She is not most popular right now but that doesn't mean she is balanced.
This is a champion with a super powerful late game passive, and she just out dueled a super early game champion with half hp. At lv5. With only 2 stacks of passive. Without any other factors (minions, teammates, turrets, etc.)
Kindred need some nerf love
Twiggles2 votesThis is a champion with a super powerful late game passive, and she just out dueled a super early game champion with half hp. At lv5. With only 2 stacks of passive. Without any other factors (minions, teammates, turrents, etc.)
Wait a minute...
At lv5. With only 2 stacks of passive. Without any other factors (minions, teammates, turrents, etc.)
No...
Without any other factors (minions, teammates, turrents, etc.)
NO!
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THERE IS NO N IN THE WORD TURRET!
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On topic now. I haven't played Kindred enough to really say much on their balance, but I haven't ever felt that they were too oppressive. Also, I'd say that level 5 is a decent level for someone as mobile as Kindred to be able to handle Lee Sin. It's all in the kiting. Also, saying they were at half health is a bit untrue, since Lee engaged on Kindred when they were at full health in the video. He spent his ability rotation taking them down to half, and Kindred had the range and mobility advantage after that.
That's not so much a balance issue I feel as much as it is a simple composition difference. Range generally beats melee, especially after the melee champ puts their gap closer on cooldown.
The Whamboozler2 votesThat video more showed the utter brokenness of Rangar, I would say.
Kãtãrinã1 votesshhhhhhhhhh no one needs 2 know : )
undesirable team1 votesKindred seems to be more of a EARLY game champion despite her passive.
FortisDominus1 votesshes fine because she is extrememly squishy early game and can get shunt down if she gets counter jungled by a champion like kha zix, lee sin, and rengar. These champions can catch her doing camps with her abilities on CD and destroy her for being so squishy.
Jalkan1 votesThat's Nightblue though. It was an outplay.
