Kindred getting worse and worse

Sunbutt Celestia·6/26/2016, 12:24:46 AM·5 votes·746 views

Kindred has always been a great jungler but the recent nerfs that she's been receiving has made her less viable until a point where my teammates said that she was a "trollpick". They are also nerfing her more by removing her heal in her w in the upcoming patch. I also noticed that Kindred's winrate has been decreasing slowly yet her banrate still stays questionably high. I honestly think Riot should think about this a little and try looking deeper into other champions. - I know that Kindred is strong in the early game but in my recent games playing her, with her, and against her; it doesn't seem like she's strong at any point of the game. I don't really pay attention to the patch notes and I just listen to my friends and what they know about it, so feel free to tell me more and share you're thoughts because I'm interested.

8 Comments

PapaGreg216/26/2016, 3:02:59 AM2 votes

I think she is in the rek'sai camp where LCS players just abuse her kit so well that it had to be nerfed to a level that looks underwhelming at every other ELO.

Marshbouy6/26/2016, 12:26:24 AM2 votes

It's because of her kiting potential, ridiculous scaling into late game, and utility on her ult.

Defended6/26/2016, 12:33:10 AM1 votes

Yeah i bet they wont say shes a troll pick when each auto does 12% of your current health

Apocalypsic6/26/2016, 2:14:38 AM1 votes

Kindred was broken for the longest time. They're bringing her back into the realms of normalcy with these nerfs.

Although I feel they could just lower the heal value significantly, rather than remove it all together.

ActivatingEMP6/26/2016, 3:28:18 AM1 votes

...? Kindred mains have been saying blood razor actually makes her better than before, people ussually just build her wrong

ModAttysu The Poro6/26/2016, 12:34:32 AM1 votes

But doesn't Kindred need that heal for early camps...?

Cloud2736/26/2016, 12:31:03 AM1 votes

Her 'q' has a fairly low cooldown, and she has a slow, so it's very hard to punish her. Once she hits 6, she also has her ult, which buys her time for her team to respond if she gets caught out (but this can also work against her, so it's a double edged sword). And she scales incredibly well into the late game.