Kindred: What lane is best?
So I recently bought Kindred and naturally, I went Bot lane with her/them. Jungling isn't that bad but is it possible to work in Mid with Kindred?
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Jungle is their main role.
**and naturally, I went Bot lane with her/them. **
But they're a jungler. They are not "naturally" a bot-laner, they are naturally a jungler.
You got to think in terms of roles, not just lanes. Kindred may be an ADC, but ADC does not mean bot lane (especially if PBE changes go live, we're going to see some variety). If you look at their kit, you can Kindred is not very effective as a laning ADC and much better in the jungler to make use of global pressure, teammate utility ult, spammable abilities that get good use with blue buff, and stacks easier to acquire on roam.
No, Kindred are meant to be in the jungle.
The character was designed with the jungle in mind, and your kit works way better in the jungle than anywhere else, specially with the current PBE changes. Champions like Graves or Lucian will destroy you in the lane.
Thing is, while you can take Kindred wherever you want, you are missing on so many of your strengths by being confined to a lane. Why would you want that?
I've been going adc. Works very well if you are able to get stacks, but if you don't get stacks then you don't really do much later.
However, you can get stacks from enemy jg minions or assists too. Plus they can drag and baron pretty quickly which is good for your team.
I've gotten pretty fed as them, my best game being 20 kills and 1 death I believe if I remember right
got a friend who has successfully been playing Kindred as ADC. I have personally never played him/her. But most of the time I see Jungle
I'd say jungle, eventually mid. Kindred need to snowball their passive, that means roam a lot for kills. Jungle and mid are the best positions for that. Althrough I don't know if Kindred work well on mid lane, you can safely jungle with them, 'cause they were designed as a junglers.
If you play her mid you have easy time getting to the crab when marked and even the raptors. And when you roam you can mark the lane you want to roam to and get a stack. I did this a lot playing her on the PBE.
Kindred can really work anywhere, but make sure your team is still balance.