Kindred

Two Faces of One Ending

Nobody speaks of Kindred as a single creature, and for good reason: it is two. Lamb and Wolf share one existence that cannot be split, and together they account for every way a mortal in Runeterra might die. Lamb’s bow is the kinder of the two, granting a swift release to anyone who has accepted that their time is up. Wolf comes for everyone else: those who flee, those who refuse, those who keep struggling against the inevitable well after struggling accomplishes nothing. Wolf’s jaws close the gap that Lamb’s arrows would otherwise have spared them.

Which of Kindred’s faces someone meets seems to hinge more on that person than on Kindred. Accounts of what this means differ across the region, yet the core principle holds: sooner or later, whether deliberately or not, everyone reveals which half of Kindred they belong to.

Pursuits Without an End

Kindred’s abilities revolve around singling out prey and then following it through. The passive, Mark of the Kindred, allows it to tag particular targets for Hunt, and each batch of completed marks permanently boosts its basic abilities, while every fourth one further extends its attack range. Dance of Arrows has Lamb roll backward and fire up to three arrows in quick succession. Wolf’s Frenzy sends him tearing through everything close by, while Lamb builds charges by moving and attacking, then spends them on a healing burst once fully stacked. Mounting Dread uses a measured shot to slow a target, and if Lamb hits that same enemy twice more, Wolf completes the combo with a pounce. Lamb’s Respite, the ultimate, works against the rest of the kit: for its duration, nothing inside the area can die, a reprieve the pair seldom offers, and never for long.