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Please See This Post Riot, Please Fix Kindred

PPPuuuurrrrpple·1/3/2018, 10:04:33 PM·2 votes·552 views

I just purchased Kindred as she was on sale. Played at least 5 games with her. She gets STOMPED on hard! She offers nothing valuable to the team that another jungler could not do MUCH better. She is insanely squishy and goes down in a heart beat. If anyone tries to invade she auto-dies because of how insanely squishy she is.

I keep reading how she does insane damage... that just isn't true. I focused on her build recommended by Riot in-game and could barely scratch other champions health bars.. you know for the 2 seconds that I could before I was insta-killed.

I really want to like Kindred because I like her voice, style, and the fact that she has a bow but using her means that I will be punishing myself and my team. I even tested how well I did with other champions right after my terrible games with Kindred. I got like 14/6/12 with WW.... and didn't have a single death with Shyvanna.. compared to my usual 0/6 with Kindred.

I wish Riot sees this post so maybe they will take a second look at her because she really needs to be fixed or she'll just be another champion I don't want to play. I mean, an easy fix would be to give her more health and give her lifesteal or a self heal. As of now this champion is wrecked.

9 Comments

Kaìju1/3/2018, 11:40:38 PM2 votes

Didn't Red_Kind, the number one Kindred player quit because she wasn't fun anymore after being nerfed so much?

Pinkaj1/3/2018, 10:48:45 PM1 votes

I love Kindred as well, and recently got her from a champion capsule. Here's the thing: she's a high difficulty champ, a marksman in the jungle that must balance counter jungling and ganking to collect marks, which is how you get stronger, since your attack range and stuff is increased. You're just new to her, and as you come around to mastery 3-4 you'll realize what you're doing wrong. I felt like this when I first played Nidalee, except I executed myself 5 times in one game. Sometimes the build Riot provides isn't the best one, especially for junglers.

Tips:

Try getting items like Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Black Cleaver. They help you increase your attack damage AND get you tankier. Of course you want Statikk Shiv for easier farming, and Bloodthirster for lifesteal
Being inside your W shortens your q cooldown. Take advantage of this while farming/ganking
If you see a mark, go for it! Might wanna hide and steal it if their jungler is nearby, and ward drag/rift/baron if your mark's there. Remember that if the jungle camp has more than 1 creature (raptors, wolves, krugs), you only need the biggest one for your mark, and just leave the rest if you really need to escape.

For use of abilities:

Levelling order:

I tend to start with W Q E
For further levelling, it depends on your playstyle. If you prefer farming/counter jungling more, go W E Q. If you want to gank more, go E W Q. I always take Q last because her W will shorten the cooldown.

Farming:

I prefer W + Q and just kite from there. Use W again if necessary, because wolf does more damage to jungle monsters. Try not to use E because it'll use more of your mana, and you'll want it to slow the enemy if they come by your jungle. Might wanna use it on marks to take it faster. Later in the game you'll have enough mana to use E on every camp.

Ganking:

Run into lane 1st, dash in if they're too far for your reach, then use E and W. Now you have a shortened Q cooldown if they flash, so you can catch up to your target to get the E stacks off.

Ulting:

Try to save it for teamfights/when ganking, but use it when you need to. Be careful if they're champs that can pull/push you out of the zone like But when that happens, just try to escape unless you have a chance of killing them.

Sorry if this wasn't what you wanted.

D3m37r11/3/2018, 11:57:33 PM1 votes

RekSai and Kindred are why i don't buy champs on release. Both of them were totally fine but riot was like "muh lcs"

Kai Guy1/4/2018, 3:28:04 AM1 votes

I am having a good deal of fun running her bot lane. Rare to get over 12 stacks but her R has great synergy with some hella aggressive AP style supports. oh your gonna 4 v 2 me under the tower? BRING IT ONNNNN!. W can make for some decent harass and Q provides a good deal of mobility. Wont lie and say its a top tier meta pick or super strong but it can work and can be hella fun.

PPPuuuurrrrpple1/6/2018, 9:14:55 AM1 votes

Thanks for all of your comments, I'm glad that most of you agree with me and I appreciate the advice on how to play her Pinkaj, however I believe I will be staying away from Kindred until she is reworked. I still feel as if I am not the problem as I can do very well with other junglers and never do well with her, or the fact that other junglers are easier to play with much greater rewards.