Kindred vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Kindred
based on 646 Kindred vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Kindred vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Kindred against Olaf matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Kindred typically has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Kindred or Olaf?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when taking on Olaf, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes an ok counter for Olaf.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate compared to Olaf, when facing one another, Kindred also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kindred into Olaf.
Moreover, Kindred has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter for Olaf. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Olaf. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kindred versus Olaf build include Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs Olaf than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Olaf with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Olaf 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. Of all the runes players picked for Kindred vs Olaf clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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