Zilean with Kindred
How to Synergize Zilean and Kindred
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Zilean Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Kindred
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Kindred Will Play
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Zilean Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Kindred synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kindred, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kindred. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kindred helps Zilean perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Kindred, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Kindred does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Kindred on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kindred.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Kindred on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Kindred
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Kindred is a below average teammate for Zilean. By being on the same side as Zilean, they drops their win rate by -2.6% to 48.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Zilean and Kindred that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kindred has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Kindred allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. When paired, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by grouping Zilean and Kindred together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of engage potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kindred ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to synergize with Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Zilean and Kindred synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Kindred than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when playing alongside Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Kindred with Zilean are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.