Kindred vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Kindred
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Kindred vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Kindred vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some influential Kindred vs. Brand matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Brand..
Kindred normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Brand. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Brand
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Who is Better, Kindred or Brand?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Brand, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a poor counter to Brand.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kindred into Brand.
Moreover, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kindred is a trash counter for Brand. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often accumulates less CS as Brand. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kindred versus Brand build consist of Wit's End, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs. Brand than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kindred boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Brand with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Brand as Kindred, Kindred players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kindred vs Brand clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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