Kindred. Op ? Balanced ?

Hextech and Tea·Oct 16, 2015·1 votes·1,529 views

Hello I'm fairly new at this game but I often play in groups with people in gold division. They keep saying kindred's pasive is op and that she's broken ect. I've played with kindred for a while both on multiplayer and custom games, and I haven't run into much trouble when it comes to fighting a kindred. They're so squishy almost any AP or AD champion can take them out quickly. (So long as you don't stand in front of them. Lb is especially good for kindred killing I found)

So I decided to make this post to get feedback from all the players who take time to read this :) What do you think about kindred ? Is she op ? Balanced ? Bae ? Would you want her nerfed ? If so, why ? And nerfed in what way ?

I appreciate the feedback that I'll get if any :) anyways Have a wonderful day !

Ps~ Also I added a pole to see her popularity. It's irrelevant but I'm curious.

14 Comments

Final Boss NautOct 16, 20151 votes

i think kindred is pretty balanced, or at the very least she's not broken op. she has a decent amount of damage through all levels of the game, although squishy throughout. my only point she may be "OP" is that when you get to ~8 stacks of passive you can shred neutral objectives. like no joke. she has the Potential to be the game changer, without being guaranteed to.

SkelenthOct 16, 20151 votes

The point is: Kindreds Passive can stack infinitely, like Nasus' Q-Damage or Veigars Ability Power. But, since Nasus, Veigar and Sion can only stack flat damage/health, Kindred's stacks grow in Percent Damage on the enemy current health. 1 Stack = 1.25%, 2 Stacks = 2.5% and so on. If the Kindred would be allowed to stack as they please, they could get a 100% physical-Damage-of-the-Targets-current-health Autoattack. (80 Stacks) You probably will never see a Kindred have 80 Stacks, but still, the possibility is there, making their damage basically capless. I don't dislike Kindred because of the passive, but because they are called equal (Lamb and Wolf). You could completely delete Wolf, and the only change would be on one spell...

AmelieOct 16, 20152 votes

Impossible to get 80 stacks unless you play the game for hours (or you're fighting bots). The camp stacking has a limit, and champions can only be marked once per several minutes.

As for the original question, I haven't seen Kindred win a single game yet, and it's really easy to take them down. If anything, I would expect small buffs in the next patches (warranted or not).

LaughingMan11Oct 16, 20151 votes

I've won all but two? of my games with kindred, the biggest issue i see with other kindred players is they dont get their passive stacks, which really your damage is crap in a basket without it.

Final Boss NautOct 16, 20151 votes

its not max health, its current health.

SkelenthOct 16, 20151 votes

changed it, sorry I messed up

Hextech and TeaOct 17, 20151 votes

Two spells

biologist11Oct 16, 20151 votes

I find her she will mostly just picked through niche of having a ranged adc jungler and is a carry jungler so I find her good but not the best other than the niche of being a marksman jungler.

Earl EulrichOct 16, 20151 votes

her kit namly has some problems that are the same for kalista...if you don´t pick instant-hard-cc you´ll have troubles shuting her down, and her passive is somewhat to snowbally. So she´s somewhat binary, but that kind iof the thing with most reason champs.

yay nibbersOct 16, 20151 votes

Their zone isn't that big. Just force them out of it or stay out of it yourself

Hextech and TeaOct 17, 20151 votes

Thanks for all the feedback guys :)

Benjamin ButtonsOct 21, 20151 votes

Anyone understand why Riot didn't ban Kindred from One For All? I mean seriously try a match against 5 kindred. with their ult nothing can win against it with her 'invincible BULLSHIT'. I came acros soooooo many players who rage quit cause of that stupid champ.

Riot please fix this total bullshit.

Hextech and TeaOct 26, 20151 votes

dude you're talking about one game mode that isn't here to stay... thats why riot didn't fix this. I did happen to against 5 kindreds as shack and we won with no issues... So Im guessing thats why they didn't ban her.

MegaManYYZOct 26, 20151 votes

I've stomped every Kindred team i've played in one for all, any assassin or bruisers destroy Kindred. there are way worse champions than Kindred in OFA.