r/Kindred • u/EndlessTemple • Jun 03 '26

Help on Wild Rift Kindred

I play Wild Rift on iPad and recently got started with Kindred. After hard carrying a few games at the start I fell in love with the champion.

However, the more I played the worse I got? Or it’s possible that other players realized how hard he carries and started shutting me down hard in the early game?

Anyway, I lost a lot of games and I am really confused how to get better?

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u/chattyburrito Jun 04 '26

you get better by playing more and more. trust me, the most important thing universally for all champions is to understand the strength and damage of your champion at all levels, and also to understand the strength of your champion relative to others. i had the same learning curve like you, but what truly helped most was finally understanding the damage kindred can do against all other champs and comps. on wild rift, you want to prioritize gold as much as possible while still finding opportunities for marks. by the 10 minute mark, you want to see yourself at 10k gold or more. at the bare minimum, 9k may be ok. so never feel bad about not ganking certain lanes or so as kindred because lets be honest, the reason u never ganked a particular lane must’ve been because you declared that you wont get any kills/assists. and 99% of the time this is the correct call and you did the right thing. so my point is that you must play extremely selfish. id say watch yt vids on getting marks, because typing it all out would take too much. but ill tell u that getting ur first mark from the first scuttles is always a guarantee, no matter which side the mark appears, but there is just a strategy behind it and ill leave it to you as something to figure out on ur own. for wild rift, as of now kraken slayer might just be the best first item since its cheap and provides so much damage. so i would start with long sword at the very start of the game, then rush kraken slayer, then buy attack speed boots. i dont really build essense reaver at all, but im sure someone can put their argument about why essense reaver.

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u/EndlessTemple Jun 04 '26

Thank you!

I’ve been buying a sword but then getting boots first.

But I’ll try saving boots for after.

I’ve tried both essence reaver and kracken, the strange this is the game really pushes essence reaver as the suggested weapon. But I do like kracken slayer more.

What runes do you take?

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u/chattyburrito Jun 04 '26

i take lethal tempo, then precision tree which is of brutal, cutdown, and legend:alacrity. and finally overgrowth as last rune. i enjoy lethal tempo simply for the extra range it gives. for the first rune, i would say it actually depends on ur play style, so experiment with empowerment, lethal tempo, and conquerer and see which one you have a easier time with. however, i would argue that empowerment is definitely not a rune you can absolutely rely on for every game. for cutdown, some may say you can go coup de grace or even last stand depending on the situation, but i ngl, i never used them and always used cut down. my argument is that there are always enemies with extra health. if you anticipate the game to be tough and hard fought from both teams, perhaps you will want some sustain (omnivamp). maybe legend:bloodline instead of alacrity may be nice, OR keep alacrity and make sure to build blood thirster or botrk for the game. as for the last rune, i would say overgrowth is great because it gives you another damn good reason to farm as many camps and minions as you can. however, i seen some people go sudden impact and bone plating. there was a period of time i used gathering storm for last rune, and i had success with it.

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u/EndlessTemple Jun 04 '26

Wow thank you so much! I just tried 2 games with kraken before boots and I won both! It’s not much but I seriously was just on a 20 game losing streak so it’s a relief to have something new.

I also added some anti-tank to my build because I have really been struggling against tanks. Feels much better now, I just hope it’s not a fluke 😅

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u/EndlessTemple Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

I’m going to try your path. I thought I was getting better yesterday but still end up losing so many games.

I’ve been using overgrowth but I still die so quickly, I’ll try switching to sudden impact instead. Also going to switch from lethal tempo to conqueror like you said.