What if Kindred scaled with AP...?
I'm just wondering if Kindred can have a more niche off tank support role by building AP and having the passive W and R scale with AP
W Auto attack heals the normal amount + 70% AP R Ult heals normal amount, but allies are healed for an extra 80% AP (no base extra healing to make pure AD Kindred the more risky one.)
It probably won't happen it'd be an interesting thing to* think* about, like AP Varus having a potential to carry a lot harder than AD Varus if somehow by a tiny chance left alone to get full build, but he requires so much more to work, AP Kindred requires enough stacks to offset the damage loss from the low but still important AD scaling, and the lessened attack speed. By then, auto attacks should deal enough damage to hurt regardless of actual AD, but with the added power of sustain and utility strengthened.
Moving away from the Marksman role, Kindred can now be built as a tank AP simply from the W heals, and as support due to the ult and increased sustain.
At the very least, if some form of AP scaling was added, items like Nashor's, Rylai's and Twin Shadows which have amazing passives and actives (W, Twin Shadows, sit around AAing, massive damage) for Kindred's kit specifically can be bought without having a huge waste on gold.
Personally I just thought it'd be an interesting idea to share, I don't mind if people hate it, just as long as I get interesting answers. I do, however think that Kindred should be able to focus on more than just AS as AD is generally only a secondary stat to build, and crit is kinda useless without AD (I think crits should interact with the passive, add only one stack of damage on the crit to give Kindred ADC a bit more oomph if they build a slightly suboptimal crit build to avoid falling off in damage)
TL;DR What if Kindred got AP scaling healing to increase the potential build paths? And would it increase the available roles past jungler and occasional ADC?