Game patch, matey 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1

Arrr, reference patch 16.20.1

Kindred

The Eternal Hunters

Kindred be a ranged damage dealer who needs seaworthy spacing and time to keep attacking. This overview keeps th' explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and th' present in-battle tooltip.

JungleArrr, mostly physical damageArrr, ranged attacks

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Arrr, usual roleJungle

ClassMarksman

DifficultyArrr, medium · 4/10

Arrr, basic attacksRangedArrr, ranged basic attacks · 500 range.

Arrr, damage profileArrr, mostly physical damageMost normal kit pressure be physical. Armour may lend a hand, but inspect whether attacks or tricks be th' main source.

Arrr, reference patch16.20.1

Arrr, strengths and limits

What Kindred does well, and what can go wrong

These be kit-level patterns, nay a promise that every course or matchup plays th' same way.

Arrr, good patterns

Can maintain ranged damage when positioning and target access remain seaworthy.
Ranged basic attacks can contribute without entering melee distance when spacing be preserved.

Arrr, limits to respect

Loses reliable output when forced astern, controlled or reached afore creating distance.
Needs th' sailor to respect cooldowns, resources and th' foe's course into th' fight.

Arrr, riot ally tips

Use these while learning th' champion

Moving 'round betwixt attacks while jungling will lend a hand ye avoid damage and also generate more booty heals from Wolf's Frenzy.

Pick which Hunts ye want to pursue carefully; getting many o' them be th' key to success as th' battle goes on.

Don't go in first aboard to a large crew fight. Wait fer yer teammates to initiate.

Riot foe tips

What an foe be told to watch fer

Kindred be fragile - turn th' pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Clear th' deck th' Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.

Arrr, when Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Arrr, practical champion reading

Arrr, how to read Kindred in a real fight

Use these patterns to ask better questions afore choosing an gear, target or commitment. They describe th' kit, nay a promised result.

Arrr, damage delivery

Arrr, primarily physical pressure

Armour can reduce th' broad physical profile. Separate basic attacks from physical tricks afore relying on an gear passive that only affects attacks.

Arrr, fight rhythm

Arrr, repeated access matters

Th' threat grows while this champion can keep attacking a useful target. Break target access, create distance or use control afore th' repeated pattern settles in.

Arrr, range and access

Arrr, spacing protects repeated output

Ranged attacks be useful only while a seaworthy line to th' target remains. Flanks, hard control and blocked escape routes can remove that advantage quickly.

Typical crew job

Maintain seaworthy, repeatable damage

Target access and survival time most often matter more booty than one ambitious hit. Reposition betwixt attacks and avoid giving up th' seaworthy damage line.

Control inspect

Identify th' exact movement restriction

Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement captain's answer.

Arrr, protection and sustain

Inspect whether recovery changes th' fight

Anti-heal or anti-shielding be situational. Buy it only when th' effect be materially protecting targets and yer champion can apply th' captain's answer reliably.

Arrr, resource pattern

Arrr, mana and cooldowns both matter

A spell being available does nay mean th' shipshape sequence be sustainable. Watch th' resource bar as well as th' setup and escape cooldowns.

Defensive gear reference

What can help against Kindred?

Set sail wit' th' threat that be actually affecting th' clash. These be conditional comparisons, nay an automatic counter loadout.

Pre-battle choices

Arrr, dEFENSIVE BOOTS

Plated Steelcaps most often fit better

Armour and attack reduction address repeated physical basic attacks. Th' passive does nay reduce every physical trick.

Pick Mercury's Treads instead when magic damage or reducible crowd control across th' full crew matters more booty.

Arrr, repeated attacksSlowsArrr, healing or sustainArrr, possible critical strikes

Arrr, pHYSICAL DEFENCE

Arrr, physical defence

Armour · hull · role-appropriate defence

Armour can reduce physical damage, but Plated Steelcaps' passive be specific to attacks.

Clash th' gear to attacks, critical strikes or trick burst rather than buying armour from th' label alone.

Arrr, rEPEATED ATTACKS

Arrr, repeated attacks

Arrr, Plated Steelcaps · Frozen Heart

These can reduce attack-focused pressure when their stats fit yer champion.

Do nay use this as an captain's answer to physical spells that be nay attacks.

Arrr, cRITICAL STRIKES

Arrr, critical strikes

Arrr, randuin's Omen

Critical-strike reduction can matter after a real critical loadout appears.

Champion identity alone does nay prove that critical strikes will be purchased.

Arrr, rEPEATED SLOWS

Arrr, repeated slows

Arrr, Boots of Swiftness

Slow resistance can be more booty useful than Tenacity when repeated slowing strength be th' main problem.

It gives no armour or magic resistance, so compare th' rest o' th' opposing crew.

Arrr, mEANINGFUL HEALING

Arrr, meaningful healing

Arrr, bramble Vest or Thornmail · Morellonomicon · Mortal Reminder

A role-appropriate Grievous Wounds gear can reduce healing.

Buy it only when healing be materially changing fights and yer champion can apply it reliably.

Normal Draft and Ranked role sea chart

Where Kindred fits on Summoner's Rift

Each course be assessed separately. Unfurl a role to reach its queue-specific loadout and matchup preparation.

TopUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Kindred be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Top course. Top most often needs independent laning, durable trading or reliable side-course pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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JungleArrr, primary role

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Kindred has an established clear th' deck and sea chart course that can function without course income while contesting camps and prizes.

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MidUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Kindred be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Mid course. Mid most often needs solo-course safe harbour plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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BotUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Kindred be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Bot course. Bot most often needs dependable duo-course scaling and sustained damage wit' shared early pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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SupportUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Kindred be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Support course. Support most often needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low doubloons income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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Arrr, kit reference

Kindred tricks

Trick names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads be independently written; th' present in-battle tooltip remains authoritative.

Tricks Data Dragon 16.20.1Cooldown / Cost / Range Data Dragon 16.20.1

Passive

Mark of the Kindred

Arrr, what it doesEnglishKindred can mark targets to Hunt. Successfully completing a Hunt permanently empowers Kindred's basic abilities. Every 4 hunts completed also increases Kindred's basic attack range.

Arrr, practical readMark o' th' Kindred be an automatic part o' th' kit involving basic-attack interaction. Track when its condition be active instead o' treating every fight th' same way.

Q trick

Dance of Arrows

Arrr, what it doesEnglishKindred tumbles and shoots up to three arrows at nearby targets.

Arrr, practical readDance o' Arrows be part o' Kindred's Q pattern. Read its listed effect first aboard, then track th' cooldown and condition that make th' next aboard use valuable.

CooldownArrr, 9 secCost35Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 340 units

W trick

Wolf's Frenzy

Arrr, what it doesEnglishWolf enrages and attacks enemies around him. Lamb passively gains stacks by moving and attacking. When fully charged, Lamb's next attack restores health.

Arrr, practical readWolf's Frenzy be part o' Kindred's W pattern. Read its listed effect first aboard, then track th' cooldown and condition that make th' next aboard use valuable.

CooldownArrr, 18/17/16/15/14 secCost40Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 560 units

E trick

Mounting Dread

Arrr, what it doesEnglishLamb fires a carefully placed shot, slowing the target. If Lamb attacks the target two more times, her third attack instead directs Wolf to pounce on the enemy, savaging them for massive damage.

Arrr, practical readMounting Dread be a ranged cast involving a slowing effect and damage. Respect its line or target area, and avoid spending it when th' foe can simply step astern afore th' fit fer th' captain's eye exchange.

CooldownArrr, 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 secArrr, listed rangeArrr, 500 units

Ultimate

Lamb's Respite

Arrr, what it doesEnglishLamb grants all living things inside a zone a respite from death. Until the effect ends, nothing can die. At the end, units are healed.

Arrr, practical readLamb's Respite be part o' Kindred's R pattern. Read its listed effect first aboard, then track th' cooldown and condition that make th' next aboard use valuable.

CooldownArrr, 160/140/120 secCost100Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 500 units

Arrr, levels 1–18

Kindred · Health, arr / Mana, arr · Tricks

Base values exclude gear, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns be th' listed base cooldown afore trick haste.

Arrr, level 1595 Health, arr300 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 3748 Health, arr352 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 61,006 Health, arr438 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 111,508 Health, arr607 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 162,100 Health, arr807 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 182,363 Health, arr895 Mana, arr

Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1

Basic trickDance of Arrows

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, all ranksArrr, 9 sec

Basic trickWolf's Frenzy

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 18 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 17 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 16 secArrr, rank 4Arrr, 15 secArrr, rank 5Arrr, 14 sec

Basic trickMounting Dread

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 14 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 12.5 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 11 secArrr, rank 4Arrr, 9.5 secArrr, rank 5Arrr, 8 sec

UltimateLamb's Respite

First aboard rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 160 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 140 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 120 sec

Unfurl every levelHull and mana from level 1 to 18

Rank	Health, arr	Mana, arr	Trick milestone
1	595	300 Mana, arr	Pick th' first aboard basic trick
2	670	325 Mana, arr	Stow another basic trick or rank
3	748	352 Mana, arr	Stow another basic trick or rank
4	831	379 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
5	916	408 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
6	1,006	438 Mana, arr	First aboard ultimate rank normally available
7	1,099	470 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
8	1,196	502 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
9	1,296	536 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
10	1,400	571 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
11	1,508	607 Mana, arr	Arrr, second ultimate rank normally available
12	1,619	645 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
13	1,734	683 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
14	1,852	723 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
15	1,975	764 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
16	2,100	807 Mana, arr	Arrr, final ultimate rank normally available
17	2,230	850 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
18	2,363	895 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point

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