Sylas vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Sylas
based on 2,450 Sylas vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Kindred
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Sylas in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Sylas against Kindred matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kindred..
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Kindred
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Who is Better, Sylas or Kindred?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when taking on Kindred, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Sylas does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Kindred.
Moreover, Sylas also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Kindred matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sylas 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas typically racks up much more CS as Kindred. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly 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 exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sylas versus Kindred build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Kindred than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Kindred with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kindred as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Sylas vs Kindred LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
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