Balancing the artistic use of Lamb and Wolf in Kindred's gameplay

the weeaboo·5/17/2017, 10:43:48 PM·6 votes·501 views

So right now it feels like Lamb dominates Kindred's identity even though both of them are supposed to be "Kindred". If we changed it so that Wolf does the attacking (when W and E arent active) and Lamb just does the movement, it would improve their split identity and give Wolf more of his own personality. Wolf is the savage predator. He goes for the offense often and hard, making him perfect for the auto attacks. Whereas Lamb is graceful and precise. Lamb would pick and choose the perfect moment to fire her arrows (during Q, W, E), not just recklessly throw them like she does now.

Would be a much appreciated change for poor Wolf who is little more than Lamb's tool at this point.

Thanks, A Kindred Player

6 Comments

Wrathof3005/17/2017, 11:52:15 PM5 votes

I agree, for wolf who clearly of the 2 had the more aggressive and dominant personality, it feels weird that lamb is in charge most if the time. Unfortunately we already know their champ to be an ADC character and its too late to really significantly change them.

The only idea I had was, if the enemy player decided who the wanted to face off whenever they are marked, and Kindred becomes the one they chose: If they choose a peaceful death, Kindred would become lamb when in a radius around that champ and vice versa with wolf. Like in their lore. Or even if W let you become wolf for a duration, with increased movespeed and bonus dmg to low health targets.

I am not sure but recall Riot stating that they didn't want kindred to be another Nidalee or Gnar, so I doubt we may see wolf gain more presence in this format. But the changes on the pbe are looking good, hopefully they see an increase in popularity.

GreenLore5/18/2017, 9:03:00 AM1 votes

There are 2 problems with that though: 1.It would confuse enemies when the E is active and when it isn't active.I mean you'll be attacked by wolf regardless if the skill was active or not

2.Wolf isn't a projectile,so he'd be able to bypass Yasuo and Braum walls,which would actually mean that activating your W against these 2 would be bad for you.Not to mention that it would make kindred a good counter against them.

Overall I'd say that they should try to look for a way to incorperate Wolf into the Q,so that he is at least present in all basic skills.

Nymzo5/18/2017, 6:46:52 PM1 votes

I'll always say this: I would be really nice if Kindred was a tag team champion like Rosalina and Luma from Super Smash Bros.

Because right now, Wolf is just a talking zone and empowered auto attack. Maybe change his ult for something like Jayce Elise Nidalee .

Why is Lamb not a duelist and Wolf, good at chasing people for example?