Kindred vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Kindred
based on 7,209 Kindred vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Kindred vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Kindred versus Caitlyn matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Kindred often has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Kindred or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when playing against Caitlyn, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a bad counter to Caitlyn.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kindred into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Kindred has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred in order to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average racks up a lot less CS as Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kindred versus Caitlyn build include Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Terminus. When Kindred bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Caitlyn with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Caitlyn as Kindred, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kindred vs Caitlyn LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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