Kindred vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Kindred
based on 8,387 Kindred vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Kindred vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Kindred vs. Jhin matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in deaths.
Kindred normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their counter does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Jhin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kindred and Jhin
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Who is Better, Kindred or Jhin?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when taking on Jhin, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a poor counter to Jhin.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate than Jhin, when facing one another, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Jhin.
Furthermore, Kindred also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a trash counter for Jhin. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Jhin during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Jhin. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kindred versus Jhin build consist of Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred bought at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better countering Jhin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 47.3% battling Jhin with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Jhin as Kindred, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kindred vs Jhin face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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