Thresh vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Thresh
based on 2,839 Thresh vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Kindred
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Thresh vs. Kindred matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kindred. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kindred. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Kindred
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Who is Better, Thresh or Kindred?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kindred, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter to Kindred.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate compared to Kindred, when facing one another, Thresh also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Kindredas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Kindred matchups, Kindred is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter for Kindred. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kindred. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Thresh versus Kindred build include Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Kindred than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Kindred as Thresh, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Thresh vs Kindred counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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