Kled feels a little lackluster.....

xaritscin·5/12/2017, 4:38:49 AM·3 votes·588 views

not really sure what to do with this champ. played several rankeds with different build patterns but it seems if you start with item 1055 you dont have enough survivability and if you start with item 1054 you get enough presence in lane but not enough damage to even last hit.

recovering courage takes a lot of time even on late game. im not saying you should be mounting skaarl 24/7 but once you get dismounted on teamfights is a sure death scenario. and even when trading on solo lane.

the most logical buildpath should be building as melee ADC but you dont have the capabilities that skirmishers like Tryndamere or MasterYi have due to the mount/dismount mechanics. your W should be a nice source of damage but most enemies will just shove it off like if it was tickles or they will run away from you. you're also paper thin so Skaarl cannot tank enough for you.

if you build tank you will be missing on a lot of damage and if you get dismounted all that tanking will be gone because your mount is the one that gets HP, not kled.

tried a 40% cdr build with item 3071 and some ad bonusing stuff but to not avail the enemy was too tanky to kill with only basic attacks. best contribution was in teamfights and you died anyways because you would get dismounted in an instant.

tried a item 3153 and other on hit items build and while you were a killing machine with a more or less fine waveclear, it didnt last more than a few seconds in a fight.

i dont know what you think. but he could get some fixes right now. i mean, yeah, one times its trades and all against the enemy, but sometimes even a succesfull EQW rotation doesnt even secure the job, the enemy escapes with enough health to kill you because you got dismounted. and Q doesnt really do much.

best suggestion would be not punish him too much when dismounted rather than just buffing his skills. his kit is fine, just reduce the damage malus when dismounted to 10% and maybe increase a bit the courage gains.

he doesnt have enough health to 1v1 an enemy until getting mounted again, not even by stacking Q (maybe give us a 3rd, 4th ammo). not even in late game.

thanks for watching anyways. its not a rant, but i feel something is missing with this champ in terms of performance.

5 Comments

SettDownShutUp5/12/2017, 4:50:49 AM2 votes

Can't speak for Summoner's rift, but he's hella fun in ARAM. He forces people to pay attention to him, no matter what other targets are in range on account of his mobility combined with the near instakill W on squishies.

Noctkazaku5/12/2017, 4:56:55 AM1 votes

I go for Titanic Hydra, Dead Man's Plate, Spirit Visage, Blade of the Ruined King, Bloodthirster and Black Cleaver.

AFilthyCaitMain5/12/2017, 4:58:35 AM1 votes

look up some guides, compare, make an educated decision.

Hyrum Graff5/12/2017, 5:33:26 AM1 votes

If anything, Kled is a bit strong right now. Thing is, he's really different to play than any other champ. Play 10 games on him before you give up. I prefer dblade start and fervor.

I'm on mobile and no time to write a long post, but reply and I'll follow up later.

Winterkill5/12/2017, 6:01:34 AM1 votes

He has a skill curve and takes some time to learn. He does a lot more damage off of his mount and needs to build up the bar to get it back. He's sort of like Illaoi . . . . if he is given a few kills ahead of the game he is annoying to fight. If he gets deaths and no help, he will do nothing.