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Recommended Items
Runes: Standard (non-joat)
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Precision
Inspiration
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health
Spells:
Spells™
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![LoL Summoner Spell: Flash]()
![LoL Summoner Spell: Scorchclaw Smite]()
Flash
Scorchclaw Smite
Items
Choose your pokemon!
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Standard Crit
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JOAT-ing
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Bruiser
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Ability Order Q -> W -> E
Mark of the Kindred (PASSIVE)
Kindred Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Threats
Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
Show All
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Elise
Her stun is all she needs to quickly 1-shot you so avoid it at all cost
Galio
Pretty much all his abilities work great with 
Lamb's Respite
His Hero's Entrance the most obviously due to huge AOE knockup
Synergies
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Galio
Pretty much all his abilities work great with [[Lamb's respite]] His [[Hero's Entrance]] the most obviously due to huge AOE knockup
Champion Build Guide
Greetings
I'm back with another guide, this time for my 2nd most played champion: Kindred
This is a guide that mainly focuses on Jack of all Trades, even though the build is pretty much your standard crit Kindred so don't worry if you don't like that rune.
You'll also find bruiser and on-hit items and runes as well!
CHAPTER
SELECTION
Pros & Cons
Abilities
Runes
Items |
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You & Smite
Jungling 101
Kiting
Credits™
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Pros & Cons
Pros
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Cons
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Abilities
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Runes
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PRECISION |
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Press the Attack is the best rune for Kindred (unless you plan on going bruiser) as you can easily auto attack someone 3 times especially thanks to Dance of Arrows resetting auto attack cooldown, so be sure to abuse it Conqueror will 9/10 be way better than Press the Attack if you are going for tankier build (i.e Black Cleaver and Sterak's Gage) as it provides you healing and free AD during fights. You should really only build bruiser if you are getting annihilated by assassins or to get used to kindred as it'll make it easier for you to survive fights in exchange for lowering your damage a lot since you aren't building 4 crit items (as you would with
PTA)
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Triumph Is the only good rune in this category for kindred. It grants you more gold for takedowns and restores 2.5% max health + 5% missing health. Absorb Life will rarely if ever be of use to you as the heal it provides is simply nothing, especially when you're already healing from jungle monsters thanks to your jungle item. The same goes for Presence of Mind which won't be helpful because you naturally regenerate more mana in jungle thanks to being a jungler.
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Legend: Haste is my preferred choice, as it gives you 15 Ability Haste for your basic abilities (Q, W and E), which given you don't really build it on Kindred is more helpful than just 18% more Attack Speed that Legend: Alacrity provides on top of items like Trinity Force and Berserker's Greaves. Legend: Bloodline could be used and would definitely be more beneficial than Legend: Alacrity in my opinion because while Legend: Alacrity provides something you can easily obtain there are only a few items that provide lifesteal and Legend: Bloodline grants up to 5% total.
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Coup de Grace and Cut Down are two sides of the same coin, one helps you with squishier (low health) teams, the other helps you with tankier (lots of health) teams. I prefer Cut Down due to it being more useful in early game since you usually don't have enough damage yet to get enemies to Coup de Grace <40% health threshold reliably. Last Stand is best used in bruiser kindred build, but can also be used with crit build the same way the other two are. It's simply less useful and more risky due to lack of bonus health.
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INSPIRATION |
Inspiration secondary runes are your standard runes that you'll take most if not all of the games.
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Magical Footwear grants you boots that have +10 movespeed at 12:00 (-45 seconds per takedown) but prevents you from buying them yourself beforehand. You will also not obtain them if your inventory is full so be sure to keep a free slot for them. Cash Back is also a decent choice if you don't want the Magical Footwear. It'll give you 200g after purchasing Trinity Force, and 1k gold total (roughly 200g per legendary item).
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Cosmic Insight is great choice if you're not going for Jack of all Trades as not only will it lower your Flash cooldown but also your Smite cooldown by 13% (provided it works the same as Ability Haste). Jack of all Trades is a funny sub-rune that grants you free Ability Haste per stack (Which at 10 stacks with Trinity Force lowers your ability cooldowns by 20% total and with Legend: Haste it further lowers your basic ability cooldown by 28% instead of just 20%) and 6 or 15 attack damage at 5 or 10 stacks respectively, which may not seem like a lot, but given that you are an ADC and your main damage is auto attacks that 16 AD is basically 16 more damage you can deal per attack.
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RESOLVE |
Resolve secondary runes are more ""beginner"" friendly secondary runes as they provide you with sustain or simply for bruiser build.
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Conditioning isn't a good rune in comparsion (it will give you around 10 armor & magic resist max). It's more of a tank rune so unless you're doing some weird tank kindred build it's not worth it. Second Wind is great pick for bruiser since you're going to be building health items but can also be used with on-hit or standard crit if you're not going for Inspiration secondary runes. Bone Plating is better for squishy builds, especially in early game or against burst/assassin teams since it reduces the damage you take from next 3 spells/attacks within 1,5 second.
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Revitalize is in my opinion the best choice in here. It makes your Wolf's Frenzy passive's & Lamb's Respite's healing (and also any enchanter's shields & heals cast on you) better, where in comparison Overgrowth won't be as useful since you're not a laner and as such have way less minions to soak in for the extra health, Unflinching is in my opninion still a dead rune ever since it was changed.
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Attack Speed due to being auto attacker. In the 2nd you should pick Adaptive Force because it's simply more AD so more damage.In the 3rd you can pick either health or Health Scaling, however keep in mind that health grants you 65 more health at level 1 which let's you survive invades for longer even if it's just a single auto attack.
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Items
STANDARD FULL BUILD:
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Trinity Force |
It's objectively the best 1st item. Better dueling potential thanks to stats like
health and Attack Speed. The best part of trinity force is Sheen which gives you free damage whenever you use ability and the extra 20 movespeed whenever you attack something, it can help you catch up to someone or make kiting easier. It also gives you 4 stacks for Jack of all Trades.
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Berserker's Greaves |
they provide Attack Speed and Movement Speed you only gain unique stack for movespeed from them.!!!IMPORTANT!!! Plated Steelcaps (2 stacks due to Movement Speed and armor) or Mercury's Treads (3 stacks due to Movement Speed, magic resist and tenacity) you might be able to use Jack of all Trades in bruiser or on-hit build as well.
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The Collector |
Gives you lethality and crit (which count as 2 stacks for Jack of all Trades build), not to mention the passive that let's you execute anyone that reaches less than 5% health.
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Infinity Edge |
Increases your critical strike damage by 40% which affects both your auto attacks and Mounting Dread and also counts critical strike damage as a stack for Jack of all Trades.
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Mortal Reminder |
Better Lord Dominik's Regards, the 5% less armor penetration does not make it worse especially when there's always at least one champion that builds some sort of healing or has healing runes in game.
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Bloodthirster |
A lot of AD and 15% life steal that will easily turn into 100+ healing per attack with full build. You also gain overheal shield when your health is full.
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Runaan's Hurricane |
You should get this as a boots replacement. Jack of all Trades stacks at 10 (due to giving you % Movement Speed) and also letting you hit 3 people at once which makes it great for teamfights. It also brings your crit chance up to 100% and Mounting Dread threshold to <75% HP.
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JOAT Stacks (min. for 10 stacks on JOAT):
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Trinity Force |
Berserker's Greaves |
The Collector |
Infinity Edge |
Last Whisper |
Vampiric Scepter |
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BOOTS:
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Berserker's Greaves |
Plated Steelcaps |
Mercury's Treads |
Berserker's Greaves - Your go-to boots thanks to the bonus Attack Speed if you don't need to go very defensive. (which as an ADC you really shouldn't until later items as you should prioritize getting your main powerspikes ASAP) Plated Steelcaps - Boots you take when the enemy team has a lot of auto attackers ( Yasuo, Vayne etc.) and/or AD champions. Mercury's Treads - Boots that grant you Tenacity for when the enemy team has a lot of Crowd Control and/or AP champions. (Especially since CC usually deals magic damage if it deals any to begin with)
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BRUISER ITEMS:
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Black cleaver |
Core item for when you're going bruiser. It gives you armor penetration and bonus
movespeed whenever you deal physical damage, making it easier for you to chase someone down.
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Sterak's gage |
Gives you
tenacity which can come in handy if the enemy team has a lot of Crowd Control, a shield when you reach low health (<30% HP) and also free AD that scales with your level (Currently 54 AD at max lvl).
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Blade of The Ruined King |
Great anti-tank item due to dealing % current health damage and slowing the enemy every 3rd attack. It also grants you life steal and Attack Speed which are both great for you.
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Chempunk Chainsword |
If you need anti-healing this is something you'll have to buy due to locking yourself out of Mortal Reminder due to buying Black Cleaver (You can only have one armor penetration item).
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Jak'sho, The Protean |
This is your best option for defense as it'll grant you both armor and magic resist. After 5 seconds of combat it will also increase any bonus armor and magic resist you got by 30% (including ones it grants. Giving you total of 59 armor & magic resist during combat).
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ON-HIT ITEMS:
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Guinsoo's Rageblade |
THE main on-hit item. It applies 30 magic damage on-hit, further increases your Attack Speed for each attack (up to 4) but most importantly, once you reach those 4 stacks it makes every 3rd attack apply on-hit effects twice which in turn makes every item below more effective. KEEP IN MIND YOU NEED STACKING ITEMS FIRST FOR Guinsoo's Rageblade TO BE USEFUL SO DON'T BUILD THIS AS FISRT ITEM, build Blade of the Ruined King or even Kraken Slayer as first item instead (however Blade of the Ruined King is preferred personally).
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Runaan's Hurricane |
Great item that not only increases your Attack Speed (which is what on-hit is all about), but also hit 3 people at once which makes it great for teamfights. It also gives you 25% crit chance which may not seem like a lot especially since you don't build Infinity Edge, however 25% is better than 0% nontheless as critical attacks deal 75% increased damage.
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Blade of The Ruined King |
Just like with Bruiser build, it's a great anti-tank item due to dealing % current health damage and slowing the enemy every 3rd attack while granting you lifesteal for more sustain.
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Kraken slayer |
Deals on-hit physical damage every 3rd attack (120-160 based on level), increased by up to 50% based on enemy's missing health. |
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Terminus |
Your go-to anti-tank item that alternates between light (increases your armor & magic resist by 6-8 depending on level) and dark (increases your armor penetration & magic penetration by 10%) attacks. Each going up to 3 stacks (18-24 (depending on level) armor & magic resist and 30% armor penetration & magic penetration). (Remember that if enemies have a lot of healing going for Mortal Reminder is not a bad idea as having more crit chance means more damage and higher Mounting Dread threshold.)
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Wit's end |
Best anti-ap item you can get for on-hit build. It deals 45 on-hit damage with each attack while granting you both magic resist and tenacity which can be very useful against crowd control.(Keep in mind that if there are no AP champions in enemy team there's no reason to build Wit's End and you would be better off with Infinity Edge for more powerful crits and Mounting Dread damage or Bloodthirster for even more sustain.)
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Mortal Reminder |
Can be built in on-hit builds as a replacement for Terminus if you need anti-heals. Keep in mind it'll make you a bit more squishy due to not stacking armor and magic resist like you would with Terminus.
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You and Smite
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SMITE It let's you deal 600 -> 900 -> 1200 (Upon leveling it every 20 stacks) TRUE damage to monsters and objectives like dragon or baron.
UNLEASHED SMITE It now deals 900 instead of 600 true damage AND it now can be used on enemy champions to slow them by 20% which may not seem like a lot but it can easily make a difference in your gank being successful or failed due to letting the enemy run under their turret.
THE SMITES™
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Jungle 101
First clear:
As you can see my first clear starts from blue buff, however red buff clear would be identical (start from buff -> Krugs -> raptors etc.), except for placing the ward in the bush next to the buff for safety, since it is more likely for enemy to invade your red rather than blue due to more bushes where they can wait for you to come.
0: Start by warding bush next to Red Brambleback, that way you know if anyone invades it while you wait for Blue Sentinel
1: Blue Sentinel
2: Gromp
3: Greater Murk Wolf
4: Crimson Raptor
5: Red Brambleback
6: Ancient Krug
Mark of the Kindred: Depending on which side it appears on you might want to skip Ancient Krug
!!!HELPFUL JUNGLE TIP!!!
Pay attention to when your Gromp respawns, especially if you can keep track of the enemy jungler as it might give you an opportunity to invade their jungle that just respawned.
Red Brambleback, that way you know if anyone invades it while you wait for Blue Sentinel1:
Blue Sentinel2:
Gromp3:
Greater Murk Wolf4:
Crimson Raptor5:
Red Brambleback6:
Ancient Krug Mark of the Kindred: Depending on which side it appears on you might want to skip Ancient Krug!!!HELPFUL JUNGLE TIP!!!
Pay attention to when your Gromp respawns, especially if you can keep track of the enemy jungler as it might give you an opportunity to invade their jungle that just respawned.
Ganking:
I've made 3 different zones on each lane that basically explain good and bad time to gank (You should always do your best to gank from behind (i.e the sides marked with arrows) the enemy, that way you're cutting off their escape route and force them to go through you):
Green - Enemy is overextending and they will be forced to at the very least burn
Flash if they want to escape especially if your teammate helps you. It's THE time for you to gank.Yellow - Both your ally and the enemy are equally pushed and depending on if they actually help you with the gank you will most likely succeed or at the very least force the enemy to burn their
Flash or any other means of escape.Red - Unless the enemy has low health or no
Flash OR your laner can help you kill them quickly (like assassins/burst mages (i.e Zed & Veigar) before they escape, you most likely will not succeed with a gank, however if you go further under the turret you'll most likely have to burn Flash and maybe even Lamb's Respite in order to not die yourself if you stay in turret's range for too long.Only go for these plays if you KNOW you'll kill them, don't be overly confident or you'll end up dying or wasting time.
REMEMBER, GANKS DON'T DEPEND ON JUST POSITIONING. TAKE HEALTH, MANA, COOLDOWNS, ETC. INTO CONSIDERATION.
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Ganking as RED side
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Epic monsters (Objectives):
Dragon | Spawns at 5:00 at Bottom river | Respawns after 5 minutes | There are 6 different dragons and their order is completely random and varies from game to game.
Dragon types and what each of them provides Voidgrub | Spawn at 8:00 at Top river | Never respawns | They spawn in a group of 3, each one of them providing a stack of Touch of the void team that kills it.
!!!You need to kill at least two of them for them to count towards feats!!!
How amount of stacks affects it Rift Herald | Spawns at 16:00 at Top river | Respawns after 6 minutes | Once defeated spawns a pickupable Eye of the Herald that disappears after 40 seconds if not picked up by any member of the team that has slain him. Atakhan | Spawns at 20:00 at either river's end (depending on which side most kills had occured by 14 minutes mark) | Never respawns | Sucks up all the Bloody Roses (Flowers that when attacked / destroyed grant you xp and Adaptive Force) from the map and grants additional 10 and then converts all of them into Spirit petals that grant 25% more xp and Adaptive Force.Whenever you kill enemy champion you grant your team a Spirit Petal, then slow enemies in area of the corpse for 60% for 1,5 second and deal 15% current health adaptive damage to them.
Baron Nashor | Spawns at 25:00 at Top river | Respawns after 5 minutes | Provides Hand of Baron once slain. Elder Dragon | Spawns after 6 minutes at Bottom river once one of the teams obtains a Dragon soul (slays 4 Dragons) | Provides Aspect of the Dragon once slain.Using Dance of Arrows through walls:
Green - Easy
Yellow - Medium / easy once mastered
Red - Hard (may feel impossible at first but it requires a VERY specific angle)
>>Back to chapter selection<<
Kiting
Kiting:
Kiting is an important thing for any league player, however it is an essential skill to pick up for any ADC champion. If you want to play Kindred You should learn it as soon as possible!!!
How to kite? (Step by step)
0. Start by binding "Player Attack Move click" command
1.Get enemy within your auto attack range (otherwise you will start walking towards them).
2.Press A (your "Player Attack Move Click" button) as close to the enemy as possible (it will target the enemy closest to your cursor only attacking enemies such as monsters/minions and enemy champions will count. (unless clicked directly on the enemy)
3.Right click away from them (as they will move towards you to get in range to kill you) / towards them (for example when they are running away from you towards safety)
4.Repeat constantly, make sure you keep your enemy at the edge of your range so that you can safely attack them from afar.
Why is kiting a good thing?
If you don't kite you will be a standing target, and that's never a good thing, especially since you are a ranged champion and thus very squishy.
Example of doing Blue Sentinel without kiting:
Example of doing Blue Sentinel with kiting:
As you can clearly see you lose a lot less health since Blue Sentinel is constantly forced to move closer to you in order to even attack you.
Keep in mind that this is just an example on a monster camp.
Against real players you will make a much greater usage of kiting than in the jungle since AI is very simple.
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