Kindred vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Kindred
based on 1,301 Kindred vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Alistar
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.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Kindred vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Kindred versus Alistar matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kindred normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they takes more damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Alistar
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Who is Better, Kindred or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Alistar, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a poor counter to Alistar.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Alistar.
Furthermore, Kindred has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Alistar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kindred
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How We Calculated Our Kindred vs Alistar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kindred versus Alistar build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred bought at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when facing Alistar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Alistar with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Alistar as Kindred, Kindred players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kindred vs Alistar matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Kindred are shown for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.