Kindred vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Kindred
based on 1,772 Kindred vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Aphelios
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Advice to Win Against Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Kindred vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Kindred versus Aphelios matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..
Kindred usually has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Kindred or Aphelios?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aphelios, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes an ok counter to Aphelios.
While Kindred does have a higher win rate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Aphelios.
Additionally, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Aphelios matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a decent counter to Aphelios. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred in order to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Kindred versus Aphelios build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better against Aphelios than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Aphelios as Kindred, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kindred vs Aphelios clashes, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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