Kindred is most likely the worst champion in the game.
I honestly think that Kindred is one of the worst champions if not, the worst in the game. She has a lot of mechanics in her kit that actively works against her.
Her Passive is entirely RNG based, slaying Epic Monsters doesnt give guaranteed Marks so that gives objectives free from pressure, and extremely unrewarding while at the same time absolutely needed to be at all relevant. Her unique identity of being a pure onhit ranged jungler is gone after her mini rework.
Her Q is objectively a detriment to her as it stops her any relevant damage output since it doesnt apply on-hit effects, no lifesteal, and deals less damage than her regular autos since she is supposed to be built as your run of the mill ADC now. The attack speed she gains is negligible due to the amount of stacks needed to be relevant.
W is pretty much a whole bunch of nothing outside of the jungle. Very minimal control to boot. You'd think you could control the wolf as a pet unit like you would a Shaco Clone and Mord's Ghost.
E is perhaps one of the worst executes in the game. Deals such little to no damage for the amount of set up required to proc it. Why does Lee's Q deals more than double of the damage with half the cooldown? You could argue that Lee would have to put himself in danger to apply the full damage but he has utilities for self peel and escapes. But again, Double the damage with half the cooldown.
Her ult is also probably the worst ult in the game. What is her ult's purpose? Save yourself? Allies? Well it also saves your enemies. You would think it's purpose is to save your allies then to try and even the playing field but due to the nature of the game that is not how it works. It makes more sense if this was a Shooting game where the TTK (Time to Kill) are of 2 or 3 seconds.
And thats just talking about her surface issues. She is so appalling that even nonjunglers like Trist, Ez, Twitch, Taric, Karthus and ect are outperforming her in her own role she was designed for. How to fix her? I can offer some suggestions while trying to keep her main mechanics and vision intact but why put in the effort if it's going to be put in the way side? Are there any talks about Kindred like at all?
