Kindred vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kindred
based on 3,058 Kindred vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Kindred vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Kindred versus Varus counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Kindred normally has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Varus
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Who is Better, Kindred or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Kindred does have a higher winrate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Varus.
Additionally, Kindred has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Varus matchups, Kindred 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 teamfights.
Kindred is a decent counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often racks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kindred versus Varus build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs Varus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Varus as Kindred, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kindred vs Varus counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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