Posted By JTRex on Sep 15, 2015 | 1 comment

Just released earlier today, Kindred the Eternal Hunters, are a lamb and a wolf paired together.  A jungle focused champion, together the wolf and lamb mark targets that once killed, will give them a permanent buff, so make sure you are finishing off your enemies!  Over on leagueoflegends.com, you can find the full reveal, with ability previews, and some play style tips:

Ganking

Mark of the Kindred is a powerful tool, and not just for the buff it grants Kindred when they butcher a marked target. It has immense psychological value, too: knowing that they’ve been marked for death may force an enemy to play more passively, pulling back from their pushed lane for fear of an approaching gank. But marking prey doesn’t force Kindred to their lane; the mark’s global range means they can mark the enemy team’s mid for death before ganking top, for example. They won’t get a permanent boost, sure, but Kindred’s time is sometimes better spent helping allies than scrambling to kill targets who know they’re being hunted.

But when Kindred sets it sights on a target, how does it actually hunt? Mounting Dread provides a solid start, slowing their enemy as they close in to create a well-positioned Wolf’s Frenzy. Once the lair’s live, Kindred’s all set to whittle their prey down with Dance of Arrows and basic attacks. But while Lamb and Wolf hit hard, they lack traditional hard crowd control effects, making them most effective when they gank wounded targets or attack alongside allies who can keep the enemy locked down.

Kindred should always keep an eye on the enemy team’s jungle, too, because while the twin beasts choose the champions they apply Mark of the Kindred to, the enemy jungle camps that suffer the same mark are picked at random. Kindred doesn’t gain vision of marked targets, but they do know that, by being marked, the camp at least lives. This is where Kindred uses their smarts: knowledge of live camps tell it where the enemy jungler is not, or at least where they may be headed, giving them the chance to plan their ganks or jungle routes accordingly. The mark’s also visible to the enemy jungler, too, who suddenly has to decide between killing off the marked camp to deny Kindred passive stats, or ganking. This isn’t an easy choice: choosing the latter, particularly in a lane well away from the marked camp, pretty much provides Kindred with a free invitation for extra stats. Otherwise, the enemy jungler can simply ward the marked buff and stay close enough to turn the tables on Kindred should they decide to kill the camp. As nimble and powerful as they are, Kindred still struggles against a number of strong dueling junglers.

Kindred has some unique abilities that you just have to check out.  Their ultimate ability is something that has not been done in League.  You gotta see how this will change the game when Kindred is on the rift, so check out all the news in the full reveal here.