Kindred vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Kindred
based on 1,138 Kindred vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Kindred vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Kindred against Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Kindred typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Kindred or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 45.7% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a bad counter to Heimerdinger.
While Kindred does have a much lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Kindred also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Kindred also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kindred is a trash counter to Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred in order to counter Heimerdinger 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average accumulates less CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kindred versus Heimerdinger build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better versus Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 45.7% battling Heimerdinger with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Heimerdinger as Kindred, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kindred vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.7% winrate overall.
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