Kindred vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Kindred
based on 1,914 Kindred vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Janna
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 Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Kindred vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Kindred vs. Janna counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Janna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kindred usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Janna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Janna
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Who is Better, Kindred or Janna?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when taking on Janna, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a bad counter for Janna.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Janna, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Janna.
Additionally, Kindred has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Janna. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion 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 trash counter to Janna. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Janna during both the lane 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average racks up more CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 most crucial items to have in your Kindred versus Janna build include Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Janna than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 48.0% battling Janna with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Janna as Kindred, Kindred players should take 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 players used for Kindred vs Janna counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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