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How to Win Elise vs Kindred Counter MatchupElise is in the a tier of champions

Elise vs Kindred

How to Beat Kindred as Elise in LoLElise is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kindred as Elise

based on 556 Elise vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League matches every week. Within our dataset, Elise engaged Kindred in 556 games. With so many matchups for Elise vs Kindred provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to provide useful stats and a recommended build to defeat your opponent. This matchup is somewhat rare. Elise fights Kindred in only 2.0% of her matches.

Elise vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Elise does a pathetic job of countering Kindred. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.9% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Elise against Kindred games, Elise’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kindred.

Best Elise vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
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Second ability for Elise to level upw
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Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against Kindred

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

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.

Elise vs Kindred Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Kindred Image
7.5
< Kills >
6.6
6.5
< Deaths >
7
7.3
< Assists >
7.8
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
29
< Minions Killed >
39
1.28
< Dragons Killed >
1.53
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,293
< Physical Damage >
14,207
16,059
< Magic Damage >
4,118
1,261
< True Damage >
1,191
18,614
< Damage Dealt >
19,517
29,612
< Damage Taken >
30,827
11,390
< Gold Earned >
12,137
1.37
< Towers >
1.64
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
13,118
< Total Healing >
16,963
12,722
< Experience >
13,533
25
< Vision Score >
24
7
< Wards Placed >
6
168
< Time Dealing CC >
223

How to Counter Kindred with Elise in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Elise vs. Kindred matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kindred..

Elise typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Elise and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
Kindred

Who is Better, Elise or Kindred?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually loses when facing off against Kindred, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a bad counter for Kindred.

While Elise does have a lower winrate than Kindred, when they face off with one another, Elise also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Elise into Kindredas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Elise has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Elise vs Kindred matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Elise is a trash counter for Kindred. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Kindred.

Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise vs Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Elise, we analyzed 556 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kindred as Elise comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Elise in order to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kindred. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Elise versus Kindred build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Kindred than with most other common item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 46.9% battling Kindred with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Kindred as Elise, Elise players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Elise vs Kindred fights, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kindred as Elise are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.