Kindred vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Kindred
based on 5,310 Kindred vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Kindred vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several significant Kindred against Jax matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Jax..
Kindred typically has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Jax. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Jax
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Who is Better, Kindred or Jax?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when playing against Jax, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a bad counter for Jax.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Jax, when facing one another, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Jax.
Furthermore, Kindred also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Kindred vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a garbage counter for Jax. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kindred in order to counter Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred typically accumulates less CS compared to Jax. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 most crucial items to have in your Kindred versus Jax build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Jax than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Jax with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Jax as Kindred, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kindred vs Jax LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.4% winrate overall.
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