Vel'Koz vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Vel'Koz
based on 1,501 Vel'Koz vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Kindred
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Vel'Koz against Kindred counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kindred..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kindred. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Kindred
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Kindred?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Kindred, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Kindred, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Kindredas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Kindred matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Kindred during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often gets more CS relative to Kindred. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Kindred build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Kindred than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Kindred as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Kindred counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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