Kindred Advice Needed

PapaGreg21·Feb 2, 2016·2 votes·394 views

I have been playing a lot of kindred lately and am finding a lot of fun in their kit but find myself struggling to really figure out how to play them (it feels weird to write "them".) Going devourer seems increasingly difficult as you not only have to stack your passive by making special trips across the map but you have to get sated along the way. Plus the games are ending so quickly that you also have to gank and pressure constantly or you will lose 75% of the time. I feel like I am banking on many things going right for my team. Warrior seems less ideal on their kit but at least you have some early pressure. Unfortunately it feels pretty weak now mid game with warrior and another item or 2 unless you can get up to 7-8 stacks on your passive. Any advice is appreciated by some of you who have found good success with this champion.

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AstroFerrari Feb 2, 20162 votes

Hi there, Jungle main here and Kindred is one my top champions :) The main thing I've discovered with maximizing their potential is to always always get your stacks and build attack speed. Kindred's main strength is in the bonus percent HP physical damage they do, and to get the most of that you must get as many stacks as possible. When you mix Btork + a minimum of 5 stacks you're already dealing 11% max HP damage. Also don't be afraid to play mind games with the enemy jungler. Everyone can see you stacks on the map, so ideally the enemy jungler will race to make sure you don't get it. Usually, if this stack appears on the scuttler, have you bottom lane or top laner (or even mid) race to help you get. If the enemy jungler is there by himself, that's usually an easy first blood + if you marked the enemy jungler 2 stacks right away. Don't be afraid to experiment either. I've Guinsoos Rageblade on Kindred, and that item along with their W gives them a fantastic killzone with max stacks. If you'd like more pointers feel free to ask [slayer-jinx-catface]

NyaboronFeb 2, 20162 votes

bork does % current, not % max. the active is 10% max but the passive is current hp.

NyaboronFeb 2, 20162 votes

Don't go devourer. Kindred has good early game and needs to abuse it. Rush warrior and build up your passive stacks on counterjungling while ganking when you can. Ganks are pretty easy since your E is broken OP. Warrior helps you abuse early game with the armor pen and allows you to duel most junglers if they come to contest the stack you're farming or a scuttle. Devourer is only for junglers who have shit early game and can live in the jungle to stack it up, it's also more of a team5s thing since solo queue laners will bitch if you dont gank for them every minute. If they have an immobile mid, camp mid and just spam marks on them. If you keep moving your mark then they'll get suspicious, but if i keep spamming on support or mid then they wont know when im coming or not coming.