Kindred vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Kindred
based on 967 Kindred vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Karthus
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 Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Kindred vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Kindred vs. Karthus matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Kindred typically has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Karthus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Karthus
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Who is Better, Kindred or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually wins when facing off against Karthus, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a good counter for Karthus.
While Kindred does have a higher win rate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kindred into Karthus.
Furthermore, Kindred also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Karthus matchups, Kindred is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a good counter to Karthus. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often accumulates less CS as Karthus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kindred versus Karthus build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs Karthus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kindred boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Karthus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Karthus 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Kindred vs Karthus counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.
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