Small Kindred Trick with a few SI self-kill spells.
Kindred has an interesting trick with Atrocity and Crumble. You can cast it on an ally unit to kill the ally for the slay proc for Kindred, and target the Kindred mark target that would be picked, so that you can set their level up to go off during the turn rather than at round end, and because Kindred flipped, enable them to make another mark that turn potentially, because Kindred's mark will select the target before Atrocity/Crumble fully resolve.
Just as a theoretical example, opponent could have a spellshield'd Lee Sin and an Eyes of the Dragon on board, and you could have a Kindred, Fading Idol, and Prey on board with 1 part of Kindred's level up set up, and Crumble the Prey into the Eyes of the Dragon, then Glimpse the Fading Idol to hit the Lee Sin they with Kindred's mark so that Lee Sin will die that turn, thanks to Kindred Mark being able to bypass spellshield. Same basic deal with Atrocity as well.
Posted Mar 7, 2021, 11:40 PM UTC
Wait Kindreds mark goes under spellshield?
Been playing a lot of Kindred/Nasus since the expansion and haven't come across this interaction yet!
Yeah kindred is really good against asol + nasus if you can clear out the chaff.
I was playing against Lee Sin/Shurima earlier on and didn't consider sacrificing a unit for the mark to slip under the lucky find spellshield!
Been running an aggro/mid range variant so haven't had too much trouble taking out the chump blockers but this is super helpful for those games that lose tempo!
Just like Swain stun
I just can't figure out if it's more or less anoying
Yep, it’s not considered a spell so goes through Spellshield
Love it! Kindred has been a huge success in direction and style for me so this is icing on the cake
Btw, any effect that doesn't go on the stack ignores spell shield. So things like Ashe's effect, Icevale archer, etc will always go through
Thanks for clarifying. I feel like I have used it before with Ashe but never paid attention to it but makes complete sense
It's not a skill so yes it should
Kindred's mark is not a spell, so yes, it gets through spellshield, just like you could freeze a spellshielded unit with that 2 mana 3/1