Anyone else find Kindred useless/unviable now?

Pandora Legend·9/10/2016, 10:01:15 PM·2 votes·1,147 views

I just have tried three games in a row as Kindred after freshly picking her up and been practicing her and and read through loads of guides and watched some youtube videos just to see how people play her and what her general tactics are (As some may be familliar I'm a Tristana/ADC main so when I heard about two of my favorite roles coming together being Marksman/ADC and a jungler in one, I was hyped to finally get my hands on Kindred and get into new possible main/mastery climb. but...Kindred is just SO weak from what I remember seeing her as.

Like I have just went two games yesterday and three today, and literally I keep trying matches with Kindred and every single one is minor improvements but never a single win has came yet and really I can play her well cause basically you just play her as a marksman with more a jungler mindset. I've gotten down her abilities and combos to execute a gank good and all, but just...you feel yourself massacred by every rival jungler and or enemy team who will just deny you marks left and right. from Lamb marks to Wolf marks.

I mean this last game I just got camped by Shaco all game long at my red buff or different buffs (Which he always just sat by my marks) and he'd proceed to last hit it, or just go right after me. even when I got wards and proper things to try and defuse him, he just would take a buff anyways cause he'd chunk me out. and trying to fight him he'd just slow me or go stealth if I try to kite/keep an arms length.

Now for her jungle clear I'm peachy with it, it's effective and clears still as good imo before all the heavy nerfs and such, but you wanna know what ticks me off so bad? and I know I just mentioned them up above. MARKS...freaking Marks, Wolf will spawn them on the other side of the map sometimes, and it's annoying because I never see like "Oh the enemy jungle is bottom, this top mark is easy claim" nope, every time I plan on going to peek at it, I run into the jungler and am either attacked to near death and have to run for my life. or they claim it just then and I waste time going to it, second part of the marks I hate is the literal red herring the enemy's are given. I mark Volibear since he's super aggressive on my Riven, but the instant I mark him on my way up he instantly starts running away and gets away cause of the whole Kindred talking to them and basically being like a huge warning saying "You're about to be ganked!" I mean...could it become a little delayed they know it so maybe we can have a sporting chance to gank them? -.-

All in all, I may try a couple more games with Kindred, but if these games persist I'll just have to stop and hold out that maybe Riot will give Kindred some buffs to try and bring her back into a stronger position. cause right now I just feel like she's super hard to get off the ground.

1 Comments

thacrazytaco9/10/2016, 10:05:02 PM1 votes

i believe kindred lives or dies by marks and your jg skills :p