Kindred vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Kindred
based on 2,498 Kindred vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Kindred vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Kindred in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Kindred versus Darius counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..
Kindred usually has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Darius. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Darius
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Who is Better, Kindred or Darius?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when playing against Darius, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes an ok counter for Darius.
While Kindred does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Kindred also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Darius.
Moreover, Kindred also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Darius matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a decent counter to Darius. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred most often gets a lot less CS compared to Darius. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kindred versus Darius build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better against Darius than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Darius with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Darius as Kindred, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kindred vs Darius fights, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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