Jarvan IV vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Jarvan IV
based on 1,004 Jarvan IV vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Kindred
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Jarvan IV versus Kindred matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kindred. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Kindred
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Kindred?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when taking on Kindred, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter for Kindred.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate compared to Kindred, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Kindred.
Moreover, Jarvan IV has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Kindred matchups, Kindred is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Kindred. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Kindred build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Kindred than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Kindred with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Kindred as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Jarvan IV vs Kindred clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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