Talk:Kindred/@comment-16064126-20151011021743/@comment-11218751-20151011171914

Wolf works more like a pet than perfect equals with Lamb, which Riot has implied throughout lore, and stories, and any other sort of media. Their kit does not complement with the lore, or vice versa. I really don't care how "cool" it is for Wolf to attack targets on his "freewill" with W, apart from the fact that you actually have to press W for it to happen (much like you have to press Q for your Valor to attack as Quinn). The whole kit just doesn't make any sense from the perspective of lore.

Mechanics wise, I have been playing Kindred on PBE and I can tell you their Q feels really weird to use. I am not sure how to word it properly but their Q basically lowers your DPS late game unless you are using it as a gapcloser. It cancels your auto attacks so you can easily misplay and cancel your own auto which can determine life or death of your enemies, espeically when your E is on your target. Reduced cooldowns by their W do not make it less clunky.

W is a new and creative mechanic, but there is little interaction between the player and Wolf. Moreover, it feels really odd for Wolf to be constrained in a small area.

E is nothing new. 3-stack mechanics (Yawn).

I have to admit R is cool but first of all it does not fit Kindred's lore. Kindred does not seek life. They do not save people from death. They are Death, or more precisely Death Reaper, so the reasons why they added this into Kindred's kit is beyond me. Second, why can't R be just a point-blank AOE? Why do I have to target an ally to use it? This type of inconvenience makes zero sense.