Kindred vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Kindred
based on 5,101 Kindred vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Kindred vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Kindred against Yasuo counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Kindred often has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. On average, they takes more damage than Yasuo. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Kindred or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when playing against Yasuo, with a 45.3% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a bad counter to Yasuo.
While Kindred does have a much lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kindred into Yasuo.
Moreover, Kindred has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo 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 late stage team fights.
Kindred is a terribly counter to Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often gets a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kindred versus Yasuo build include Terminus, Sundered Sky, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs Yasuo than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 45.3% when countering Yasuo with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Yasuo as Kindred, Kindred players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kindred vs Yasuo battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.3% win rate overall.
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