Kassadin vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Kassadin
based on 954 Kassadin vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Kindred
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Kassadin against Kindred counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kindred..
Kassadin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Kindred
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Kindred?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kindred, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes an ok counter to Kindred.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate than Kindred, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Kindredas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This often 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 Kassadin vs Kindred matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter for Kindred. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kassadin in order to counter Kindred during both the lane 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 tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average racks up much more CS compared to Kindred. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Kindred build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Kindred than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Kindred as Kassadin, Kassadin players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Kassadin vs Kindred clashes, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
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