Why Kindred is so WEAK
Kindred is a fun interesting champion, who is so weak I and many other consider her either unplayable or a troll pick really. You don't want to play her ranked. Why is she weak? Well she used tobe strong but between nerfs adding up she became the next Azir. Yeah Bjer could prob still make her work, however no where near the level she did, nor are we him for that matter.
So what is about this champion that makes her a joke in ranked game? Well her kit makes sure if the enemy jug just farms his own jungle everyone will out scale her. In levels gold and experience, not just because she won't get stacks. A lot of people remember the old kindred, hell I remember the old Azir, he could do a lot he cant now. That's the same as kindred. But why do I bring the scaleing in xp and gold up. Well you see kindreds passive marks enemys camps so often so she can get stacks for the early game. Both sides can see this mark, so naturally the enemy jug has a head start on getting it cleared a good 10 seconds before she can show up. Once the camp is cleared for 10 to 15 seconds kindred wont even know. So of risking a fight in the enemys jungle which is risky its self. She takes a straight loss in what we call time.
What time you may ask? Early game time. You know that point in the game where everyone is scared to go back bc the enemy laner might get ahead. that time. While you in your lane are farming, kindred if she wants the stack can't farm. She has to take about 20 seconds there, and back. In just the hopes of getting a stack and not dying. If its cleared she just lost a whole min early game she could of been farming or ganking your lane. Ganking that thing Jugs do because they have the time todo it yah know. She doesn't. So now if the enemy farms his own jungle free of risk, he counters kindred and puts her behind in stacks, levels, and gold.
Some of you may argue she gets stacks from kills and assist to. Your very right, but only if she marks the target first. Which they will know, and lets face it without stacks she deals no damage. Her clear isn't the best either so she's useally altittle behind the 2 solo lanes with half her jungle item completed and boots. You might as well have a cannon minion ganking your lane in that reguard. Even if she has some stacks, she'll be a level or 2 behind and in gold as well because of the TIME spent getting it. Of course the laner in order to counter her ganking just has to fall back and play safe, thus fully countering her champion without even fighting and she wont get any stacks.
What it boils down to is Kindred is made completely useless if the enemy team has half a brain. I'd agrue buff her however others would simply without even knowing what they were talking about yell she's op. Or she's still good. No she's not, not even close. She can be made completely useless by good play, and she has no counter play for it. She doesn't scale with items well, only stacks and all stacks can be denyed. even in bronze. Other's will ague about her Ult if well placed can turn a teamfight around. Yeah so? A lot of other ults do the same and more, Miss Forturne for 1. Taric, Nasus bard ect... theirs a lot of champions so do be stupid. That's no argument for her being balanced, I'd argue her ult is less useful than Miss forturnes for example. Why? bc 1st it doesn't deal damage, 2nd smaller area, 3rd Miss's can team wipe if well placed. and finally 4th at best kindreds turns the team fight into a coin flip.
She doesn't have the longest range, the most hp, the highest attack damage, hard cc, she isn't the fastest. Hell there isn't one thing she does better than other champions can't do better. She's not even a jack of trades bc she doesn't really do anything well ecp one thing. Shred tanks hp. Oh that's if she's able to ever get enough stacks and gold. And if she's not focused down fast enough having thoughs. So that brings me to my conclusion about this champion and why I think she is to weak to play, and that why instead of buffing her Riot should just remove her, and champions like her from the game. It will simply be to much effort to fix champions like her and to many ignorate people will spout off the mouth if they try. So riot please remove champions like Kindred, Nidalee, Azir ect.. Players truly don't care about them after all.