A Couple Tips For Playing As and With Kindred
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(EDIT: The clear times were based on patch 5.21 before the -15 second change. The mark spawn time is still the same, but you'll be waiting for a few seconds before the mark spawns.)
Hello, I've started becoming a Kindred main, and I thought I'd share a few things I came across when playing Kindred. Keep in mind that the descriptions of these tips are focused on red side. For blue side, just take these tips that are based on sides and swap them around.
#1: Kindred is best on red side. The pathing for your jungle clear is much faster doing Gromp > Blue, especially for your marks. Your first mark spawns at 2:30. You'll finish your clear on red side at 2:28, and on blue side at 2:34. On blue side, the enemy jungler has time to react, so it's best to try to ward the river at 1:25 to make sure the jungler isn't taking your first mark.
#2: The first mark will ALWAYS spawn on either the toplane scuttle, botlane scuttle, or blue side raptors. If you are red side, you should start W, smite Gromp as soon as it spawns, kill it, then take Q and clear blue as fast as possible (roughly 2:28). You should end the camp running towards river if you're kiting it properly, then start running towards raptors, just in case the scuttle doesn't have your mark. There is a 66% chance the scuttle will spawn botside. However, in the rare instance that it spawns topside and you've already started running to the enemy raptors or scuttle, just take the scuttlecrab and run to your wolves or gank mid/bot (depending on what side you finish killing the scuttle on).
#3: http://imgur.com/U29vl3r.jpg You should kite the blue buff following the arrows to ensure the least damage taken while also ensuring you get towards the river by the end of the camp. http://imgur.com/B8JgDBk.jpg You should finish killing blue buff right here so you can get to the river/raptors faster.
#4: You should mark either the toplaner or the lowest mobility botlaner as soon as the game starts. Marking the toplaner will cause the enemy jungler to think that he needs to be near top to defend from a Kindred gank, which will usually cause him to leave behind his raptors and go straight to his blue buff. Marking the botlaner with the lowest mobility will ensure an easy mark after you finish taking the scuttle mark or the raptor mark.
#5: If you kill both scuttles and a new mark isn't spawning, the next scuttle to spawn will have a mark. As well, killing both scuttles will almost always ensure a mark on the next scuttle to spawn. Kill both scuttles and keep track of which scuttle you killed first.
#6: Lastly, this is for people playing with a Kindred. Please pay attention to Kindred's marks and their location on the map. I cannot stress this enough. If a Kindred is heading towards a mark, you need to watch your laner and follow the laner if he goes mia, because chances are he's running to protect the mark. Please, be aware of what your Kindred is doing.
I hope these tips helped, cause it took me a while to realize these. If I realize anymore Kindred tips, I'll be sure to make another thread!