Kindred vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Kindred
based on 858 Kindred vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Kindred vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Kindred versus Zilean counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in killsdeaths.
Kindred usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Zilean
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Who is Better, Kindred or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Zilean.
Moreover, Kindred has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kindred is a terribly counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often picks up a similar amount of CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kindred versus Zilean build include Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better countering Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 47.1% when countering Zilean with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Zilean 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. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kindred vs Zilean face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.
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