After playing Kindred on the PBE...

ItsJrodzYo·9/16/2015, 1:01:17 AM·6 votes·10,126 views

I went into a custom game with kindred to see how he(or she) worked. I really like kindred's mechanics and it is a really fun champion to play. However, I see a problem with the Q. I'm not sure if this was intended or not, but the damage from the q does not prioritize enemy champions over minions. I would sometimes get no damage off on the enemy because 3 minions would be closer to me. Maybe it is a tradeoff for having mobility with the Q. I'm not sure. I just wanted to bring this to attention in case it was not intended to be this way.

27 Comments

RiotMeddler9/16/2015, 5:27:01 AM7 votes

It's intended that Kindred's Q does not automatically prioritize champions, we don't want to make the spell auto optimize itself each cast to that degree. It will however prioritize the target of Kindred's last auto attack, so if there's a particular enemy you really want to hit you have the option of doing so.

Stars Shaper9/16/2015, 8:14:56 AM3 votes

It's *They ;P

junglerboy169/16/2015, 1:16:32 AM2 votes

Kindred is supposed to be a jungle marksman, or at least that's what Riot implied here: Champion Reveal: Kindred, the Eternal Hunters so I can only guess that Q+W is primarily for kiting jungle mobs, in which case target priority is pretty much meaningless on an AoE like this.

It could also be a case of Riot wanting to limit their free auto-targeted harass, much the same way that Ezreal's Arcane Shift specifically prioritizes minions and monsters over champions so that he doesn't get free harass and mobility.

My guess is that it is definitely intended.

Lampsundae9/16/2015, 1:19:02 AM1 votes

Probably a bug, she is meant to gank lanes.

steelblacksky9/16/2015, 9:54:28 AM1 votes

so what about the 17:45 seconds of voiceovers for kindred? versus other champs significantly closer to rammus levels (10 seconds of v.o.).

Totalwanabe9/18/2015, 12:46:07 AM1 votes

wandering will kindred be available for the pros at world or he's already gonna be off limits even if he was release today?