Kindred is rapidly falling faster, and faster;

Great Fox·1/18/2017, 4:27:32 PM·3 votes·633 views

Is it not probable to admit that Kindred got over nerfed?

Speaking as an old Kindred main myself, I can admit that she was ridiculously overpowered, and the first couple of nerfs she got were, indeed, warranted. But since the removal of her heal and base armour, she's been on a steady decline. Currently, she has become a feast/famine champion that relies entirely on late game to even have a remote chance at dueling most other jungle choices, especially in this meta. Now that games generally only last between 20-25 minutes, Kindred has an even tougher time being prevalent in games.

I know nothing will happen out of this thread, but I feel like I need to vent about it.

If only an answer from a Rioter like; she's getting reworked or she's getting buffed. Honestly, I guess she just does need a rework. Riot clearly doesn't want her to be a counter-jungler/dueler anymore, that's blatantly obvious by the fact that Kindred cannot duel anyone early game due to having one of the lowest base health AND base armour pools in the game, and her Q is now on such a high cooldown early game that you can't kite with Kindred anymore.

Personally, I'd like to see at least half of the armour that was removed restored to her, and I'd also like to see a change to Kindred's passive in where the Enemy team cannot see Kindred's jungle marks on the minimap. Her Mark should show up periodically over the heads of marked Camp's for all players in the game, but I do not feel that enemies should be able to so blatantly see her marks all game, as it hinders even moreso Kindred's ability to perform effectively in this current meta.

As already stated, though, she's unlikely to ever get changed. Her WR is currently at 47% and falling rapidly, so we'll see what happens I guess.

13 Comments

LostFr0st1/18/2017, 4:35:38 PM2 votes

I don't think they are weak, they just take a lot of games to get used to (as seen by WR vs games played) and the current meta doesn't exactly favour them. Once the early game junglers are toned down I think we'll see them more.

RedCyclone1/18/2017, 4:45:58 PM1 votes

I wish they didn't take away her jungle sustain

The character is literally built around counterjungling and control, can't do much when your struggling to get through your own jungle