Kindred vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Kindred
based on 2,664 Kindred vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Kindred vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Kindred vs. Zed matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Kindred typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their counter does. On average, they receives more damage than Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Zed
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Who is Better, Kindred or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a good counter for Zed.
While Kindred does have a higher winrate than Zed, when facing one another, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kindred into Zed.
Furthermore, Kindred has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Zed matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a good counter to Zed. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Zed. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kindred versus Zed build include Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Zed than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average winrate of 52.3% battling Zed with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Zed as Kindred, Kindred players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kindred vs Zed face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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