Kindred vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Kindred
based on 847 Kindred vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Kindred vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Kindred versus Taliyah counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Kindred normally has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Typically, they takes more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Kindred or Taliyah?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a poor counter for Taliyah.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Taliyah.
Furthermore, Kindred also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kindred versus Taliyah build include Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better when fighting Taliyah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 48.2% battling Taliyah with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Taliyah as Kindred, Kindred players 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 builds players chose for Kindred vs Taliyah counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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