Are you using kindred when playing solo q?

I often use Kindred simply because it gives information to my teammates whether to stay on gen or come save me and more importantly, how many of the survivors should come for me when I am on hook. It prevents a survivor from running from the other side of the map for me just to find out halfway that someone else unhooked me already. The same information applies to me as I can see the killer's aura on hook whether he is camping or in which direction he goes, and when I should go save someone or stay on gen.

Kindred is actually my favorite survivor perk and i use it on my main build however I like variety so I sometimes don't run it.

My main goal and build as survivor is trying to make sure no one gets hooked at all (For The People to instantly get people up, Dead Hard to extend chases and to not immediately die if using FTP, then the other 2 perks I use vary but do fit when trying to get survivors hooked as least times as possible), Kindred would be extremely contradictory and if I were to use an Aura perk it'd either be Bond or Aftercare.

Not on all my Survivors

I run Different Builds on Different Survivors,only on Ash i have it on

Depends on my build and if it actually comes up in my web.

Sometimes, but not always.

I honestly refuse to run it out of the principle that it should be basekit. (minus killer aura reading) But also because im pretty stubborn with what perks i want to use. A perk that only activates when im on the hook just isn't something i vibe with.

I recently found out this is surprisingly true actually. I got two friends into the game somewhat recently and they're still pretty new- (but not total greenies anymore) and I've found it's actually pretty valuable to have Kindred on myself, or have them run Kindred if they have it (often they don't- because they're new) in SWF. Despite being in a call together- lapses in communication by virtue of them being newer players can happen, and Kindred helps to create a more concrete image for them about the state of the match and where everybody is.

Also, I'm not gonna lie- it gets exhausting always being the guy making call outs all the time and always thinking during the match about what they should be doing. Basically thinking for the three of us instead of just for me as I normally would in solo q.

But I still feel guilty about running it or asking them to run it because really we shouldn't need it and it takes up a perk slo they could use for something else. They're just not at that point yet where they can SWF properly without it I guess.

I used Kindred from the literally first day I was playing. It was OP back in the day when didn't give you any vision, just the allies. Then it got buffed twice and most survivors still don't care - about literally the strongest perk in game.

Killer camps? Boom we do gens and leave. Killer goes specific direction after the hook? Boom, you know it. Killer disappeared while in the range? Boom, you know they have undetectable, propably insidious or tinkerer.

Oh, noone is going for save? I will. Oh, someone is going for save? Let's rush gens...

There's no more underrated perk in game. Unless I go full meme builds it's always in the kit, even in swf.

PS: Fun fact, if you can coordinate, having 3 Kindreds in team is exactly the same as having 4. You're welcome, free slot for your second chance, not too big peepee perk.

Not always, but sometimes.

Only if it appears when I randomize my perks. However, it's a great perk for solo.

Yea this happened a lot when I ran it when I 1st started playing the game. Found it useless because of this reason so took it off. Now that I have more experience I gave it another shot.

The 1st part still happens; a survivor 10 meters away that would rather work on a gen than saving me or another teammate when the killer is obviously chasing another person.

But the other more important part is whenever a teammate gets hooked, the info it gives you. Whether you are in a better position to go for a save or a teammate closer is, if a teammate is getting chased away, etc..

I use it, but not religiously. I usually run it if I've had a lot of bad solo queue experience or if I have a challenge, like safely unhooking somebody. I want to see if I can make it in time, or if someone else is on their way and will beat me to it.

Every match! It's good to know if you should go for the save or not, and when you're on the hook you can see what your teammates are doing. I find it very useful and it can help teams to not snowball.

When I played solo I stopped using Kindred pretty quick. While the information I got from it was nice, when I was on the hook it seemed to screw me over. If the killer had obviously left me and was chasing someone else I would be left on the hook until struggle or die on first hook. Sometimes I would even see the chased survivor lead the killer to the other survivors because they could see their auras, that was awesome. If the killer was camping my teammates would hang out around the hook, unsafe unhook without BT, I would be downed and hooked again for same thing to happen while struggling. My random teammates made better hook plays when I stopped running Kindred.

Not always but it is extremely good for solo queue.

Kindred and Open Handed so you can see where the killer is going from farther ranges and helps if you’re going to unhook and the killer makes a u-turn so you can predict it. Also helps in chase to where the killer can’t mind game you.

I stopped relying on it ages ago.

I've always used Kindred if I have no other better perk to use on a Survivor though, but in general, it's not worth keeping it over the build I would want to run.