Aphelios vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Aphelios
based on 1,772 Aphelios vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Kindred
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Aphelios vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some important Aphelios against Kindred counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kindred..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Kindred. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Kindred
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Kindred?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Kindred, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Kindred.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Kindred, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Kindredas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Kindred matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually gets much more CS relative to Kindred. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Aphelios versus Kindred build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Kindred than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Kindred with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kindred as Aphelios, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Aphelios vs Kindred clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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