Viktor vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Viktor
based on 1,038 Viktor vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Kindred
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Viktor versus Kindred counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kindred..
Viktor typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kindred. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Kindred
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Who is Better, Viktor or Kindred?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when playing against Kindred, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Viktor makes a great counter for Kindred.
While Viktor does have a much higher winrate than Kindred, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Viktor into Kindredas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Kindred matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Viktor is a great counter for Kindred. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to counter Kindred during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor typically racks up much more CS compared to Kindred. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Viktor versus Kindred build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Kindred than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 54.2% battling Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kindred as Viktor, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Viktor vs Kindred fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.2% winrate overall.
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