Rakan vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Rakan
based on 2,222 Rakan vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Kindred Counter Build
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Core Rakan Items
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Kindred
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Rakan in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some significant Rakan versus Kindred matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kindred. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Kindred. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rakan and Kindred
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Who is Better, Rakan or Kindred?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Kindred, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Rakan does have a higher win rate than Kindred, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rakan into Kindred.
Moreover, Rakan also 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 fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Kindred matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rakan is a good counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kindred. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Kindred build include Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Kindred than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kindred as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Rakan vs Kindred counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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