Slay the Spire 2 Regent — Class Guide, Stars & Starter Relic

The Regent is Slay the Spire 2's first new character: the Heir to the Throne of Stars, a cosmic monarch whose whole gameplay identity is letting his minions do the work while he spends the budget. If the Ironclad is a hammer and the Silent is a scalpel, the Regent is a project manager with a very dangerous payroll.

Regent stats and starter relic

• Max HP: 75
• Starting gold: 99
• Starter relic: Divine Right — at the start of each combat, gain 3 Stars
• How to unlock: complete a run with the Silent

Stars are the Regent's signature: a second energy type that only he uses, generated by relics and cards, and spent on his cosmic spellwork. Divine Right guarantees an opening-war-chest of three Stars every single fight, before you've played a card.

Minions do the work

The Regent's other defining mechanic is Summons. His signature summon, the Sovereign Blade, is a construct that fights alongside him — and he runs an entire family of minion-support cards that power up or protect his board. The flavor text says it plainly: he wields cosmic powers but his minions do the work.

In practice that splits his decks into two flavors:

1. Star engines — generate Stars early, bank them, and spend them in one spectacular turn.
2. Minion engines — summon early, buff the board, and let passive damage grind fights down while you block.

Most strong runs do a bit of both, because Star generation and summon support often show up in the same card rewards.

What a good Regent run looks like

Take early cards that generate or spend Stars efficiently, then decide whether your run is a burst-caster or a board-builder by the end of Act 1. The Regent rewards planning two turns ahead more than any other class — his ceiling is highest when the Stars (literally) align on a turn where everything spends at once.

Our build guides cover his signature loops in detail: the particle-wall infinite, the infinite chain combo, the radiation engine and the Star-light spam deck.

Ascension notes

Winning an Act 3 boss fight as the Regent unlocks his Ascension ladder. Scaling modifiers hit minion-reliant decks in an interesting way — enemies get faster while your board gets stronger, so the class gradually shifts from comfortable midrange to tight combo play.

Keep reading:

• All 5 Classes and Unlock Order
• Necrobinder Class Guide
• Silent Class Guide