Kindred vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Kindred
based on 842 Kindred vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Kennen
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 Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Kindred vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Kindred vs. Kennen matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Kindred often has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Kennen
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Who is Better, Kindred or Kennen?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when trying to fight Kennen, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a poor counter for Kennen.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Kennen, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kindred into Kennen.
Moreover, Kindred also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a trash counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred in order to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often racks up a lot less CS as Kennen. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kindred versus Kennen build consist of Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better against Kennen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 47.1% battling Kennen with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Kennen as Kindred, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kindred vs Kennen LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.
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