Kindred vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Kindred
based on 2,556 Kindred vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Kindred vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some influential Kindred versus Pyke counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Pyke..
Kindred usually has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Pyke. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Pyke
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Who is Better, Kindred or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Pyke, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a bad counter for Pyke.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate than Pyke, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Pyke.
Moreover, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter to Pyke. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred to counter Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Pyke. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kindred versus Pyke build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs Pyke than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Pyke with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Pyke as Kindred, Kindred players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Kindred vs Pyke face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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