I've played Kindred since she's been out and absolutely adore her both lore and gameplay-wise, but there's a teensy issue. Enemies can see her jungle hunt immediately and to prevent them from taking it, I feel like I either need to camp the lane nearby or kill the other jg before the camp is marked. Does anyone have any tips to get around this issue? Thank you very much in advance.
From my experience the enemy jungler is often tunneling too hard on denying kindred passive stacks. I've had so many games where my duo-mate just did a solo-drake as kindred, when his mark spawned on a topside camp. Kindred is quite good a solo drake and she can also take rift herald pretty early. But if you want to get the mark from an enemy jungle camp, you are indeed right, that you should probably kill the enemy jungler or nearby enemy laners first.
This has ALWAYS been a downside to the kindred's passive. I like to set up ward traps for them whenever Kindred is on the enemy side just because of this. The only things I can suggest to getting around that and maximizing your passive is to take those camps under specific conditions. Some of which are forced and others are of opportunity.
When the enemy jungle is visible somewhere else. Feel free to take the camp, hes busy and your now getting ahead via passive stack.
Gank and force a back on an enemy lane near the hunted camp to give you an advantage and invade. This gives your jungle priority in that section because you can easily force 2v1s. Just make sure your now free farming lane has no problems backing you up.
Finally if your stronger than the enemy jungle you should just be taking these with impunity.
You dont always have to get your marks you can use your marks to know where the enemy is. If your mark is gone from blue side then the enemy jungler was blue side and you can gank someone freely without any worries cuz you alreayd know where the jungler is. By the way dont be greedy for marks after the 4th its not worth it.......... but we will go for it anyways
You can't really do shit, but at least you can force the position of the first mark and be able to plan for it. Just watch some kindred challenger/master player OTP/main and learn from them tbh. It will be much easier and more beneficial than asking in these boards. ;)
Learn to predict the RNG. Forest within has a video of it, look it up, he's got a chart as well. If you can accurately predict where your next mark will spawn, you can be there to take it instantly. Of course it requires some luck, especially on the first crab mark. What you can also do is try and use mind games - assume the enemy jungler will be trying to take your mark, and counter-jungle him. You don't need marks to be strong - they help but are not essential, and aren't worth dying for. You'll get marks from marking champions anyway.
