Kindred is a jungle champion that sometimes gets playtime as an ADC. She collects camps to increase her stats and has an ultimate that prolongs the life of all those within it. In this article, we discuss how to effectively counter Kindred.
Best Kindred Counters
- Lee Sin
- Diana
- Gragas
- Vayne
- Jax
- Swain
Kindred
Kindred Counter Picks
Now that you know who counters Kindred, you can finally counter pick Kindred in any matchup. Let’s take you through some tips on how to use a few of these champions who are counters to Kindred. After, there is a general section explaining how to use any LoL champion as counters for Kindred. After all, if you know how to play against Kindred, you can play safely and effectively to defeat Kindred in a lane.
Lee Sin
Lee Sin’s ultimate can deny Kindred of her own ultimate. Kicking her out of her own ult makes it completely useless for her, and she can easily be burst down.
Early game, Lee sin should mess with Kindred’s clear. Most Kindreds should start blue. While she’s doing her red, she can become very low. Counter jungle her early. Lee Sin has a very strong early game.
Vayne
Vayne’s condemn can knock high-value targets out of Kindred’s ult, and even potentially stun them in the process.
Tristana
When Kindred ults, throw a bomb on them or one of their team members and use your ultimate to knock them out of the circle if they’re on low health. Then go for that champ.
Diana
Diana’s passive takes advantage of Kindred’s ult. It can get enemies low without putting your main abilities on cooldown, allowing you to use abilities right after the ult ends.
Shadowfire Kindred
Tips For Playing Against Kindred
- Azir, Lee Sin, and Gragas are hard counters for Kindred’s ultimate. Urgot might be pretty good too. Knock or pull anyone easy to kill out of the ultimate range.
- Champions with strong displacements counter Kindred: Vayne’s condemn, Lee Sin’s ultimate, and Poppy’s charge, are just a few examples of abilities that can deny Kindred’s ultimate
- Wolf periodically hungers for the enemy’s jungle camps. Keep your jungle warded, or smite wolf camp to keep your jungle safe. Punish them to deny permanent stacks, and perhaps even pick up a kill.
- Kindred’s weakness is sustained damage and not bursty champs. Her ultimate can negate many burst combos, but a sustain damager can get Kindred at critical health, and continue doing damage past her ultimate.
Super Galaxy Kindred
By using the champions who counter Kindred and the LoL Kindred counter tips above, you can now develop a strategy to help you, as a summoner, become an effective counter to Kindred players.