Kindred vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Kindred
based on 1,501 Kindred vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Kindred vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Kindred vs. Vel'Koz counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Kindred normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Kindred or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a poor counter to Vel'Koz.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Kindred also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Kindred also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kindred is a garbage counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred typically picks up less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kindred versus Vel'Koz build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Vel'Koz than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 48.0% when playing against Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Vel'Koz as Kindred, Kindred players should equip 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 runes players picked for Kindred vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Kindred are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.