Kindred is really frustrating to fight

Big Lincoln··1 votes·906 views

All throughout the game she feels incredibly unfair to play against.

I've played against her a small handful of times so my experience is limited, but I've been trying to pick up some junglers again, mainly MasterYi Hecarim. I know these two aren't known for their potent early games, but it is impossible to fight a Kindred as either of them early on. Even with RekSai I don't think I was able to 1v1 her, which means that unless I could take whatever camp she wanted to nab early on for a stack before she got there, I couldn't contest it. (Usually Scuttlecrab is the first thing to take, and I usually need to predict which one is getting marked or she'll oft beat me to it.) If she happens to find me in my jungle, not only is she likely to out-trade me, out-sustain me, but it's extremely difficult to run from her; unless I flash a wall, I'm probably dead.

Late game, if she has stacks, she's just a nightmare. A Kindred had zero armor penetration items to my 230-ish armor as Hecarim and I'm still getting melted in a matter of seconds. I'm not sure if armor is actually this bad right now, but it doesn't seem logical that I can counter-build her and not actually feel the effects of me counter-building her. Even with me being ahead in items, she was still hard to deal with because of her % damage and her ultimate giving her even more ability to even the fight out.

Can someone tell me what her counterplay is so that I can deal with her? This champion seems incredibly overtuned with % damage on top of more % damage; what, short of picking someone with high burst or enough CC, can I do against her early or late game?

10 Comments

LadyRenly2 votes

Zilean works nicely with his delayed bombs, as does Soraka. Well, anyone with a silence really.

3tyson1 votes

Only read the first part i felt like i already seen what ur doing wrong

if the camp is for example raptors ward it dont snatch it wait for her and Most importans

ask for help I feel like 9/10 kindred playerz hardly know how to invade and will just go for marked camps like dumb asses serving me free kills

(I do main jg)

Ralanr1 votes

Well if you use champions with a weaker early game then it's to be expected that they will have a difficult time. You could try Pantheon jungle against her. I haven't tried it against her, but you have a ranged poke at a targeted stun.

Could work.

luckmallory1 votes

She has extremely short range for a marksman. Therefore she excels against melee characters that dont have repetitive gap closers and yi only has one and hecarim has one early. There is a reason champions like lee and xin counter her.

Also, dont fight inside her zone. It just isn't worth it. You aren't going to beat her and you won't be able to catch her short of playing Vi. She is just like every other sated jungler and even though it may not seem like it her early game is weak. Pick lee and kill her at her red level 2.

Also, her team fighting is pretty mediocre besides her ult as she has to be pretty close to be doing any damage and to do the damage you said she has to build glass cannon. Also, she cannot ult while cc'ed so save targeted cc for when she is low.

Leon37891 votes

Khazix , while currently out of Meta and not super good is great when facing a Kindred. Atleast the games I've played with Kindred as him worked great, if Kindred even thinks of going near my camps they just get blown up due to not having anyone or anything there to keep them from being isolated. Early on though you just gotta grab the camps before they can even get to it, most Kindreds dont risk the camps early on unless their allies go as well, and if that happens you have a bit of forewarning and can have your allies follow as well, besides that don't let them see that your on the other side of the map.

When I play Kindred if I ever see the enemy jungle is nowhere near the camp I have marked I just go for it, no point not to, I have decently enough clear I should be able to take it before they get to the camp from say bot or such.

TacticalRice1 votes

She's a new character, let those people enjoy her for a bit until she receives the nerf hammer of justice!!!

Vekkna1 votes

I've been playing a new champ since Kindred came out, and I've had great success at shutting her down most of the time. You wait for that Kindred ulti, count to 1 and then...

Katarina summoner 14

Also Evelynn

Zalieri1 votes

Kindred doesn't really seem over powered. She is one of the few champs that have been released that actually feels balanced. Pantheon and Warwick jgl seem to be exceptionally strong against her. I would purposely leave a camp not taken to bait her to take the stack. Also keep in mind that stacks will not change location for kindred unless they get killed. I love to leave golems and wolves (pref wolves) alive to force kindreds deep in my jgl so they cant escape. It also helps to get vision too. As far as 1 v 1, she feels like kalista in terms of mobility. So if you can catch her early on pant she will melt. Warwick would be the end all be all just because he does so much dmg and has a ton of sustain. I like to start fighting them until about 3/4 hp and ult them so they cant just ult and live. Cant ult if youre suppressed. Also consider taking shyvana maybe haven't tried her out for kindred yet but should be strong if you get a thornmail.

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Lee sin is also very strong against her

khorney1 votes

Are u serious kindred is easy to kill . I've had no problems I killed her 0 problems as rengar

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