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Kindred
Patch 16.2.1
JungleDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Collect at least 4 marks by 15 minutes to gain the initial range boost. Use your superior range and mobility to shred frontliners while using to protect your team's primary carries from being burst down.
Playstyle
An aggressive marksman jungler who functions as a secondary carry. You must balance jungle pathing with a high-stakes mini-game to collect marks, scaling from a short-range skirmisher into a long-range late-game monster.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Infinite scaling through which increases attack range and damage
- +High early-game dueling potential and invade pressure with and
- +Unique utility with that can completely nullify enemy high-impact ultimates
- +Excellent terrain traversal for creative gank paths using wall hops
Weaknesses
- -Extremely squishy and vulnerable to hard CC or high burst before can be used
- -Heavily reliant on marks; if the enemy team collapses on marks, you fall behind
- - is a double-edged sword that can accidentally save enemies or lose objectives
- -Short base attack range early game makes you vulnerable to being kited by traditional ADCs
Abilities
Marking is a psychological tool. At 0 marks, the first mark always spawns on a Scuttle Crab. After 4 marks, your attack range increases. Don't suicide for marks; use them to predict the enemy jungler's location or bait them into a trap.
Your primary mobility and DPS tool. The cooldown is reduced to approximately 2 seconds while standing inside the zone. Use it to dodge skillshots or reposition while kiting, rather than just using it for the damage.
Wolf creates a hunting zone. Always drop this immediately when a fight starts to get the cooldown reduction. The passive provides a heal based on movement/attacks—use this to stay healthy during your initial clear.
A powerful slow and execute. It deals more damage to targets below 15% HP (scaling with marks). Never lead with this on a full HP target unless you specifically need the slow to reach them; save the third hit for the execute threshold.
Creates a zone where nothing can die. It affects allies, enemies, and neutral monsters. Use it to survive burst, then time your 's third hit to land exactly as the zone ends to execute the enemy before they can heal.
Teamfight Role
Backline DPS and Anti-Dive Support
Position like a standard ADC. Focus the closest threat. Use when an assassin dives you or your mid laner. Your job is to stay alive long enough for your mark-scaling to take over the fight.
If you have 10+ marks and a lead, you can play as an assassin, using to dive the enemy backline and to survive the return fire.
Combos
The Standard Skirmish
forward -> -> AA -> -> AA -> AA
Gap close with , immediately drop to reset your dash timer, and apply the slow to ensure you can land the three hits for the wolf pounce.
The Perfect Execute
-> AA -> AA -> Wait -> AA
Apply the first two stacks of , then wait until the enemy is below the critical health threshold (or until your is about to end) before firing the third shot for massive damage.
Wall Hop Assassination
over wall -> -> -> (reposition)
Use to bypass wards by jumping terrain. Dropping immediately allows you to use again almost instantly to dodge the enemy's panic-cast skillshots.
Ult Counter-Play
-> (target enemy) -> AA -> AA -> Wait -> + AA
While inside , stack your to 2 hits. The moment the gold flash of ends, fire the 3rd hit and to secure the kill while everyone is at minimum HP.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | With and , you are one of the strongest 1v1 duelists in the jungle. You can invade almost any weak early clearer. |
| Level 3 | Unlocking gives you the CC needed to actually finish kills during ganks rather than just poking them. |
| Level 6 | allows you to take incredibly aggressive dives and win fights you are losing by stalling for your cooldowns. |
| Level 11 | Usually coincides with your 4th or 7th mark, giving you a massive range advantage and lower cooldown for mid-game teamfights. |
Tips & Tricks
- •You can mark the enemy jungler at the start of the game to psych them out, but usually, it's better to mark the lane you plan to gank 30 seconds in advance.
- • provides vision. Use it to check bushes or over walls for Baron/Dragon steals without face-checking.
- •Smite works inside . If you are contesting an objective inside your ult, the monster won't die until the ult ends. Time your Smite for the literal frame the ult expires.
- •Your dash can go through most thin walls (like the back of the Dragon/Baron pits). Practice these in the practice tool; they are life-savers.
- •The passive heal from is based on movement. Always kite your jungle camps to stack the heal faster and stay at 100% HP.
- •If you're being chased, drop and over a wall. If they follow, back over. You can kite melee champions indefinitely this way.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Tunnel-visioning on marks→You walk into a 1v3, die, lose your tempo, and the enemy gets further ahead. Marks are a bonus, not a requirement for every spawn.
- ✕Casting when your team is winning the fight→You save the enemy priority target from certain death, allowing them to life-steal or wait for cooldowns and turn the fight.
- ✕Leaving the zone prematurely→Your cooldown goes back to 9 seconds, leaving you immobile and with zero DPS in the middle of a fight.
- ✕Using too early in the duration→The wolf pounce hits while the enemy is still invulnerable, wasting your execute damage entirely.
- ✕Assuming is a long dash→You fail to cross a wall and end up stuck against the terrain while the enemy collapses on you.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached