Kindred mains, how do you get your marks?

Dessem·4/10/2017, 1:43:42 PM·1 votes·8,278 views

I like Kindred from a thematic point of view, but ever since the nerfs to her duelling I've found it exceedingly difficult to actually get the marks as I live in constant fear of Gravesthe enemy jungler. That's probably partially just needing to get over it and believing in Kindred's strength again, except the last two times it got me killed.

What are your little Kindred tips to get the most out of mark farming so you can actually scale properly into the lategame? (Assuming her lategame is great when set up properly; does she still fall off?)

3 Comments

IoLana4/10/2017, 1:52:02 PM1 votes

She scales off her marks at least 7 marks is sufficient enough to do moderate damage, try to get every mark on the map as soo. As one pops up go straight for it, which I usually do, but with kindred I usually mark the enemy laner and gank frequently for those marks. You don't want those freebies to go wasted until they relocated to either baron or drag.

DuskDaUmbreon4/10/2017, 2:25:11 PM1 votes

I prioritize. I know I'm never gonna clear raptors in time, so if it comes up, I just ignore it. First is always crab, and you can clear 2 camps before they spawn (I prefer Red and wolf). I also use quite a bit of deception. Make the enemy jungler think I'm ganking bot by marking their marksman, tell my top to prepare for a gank, and then I just go for their Gromp after systematically eliminating all of the other camps it could be. And then I run to mid. Then I'll gank top, then mid again. Maybe top yet again. Only when they've all but forgotten that I've marked their ADC do I gank bot.

tunehunter4/24/2017, 4:54:26 PM1 votes

It is a lot of prioritizing and mind games. You get marks off of people as well as you do camps its good to get them off camps when you can, but if it shows up on the opposite side of the map there is nothing wrong with marking a champ and ganking, remember they can see your mark as well so sometimes your mark can be a good indicator of where THEY are which means you know where they arent and are free to do what you want on the opposite side of the map. Denying them their blue side jungle because they wanted to clear krugs which was marked can put them just as behind as they put you and you can still follow up with a gank and get a mark any way. For contesting marks that you and your enemy jungler end up on the same side for always save smite and use it to steal the camp with a ward over a wall or something you dont want a prolonged fight in their jungle if you can help it, further try to keep track of when your last mark was killed. Kindred mains and players know how many marks they have as well as the camps available to be marked at their tier level further we know it only takes 50 seconds from the time of the last marks death, its a small window but most opponents dont have this information so you can make a very good educated guess as to where the mark is going to be and get there before it spawns while your opponents more then likely wont know about it till the moment it is marked, you can always mark a champ at the opposite side of the map before your mark spawns and sometimes your enemy jungler will go there to try to "counter gank" only to find that you have baited him completely away from where you think your mark will be. Sometimes that's a gamble as it spawns someplace else, or sometimes your laners arent paying attention and think you marked and thus you are there when you are on the opposite side of the map. You have to pick and choose basically the early ones are fairly easy (skuttle, and then either raptors or gromp) the later ones need you to be a bit trickier but for the most part its still the same, if you dont think you can get it get something else done on the map that deny's your enemy jungler and gets you another kind of resource while they are wasting time "denying" you a mark if it appears someplace you think you can, dont fight for it, just make sure you smite the big one and get out, if they arent there same thing. You dont need to clear all of the raptors just the big one 3 autos + smite and get out, if he shows up let him tank the little ones they really do help keep the damage even lol.