Kindred vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Kindred
based on 1,699 Kindred vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Zac
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 Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Kindred vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Kindred versus Zac counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Zac. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.
Kindred often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Zac
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Who is Better, Kindred or Zac?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate than Zac, when facing one another, Kindred also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kindred into Zac.
Moreover, Kindred also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kindred is a terribly counter for Zac. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average picks up less CS relative to Zac. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kindred versus Zac build include Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better against Zac than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Zac with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Zac as Kindred, Kindred players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kindred vs Zac LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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