Olaf with Kindred
How to Synergize Olaf and Kindred
based on 594 Olaf with Kindred pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Kindred
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf 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 drop shows that Kindred helps Olaf perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Olaf plays on the same team as Kindred, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Kindred does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played alongside Kindred on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kindred.
Moreover, when Olaf plays with Kindred on the same side, he on average receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Olaf during teamfights.
Synergies between Olaf and Kindred
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no perfect ally for Olaf that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Kindred is a relatively poor ally for Olaf. By playing on the same side as Olaf, they decreases their win rate by -2.5% to 46.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Olaf and Kindred that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kindred has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means Olaf players should be cautious when enlisting Kindred allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Olaf and Kindred together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Kindred ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to synergize with Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to get in your Olaf and Kindred synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Kindred than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing alongside Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
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