Malphite vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Malphite
based on 3,027 Malphite vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Kindred
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Win Against Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Malphite vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Malphite versus Kindred counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kindred..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kindred. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Kindred
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Who is Better, Malphite or Kindred?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when playing against Kindred, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Kindred.
Furthermore, Malphite has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. 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 in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Kindred matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is an above average counter for Kindred. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often picks up much more CS as Kindred. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Malphite versus Kindred build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Kindred than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 52.6% battling Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Kindred as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malphite vs Kindred battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.
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