Karthus with Kindred
How to Synergize Karthus and Kindred
based on 503 Karthus with Kindred pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Karthus Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Karthus vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Karthus and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Karthus with Kindred
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Advice to Understand How Kindred Will Play
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.
Karthus Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Karthus in LoL
The Karthus Kindred synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kindred, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Karthus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kindred. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kindred helps Karthus perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Karthus tries to synergize with Kindred, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Kindred doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Karthus is played with Kindred on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kindred. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kindred.
Moreover, when Karthus plays with Kindred on the same side, he on average takes much less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Kindred does a decent job of covering Karthus during teamfights.
Synergies between Karthus and Kindred
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Is Karthus better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no top ally for Karthus that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Kindred is a relatively poor ally for Karthus. By locking into the same team as Karthus, they drops their win rate by -3.0% to 44.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Karthus and Kindred that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kindred has a much lower diffuclty than Karthus. That means Karthus players don't need to be very careful when finding Kindred teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Karthus players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Karthus and Kindred together, you probably will not be providing your team very much cover. We recommend you have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Kindred ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to synergize with Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Karthus and Kindred synergy build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Kindred than with many other common item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 44.3% helping carry Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.3% winrate overall.
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