Kinsano's Future

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If past experience tells us anything, in these next few days we will see an abundance of people trying out YapYap. I know it’s far too early to speculate on the effects that his addition will have on the meta, but i think it’s reasonable to conclude that Kinsano could show somewhat of a bump in usage. Before you view my profile and see that I have Kinsano in my top 3 most frequently used leaders and call me a biased fanboy, hear me out, as I’ve tried to remain as objective as possible.

We’ve seen that YapYap will a primarily be grunt, and therefore infantry, focussed leader. We also know that he has several unique leader powers, units, and upgrades that will probably give him a slight edge in the early game, such as his tier two veteran unit drop, his cannon fodder, and his several hero units. The cannon fodder is of particular interest to me as their low HP could prove to be the ideal unit for triggering Kinsano’s Heat of Battle leader power. This, along with Flame Wall ability of her Hero, the veteran hellbringer drop at tier two, her mid-game flamehogs, and Inferno give me slight optimism that Kinsano could actually have somewhat of a place in the future meta should YapYap THE DESTROYER live up to his title. This recent season, Kinsano performed fine against early game infantry, but she and everyone else was vastly outclassed by anvil round in terms of quickly killing infantry.

There’s a big void in the market with the incoming Serina and Forge nerfs, so I think that it’s an exciting time to speculate. Just to emphasize here, I am only speculating, and we won’t know anything until he comes out and the community gets to test everything. However, what are your thoughts? Are there any leaders/units that you think could benefit usage-wise due to the introduction of a heavily infantry focussed leader?

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I think Suicide Grunts will make a killing, additionally I think Hellbringers will be used more often than Snipers

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> I think Suicide Grunts will make a killing, additionally I think Hellbringers will be used more often than Snipers

The thought of another Banished leader’s suicide grunts killing YapYap’s grunts en masse just gave me infinitely more excitement for YapYap.

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As the cannon fodder, brute riders, heavy grunts, charge the line fully buffed by goblins and methane wagons… they will be greeted by Kinsano’s Cyclops, Buffed up Hellbringers, and Flamehogs.

Its August… But it will feel like 4th of July for Kinsano players. Everyone can appreciate a good cookout.

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I agree kisano will counter yap yap

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> As the cannon fodder, brute riders, heavy grunts, charge the line fully buffed by goblins and methane wagons… they will be greeted by Kinsano’s Cyclops, Buffed up Hellbringers, and Flamehogs.
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> Its August… But it will feel like 4th of July for Kinsano players. Everyone can appreciate a good cookout.

Now I am hungry… thanks

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I have been playing kinsano a good bit this season, since I kinda threw serious play to the side, and I can say I think she has potential. Her hero unit is actually very strong. I think the biggest thing that would push her back into viability would be an increase to her building DPS, though. It feels very low- a standard hell bringer ticks down health bars faster. And flamewall’s building damage is kind of a joke. She’s only really good at killing infantry (note: REALLY good). But her building side needs to be a bit better; it got nerfed too hard after the exploit was discovered.

I’ll definitely play her once in a while next season, though.