Kindred Jungle Build, Best Paths & Clearing Guide for Patch 26.11
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RDiscover the best Kindred jungle build for League of Legends Patch 26.11. Learn optimal jungle paths, Kindred build runes & items, skill order, counters and explore our pathing guide to maximize your winrate in the Season 16 meta.
Jungle Trends
Highest Winrate First Camp
Red Brambleback (52.6%)
Most Popular First Camp
Blue Sentinel (48.4%)
Top 3 Highest Winrate Paths
Top 3 Highest Popularity Paths
Kindred Tips and Tricks
- Acquiring Mark of the Kindred stacks is incredibly important, but never invade the enemy jungler's camp unless you have vision or know that it's safe to do so! A lot of Kindred players seem to die for a stack— which is generally not worth it.
- Dance of Arrows is a dash with very limited range but it does allow Kindred to jump over a few walls located in the jungle.
- Wolf's Frenzy aura places Kindred's Dance of Arrows on a 4 second cooldown. Always try to cast Dance of Arrows first before casting Wolf's Frenzy because those few seconds of cooldown can flip a fight in your favor.
- At higher levels, carefully timing the third stack of Mounting Dread with Smite can result in 1.5-2k damage, allowing you to secure important objectives.
- Lamb's Respite also works on Baron and Dragon which means that your or an enemies' Smite won't kill them!
- If the enemy kills the Marked Rift Scuttler during your first clear, you can actually keep your side's Scuttler alive and gank a nearby lane instead, the Mark will appear on the Scuttler shortly. This may or may not be worth doing depending on the game, but it's good to know!
Kindred Matchups
Kindred Jungle Pathing Guide
Jungle Pathing represents the choices jungle players make in regards to when and where to gank, invade or just path towards. It includes how camps and buffs are cleared between ganks, anticipating counterganks, and spotting opportunities for invading. Effective pathing requires deep understanding of your champion's abilities, their interactions, and how both team compositions play into those choices.
Full clear with a Red Buff start
The recommended jungle path for Kindred starts on Red Buff with Wolf's Frenzy at level one. After Red, unlock Dance of Arrows to clear the Krugs, followed shortly by the Raptor camp. This gets you level three where you unlock Mounting Dread. Then move onto Wolves, Gromp and Blue Buff. At level four, upgrade Dance of Arrows before contesting Rift Scuttler for the Kindred Mark, or looking for an early gank.
The route is simple and consistent, giving Kindred a safe six-camp clear while maintaining good tempo and gets Kindred to Rift Scuttler right on time when it spawns.
For aggression, a Red → Raptors → Krugs path reaches level three fast with Mounting Dread unlocked. This opens quick gank opportunities for Top or Bot lane, although most often it's better to just keep farming.
