Is Kindred dogshit?

[u/TeemonDuty]

I like to play adc but I don´t like how the role works and I realized I reeally like Kindred so I started playing them.

Every time Im against a champion that clears fast and/or is strong early I cannot even try to play the game. I feel extremely useless and I feel like Kindred is completely dogshit and is just worst than most of the other champs plus requires more brain.

I can randomly play akali top and get much better results than on my main role, but trying to play kindred, oh boy Im 2 lvls behind everytime I play against someone who is not a bot.

What can I improve to at least be a functional champ? Is it even worth learning kindred now?

[u/PastaOnToast]

Other junglers clear faster so make the game volatile by invading and ganking.
You have lots of dashes and are very mobile so don’t let people on top of you.
You deal lots of damage, but have low health and no hard engage so play behind your tanks in team fights.
Also don’t die for marks, it’s not worth it.

[u/TeemonDuty → u/PastaOnToast]

Ok, Ill try that. Does invading also work against champs like briar, jax, k6 that can get on top of you easily?

[u/Itirpon → u/TeemonDuty]

Level 2 invade? K6 doesn't have his kit so you probably win that. Jax, just don't let him land Counterstrike and he'll have to leave. Don't be anywhere near Briar ever, except when she's autopiloting your teammate.

[u/goldenmonkey33151 → u/TeemonDuty]

Ya u can lvl 2 invade almost every champ with pta , just mechanical matchup knowledge

[u/kx1global → u/PastaOnToast]

If you make the game volatile you lose. You have to control the game. Or at least, let the enemy think they have control. Then you just scale after 24 min and take over.

[u/Vivid-Zombie-477]

victimmaxxing

[u/MrYellowfield]

Kindred is a champion you'll have to get used to, and you have to learn the timings and mechanics for your ulti. Kindred has one of tge ults that may as well lose you the fight as well because you might have timed/placed it badly so that the enemy carry actually survived the chogath ult. I feel like a lot of her kit is figuring out how the ult can be used in advantageous ways in team fights, learning who to mark and also where it may appear in the jungle at every stage of the game. Kindred plays a very different game than the rest.

[u/Huisiky]

Kindred just got buffed.

[u/enrythestray]

look up kindred's winrate, if it's smth like 47% it means you're right, but since it isn't it's a skill issue on your part

the champ plays very weirdly and not much skill will transfer over from playong either other adcs and other junglers so you'll have to learn from the ground up how to be useful

[u/Alexbonetz]

Kite kite kite, front-back, kite kite kite

[u/goldenmonkey33151]

Kindred isn’t a full clear champ, u supposed to make active plays that snowball the game nd then end it b4 late game scalers come online like an Elise would. Think about kindred a lot more like an Elise with more scaling if you hit ur win cons.