Kindred vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Kindred
based on 1,959 Kindred vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Irelia
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.
Advice to Win Against Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Kindred vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several influential Kindred against Irelia counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..
Kindred usually has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Irelia
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Who is Better, Kindred or Irelia?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when facing off against Irelia, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes an ok counter to Irelia.
While Kindred does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Irelia.
Moreover, Kindred also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter for Irelia. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average racks up a lot less CS as Irelia. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kindred versus Irelia build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Irelia than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Irelia as Kindred, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Kindred vs Irelia matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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