Darius vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Darius
based on 2,498 Darius vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Kindred
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Darius in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Darius versus Kindred counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kindred..
Darius usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Kindred
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Who is Better, Darius or Kindred?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when taking on Kindred, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Darius makes an ok counter to Kindred.
While Darius does have a lower winrate than Kindred, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Kindred.
Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Kindred matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Darius against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually racks up much more CS relative to Kindred. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Darius versus Kindred build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Kindred than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 49.8% battling Kindred with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Kindred as Darius, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Darius vs Kindred fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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