Kindred vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Kindred
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Kindred vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Kindred vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several significant Kindred versus Skarner matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Skarner..
Kindred often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Skarner
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Who is Better, Kindred or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Skarner, with a 43.9% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a poor counter to Skarner.
While Kindred does have a much lower winrate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kindred into Skarner.
Furthermore, Kindred also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kindred is a terribly counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Kindred versus Skarner build include Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Skarner than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 43.9% battling Skarner with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Skarner as Kindred, Kindred players should take the Press the Attack, 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 used for Kindred vs Skarner fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.9% win rate overall.
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