Kindred vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Kindred
based on 3,549 Kindred vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Hwei
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 Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Kindred vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Kindred vs. Hwei counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between these two champions. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Hwei..
Kindred often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. On average, they receives more damage than Hwei. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Hwei
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Who is Better, Kindred or Hwei?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a good counter for Hwei.
While Kindred does have a higher winrate than Hwei, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Kindred into Hwei.
Moreover, Kindred also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Hwei matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a good counter to Hwei. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred to counter Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Hwei. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kindred versus Hwei build include Terminus, Sundered Sky, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred bought at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Hwei than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Hwei with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Hwei 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. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Kindred vs Hwei battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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