Kindred vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Kindred
based on 1,091 Kindred vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Kindred vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Kindred vs. Xayah counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Kindred usually has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Kindred or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Kindred does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Xayah.
Furthermore, Kindred has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Xayah matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kindred is a decent counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred in order to counter Xayah during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often picks up a lot less CS as Xayah. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kindred versus Xayah build include Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better versus Xayah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Xayah with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Xayah 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kindred vs Xayah counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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