Is kindred a playable champion

d4rkshock·Dec 3, 2017·2 votes·612 views

I know she was op at launch and was one of the strongest jgs during the sated devour meta althoug she disnt use it but every other jg was. Ahyvana, udyr,and yi. Tanks build runic echis. Tye meta was in complete shambles back then. Then eventually, riot gutted her to the point where she was. Bad champion. They then reworked her. I havent seen her alot even after. I did play againstone as jax jg and obviously since she,'s an adc, she got demolished. I just kept taking those acuttle crabs and killing her if she tried to take it. I did look at her winrate andits at a 50%. Anyways is she useable.

8 Comments

I am PacmanDec 3, 20172 votes

She is very viable at the moment. It requires a bit of research and practice to get her down but you can easily carry. One of my friends mains pretty much only kindred jungle.

La Belle SauvageDec 4, 20171 votes

I agree. I sometimes jungle. Switched with a top laner in one match and took Kindred for the first time. It went very easy (5-3-9). Lost the next norm (3-6-1), and came close to carrying in the next norm, which I rarely do in my typical Lane Top. Went 15-7-17. In my first 3 matches I felt quite easy.

Compare that to my first 3 Fiora matches (0-3) and Riven (0-3) I say Kindred is viable at least in Low ELO.

Aatrox Mid 1v5Dec 3, 20172 votes

No. shes one of Riot's most poorly designed champions to be honest.

ItsMaybellineDec 3, 20171 votes

She's in a pretty good spot right now historically due to the strength of Press The Attack. She has good damage, flexible itemization now that she can be built bruiser using dark harvest, great mobility, and isn't someone people are used to playing against. Overall, yes she is a viable champ for most Elos, however she may be an uphill battle to learn and play. It's preseason, so take this with a grain of salt. If you'd like proof though, look up Forest Within, he has like a 70% winrate or something ridiculous like that.

ShadòwDec 3, 20171 votes

No she is an item

d4rkshockDec 3, 20171 votes

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No she is an item

you mean a ward

fƒ15Dec 4, 20171 votes

you mean a mana pot

ŻügżwängDec 4, 20171 votes

Yes. Her ult requires some mroe advanced game knowledge, but it usually goes in your favour since many people don't know how to play around it:

they panic and run out of the circle.
they don't know how to save their damage/time the expiration of the circle/heal

both things usually result in the kindred coming out on top. that being said, it can ruin your teammates too. ive seen some funny times where a kindred ulted to save herself on a fail gank, her teammate tries to run, giving me a free double on them (well free single, the double was more of a "wild west draw" kind of scenario)

(this is at gold and lower, not sure this "misplaying" exists at higher elo, maybe it does)