Kindred vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Kindred
based on 2,253 Kindred vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Kindred vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Kindred vs. Nasus counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Kindred normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Nasus
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Who is Better, Kindred or Nasus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when taking on Nasus, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a bad counter to Nasus.
While Kindred does have a much lower winrate compared to Nasus, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kindred into Nasus.
Moreover, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kindred is a bad counter for Nasus. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often picks up a lot less CS compared to Nasus. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kindred versus Nasus build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred included at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better countering Nasus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 45.8% when countering Nasus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Nasus 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kindred vs Nasus counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.
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