Kindred vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Kindred
based on 1,038 Kindred vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Kindred vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several significant Kindred versus Viktor counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Viktor..
Kindred often has a similar longest kill spree as their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Viktor
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Who is Better, Kindred or Viktor?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when playing against Viktor, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a poor counter to Viktor.
While Kindred does have a much lower win rate than Viktor, when facing one another, Kindred also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Viktor.
Furthermore, Kindred also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a garbage counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often picks up a lot less CS compared to Viktor. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kindred versus Viktor build consist of Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Viktor than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 45.8% battling Viktor with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of beating Viktor as Kindred, Kindred players 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 builds players used for Kindred vs Viktor counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.8% win rate overall.
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