Zed with Kindred
How to Synergize Zed and Kindred
based on 1,995 Zed with Kindred pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zed Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Zed vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zed and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Zed with Kindred
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Zed in LoL
The Zed 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, Zed sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kindred. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kindred helps Zed perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zed is paired with Kindred, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Kindred does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zed is played together with Kindred on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kindred.
Moreover, when Zed plays with Kindred on the same side, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Zed in team fights.
Synergies between Zed and Kindred
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Is Zed better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Zed that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Kindred is a below average companion for Zed. By playing on the same side as Zed, they decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 46.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Zed and Kindred that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kindred has a much lower diffuclty than Zed. That means Zed players don't need to be careful when enlisting Kindred comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Zed players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Zed and Kindred together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
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 follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 Zed to work well with Kindred during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Zed and Kindred synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Zed included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Kindred than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 46.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kindred with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Kindred with Zed are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.