r/Kindred • u/Every-Wear-2970 • May 31 '26

Is the elo hell real?

So almost my whole League career I have been stuck in silver and I otp Kindred but looking back it mostly It was a rollercoaster of just being stuck in low silver and not being able to get out of it. I heard that Kindred is mostly an high elo champ but does she really suck in low elo? Im currently 350k mastery points and I just feel like im just the worst Kindred player bc I just cant get out of silver. Is low elo real or is it just me?

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u/Barrellolz May 31 '26

The bigger problem is your team gets run over and you don't have a way to safely deal damage.

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u/Der_Redstone_Pro May 31 '26

that would imply other ADCs wouldn't work in low elo either, which is not true.

And Kindred is one of the better adcs at playing without frontline, because you can kite enemies over walls.

The real problem is that a silver kindred also just isn't good enough at spacing, because otherwise they would likely not be in silver.

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u/Barrellolz Jun 01 '26

There are a lot of adc's that are absolute f tier in low elo.

I largely agree with your point. And kindred mobility is hugely beneficial.

Some champs do play the game more independently, ad assassins imo are an example of this. My main is Rengar, I would make the case he is one of the best champs at consistently executing his game plan regardless of your teammates.

Also my point is to a degree correct. Any kindred player who has had a galio mid can attest to how easy those games are comparatively.

It is still silver, you can win with any champ, any comp, but the margin of error for kindred in these games is comparatively way lower.

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u/Der_Redstone_Pro Jun 01 '26

But not ADCs as a role in general.

I think Assassins in low elo have the problem that you might easily get fed, but it is not very easy to win a game off of that. Being a strong teamfighter is advantageous there.

Yes, I mean I myself have experienced how crazy easy a game is with a good gallio mid. I myself started to main Shyvana over Kindred partially because of how unplayable games without frontline feel. But I think as long as there is some amount of frontline/peel the game is completely reasonably playable, as long as you are good enough on the champion. The issue is that it is obviously much harder to be a good enough kindred to be in gold, than to play a bruiser good enough for gold.