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How to Win Kindred vs Ziggs Counter MatchupKindred is in the b tier of champions

Kindred vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Kindred in LoLKindred is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Kindred

based on 1,080 Kindred vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Kindred came out of an analysis of 1080 ranked rounds where both champs opposed each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Kindred fights Ziggs in only 1.4% of their matches.

Kindred vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Kindred has done a average job of countering Ziggs. On average, they wins a acceptable 49.6% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Kindred against Ziggs games, Kindred’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Kindred vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Kindred Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

The CollectorWit's EndRunaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's Rageblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kindred to level upq
>
Second ability for Kindred to level upw
>
Last skill for Kindred to max oute

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kindred's passive ability p
Kindred's q ability q
Kindred's w ability w
Kindred's e ability e
Kindred's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Kindred

Tips for Playing as Kindred against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Kindred vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Kindred Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Ziggs Image
6.9
< Kills >
5.1
6.7
< Deaths >
5.5
7
< Assists >
7.7
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
41
< Minions Killed >
164
1.56
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.59
14,709
< Physical Damage >
780
3,871
< Magic Damage >
23,347
1,244
< True Damage >
283
19,825
< Damage Dealt >
24,411
31,381
< Damage Taken >
17,106
12,104
< Gold Earned >
11,269
1.49
< Towers >
2.9
0.38
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
17,229
< Total Healing >
1,549
13,590
< Experience >
13,317
23
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
10
215
< Time Dealing CC >
246

How to Counter Ziggs with Kindred in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several significant Kindred versus Ziggs matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..

Kindred often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kindred and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Kindred
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kindred
Ziggs

Who is Better, Kindred or Ziggs?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ziggs, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes an ok counter to Ziggs.

While Kindred does have a lower win rate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Kindred also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kindred into Ziggs.

Furthermore, Kindred has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Kindred is a somewhat poor counter for Ziggs. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Kindred Players

How We Calculated Our Kindred vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Kindred, we analyzed 1,080 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Kindred comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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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 Ziggs during both the laning 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 tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kindred often gets a lot less CS relative to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Kindred versus Ziggs build consist of Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs. Ziggs than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Ziggs as Kindred, Kindred players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kindred vs Ziggs matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.

If you want to get Kindred x Ziggs tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a particular division, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and strategies given are computed using all rounds with data with both champions.