I was a Kindred main since release and have around 275K mastery on them. After this rework things just feel really clunky (especially W). I have been having repeated terrible games. It gets to the point that Kindred feels completely useless. I don't know what should be changed but they still need work done to be viable.
I don't know what should be changed but they still need work done to be viable.
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Looking at the changes, I assume kindred's damage on jungle monsters has gone down significantly.
I agree, I used to play a ton of Kindred and as they continued to be nerfed I eventually put less and less time into them. They are by far my favorite champion in the game, but as a competitive player who plays with a flex team of 5, I was forced to play more meta. I followed these changes from the very beginning and was very skeptical and worried, yet excited. Upon actually trying them, it has proven my point that the rework was done extremely poorly and does not help them at all. The entire kit feels extremely clunky and for old Kindred players the new "ideal play-style" is foreign. Their supposed to be (at least from what I've seen) This assassin/roamer that will track down their pray to all ends even if it results in a tight duel which can symbolize a worthy "hunt". Now, they are just a generic marksman that is just a detriment to your team. Their range really does nothing to offer them and sure that might provide you one or 2 more autos when getting run down, but if you can't bloody kill anything, good luck getting away. Somehow Riot managed to make them feel even worse now. I'm not sure how Riot should address these issues because they aren't known for reverting changes, but something drastic needs to be done. And NOW. In my opinion, revert the rework, and just up some base damages. You can keep the ranged W, and Q, E speed up that's fine. Those are more just Quality of life changes. The old Kindred was just fine, they just needed a bit of tuning on their base damages to make it possible for them to duel and outplay in order to get marks. It was annoying to have to kinda hide and dodge around the enemy jungler to get marks, but I was ok with it because If i managed to get a good amount of marks I did serious work. Now I just feel worthless... ALL the time. This needs to be fixed. Stop being afraid to tune Kindred up again. 
The games I've played the new kindred on the one have felt fantastic. The range after 4 stacks is probably one of the best feelings ive felt on kindred since she was released. Ill admit wolfs frenzy feels a little rough but I personally Love the rework.
her w feels good to me, but she is so weak right now. i can't get [ast early/mid game to get to the beautiful late game. my thoughts are a delay on when enemies can see marks and maybe bring back that heal.
