Frail and Weak each last one turn and cover exactly the next Priest move: Frail makes the Orb of Weakness turn harder to block, Weak makes your attacks on the Soul Beam turn weaker.

Its own damage is modest and it only gains Strength every fourth turn, so the Priest is the slow half of the fight and the Followers are the fast half.
Soul Beam is three hits, so small per-hit reductions help there.

Since it is the leader, its death ends the fight, so with high burst just kill it and ignore the escorts.
With a slower deck, the Followers' compounding Strength usually justifies clearing at least one of them.

First-act boss encounter The Kin in the Overgrowth act, 190 HP (199 at Ascension 8+).
It says a line on its first Dark Ritual and another when its last Follower dies; neither has an effect.

2 Jul 2026Bug fixPlaytest
Fixed impact SFX playing for Kin Priest Soul Beam move in the Bestiary
15 Jan 2026SoundInternal playtest
Kin Priest (rally)
1 Jan 2026Bug fixDoom Kin FollowerInternal playtest
Fixed softlock when Doom kills both Kin Priest and Kin Follower in the same turn

All 12 patch notes9 older

4 Dec 2025TextInternal playtest
When all Kin followers are killed, Kin Priest will immediately yell something
11 Sep 2025ChangeInternal playtest
Changed Kin Priest
Bug fixInternal playtest
Fixed Kin Priest BGM win transition
21 Aug 2025ChangeWeak FrailInternal playtest
Now always applies Weak instead of alternating between Weak and Frail
14 Aug 2025TextInternal playtest
The Kin priest now speaks less and has different lines
31 Jul 2025InterfaceInternal playtest
When Kin Priest tries to buff its allies, but they are dead, he has new dialogue to explain why he doesn't do anything
3 Jul 2025ChangeRitualInternal playtest
Kin Priest no longer applies Ritual to himself
6 Feb 2025ArtInternal playtest
Made Kin Priest's grenade explosion bigger
30 Jan 2025BlockInternal playtest
Kin Priest A1 power "Fanatic" changed from 4 Block to Heal 3
ChangeWeak FrailInternal playtest
Kin Priest now rotates between Weak and Frail on his debuff turn (meaning the player is not always so weak)
23 Jan 2025DamageInternal playtest
Kin Priest damage lowered from 18(19) to 15(16) and 5(6) to 3(4)
NameKin LeaderKin PriestInternal playtest
Changed enemy name from "Kin Leader" to "Kin Priest"

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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