Monday, November 9, 2015

Worlds sucks, but Kindred doesn't.


Wow has a lot happened in the last while. I'm not going to wrap up worlds and talk about Kindred in this post. And the up and coming season six, and spirit fire brand, as well In my next post i'll be discussing the bleated harrowing in later ones.

Worlds went exactly as predicted, with SKT taking the wold cup, and KOO only winning one of the five games. They were long, with not many kills. Blah blah blah, boring boring. What I mean by talking about worlds, I mean talking about how great it is that worlds is over! Worlds can be such a bland and boring time for casual players, (aka, 95% of league of legends community). Nothing ever changes, nothing is ever new, and the only upside is that it means there aren't ever any updates to download. Not only that, but since worlds was on halloween this year, It means the harrowing was completely forgotten about. For those who don't play that often, the Harrowing is like halloween in the world of runeterra. Only its a far more dangerous and erie time. Filled with lore, stories, animations. And as you guessed, themed skins being brought back, and new ones each year.


Kindred as also released in the big jumble of worlds. I even tried her out a bit. Fun, kind of. Kind of because she is still something so confusing. Its still been such a short amount of time since her release, that we still don't know if she can be mastered. Can a Kindred really carry on out a stunning score with 20 kills and make the other team surrender at twenty minutes? Or is this something that still Lee Sin can only do? Which ironically makes no since because in lore he's blind... So hypothetically he cant really SEE the team through to victory. But I digress. I have tried Kindred in the jungle, and it was met quite badly. Then again, im not a jungler. But that's just the point. Never before has a Marksmen been brought to the jungle. That means that no matter who you are, you have to learn to master an entirely new way to play the game. After all, this is not League of Middle Lane. League of Jungle... There are thousands upon million different ways to experience each game. So a message to all of you professional junglers that never go out into the lanes. Try to play a bot lane marksmen before you play Kindred in the jungle. Just the same for you marksmens, play a regular jungle champion before hopping in there.

However for those who don't play so much, playing as Kindred might seem as too much of a hassle. But who wouldn't want to? Her lore actually makes sense to why she would be in the feilds of justice in the first place, yet it remains intriguing. Usually those who would make sense in battle are dry and flat war machines. Yet Kindred is a double spirit of a wold and lamb. The bringers of death. It would make sense that they would see through that fate has come. Walking through the lanes or jungle, Lamb, who is bi-pedal, leaps in a graceful and mystical motion. While Wolf, a floating spirit of darkness dances between her leaps. There is just one thing though. Its absolutely hallarious when you have excessive speed on Kindred.

Artistically, I think they did an amazing job on her. When you see her animated in game, the makes all the other older champions look like clowns. Everything is shaded and colored to the last detail, and glows without flaws. It makes me wish I had money, because her release skin is so expensive at 1350 RP {About 10$} But also so beautiful. One where the concept art doesn't stray from the in game look by a pixel.
Splash art
In Game


Lore Links.
The champion information page which has their basic information, and an additional story.
The Short Story: "A Good Death."

Many people have expressed such great enthusiasm for the Kindred Lore that they would like to see it being animated. Tell us how you feel in the comments below. Is Kindred more fun to play? Or even better to read about?


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