Kayn with Kindred
How to Synergize Kayn and Kindred
based on 278 Kayn with Kindred pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Kindred
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kindred. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kindred helps Kayn perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn plays on the same team as Kindred, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Kindred supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kayn 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 alongside Kindred.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Kindred on the same side, he on average receives less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Kayn in team fights.
Synergies between Kayn and Kindred
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no top champion pairing for Kayn that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, Kindred is a relatively poor teammate for Kayn. By locking into the same side as Kayn, they drops their win rate by -2.1% to 47.1%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Kayn and Kindred that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kindred has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Kindred allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing together, Kayn players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Kayn and Kindred together, you will not be providing your other allies very much AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Kindred teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kayn to pair well with Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Kayn and Kindred synergy build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Kindred than with many other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 47.1% when playing alongside Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Kayn and Kindred pairings, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
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