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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Kindred Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Kindred

How to Beat Kindred as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kindred as Kai'Sa

based on 3,178 Kai'Sa vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our database, Kai'Sa faced off against Kindred in 3178 games. Including so many matchups for Kai'Sa vs Kindred gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide informative stats and a pro build to counter Kindred. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Kindred in only 2.0% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a below average job of beating Kindred. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Kai'Sa versus Kindred matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Kindred.

Best Kai'Sa vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTear of the Goddess

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneShadowflameMuramanaStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Kindred as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Kindred

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa vs Kindred Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Kindred Image
7.8
< Kills >
6.6
6
< Deaths >
6.8
6
< Assists >
7.4
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
175
< Minions Killed >
39
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,923
< Physical Damage >
14,542
8,102
< Magic Damage >
3,794
388
< True Damage >
1,218
20,413
< Damage Dealt >
19,555
19,728
< Damage Taken >
30,154
12,314
< Gold Earned >
11,914
2.12
< Towers >
1.62
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
4,363
< Total Healing >
16,566
12,545
< Experience >
13,263
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
45
< Time Dealing CC >
216

How to Counter Kindred with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Kai'Sa versus Kindred matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kindred..

Kai'Sa often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kindred. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Kindred

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Kindred?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Kindred, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter for Kindred.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate than Kindred, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kai'Sa into Kindred.

Moreover, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Kindred matchups, Kindred is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a somewhat poor counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Kindred.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

AniviaAnivia+ 49.8% 2069 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 49.9% 9592 GamesZyraZyra+ 49.9% 5766 GamesLilliaLillia+ 49.9% 8804 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 3,178 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 Kai'Sa 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa most often accumulates much more CS compared to Kindred. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Kai'Sa versus Kindred build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Kindred than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 48.7% battling Kindred with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Kindred as Kai'Sa, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Kai'Sa vs Kindred battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.

If you want to see Kai'Sa x Kindred tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a particular player tier, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are calculated using all matches played with both champs.