Kindred: Champion Spotlight | Gameplay - League of Legends

[@dbert1024]

Whoever designed this champ deserves a raise. Really clever aesthetic and backstory.

[@matheusricardo4979]

whitegeek1024 The same creator of bard and aurelion =)

[@smellslikeangryfish875]

Creative and clever. All hail Rabid Llama!

[@theberrby6836]

I agree lol

[@ilovedoritosandmountaindew3569]

Dalton Bertolo haha nice one

[@thinkublu]

Didn't quite do the dual character thing right gameplay-wise but still an amazing champion design-wise

[@nhatminhphan3610]

They forgot Kindred. This champion should deserve more love. Best concept ever created

[@foxfiend3440]

Atleast they are viable now

[@nhatminhphan3610]

@@foxfiend3440 not very likely imo. The kit is balanced, but the kind of jungler is not very impactful (control jungler). But the same with Skarner, the opponent can easily guess where Kindred is for counterplay. Riot need to buff control junglers in general (perhaps update on jungle items)

[@bean5165]

Pls riot buff them :[

[@foxfiend3440]

@@nhatminhphan3610 Mhm the need like a tiny rework in my opinion

[@georgecojocaru9755]

At the realise he was the best jg for a long time

[@schattig1elfje]

kindred is hands down the most beautiful champion (my opinion)

[@filthygarbage]

M2

[@Kuerikami]

think so too

[@layth.d7153]

u know it ❤

[@tenebras]

you're right

[@joshlerio2527]

Jhin for me

[@vanvo9996]

of course Lee sin didnt watch the spotlight, he's BLIND

[@투루-l3e]

Van Vo i giggled at this thanks

[@your_fathers]

when you miss the joke and get 1.1k likes

[@misterchili5866]

@@your_fathers You're the one who missed the joke.

[@your_fathers]

@@misterchili5866 do i really need to explain why the guy who made the comment missed the joke? you have the average age and iq of a LoL player

[@misterchili5866]

@@your_fathers Yes explain please. You clearly don't understand why he made the comment.

[@davedoesdave4232]

how bout making a red riding hood kindred skin fits perfect for them lamb is red riding hood and wolf umm he is just a wolf

[@KQ4rt]

+CosmicPT how about the fox - bunny kindred skin :P I painted them, it's actually not that bad :)

[@eafesaf6934]

necrOothic maskless skin? lol then suddenly we see lamps face is scary and angry as fuck but wolf looks way cuter. making a parralel to each other again

[@PalPlays]

Ooh, I like this!

[@kobelordson4919]

How about the wolf is dressed as the grandma?

[@ghostguy0o0]

ehem ehem annie

[@sakurapearlz3590]

I love lamb's voice and singing and I don't even play her. The singing is just beautiful

[@MsChristian972]

I love how she sings everytime she stops walking

[@gilles0502]

Kindred is the perfect champ

[@Azure_Gust931]

Sakurapearlz me too, lamb's voice is so beautiful!

[@xdgaming952]

hahah yeah the humming is beautiful too

[@zurdoaggresive]

shouldn't she be male too

[@antonyemad6640]

"lee sin didn't see the champion spotlight" I see what you did there rito, I see what you did there

[@tarasanimeworld8860]

+Antony Emad It took me like 20 secs to realise what they said ^_^

[@salahkilani1804]

+Tara Anime Addict hahahahahahaha nice one

[@scoinc2469]

+Antony Emad i didnt realize that joke untill i saw this comment

[@zafelrede4884]

+Antony Emad no you dont

[@justintime4187]

+Antony Emad OOOOOH I just realized that xD

[@Mosqueetos]

I want a reverse Kindred skin... like reverse Annie

[@ijota289]

they already have a reversed mask

[@renrenkomaeda5215]

It would be nice *^*

[@pablorodriguez9122]

reverse Zed!

[@owenanicas2826]

reverse kled XD

[@XTM1KE]

Reverse Nunu

[@siris2000]

I think this is probably the most beautiful champion they have ever created.

[@GabzitoHD]

4:00 listen to his suddenly excited voice, I bet someone told a neat pun right before he recorded that part.

[@Kisaragi_eki]

I thinks he about to yawn

[@wordson4787]

The one time Riot cared about Kindred was the month of their release. Wish they would look back at them now.

[@bunnymarshflowers48]

Im really sad that Kindred never had a cinematic like most champs..do you know so many amazing things you guys could've done with them in a cinematic?? UGH! you wasted a good opportunity 3: they are such a beautiful champ to not make one for them...DX

[@xdgaming952]

yeah but it might be scary for kids, but kalista was a bit scary too, for kids tho, i mean kindred cinematic could be, someone chasing them or they chasing them xd

[@ichigopockychan]

XD Gaming they don't have a cinematic but, they do have a short story about them

[@Undomaranel]

@@xdgaming952 Worried about kids. _Created Evelynn_

[@roastyrockets4626]

League is not for kids tho Just lots of them seem to play this game for some reason

[@roastyrockets4626]

lalala lalala your right

[@EnderSwagger]

I love everything about their character, their appearance, aesthetic, voice acting and abilities. Even the god damn idle animation is awesome, good job Rito.

[@xavierwelinder8620]

+BricksPicks Nice harbinger icon, but I'd be careful here, the locals don't take kindly to strangers.

[@EnderSwagger]

Believe me, I've had my fair share of..."encounters."

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

+BricksPicks Why everyone called them Rito? lol

[@alexandersebela370]

+The Axis PoweR becouse they think write it like idiot is cool now, or lazy u, idk,ez...language of kids.Normal people write it as riot,you, i dont know, easy etc.

[@nicoleicht4379]

+Alexander Šebela actually it is becasue player made mistakes in writing it and riot decided to make the rito logo in one of their videos ;)

[@arbrasskorlean9581]

When they are talking about remembering to use kindred stacks (at 6:17), the enemy team has: -ezreal wukong top -mundo galio bot -soraka mid What is this, my ranked games?

[@malikmamo]

@@UNKNOWSER2022 this is 2 years old

[@farbodtoorani4607]

@@malikmamo it's 3 now

[@ngokumetsu4107]

Farbod Toorani 4 yrs

[@mickil3347]

@@ngokumetsu4107 5 years

[@xysm5224]

No matter how old this comment is it didn't age well, considering Soraka top is OP and Sona is OP, and i saw some Mundo with conqueror carry a game playing in the jg.

[@samzn500]

Bring back heal on w

[@Feligresa]

I actually prefer the slow by now.

[@samzn500]

Stoned Frog W slows camps now instead of healing

[@voxbox2553]

I miss the heal

[@AlastorNightheart]

I prefer a heal over a damn slow

[@FenrirAlter]

Yep + give her the armor back every ad jgl can Fuck them now.

[@berzerk4]

Stop nerfing Kindred Rito

[@PanRokador]

Tyguy They are already weak.

[@sorianorovicb.9975]

Rokador ʇɥǝ qox ɥoɐɹpǝɹ ikr lamb and wolf are the weakest champs in league

[@justindev5243]

PIGIZAR DORSE theyre just different from other junglers

[@justindev5243]

PIGIZAR DORSE but definitely not weak

[@wlfie950]

they are weak fym

[@sen-teekarman2813]

Lamb can have a friend., but Graves can't have a cigar?

[@danielchudy8234]

lol

[@576356]

ayyyyy lmao

[@ilovecocobeans]

+Sen-tee Karman You've got a friend in me! (but i don't have a cigar in me :3)

[@che3se1495]

It was cuban =/

[@ChaddyFantome]

Never gets old

[@asianassassin7227]

"Kindred is the manifestation of death on Runeterra..." Then why the fuck does her ultimate prevent it?

[@lonshy21]

+Asian Assassin Because her ultimate is a respite, which is merely a delay or an interval of relief. So really, delaying the inevitable death that will still happen.

[@asianassassin7227]

+Ferryn I know, I just think that it would be more fitting if she had some sort of execution-type ultimate for being "the manifestation of death."

[@lonshy21]

+Asian Assassin Well, Wolf is more the scary and bloodthirsty type. Lamb is merciful, and kills her enemies by one quick true arrow. Her ult shows that she isn't a savage beast that exterminates people, but rather takes the lives of those who are willing to go.

[@GreenGuyGeno]

+Asian Assassin It's not preventing death, but delaying it.

[@ForeverLaxx]

+Asian Assassin Her ultimate delays death because she's the master of death, and that means all aspects. She decides when you die, whether that be now or later, and that's for everyone on her team. Expand your view and understanding and you'll understand why her ultimate fits within the theme of Death made manifest.

[@kiandymundi]

Oh boy! A Tryndamere Ult for the whole team. What could possibly go wrong? ᵏᶦᶫᶫ ᵐᵉ

[@DJMasHup007]

Playing kindred in ranked confirmed?

[@venkatkiran91]

+Kiandymundi Everyone in the circle is invulnerable. Including the enemy team.

[@mgam2]

+Kiandymundi For both teams :D

[@LorVEVO]

+Kiandymundi Not the whole team, the whole game!

[@leonhardtz5]

+Metro Gaming Don't forget, you can use it in Baron, and Dragon! Stealing becomes a hell of a fight if you do.

[@PrimitiveBaroque]

To this day, Kindred is still unique and different to play as. Her mark mechanic adds depth to her play.

[@LiamsLPs]

the mindgame outplays with that passive are gonna be hilarious

[@paradocks23]

Hey top lane, I'm coming for that booty! Double kill on the bot lane that thought they were safe.

[@xingx355]

+Ligsy you mean above

[@pavoljuraj7020]

+xingx355 Below...the lower ELO the lower level of goodness.

[@shadowmane55]

+PavolJuraj yeah but he means the higher the ELO the smarter players will be not to fall for that shit.

[@Jstar300]

+William MacArthur The solution is to just play like you normally would.

[@Dracas42]

0:01 Wait, rated T for Use of Alcohol and Tobacco? But Graves doesn't have a cigar...

[@FluffyKiri]

+Dracas42 Consumable potions. :3

[@Rymdpandan]

+Kiritsune More like Gragas.

[@Wombeyy]

+Dracas42 gragas esq bro

[@BillyGamerz]

+Dracas42 Yasuo ^^

[@MegaVidejko]

+Dracas42 in 5.20 patch graves is getting cigar skin don't worry cigar is coming back only for 1350 rp :) Kappa

[@egwofcourse2]

"Use of Alcohol and Tobacco" If that's true...then why can't Graves have a cigar

[@thefiregamerNOR]

+valenesco45 Gragas can drink AND smoke a cigar.

[@LevySol]

+ducks such magnificent creatures this right here. lol the character that consumes a beverage that gets him drunken also can smoke a cigarette. gg

[@XD-re9hk]

+valenesco45 grape soda :D

[@thefiregamerNOR]

***** It aint no joke we won't stop until graves gets his cigar.

[@Veto2090]

+valenesco45 wine

[@MasonStoijck]

They should do a cinematic about him It would be awesome. The guy who made Kindred also made Aurelion and Bård. Champions that always existed, all powerful entities of creation, life, death and magic, energy, everything.

[@sirbirbton]

Do a cinematic about who?

[@averonisgaming9023]

if you say him, then it sounds like you're purely referring to Wolf. While pronouns are simple, Kindred are literally two people so just saying him doesn't help much

[@Screamz]

I haven't even played her yet but well... I main her

[@MegaBichiX]

+Screamz them* >:☆)

[@Screamz]

Mega Bichi Oh shit, okay well maybe i don't main her then.... him*... THEM* AH FUCK

[@abcdefg98765]

Same

[@Screamz]

RektSaí Xd

[@PuolenJeninPaska]

+Screamz It's 'her', Lamb's the one you control directly. Don't let people tell you otherwise.

[@chocomilkshake9750]

Riot came from this masterpiece of a champ to seraphine

[@shadysouls6750]

Whats wrong with seraphine i dont get it._?

[@caiotn1204]

@@shadysouls6750 she is a girl that sings. whats special about that? lmao

[@shadysouls6750]

@@caiotn1204 she can hear ppls thoughts? According to lore anyway

[@Kristiangel0-0]

@@shadysouls6750 her lore is the worst man 💀

[@shadysouls6750]

@@Kristiangel0-0 I kinda over look it becuz of the gameplay but ye jow that ai think about it its kinda boring ._.

[@manko2384]

I love Kindred, but whenever I ask my team to help me with the stacks, they just say I will lose farm dude, just go and be carefull.

[@Ncky]

or they ignore you.

[@novakk86]

had a game the other day where Hecarim (in my team) run to me 2 times and took my mark in front of me on purpose. Went trolling and feeding, he wasn't happy.

[@squirrelbuddi]

If I had to choose between finding marks to get or farming. Farming is better. Marks will happen no matter what. And you get the mark from assists too so.... It's more important to finish your kit because the stat you get from those out weights the one or two marks you possibly could get. Don't get me wrong. Stacks are still important, but they shouldn't hinder your farm. Biggest mistake most "kindred mains" make is prioritizing a mark and loosing camps to the enemy jungler. Falling further and further behind until they have almost no stacks and almost none of their kit finished, cause guess what?! They didn't farm. They just dicked around chasing marks and trying to set up ganks too early until they drove their champ into the ground early game and now have to spend the rest of the game playing catch up but by then it's usually too late and they're only good as a distraction or a well timed ult, essentially turning into another support.

[@xdgaming952]

HAHAH :(

[@Jasacre]

She really needs to be buffed

[@weaboo101]

사람 Nerfed as she is.... She's still powerful in the good hands of um... Player?

[@foxshoot3138]

@@weaboo101 no she is fun butt if the enemy jungler are agrevive or have hard cc yoo are done

[@jacob_himilton]

Kindred is considered a troll pick.

[@toxikarp2063]

They*

[@localcrackhead2904]

@@jacob_himilton kindred is banned and picked in pro play. Her ult is just so useful in the right hands If they buffed her she'd be op in pro play

[@palomine21040]

This might be one of the best champion lore riot has done in a long time. I love it because it adds a new feeling of attachment to the characters. Hope to see more of this in the future

[@be-ugh5782]

This Champion is the reason I started playing League in the first place :D

[@xdgaming952]

nice

[@feeldesu182]

Same

[@VenomSnakee]

So if you kill the personification of death does everyone not die while Kindred is on their death timer?

[@PixelleHearts]

+BOSS That would be an interesting passive to have actually, but would break the flow of the game completely.

[@FAISALALBAITOUNI]

its not family guy

[@caramelfrappe402]

+BOSS Kindred is pretty much like the grim reaper, but the concept of death can even end death itself. So basically, death still naturally happens for all things must end (this goes for Kindred as well).

[@PsychoDiesel48]

BUT IM DEATH I CAN'T DIE!!?? "Nope, sorry. Super Death" XD

[@Verystoic]

+Caramel Frappe i said this above, but this is what is wrong with kindred, Karthus' concept is already the aspect of death itself, being a manifestation of a form of judgment among the living and dead. he has his own grim reaper skin and in reality is pretty much just the grim reaper, but one that sings. What then is kindred's role in runeterra? her existence seems pretty pointless to me. Riot all you did was make a female version of karthus

[@jaketran3480]

Honestly, if this guy appeared in wild rift, I would definitely main him, he is so helpful and deadly.

[@Aobby333]

*She

[@krustbruh8841]

@@Aobby333 it

[@Aobby333]

@@krustbruh8841 hm......now that i think of it, yeah it thx

[@jjdomingo6038]

*they

[@jayveeberido3521]

*me :>

[@YoghurtKiss]

I love the character, I love the game play, but what I loved most with this spotlight, was the fact how indepth you explained Kindred. I would love to see more Spotlights like this one, where the character is explained in detail so we'll know what to expect. Perfect job!

[@sharpfang667]

I'd rather spend 6300 IP on a cigar for Graves

[@Neko9lives]

+sharpfang667 maybe they wanna change it for a shitty vape

[@MuhammadMustafa-jw6vc]

+sharpfang667 7.8k*

[@DomeTakeru]

+sharpfang667 Your comment satisfied me.

[@jaydenfitzpatrick6413]

+sharpfang667 Gragas esquire gets to keep his cigar

[@cingco7840]

+sharpfang667 MGS5 Big Boss's phantom cigar?

[@yellowravenpro]

Meanwhile Darius remains untouched...

[@Starscream196]

+The Yellow Raven Actually he is getting a few nerfs next patch

[@Alexa808baby]

+The Yellow Raven Actually he is currently being heavily nerfed

[@FrodoTEST]

if they want to remove a champion from the game than dont fuck it up like darius

[@DragonoftheDarknessFlame]

+The Yellow Raven Which one is it kids. First Darius sucks,now that Balls got a Penta he's OP now. Make up your minds

[@BNavazoS]

+The Yellow Raven Morde too but hey, lets nerf Evelynn in the pbe, that champ is soooooo picked and soooo strong u.u'''

[@slicesofsib5572]

Whoever made this Champion is AMAZING, AN AMAZING CREATIVE PERSON!!!

[@CrazyRess]

7:12 "lee sin apparently didn't watch the champion spotlight" well, he's blind...

[@luigidragon]

wat TRI FORCE AND DEVOURER WHAT IS THIS SUGGESTED ITEM BUILD

[@isaiahmillican1853]

tons of damage

[@Andreych95]

Just phreak things...

[@VandheerOfKazaarn]

Phreak described a damage oriented jungler, so it's all natural to include triforce. #TonsOfDamage

[@SpikeShadowhunter]

yea devourer and tryforce sucks on her

[@VandheerOfKazaarn]

Triforce, maybe, devourer? not so much

[@deeel8641]

I would so totally install back league and play kindred. That hero is just arousing, evokes this feeling of mysteriousness. Come on now, "have they forgotten us yet, little lamb?" "I'll still know us, though they try to forget... so we will remind them." Like as if i'm stepping into a dark thriller or mystery somethin, along with that eerie background music; now that's just disgustingly sexy! Forget the Champion release, make a short movie on this.

[@deeel8641]

+Dee El Also, where can I get the ost?!

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

+Dee El You're from Dota right?

[@deeel8641]

Dota 1 for 2 years, League for 6 (postbeta 2009), Dota 2 for a year.

[@magnusm4]

+Dee El on top of dat ass

[@lucaschris1]

"that hero is just arousing" "just disgustingly sexy" I feel uncomfortable

[@shadow101class]

"Mobile marksman" >lowest runspeed for a jungler in the game, literally can't outrun any of the other junglers, despite her kit being entirely based on roaming around the jungle, which would require a higher speed

[@davemarin7340]

You should take relentless hunter. Besides, she can jump over so many walls quickly that shes pretty mobile by that alone

[@riper009]

every new champion is so fucking overloaded

[@quinn5289]

+riper009 Makes the game for fun in my opinion.

[@valenesco45]

+riper009 such an original comment.

[@sniele.9799]

+valenesco45 What's your point? His opinion is not original enough?

[@ttrop]

+valenesco45 yes because all opinion must be original or it is no longer matters. mass shooting is bad, well that is no longer an original opinion so fuck off, yep great reasoning

[@Petrico94]

passive that offers snowball damage mobility skill + multi hit damage heal + cooldown reduction + damage damage + whocares slow and a unique death stopping ult It's a lot but not really overloaded, a lot of junglers would like a heal and some kind of mobility and the rest is focused on damage. Tryndamere has pretty much the same stuff, damage passive and manaless a heal + passive bonus AD situational slow and debuff mobility + damage and an ult that protects him from death.

[@Arthetraveler]

that ult... Hi, we're basically the grim reapers of this imaginary world called runeterra.... so our most powerful ability is to keep people from dying.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

[@lukecachia1273]

+michael giraldo LOOOOOOOOOOOOL .... but really that ult sucks

[@Arthetraveler]

luke cachia we said the same thing about bards ult honestly. it's not GREAT but it is useful in teams. solo queue it'll probably do more harm than good in anything that isn't diamond +

[@lukecachia1273]

yh but bards ult doesn't heal the enemy team at the end,plus you can pick them off or stop them running after you......with this ult you'll just heal them after they dive you :/ but its maybe better in game then how its shown in the spotlight who know till patch 5.20 i guess

[@LordMareus]

+michael giraldo Imagine a Kindred + Gragas combo. Enemy team dives in the ult to get the heal at the end, only to get a Gragas ult in the face right after. Or even before, to ensure they get no heal. Just one example. There are others that could be even more effective. But yeah, from a conceptual standpoint, it's a hard pill to swallow. I think it would have been neat to see something where, in the protected zone, all critical (as in life threatening, not critical strikes) damage prevented to your team is used as backlash to the attacker. Maybe even to all enemies in the zone. Of course, that effect PLUS the heal would be a bit OP, so I would say drop the heal at the end.

[@Avatarbee]

+Jacob Engholm I think the ulti is great because it counters burst mages and assasins.

[@Queenkirlia]

3:28 "Get yo damage on" Jesus christ phreak what are we gonna do with you

[@97fez]

+Queen Kirlia What he meant was.....get your Phreaky on ;)

[@realSpook]

+Queen Kirlia you mean what are we gonna do without you ;)

[@turbo111777]

+Queen Kirlia dont forget we cant pronounce respite right either

[@Shadowslash1]

+Queen Kirlia He can't help it, his tons of damage senses were tingling

[@catj.v.6904]

Kindred is honestly such a beautiful design...

[@XTr3m3b4sh]

Riot makes a new Jungle Adc and completly overnerfs the single best jungle item for her... Logic

[@520worldwide]

+XTreme HD She is already a very decent jungler and with devourer she would have totally been outter controll

[@SuperGuldo]

+STELIO KONTOS its an it m8

[@the.arthur]

+XTreme HD dont matter what riot do, ppl will always QQ

[@hirni4ever]

+So Reudig actually it's "they", or "them" respectively

[@gabbeloke]

+STELIO KONTOS just like yi is

[@shadowsstep6188]

I just love Kindred way to much. - They are fun to play. - Their lore is far more intresting compared to many other champions. - Lamb and Wolf have beautiful voices that fit them well. What more could you ask, except for the heal on W. But still...

[@Seinari]

With every champion spotlight I watch, I am more and more convinced that Kindred got the short end of the stick.

[@keakyndred12]

My real name is Kyndred and I approve this video.

[@NEOWAVE]

+keakyndred12 nice name.

[@starbrew326]

top keak

[@Andy-hz2ef]

The glorious Weegee emperor Basically an old man. LmAo

[@vee7928]

Nice name~

[@Regbit]

This champ is just what I need. Now me and my premade Bard gonna make our team ragequit two times faster!

[@stemw33]

+Robert Abaev A thought that just came into my mind: Put your Ult down and lock the enemys in the bard Ult right before the end of the Kindred Ult. So you get the Heal-Boost and the enemys stay at 10%HP even though the were in the Kindred Ult when it ended XD

[@danielchudy8234]

+stemw33 lool if that works....it woul be...AMAZING!

[@AgentSkid]

+stemw33 Here's the thing though, they don't automatically drop to 10% HP when in kindred ult, so this is too siturational. Either the teamfight ends with everyone at 10% or you somehow manage to bring them to 10% before the Bard ult lands, either way though, if you somehow pull it off, the surrender button will be mashed.

[@Ayzev]

+Robert Abaev Trundle Kindred Tahm Bard Teemo Maximum overtroll

[@moondrahh]

+SomeoneKnownAs SirLagALot and anivia :v

[@Insertfunnycomment]

I love this champion so much, everything from the backstory to the model to the very atmosphere of it. One problem, however.... I go 0/10 with this champion every game. I don't know what I do wrong, but I SUCK at this champion. It might be because I main tanks, but this champion has a charm that I cannot resist; I might start maining ADCs so I can learn her, lol.

[@Shendelzare1]

Insert Clever Name not ur fault riot nerfed her TOOOOO MUCH

[@koizu5324]

Insert Clever Name lol i just started game this week I sucked at game to be honest,but then they gave this champ for free,and then never lost a sine game with her ,got my first triple kill today ,she is just amazing ! perfectly made for me.

[@benoitb4652]

Do not play her as an adc.. You need map awarness to play, kiting camps and beeing effective try to get as gold as possible in your route. she's so freaking cool I agree

[@koizu5324]

I bought Le Blanc ,Manh she is just awesome...........always get atleast 3 times kills than death! i cant play anyother champs now.

[@auroriasolaris]

I think i will try them on all lanes. Jungle and carry looks promising, but I think he/she will be nice at mid with good roaming potential and maybe even as support thanks to his/her game-changing ultimate. It looks quite balanced to me, good kiting potential, high skill cap and being squishy looks like good deal. In addition (as jungler) Kindred will rely on counterjungling which will be very dangerous due to her lack of hard cc... and Kindred will be very vulnerable to enemy counter-jungling. I cannot imagine how Kindred can win early 1 v 1 in jungle against guys like Xin Zhao, Lee Sin, Rek`Sai. She may have a chance against Master and Shaco but I am not sure until I see it on my own. My prediction is... Kindred will be a memepick. Just like Bard. Good players will make him/her works, but I think it may take quite high amout of time (just like Bard) for players to learn how at least not to troll with ultimate.

[@readyforlol]

+Aurora Solaris You can refer to them as "they".

[@auroriasolaris]

Yea but I will probably always say "her" thanks to Lamb sensual voice :P

[@scoinc2469]

+Aurora Solaris the problem with lane kindred is that someone can get you out of your ult in early game, adc kindred is the one i see most heavily counterd in the lane since someone can play janna and just ult everyone in your team out of the kindred ult (same from your team if you have a janna though) and lee sin is a jungler who can gank and ult you out of the ult too

[@excavenger3451]

+Aurora Solaris You can also play them as a top lane marksmen, like Quinn. The stacks of their passive make a good deal against tanky champions. Just be sure you have one or two tanks already in your team :)

[@auroriasolaris]

I think Quinn will be still better thanks to blind and Valor ultimate which is good both in chasing and escaping... and roaming... and tp-ing on bot lane... Kindred ultimate will not help finish enemy and probably will not help escaping gank.cuz enemies can tower dive and wait for its end. But Kindred`s passive will allow snowballing and that may be a big thing, especially when enemy is weaker than you and you get that 2-3 early kills. Then just start stacking SotO and passive. Who knows, maybe after Marksman Update there will be a Quinn vs Kindred top meta :D

[@ggggggarym]

"Can only be seen in life's final moments" Omg the cinematic is so clever!!

[@TheActMan]

Don't worry Rito, Yorick hasn't had a new skin in 4 years. But sure, keep making new champs

[@upengraden3792]

Act Maaaaaaaaaaan! Ive found an unreplied comment!

[@Dann69420]

@@upengraden3792 same

[@mrgopnik5964]

Wow, they’ve been having the same problems for 5 years?

[@goonman6777]

Huh

[@nightofthehunt2236]

Kindred is the best, though. I mean, not the best performance wise, but extremely fun to play and also the most interesting in terms of lore/visuals IMO.

[@davidebenati2717]

5 years already passed... Still this champion is beautiful

[@SnowWing000]

Five years without knowing of this? I would have downloaded LOL if I knew. There would not even be a second to think.

[@Johnny12Hats]

been playing since beta.. this is by far my favorite character design

[@tpeterson9140]

problably the most well made champion spotlight, really enjoyed watching it and learned a lot. Well done phreak!

[@mirakil7636]

Another squishy jungler? *Veigar intensifies*

[@akakosenpai]

lame

[@prn_Melatonin]

#hardtruths

[@justinsmith5169]

+Mirkel Leliveld The ult directly counters burst champions like that, though.

[@jhondisjames2151]

+Justin Smith Oh shiet. Rip Veigar. Now I know what I'm counter picking with

[@mirakil7636]

Justin Smith Implying you'd get the chance to do anything before you're dead. Can't ult when you're stunned.

[@dnguyen253]

Kindred was op on release. Then nerfed to the ground and forgotten for like 2-3 years. Got minor buffs and is in a decent place but definitely is weaker than meta jg champs. Sad cause Kindred is such a neat concept for a champ.

[@airosmithredila4725]

This one is like vayne ulti when it first came. 5v1 isnt enough

[@youmukonpaku916]

I'm honestly really excited for this champion. Mainly because with her ultimate she's gonna be such a hard counter to assassins. I'm also excited because it'll be neat to see how the professional scene adapts to an ADC jungler, whether they'll pick her up or if she'll just fade away. Either way I'm excited to play her and i honestly think that she's pretty balanced. At least in terms of her kit. I'm not sure what her numbers are so maybe her ratios or base damages are broken or something but aside from that she seems fine. She's not SUPER mobile unless she's inside her W and she has only 1 form of CC, and it's soft CC, so if the enemy laner has some mobility they'll be fine so long as your laner has some kind of engage, or CC or follow up.

[@luckypantson2210]

+Youmu Konpaku she is really good in this meta because all the juggernauts that are tanky and do damage she is good at kitting. and all that max health and % health damage you can not catch her before she kills you. Also I think she comes out tomorrow because they put the spotlight on the website.

[@MyLux777]

her ult only counters zed -_-

[@enexin853]

+Youmu Konpaku She's more of a mid for me :d

[@KQ4rt]

Kindred voice acting is soooo good! I'm in love with Lamb now O.o I painted a skin for Kindred called "Foxbun Kindred" :P

[@Wrathalot]

princess mononoke !!

[@martinhill9561]

+Wrathalot glad i wasn't the only one who saw that

[@grismatics]

Ikr! you're not alone

[@SuperBlackatude]

woot had to nerf devour before she came out too

[@tqgdesire8604]

Riot*

[@zacharyb5702]

+fahad khalid ^ this kid knows nothing XD her passive in the jungle=one shot baron

[@SuperBlackatude]

Blood Snake id quit while u are ahead, it has a capped damage vs monsters

[@CrysiCrysis]

Kindred works better with Warrior, IMO... You don't auto nearly as much as you'd think when you have that q cd at like 1 sec... Though Devo Kindred is scary when fed, Warrior Kindred does just fine from behind and is almost just as effective... >>

[@leonhardtz5]

+T Fletch I've been playing her for the last couple weeks on the PBE. and I can tell you that her passive does not have a cap on monsters. her E does, but not her passive. You won't ever get it stacked enough to one shot Baron, though.

[@Midnight-zq5op]

I've been waiting ages for a champion that suits my style of fighting, Jinx was the closest but since i haven't played in ages I decided to check again. Now Kindred is my main o3o

[@Midnight-zq5op]

Screaming Sun Ayee :D

[@crocyboi1219]

Anyone when Kindred marks them : Is that a challenge ?!

[@eros9033]

Welcome to League of Legends champion spotlight featuring Kindred, The Forgotten Hunters

[@suguaakini4478]

"There is a bit of time after a camp is cleared to avoid giving directly the information to the enemy" Me a Kindred main : *clear the enemy krugs for mark* Game the second I kill the big krug : *Kindred, milestone passed : Mark Master* *The enemy mid laner and top run there to kill me down* God dammit

[@vermilion9221]

Who's here after 2024 Cinematic?

[@oracle_ow]

2024 and I still believe Kindred is one of their best designed champions. So glad they got to shine in Still Here

[@skywardsteve]

Love that piano backing.

[@gooseedits7165]

"Most Complicated character are most beautiful character ever created"

[@LinDusty]

look how good kindred was when she came out...now look at her in season 7. :T

[@notnicex6685]

AbsoluteOtaku Is she worth the buy anymore ?

[@LinDusty]

Loyal Blood depends.

[@toastee5421]

AbsoluteOtaku On what?

[@kindredtheeternalhunters601]

Rem they are better now

[@specialsomeone-]

I got out of bronze playing Kindred... Shes still good :v

[@tylermikkelson3263]

Their voice lines are the best in the game!

[@wcsdiaries]

katerina is gonna enjoy this guys ult so much. Just wait for the whole team to stand on it, get everyone low, and faceroll for easy penta as soon as buff ends

[@PixelleHearts]

+JacksMagicBean Also, Janna with Kayle is really good for this ult combo as well. AoE arena of defying death for your team... then get Janna to ult in the center and Kayle to spare any stragglers on your team if necessary. Kat will be the clean up crew.

[@wcsdiaries]

Pixel Heart Might be good with yasuo too if you can time the tornado and ult to begin as soon as the invicibility ends. Also it would eliminate yasuos squishyness factor since it would keep him alive despite cc from counters like annie, liss,etc. Even better, he could just use the time to charge his q making the ult ready for use as i stated above

[@TreyDobe]

+JacksMagicBean Pick Katarina when someone picks this champ, GET ALL THE PENTAS!

[@Elemental-Phoenix]

Let's be honest here, this is a champion designed for interesting play in LCS, not solo queue.

[@wcsdiaries]

Firose it could totally be a troll champ like bard.....which makes me anxious. imagine if you're the only fed person on ur team and ur trying to carry and the bastard troll decides to ult the other team when u go in

[@dingliedangliedoodle9261]

Recent data has revealed that this champion is particularly popular in Afghanistan and Wales.

[@VagineerHuur]

Need some of dat lamb booty

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

Show me your data.

[@kenite7980]

I smell perma banned in rank

[@blbblb21223]

+Senpai Mastahh nah the juggernauts aren't in this video.

[@kenite7980]

+Brandon Barba I have no idea why riot does this,trying to improve something and they really think these juggernauts are fun?!? They are disgusting and kindred too.. I guess they are trying new things but I'm gonna quit league after I get to diamond if this keeps going. (I'm not hitting diamond so never quitting then :( )

[@Uke3455]

+Senpai Mastahh Quit League dude. If u dont like League, its Vice Versa League dont either like u. Quit Kiddo Who cares ?!

[@Eranuzz]

+Senpai Mastahh Shitty champ.

[@yourgirlsx]

+Daryl Pangilinan You so salty.

[@lovewillsetyoufree]

I love Kindred. I love them. I just love them! I’m still a noob but I’m going to master the ways of kindred cause I’m a kindredmain 🥺🖤

[@LollipopsCreations]

That ultimate shouldve been Bard`s

[@deathlegionair]

Kindred and Taum Kench seem to be bard separated into to different champs and made better.

[@WTF2BlueTiger]

+deathlegionair I can half agree, Riot has tried to make the 10 most recent champion EXTREMELY unique, and I think it hurts a lot, these last 5 champs are ridiculously unique and that makes them even harder to balance.

[@jelle7111]

+deathlegionair A good Bard's catch and escape potential is way better than the latter, though. Plus it offers nice healing and sustain in lane. I always prefer a Bard in my lane than a Tahm.

[@tiberiugeorgescu4459]

+deathlegionare not better, just simpler to use. I hate all these people who hate bard. Maybe at launch he was useless, but today he is a top tier support and at 50 chimes you can really burst the enemy squishes fast

[@TheRobson61]

+WTF2BlueTiger Not only unique, but a lot of them can be very difficult to play if you're in the lower leagues. Makes it very hard to enjoy champions if you suck at them, I speak from experience.

[@mrgopnik5964]

“Kindred is a pretty complicated champion” Samira and Aphelios: “allow us to introduce ourselves”

[@leaderofcommunistchina1427]

samira?

[@Whatevsman27]

Anyone else see this champ and think of Wolf Link and Midna for whatever reason?

[@AuroraShadowglen]

+Jeremy Garner I did sort of get that idea

[@dannywolfpero]

+Jeremy Garner I think of Gabu and Mei.

[@KittyGamingYT]

+Jeremy Garner Princess Mononoke?

[@Whatevsman27]

***** never saw that movie or any of Studio Ghibli's (i probably misoelled that, but I'm too lazy to check) works. Been meaning to though.

[@FancyHitla]

+14Kristian41 you just reminded me ive got to see that! Thank you lol :)

[@nicolevickyhades]

This is such a cool design for a character and those voices used for lamb and wolf are amazing.

[@nevortrevor]

you can't use syndra as a gank example no one plays syndra.

[@sunnykee6013]

I do

[@sergioromo9936]

WOOOOO TURN DOWN FOalright im outta here.

[@korci1]

+Trevor Patterson Kaceytron does lol :D

[@RafhiLP]

Finally a Rengar Counter. GJ RIOT

[@JoelK615]

Rengar counter the ult yess but the champion himself no defenitly not they say it too in the spotlight kindred is weak at the beginning so you DONT want to meet a Rengar or you are the one who meets death :)

[@RafhiLP]

But they counter his Oneshot Combo and that's what makes Rengar so usefull.

[@JoelK615]

What i said her ult so i wouldnt call it a counter at least not a big counter we still have yi running around

[@DerFrischkopf]

Not a bigger counter than Zhonyas..

[@RafhiLP]

yes it is. you can dmg him meanwhile

[@MegaLilmaz]

When League designers were really designing characters instead of copy-pasting.

[@JesusTVs]

Kindred needs more skins. Just star guardian skin

[@halone4254]

Jesus Peña YES

[@specialsomeone-]

Dude imagine Blood Moon Kindred... I keep saying she needs more T^T

[@xdgaming952]

ahha no xD

[@danello2367]

We got 1 my guy

[@samuellacey5166]

Okay... So this champ has a... Passive that makes them do more damage the more they kill enemies with it. A Q that dashes forward and deals damage to 3 nearby enemies. A W that casts a very large AOE skill with a special creature in said AOE that attacks whatever you do. A point and click slow for an E that, if you attack 3 times while they're under the effects, it deals max health percentage. And an R that basically grants immortality to all who enter it. Enemy OR ally. HOLY SHIT THAT'S AWESOME. I like these unique and weird champions that require you to know how to play as and with them, in order to succeed. Like Zilean, with his weird ult, like Bard, with his weird... EVERYTHING. And Now, Kindred, with her weird... See 'Bard".

[@XGuyBackAgain]

Samuel Lacey ok sorry please forgive me

[@samuellacey5166]

XGuyBackAgain 0_0 Y-you're serious? Lol. I thought you'd be like the typical youtube commenter in an argument, and refuse to let it go. XD Nice to have a pleasant suprise! =D It's k. =3

[@Artameful]

+Cody Clark DON'T INSULT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.

[@JUrb1000]

I was amazed by this champ... until i heard the ult applies for enemies too

[@TheXV22]

Editing is great ! I like this spotlight a lot specially how it starts and ends !

[@yourconscience7775]

I love their lines: Have they forgotten us yet little lamb?, they still know us though they try to forget They know we'll come Yet there never prepared The chills

[@pulpfan8027]

Just thinking, but wouldn’t it be better if this champ worked like Nidalee? In a sense that you could switch between controlling a Wolf or a Lamb. I feel that it would better portray that they are two halves of a whole, because right now Wolf seems like a follower, a lot less important than the Lamb.

[@thediamondstonegaming9526]

Agreed

[@michishiarha440]

Well it's like Lamb says, "wolf chases, but does not willingly go" I like the idea, but the quote really explains it for ya

[@razesatchel7865]

the champ with the best voice lines

[@keennickolas8575]

Beautiful ... bot wow, must be so difficult ... especially the ult O.O ...

[@ilovetweek000]

bruh kindred is such a unique champion

[@Lonystal]

Kindred is one of the, if not the best designed champ riot has ever released

[@RequiemsVoid]

So Kindred is the reason for the recent nerf to Sated Devourer. IE: Ranged champions can only proc SD once every 4 attacks. Ironically, this nerf didn't do anything to the champs people are most complaining about, Yi, Xin, ect.

[@readyforlol]

+RequiemsVoid Kindred are technicaly labelled as "marksmen". Riot hates marksmen, even when they jungle.

[@arcanegunther5511]

+TheMythof Feminism but the current meta is so bad for adc. nearly everyone can kill u

[@RequiemsVoid]

Arcane Günther I think that's really why Vayne is considered so "powerful" right now. IE: Beyond Trists rocket jump, only Vayne has "self peel". Mostly in the form of her Ult + Tumble = invisible and her condemn. Now add in the fact she ruses BotRK and her % true dmg, and you have an ADC that simply outclasses all other ADCs. It also doesn't help that Riot's been slowly nerfing every other ADC over the past year. Making Vayne stand out so much more. As for Kalista, many people are pointing to the fact that she was designed by CertinlyT, and just like Thresh, Riot refuse to nerf any champion he designs, no matter how overloaded their kit is. This is evident even more, when you consider how badly he screwed up the Morde rework and how he wont admit his mistake, nor will Riot reverse it. IE: Morde's W gives him "solo lane exp" that allows him to naturally outlevel his opponents as well a free dragon pet for sieging.

[@yosh6278]

+RequiemsVoid i believe it was vayne, two auto attacks and w pops. all you had to do was run an as build and carrying was easy.

[@1500Sachem]

+RequiemsVoid Kindred would be like 2 Yis by late game if the devourer worked the same on her, those are not OP, kindred would be ban or pick if they didn't do that. PBE confirmed

[@mihail221]

I still remember how they teased this champion with its marks while you are in game. I was so excited to see them and wasnt disapointed.

[@solarenoi]

Best champ, hands down Just listen to their voices, song and aesthetic. GOD, just perfection!!

[@user-tx2ql7yv5o]

I want kindred now

[@anekootaku9318]

me too

[@jennywithaglock3916]

Don't bother.

[@DaSoggyTurd]

+Luca Perugini ?

[@thenerfedfishbutstillop8352]

+DaSoggyTurd THE FRICKIN HEAL IS GONE!!!

[@thenerfedfishbutstillop8352]

w has no heal anymore ;(

[@Starryeyeddreamer2001]

They need more attention

[@rrlvnt]

Someone who actually called kindred "they" lol

[@Arigatogrande99]

Because of the cinematic i love kindred even more.

[@thomascreamer1519]

That ult though. Imagine tryndamere, kayle, zilean, yorick, and kindred on the same team

[@OEsEben]

+Thomas Creamer Yorick, Kayle, Kindred, Zil and Bard would be worse. Trynds ult is just him... lame.

[@valenesco45]

+Thomas Creamer the ultimate nightmare comes true.

[@jackrue7579]

any team with kayle is a bad team to me.