Kindred vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Kindred
based on 2,080 Kindred vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Kindred vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several influential Kindred vs. Nami matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kindred often has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Nami
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Who is Better, Kindred or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Nami.
Furthermore, Kindred also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred to counter Nami 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 listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred usually racks up more CS compared to Nami. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kindred versus Nami build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs. Nami than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Nami with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Nami as Kindred, Kindred players should equip 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 used for Kindred vs Nami counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nami as Kindred are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.