Riot, Let's Talk About Kindred

TricolorStar·10/8/2017, 5:04:40 AM·1 votes·332 views

So I know Kindred isn't in the center of the Earth anymore, but they are still in the dumpster. And one of the reasons they've been constantly nerfed, re-adjusted, and tweaked is because "ranged junglers aren't healthy". Okay. That's fine, I understand.

But then I have one question.

Wtf are Graves and Ezreal then????

So let me get this straight: You'll let Ezreal, an ADC that found success in the Jungle and is currently performing almost too well in that role succeed, you'll let Graves be overpowered for most of S6 and still be really good in S7, but you won't give any attention to Kindred, a character designed to be a ranged jungler, even when your first mini-rework destroyed their original playstyle and left them worse off than before.

Can I actually ask the balance team what is going on? Do they just not care or do they not listen to or test anything before it goes out???

Ardent Censer is ridiculous, ADCs in general are crushing the game, towers get shredded like wet tissue paper, and with the introduction of Herald and other buffs, games are decided in the first 5 to 10 minutes.

And I just want to know: Why? I wouldn't be so bitter if we had a reason or if the balance team gave us the time of day and actually talked about why they do or don't do certain things, but right now it feel like we're all being fucked with and I don't like it.

1 Comments

Winters Dawn10/8/2017, 7:04:43 AM2 votes

Kindred is actually fine, once the player learns the champion. She can be shut down hard but that's the risk when you play her. According to my league profile I got 243 games played as kindred with a 50% winrate. Would have been higher too because in the past couple months my skill has jumped.

She's good I promise