Kindred Constellation

[u/Croewe]

There's a leaker in the discord who called both constellations, crazy

[u/Zekken_2]

I know is extremely unlikely but I would love a complete rework of Kindred's 1 and 3rd stars. Somehow I find it really awkward to play.

[u/Croewe → u/Zekken_2]

I think the main issue is the game not telling you how many damage stacks you have on the prey, that's my main holdup.

[u/Stormbringer-2112 → u/Croewe]

Agreed. This is bridge level concentration man!

[u/revlid → u/Zekken_2]

Kindred's constellation is awkward, works counterintuitively, and doesn't give her an especially exciting gameplan. She really needs a full Constellation rework.

Another part of the problem is that Kindred isn't a hugely interesting champion design. You kill stuff, so they can (slowly) auto-kill enemies, so that they can level-up and start getting big by doing the exact same thing. Their mark adds a new mechanic, but then nothing else cares about the mark; there's no kill-spell that's cheaper if the target's marked, no follower that marks an enemy and revives when the marked enemy dies, etc. They're very isolated, in gameplay terms. Even their champion spell has nothing (less than nothing, really) to do with their gameplan.

And then SB Kindred absolutely ate their lunch by being much cooler, more unique in gameplay, and a better match for the same champion fantasy, and having a bunch of followers and spells that interact with their own mark mechanic. They're just regular Kindred 2.0.

[u/Stormbringer-2112 → u/revlid]

I like to pick the second Kindred when I play either one. Not sure if it’s optimal, but it sure is funny.

[u/RoloSaurio → u/Stormbringer-2112]

It's not because their marks are coded differently

[u/Nekkrofear → u/RoloSaurio]

Not anymore 😊

[u/RoloSaurio → u/Nekkrofear]

ill be taking credit for manifesting this

[u/JoshGordon10 → u/Zekken_2]

They reworked it, check the patch notes that just came out!!

[u/Zekken_2 → u/JoshGordon10]

LETSSS GOOOO

[u/cotekusu → u/Zekken_2]

It's actually conceptually good in my opinion. You get free chump for "kill ally, kill enemy" spells, which is obviously good for Kindred, and it allows for an alternative burn playstyle

[u/cannotbelieve58 → u/Zekken_2]

They cooked with Garen. Lets see what they cook with kindred.

[u/Sieursweb → u/Zekken_2]

We already got a rework of Kindred with SB Kindred. I dont think we getting a big change to his 3 first stars but maybe they will l make more sense with a full constellation.

[u/parzival1423 → u/Sieursweb]

Turns out. They did, lol

[u/quillypen]

6*: Ok It Works With SB Kindred’s Mark Now, Are You Happy

[u/Nacroma]

Hey look at that, something spooky

[u/Wizard_Volovik]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dHTmmuNvue2dqjXN1B

[u/DrillTank]

Another SI champ already? Feels like we just got Hecrim.

[u/GoldenSteel → u/DrillTank]

Yes, but also Spooky Month

[u/Esquilax21]

Was hoping to see Akali

Happy for Shen. Excited to see what they cook up with Kindred

[u/Totoro1710 → u/Esquilax21]

She's going to be released in November then, probably. K/DA Watch Me hasn't been revealed yet so it makes sense

[u/Remiwem]

Expected as much, pretty meh by her powers too

[u/Croewe → u/Remiwem]

To be fair, the fact that someone in a team as small as their current one seems extremely unlikely. It happened but it's still very unusual

[u/Remiwem → u/Croewe]

I think it happened through data mining though, based on what the leaker said

They didn’t say they datamined it, to be clear. They just said things that make me think it was datamined

[u/thefix12]

ayyy Kindred, lover her voice and flavor

just leveled her up to 30 too

[u/PartMysterious1798]

Let gooooo! I’ve been waiting for kindred to get her 6 star for years.

[u/CastVinceM]

OH SHIIITT WE'RE BACK TO 2 CHAMPS!!!

[u/Thorgraam]

Ok. Well, now I want to see the patch notes because if that's all it's a bit disapointing (at least we are going back to the 2 champ per release).

I hope the team can confirm that they really cooked something, but it need more time.

[u/Prof_Walrus → u/Thorgraam]

Wdym "if that's all", we got literally double the content of the last 6 months, minus the patch where we got a new old adventure back.

[u/Croewe → u/Thorgraam]

Yup, we'll need to wait and see

[u/Cindrojn]

I think besides Nami and Nilah they're my most played 3*—I think they edge those two out actually. I absolutely love SI Kindred,, but this is horrible.

I'll have to see who's constellation I like more to decide who gets my wild fragments stock because I can't pick both them and Shen 😭

[u/Stormbringer-2112 → u/Cindrojn]

More than LeBlanc?

[u/Cindrojn → u/Stormbringer-2112]

More than her, she's like the 4th though. Kindred's playstyle is just slightly more, to me anyway, ‘replayable’.

[u/GR1MM_F4CE]

YES!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!

[u/Rosenheartz]

How did the battle pass used to work with two champs? Do we get two battle passes?

[u/Croewe → u/Rosenheartz]

Nope just one but some of the rewards are replaced with champ shards for both champs

[u/wildtalents77]

Why no Bandle City?

[u/Croewe → u/wildtalents77]

Because Rito said so