Kindred: the Eternal Hunters Revealed!

Sharjo·Sep 15, 2015·11 votes·3,337 views

Champion Reveal: Kindred, the Eternal Hunters

"We’re almost ready to breathe life into League’s next champion, a marksman designed for a life in the jungle. Kindred prowls through camps, marking enemy champions for death and permanently growing in strength if they’re able to carry out the promised sentence. But just as Kindred brings death, so can they delay it. Should their allies meet deadly force, Lamb - one of Kindred’s two spirits - can create a large blessed zone that, for a few valuable seconds, denies the ever-creeping and inevitable clutches of death."

Here they are folks!

39 Comments

GreenLoreSep 15, 20155 votes

I'm a bit disappointed that the wolf is merely a spirit that travels with you,I hoped you could control both at once, had something where they joined back to their original form or at least that you could switch between them. But well they still look cool and an adc-jungler is quite interesting.

Celio Hogane HDSep 15, 20151 votes

we have already swich champions, this is a dual champion, and i like it.

GreenLoreSep 15, 20151 votes

Yeah,but the wolf isn't much on its own,it doesn't do much except for marking targets and is otherwise more like a skill effect.

Not saying the new champ is bad,they are really cool,just not what I hoped for.

Celio Hogane HDSep 15, 20151 votes

fun fact only like lamb, wolfs looks... boring.

Ariel the CruelSep 15, 20155 votes

item 3070 Quinn

A Superb VillainSep 15, 20154 votes

Wolf is the Lamb and Lamb is the Wolf! A wolf in sheep's clothing, I knew it!

Ebonmaw DragonSep 15, 20152 votes

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Wolf is the Lamb and Lamb is the Wolf! A wolf in sheep's clothing, I knew it!

Yeah, i didnt expected that.

SharjoSep 15, 20152 votes

Not sure what I was expecting with Kindred, but it certainly wasn't this. I'm super hyped though!

A Superb VillainSep 15, 20151 votes

I am telling you, something about Lamb disturbed me.

Evil knows evil.

SharjoSep 15, 20152 votes

Probably not evil, but not exactly the best intentions for people. I mean Kindred's someone "all things must meet, so they shunned him".

I'm still of the mindset that Kindred is the/a Grim Reaper of Runeterra, but serves as a very proactive reaper of souls rather than a passive, patient one. Either way Lamb's the one to watch out for; she's the one in control (I assume Lamb's a she at any rate based on the voice).

A Superb VillainSep 15, 20151 votes

What if Wolf is the one with the feminine voice and Lamb is the growling beast, Wolf being the white creature and Lamb being the dark? After all, we assume "Lamb" is the one pulling the strings, but "Wolf" is the one who marks targets.

Edit:

All of these pronoun games have left me confused. I have no idea what I am saying anymore.

SharjoSep 15, 20153 votes

Well the thing is if we look at the abilities; W is named "Wolf's Frenzy" and involves the spectral wolf attacking, while Lamb's Respite's icon depicts the wolf mask, indicating that it's the figure, not the mask that dictates who the individuals are. Hell Wolf's Frenzy even says that Wolf temporarily splits from Lamb so it stands to reason Lamb is the archer and Wolf is the...wolf. Heh!

GenoXxSep 15, 20152 votes

What if Wolf is the one with the feminine voice and Lamb is the growling beast

Lol

ElderoinSep 26, 20151 votes

I agree completely; I believe this "pale man with dark hair" is the personification of Death; and as the teaser trailer says that he, being Death, split himself in two, because he was lonely, I mean who wants to go to Death willingly, let alone as if he was a friend, people shun death, and thus shunned Death as a being. Therefore in Death's loneliness he split himself into two pieces of himself, the Lamb and the Wolf. The Lamb representing the part of himself that was open and inviting, but also smart and cunning, able to claim you with her (the Lamb's) bow; while the Wolf represents the animalistic and ruthless side of death, being as simple minded as the thought of death as the nature is, just that, simple... people die. Wolf enjoys hunting those who run from Kindred. Both wanted to claim people in their own ways, the Lamb wanting people to accept their fate, and willingly being shot with her arrows; and Wolf who wants people to run, wanting to hunt them, and claim them forcibly. However as different the two are, they never bicker, they work in tandem, as Yin and Yang, even the name of the duo implies this; Kindred, as of one kind, or as my favorite of the definitions, associated by one's nature and qualities. How appropriate that the nature of death is called Kindred the two being brought together because they are not 'of' the same nature, but because they are just that, the same nature. I love the thought, and the amount of effort the developers put behind this Champion and I am excited to play Kindred the moment they release!

EarthpineSep 15, 20152 votes

I was hoping for him/her to be a mage. Imagine where Lamb was healer like mage, where you get buffs and get healed. Whereas Wolf would be a damage dealer, where he hunts enemies down and kills them. But oh well, at least it's a jungler. Time to learn a new champ!

BattleBalladeerSep 15, 20152 votes

This new champion is super amazing. Its like an ice-cream induced nightmare involving Two-Face, Death (discworld), and Studio Ghibli all at once.

But we are all missing the very interesting part of the passive on Kindred:

In addition to Lamb choosing an enemy champion for the Mark of the Kindred, Wolf automatically hungers for large enemy jungle monsters from time to time. All champions can see targets that are marked for death.

Meaning that item 3711 has purpose again outside of Nunu counter-jangling. And of all the oddest combos it is for an ADC jungle. It will be for Kindred what Devourer is for Shyvana, and just imagine Poacher's Devourer Kindred.

You probably forgot this icon even existed: item 3932 .

This is the most wildly different character (despite being a mashup of Tryndalistabard) yet.

PNCKanonSep 15, 20153 votes

Too bad they are removing poacher.

BattleBalladeerSep 15, 20151 votes

I wouldn't doubt it, but can I get a source? Google fu failed me.

This is kinda disappointing that they'd flat out remove this underused item, and after they would buff the heck out of Devourer and make it the questionably balanced monstrosity that it is (recieving nerfs on PBE right now, but still). I would have like for them to do something else with it. Especially now that they are releasing another character(s) that can synergize so well with it.

If people dont like that it gives away their counterjungle plans Riot should have made it apply a random false icon to fool casual observers ( -> or -> for the enemies' eyes only)
If the passive was useless for combat I saw an amazing suggestion to make it provide movespeed and cleanse on self-cast to help invade and evade. This helps its intended purpose and can be useful in team combat.

PNCKanonSep 16, 20151 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/EPagjHFZ-poachers-has-been-useless-for-the-entire-season?comment=0001

Here I think.

BattleBalladeerSep 16, 20151 votes

Well, watching the SkinSpotlights stream, it seems like Kindred doesn't need to go into enemy jungle to get stacks. The designated minion camp can be anywhere.

Meddler in that thread suggests a new item might replace Poacher so there's that.

GenoXxSep 15, 20151 votes

Dude isnt that the ruined king in there splash art? Also, its gangplank, Kalista and sion as targets.....It's because they cheated death!

SharjoSep 15, 20151 votes

Dude seems a little too...recently deceased to be the Ruined King. Also looks a little young, and now nearly as Shadow Islesy as I'd have thought.

Also yes, cheating death champions and then Bard.

Bard.

Bard

WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?!?!?!

GenoXxSep 15, 20151 votes

Well I'd say that was maybe the pre shadow Isles. It certainly looks like A forest of Paradise where they did the ritual.

Man, I would have to say bard may be there because he's celestial. As do Kindred seems. Kindred looks very well like the tax collector or maybe some one who enforces order in Nature. It hunts those marked for death. Thats my speculation

edit: ok maybe not the forest

SharjoSep 15, 20151 votes

Well I'd say that was maybe the pre shadow Isles. It certainly looks like A forest of Paradise where they did the ritual.

But why would Kindred have killed the Ruined King before his ritual was even enacted?

...oh.

Unless Kindred wanted to stop it all and was too late.

...

I'm not entirely convinced but I'll keep an open mind to it.

We'll likely get more answers when we hear Kindred's voices.

GenoXxSep 15, 20151 votes

Actually nevermind that. I don't think so either.

SharjoSep 15, 20151 votes

XD Alrighty then!

UomoAfideSep 15, 20151 votes

It's actually difficult to tell, but what if the corpse is a woman's corpse? The first feeling i got was that of a dead woman. I might be wrong i know, but it's hard to tell with the x-ray face. So, were this case, could she be the Ruined King's wife/daughter/waifu/idol ?

SharjoSep 15, 20151 votes

Yeah I know, the nose kinda give me the impression of a man but beyond that, can't really tell. There's also the issue of champion splashes being set in such a way that they represent the champion as they are now in the story, indicating this splash is of a recent(ish) event. I dunno but either way, that person is important in some way, I just feel it.

UomoAfideSep 15, 20151 votes

I suppose that crown is not placed for mere artistical reason. At least, that's what i hope.

PNCKanonSep 15, 20151 votes

What ritual? I see a lot of people talking about the shadow isles lore but I can't it anywhere.

Celio Hogane HDSep 15, 20151 votes

And urgot?

Tesla EffectSep 15, 20151 votes

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Dude isnt that the ruined king in there splash art? Also, its gangplank, Kalista and sion as targets.....It's because they cheated death!

It could be any King / Prince.

Rito StaffSep 15, 20151 votes

What up with his/her nose? http://imgur.com/YehWU1L

After zooming in it looked more like a girl though :|

DreamspitterSep 15, 20151 votes

Well Riot likes boob plate armor, so I think it is a guy.

A Superb VillainSep 15, 20151 votes

Sharjo, the voices have been revealed! They are adorable together!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=L5ZQMCIU96g

https://am-a.akamaihd.net/image?f=http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/pages/2015/kin/img/Kindred_Reveal_Lamb_Mask.png "Who's next?!" https://am-a.akamaihd.net/image?f=http://news.cdn.leagueoflegends.com/public/images/pages/2015/kin/img/Kindred_Reveal_Wolf_Mask.png "Everyone."

NaharaSep 15, 20151 votes

Visually, this champ looks amazing and I seriously cannot wait to see what it's first skin will look like.

MakekaSep 15, 20151 votes

What I am getting out of their story is that when they were one they were the embodiment of death. "All things must meet this man so they shunned him" All things must meet death, and everyone hates/fears death. So death split himself in two so he would not be lonely anymore in his eternal duty.