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How to Win Maokai vs Kindred Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Kindred

How to Beat Kindred as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kindred as Maokai

based on 2,930 Maokai vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
54.6 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. Within our data, Maokai fought Kindred in 2930 rounds. Including so many games with Maokai versus Kindred gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce informative data and a pro build to defeat your rival. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Maokai has to counter Kindred in only 1.9% of his games.

Maokai vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Maokai does a great job of beating Kindred. Typically, he wins a whopping 54.6% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Maokai vs Kindred matches, Maokai’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Kindred.

Best Maokai vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartKaenic RookernForce of NatureLocket of the Iron Solari

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Kindred

Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.

Advice to Win Against Kindred

When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.

Maokai vs Kindred Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
54.6 %
VS
Win Rate
45.4 %
Kindred Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.5
< Deaths >
6.9
12.3
< Assists >
7.3
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
46
< Minions Killed >
39
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
1.43
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,635
< Physical Damage >
15,004
10,504
< Magic Damage >
4,031
903
< True Damage >
1,337
13,043
< Damage Dealt >
20,373
28,200
< Damage Taken >
30,765
9,148
< Gold Earned >
11,797
1.47
< Towers >
1.52
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
8,968
< Total Healing >
16,919
11,091
< Experience >
13,094
45
< Vision Score >
23
19
< Wards Placed >
6
420
< Time Dealing CC >
222

How to Counter Kindred with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Maokai vs. Kindred counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kindred. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Kindred

Who is Better, Maokai or Kindred?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Kindred, with a 54.6% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a great counter to Kindred.

While Maokai does have a much higher win rate than Kindred, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Kindred.

Additionally, Maokai has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Kindred matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a great counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Kindred.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

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Maokai Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Maokai, we analyzed 2,930 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kindred as Maokai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Maokai Build Kindred Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kindred. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Maokai versus Kindred build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Kindred than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 54.6% battling Kindred with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kindred as Maokai, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Maokai vs Kindred LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.6% winrate overall.

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