State of Kindred - Better! They're Almost There!

Hey guys!

So its been a while since the last update and I have to say that Kindred is as fun as they've ever been. While I do miss the high risk/reward playstyle having a built in heal and short range skirmishing style, the new Kindred feels pretty good!

Kindred is no longer the worst jungler - Around the world Kindred has climbed from dead rock bottom to 19th place with a 49-50% winrate. Not high enough to be in the meta, but definitely pretty healthy!

Dropping the hunt requirement above really has helped in mid and late game damage and hunts for most players appear to average 12-15 in normal match-ups!

Kindred is having an interesting and pretty unique effect in the current jungle game. Enemy teams are actually leaving their lanes quite a lot more often to hunt Kindred in the jungle, giving Kindred's teammates more free farm without ever having to gank! For The Eternal hunters however, this poses a bit of a problem. While most Junglers would have a good time taking some CS (which in a free farm situation is actually a genuine no-no, that's supposed to go to their teammates!), Kindred is dependent on their mark system, whether hunting enemy champions or jungle farm.

Kindred's still having issues however in matches where the enemy team is actually coordinating attacks against this champion while in the jungle, and with the new jungler coming out with an unprecedented mobility capability, it is going to get worse/more difficult.

In low ELO (where the majority of League Summoners play) where teamplay is fairly non-existent, its still pretty easy to bully a lone Kindred however capable they might be, and you may as well have picked another champion.

I'm at a bit of a loss on this one - either a small boost in early game attack speed or more passively, a bit more starting health to reflect their jungler status would be a helpful solution, but may snowball too hard.

An increased capability for Kindred-only vision (not shared with their team) or a very small defensive cc capacity could help in these situations.

Hunter's Sight: Marked Jungle Camps give Kindred vision on the Jungle Monster (not shared with their team)

Alone in the Jungle: Wolf's E applies a .5 second fear to lone enemy champions in the jungle. <- Note: Not sure about this iteration. While intentionally intended to be a subtle effect, just a small enough window to let Kindred react, it does little to nothing against paired or grouped invasions.

Overall though, good job!