I miss Kindred

RazorBladesss·9/8/2016, 6:28:46 AM·62 votes·3,625 views

Kindred was my main up until they gave her a worthwhile skin then proceeded to break her legs, (Super Galaxy is awesome) but now that she doesn't have sustain she absolutely NEEDS some damage back in her kit. Have you tried wrestling over a scuttle level 2 with just your w and q?? That Rek or Elise don't give a shit about your minuscule poke. They're either gonna fight you and win with their cc or they're just gonna smite it out from under you. Or worse, bring top and mid bearing down on you for DARING to play your champion correctly. Let Kindred stalk her prey for like 20 seconds before telling all the enemies "FREE KILL HERE!".

TL:DR Kindred needs some damage and her jungle hunts need a small timer to prevent doom squads of 3 champs at every one of your hunts.

94 Comments

ThePikol9/8/2016, 8:27:30 AM12 votes

Even if I rarely have troubles jungling with Kindred I too think they need some buffs. Don't they just received some on PBE? But I'm bronzie so what do I know...

superLEIA9/8/2016, 6:32:19 AM9 votes

I agree. Kindred is a unique champion with damage, mobility, and a great duelist. The nerfs on her are too rough. At least make her playable to keep up with other champions.

Blue Moon Wolf9/8/2016, 7:51:56 AM9 votes

they are buffing their base attack speed and AD on the PBE. don't know if it will help much or not, but it's something.

Thressh9/8/2016, 6:59:37 AM8 votes

I totally agree. I am Kindred main, but not anymore I guess... She was super fun in the beginning, felt like she was way more balanced back then. She needs either good damage or good sustain because of her short range and squishiness. Now she's just shit. Sad af.

AninLegions7779/8/2016, 6:34:31 PM7 votes

Kindred main here. I agree. Before it was, do gromp -> wolves -> Scuttle or Raptors but without that sustain, I can't SAFELY do this anymore. Played vs. an Udyr after the nerf. Couldn't get a single scuttle. I was like 3 stacks in 20 mins. Lost that one easily. Riot need to add back the heal but ONLY proc it when hitting monsters. This way she gets a better early game.

MunchCrunchLunch9/8/2016, 6:51:00 AM6 votes

every time i play kindred. start off something crazy. 5-6-7 kills in 10 minutes. and then i become useless. am not good with kindred late game. its too hard to play him late game his range is so short.

FortisDominus9/9/2016, 3:41:30 AM5 votes

kindred has no winning jungle match ups right now. She gets dicked on by Nidalee Graves Khazix LeeSin RekSai , these are probably the most popular junglers right now and if she was caught trying to steal a mark in their jungle, she would die for it.

Sona x Rubick9/8/2016, 7:06:20 AM5 votes

buffed on pbe

Diananmen Square9/9/2016, 12:05:15 PM3 votes

This.

I feel like besides the fun I have, there's no real reason to be playing Kindred when I could just play Rek'Sai or Elise and just be better overall.

Matezoide9/8/2016, 6:40:54 PM3 votes

Over 56% win-rate when played by people that main them in Plat+

Kindred is fine.

The Boring Nerd9/10/2016, 6:08:32 AM2 votes

Talk about Orianna. It's rare to see her in game and even rarer to see a main. She's been hiding in the dark like forever except when Faker plays her and all. It's only in mid game where she shines the best. But in late game, other champions get even stronger then her and her damage is not compared to them. Though, she is good in team fights, she's not what she was used to. Longer q ranges, shorter w cooldowns, I just miss the old Ori. Even her ult buffs don't change that much.

General Esdeath 9/8/2016, 4:53:26 PM2 votes

No, keep that cancer champ out of my games. I'd prefer not having someone stacking their auto attack's % HP damage forever. Now we just have to find a way to kill Ekko.

JESUSSAYSNO9/8/2016, 6:29:35 PM2 votes

she's getting a huge AS buff on the PBE right now, riot knows she's hot fucking garbage, and it looks like they're at least nudging her in the right direction.