Our last mini-update to Kindred has succeeded in positioning them as a scaling late game carry threat as opposed to a mid-game skirmisher. Though they aren’t necessarily performing poorly right now, their kit does feel like it could use some love to help them find their place in the meta.

The mini-update eroded some properties of their gameplay that veteran Kindred players really liked, particularly their ability to shred tankier champions. In recent development cycles, we’ve discussed buffing Kindred, but completing work on them fell in priority due to other systems requiring our resources. That said, exploring directions that bring back some familiar feelings or improving the play quality of Mark of the Kindred’s bounty system seem like proper next steps for us to look into.

It’s important to highlight that we expect Runes Reforged to change the meta-game a lot. This means we will have to re-evaluate Kindred’s state once things settle down (as with all other champions). As a result, Kindred will remain unchanged until after Runes Reforged launches.