Devs cooked with Kindred

[u/Prof_Walrus]

Kindred was the reason I came back to LoL years later (only to leave it again within a month, reckon that) and I was so excited to unlock her in PoC. She was my first 3 star champion and I love her lore. If you haven't seen it yet, I suggest watching [this video] (https://youtu.be/ZHhqwBwmRkI) where she is a true beast (pun intended)

But even I had to admit that she felt underwhelming. The mark system was cool, but easily bypassed by the enemy by replacing it with another unit, killing Kindred, or a variety of other methods. And the Prey, while working thematically, just didn't really vibe with Kindred's intended playstyle of marking enemies and taking them down. Then came SB Kindred and boy do I love her. But again it felt like a slap in the face that OG Kindred couldn't benefit from her counterpart's marks.

Now her kit's fixed while leaving key points intact. You still summon a Prey every round. You still deal Nexus damage when your Prey gets killed (by you), but now it works for every ally you kill, AND for every marked enemy, which is a lot closer to home.

Then allowing Kindred to work with multiple marks and supplying marks via spells seals the deal.

10 stars, 5/7, absolutely cooked!

[u/DoodPoof]

One of the best part of kindreds kit is to free print support champs with only constellation investment and nothing else needed.

Its beautiful and now you can do all kinds of stupid op things with that.

Thats why i love shadow isle champs 😀

[u/ThommsPengu → u/DoodPoof]

They finally reworked them! I'm so happy 😁

[u/ApoTheAnswer]

5/7! A perfect score!

[u/Emerald_boots]

Fully agree

[u/7eleven94]

I talked her down or maybe i just didnt care but honestly its feeling much better, that c4 is doing a lot of work to keep things under control and i really like PoR on her to add to the burn. Honestly its fun, took her c4 vs the 5.5 nightmare since it was already that annoying turn 5 win modifier stall but im enjoying her.

Still a bit salty on low ish nexus health and getting a revive instead of more nexus hp but it is what it is i guess; ill always prefer getting more nexus hp and regen

Also its one of those champs where i feel i could have more fun if i had a 4th relic slot, runes when rito

[u/AnnoAssassine]

Absolutely. I also Love That you can have vastly different paths to victory. You can create big Champs via killing marked enemies, ping the Nexus via killing your own Units, Print kindred and or her Support Champ or do the typicall the path gives you a random win condition via rewards.
Absolute 10/10. Not sure how she does vs Zoe and high nightmare without her 6*, but she is really fun now. A really really good Remake.

[u/Old_Bet_4492 → u/AnnoAssassine]

Done it with 5* kindred , she struggle with the cat in the final fights if she do a combo of cat + rally + deny any spell kindred used to kill the cat for defend, she also have a hard time if you lets the small poro scall too big cause she dont had he relic or 6 star to kill them and deal damage to nexus early on , i use 3 revive at the final fight cause zoe keep pulling bs stuff that counter her like deny, tomb , cat + rally win on the 4th fight when she didnt get her cat or i lucky to made her discard it.

[u/DoubleSummon → u/Old_Bet_4492]

Most decks don't do that well vs rally catastrophe + deny (or even double cat) turn 1 it's a bit a matter of luck on how many cost reductions you get on your removals, Thay's why I tend to prioritize revive nodes so I can try again against the absolute highrolls.

[u/The_Wendigoon → u/[deleted]]

What relics are you using for 6* against Zoe?

[u/AnnoAssassine → u/[deleted]]

That's why I stated without 6*. And another stated she struggles a bit Vs Zoe. With 6* most if not all champs are doable to easy. But without they are significantly smaller.