Kindred vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Kindred
based on 3,027 Kindred vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Kindred vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Kindred in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several critical Kindred versus Malphite counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in deaths.
Kindred typically has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Malphite
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Who is Better, Kindred or Malphite?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Malphite, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, 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 should be very concerned when picking Kindred into Malphite.
Moreover, Kindred also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a trash counter to Malphite. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred most often racks up a lot less CS as Malphite. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Kindred versus Malphite build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better against Malphite than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when countering Malphite with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Malphite as Kindred, Kindred players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kindred vs Malphite counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
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