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.
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Kindred against Neeko counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Neeko..
Kindred usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives more damage than Neeko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when taking on Neeko, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes an ok counter for Neeko.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Neeko, when facing one another, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Neeko.
Additionally, Kindred has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Neeko matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter to Neeko. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Neeko.
If you would like to truly master Kindred to counter Neeko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred usually gets less CS as Neeko. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kindred versus Neeko build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when facing Neeko than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Neeko with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Neeko 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kindred vs Neeko face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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