Talk:Kindred/@comment-26837195-20151209125341

If the cooldown weren't nearly halved I would've considered not ranking R at all to deny the enemy team heals as Kindred's strength in duels is to get both to equally low HP then finish off with extremely low sustained damage. Having both closer to full health than needed kinda gives an advantage to champs with moderate burst over those that have damage only over a long period of time. This is made even worse by the fact Kindred deals less damage if the enemy is low so you want to get them killed as quickly as possible.

e.g. Brand has a W off cooldown after you both get off R, and it'll kill you regardless if you have 300 HP or 400 HP. Kindred has auto attacks and Q, but they take an extra auto attack or an extra Q to kill if they have 100 more HP. It'd be better if they were both at 300 HP than 400 or 500 HP.

I wish champs had times to avoid ranking ult, it'd add so much more strategy.