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KINDRED UNBALANCED

Havoc351·11/19/2016, 10:02:21 AM·3 votes·648 views

I strongly believe Kindred to be much weaker than many other champions in the game. I've went for the recommended build (runes and masteries) but i see a huge lack of performance from kindred. In each game i've played with kindred i always try to stack up the Kindred mark to around 20. i've messed with the item build. yet i die to champions i consider very easy to beat with other champions. the abilities in my opinion need a change and the ult needs and upgrade. kinda annoying the god of death is so weak. a hunter like kindred needs to be consistently pressuring its pray with heavy or fast barrages and always have a way out of a mess. (q is hard finding places to jump over) but looking at talion, that guy can jump over Burj khalifa.

MY opinion for what the abilities should be.

Keep Q, but every 2 hits with the same "Dance of Arrows) should give you the ability to shoot one huge arrow that lodges inside its enemy doing damage over time.

W im fine with, tho still i think its slightly weak.

E instead of one barrage attack, i think there should be like 10 thats strikes 10 attacks in under 4 seconds. massive range "screen away". So up close, lunching that ability and if its someone like these J@ck ass's use there ability to run almost a full screen away, kindreds attacks will damage them.

R and for the ult id rather save my team with 600 health rather then 350 and have a much longer cooldown. its a small circle you have to be next to a turret when using it or right after its over everyone gets slaughtered.

The Lore of Kindred feels like it doesn't match the game play at all.

cant even catch its prey.

thats all thx for reading

4 Comments

bad arcade kitty11/19/2016, 10:55:03 AM2 votes

i personally build kindred like i saw on champion gg - item 1419 item 3006 item 3085 item 3071 item 3022 item 3036 it works wonders anyway kindred needs runaan and cleaver mandatory

as for masteries i use redkind's from their lolking guide, those with thunderlords keystone, because champion gg shows only poorly performing masteries

Dynikus11/19/2016, 11:04:38 AM2 votes

If I'm not mistaken, the current build people are using is something along the lines of item 1419 item 3006 item 3022 item 3085 item 3071 item 3156 I've seen item 3812 item 3033 item 3102 etc replace the last two.

that said, she's been in a pretty bad place since 6.13 when they removed the heal from W. She used to be completely dominant before though.

Kezzza11/19/2016, 10:46:54 AM1 votes

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Many of these items aren't too hot on Kindred, which might be part of the reason why you're having a hard time with them. Trinity Force and Blood Thirster don't work too well, due to their low base damage. You usually don't need lifesteal for Kindred, but if you really need it, you might be better off going for BoRK, or even Death's Dance, which will lifesteal off of the passive damage, at least. Runaan's Hurricane is also much better a Zeal item than Rapid Firecannon, as it greatly boosts your jungle clear and teamfighting power, along with a slight boost in movement speed. I think Youmuu's Ghostblade isn't so popular on Kindred anymore, too, since they removed the attack speed boost. I suppose it's alright for chasing, but it's not really the best for them now.

I'd recommend taking Black Cleaver, along with the aforementioned Runaan's Hurricane. These two items are pretty good on Kindred, and you can take it one step further with Frozen Mallet for even more survivability, though you'll still be a bit squishy due to low resistances. They are buffing BorK in the next patch, I believe, so it might become more popular as well, not sure haha.

Even if the amount of health the ultimate recovers is increased, it'll still heal your enemy the same amount. Regarding spots where you can hop walls with Kindred Q, there are actually lots of spots where you can hop through. Sure, it's not every single wall, like Talon, but there are plenty of places you can jump through. Just takes a bit of exploring, haha.

I really like Kindred the way they are right now. They're a little bit tricky at first, yes, but if you take the time and practice a lot with them, you can do amazing things with them :)

Havoc35110/23/2017, 1:58:32 AM1 votes

item 1416 item 3006 item 3087 item 3031 item 3508 item 3812 item 2140

Warlords blood lust.

Got many Pentas with this build. All in order of items, so at static shiv you can solo rift. At all items and over 10 marks you can solo Baron easily. shred any tanks health. can keep up with any champ. with the range. out numbered, can ult and kill off any with your attack speed and flanks from q. best build i've ever done with Kin (incase people are still having problems with the champ) Kindred