Janna vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Janna
based on 1,914 Janna vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Janna vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Janna vs Kindred Counter Build
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Core Janna Items
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Janna
Tips for Playing as Janna against Kindred
Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.
Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.
Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.
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.
Janna vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Janna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Janna against Kindred counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kindred. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Janna normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kindred. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Janna and Kindred
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Who is Better, Janna or Kindred?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Janna usually wins when taking on Kindred, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Janna makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Janna does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when they face off with one another, Janna also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Janna into Kindredas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Janna also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Janna vs Kindred matchups, Janna is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Janna is a decent counter for Kindred. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Janna against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Janna in order to counter Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Janna usually gets less CS compared to Kindred. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Janna versus Kindred build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Janna used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Kindred than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Kindred with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Kindred as Janna, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Gathering Storm, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Janna vs Kindred battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
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