Naafiri vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Naafiri
based on 985 Naafiri vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Kindred
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Advice to Win Against Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Naafiri vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several important Naafiri vs. Kindred counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between these two champs. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kindred..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes less damage than Kindred. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Kindred
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Kindred?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when playing against Kindred, with a 55.0% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a great counter for Kindred.
While Naafiri does have a much higher win rate compared to Kindred, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Naafiri into Kindred.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Kindred matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Naafiri is a great counter for Kindred. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Kindred during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often picks up much more CS relative to Kindred. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Naafiri versus Kindred build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed much better vs. Kindred than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 55.0% when playing against Kindred with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Kindred as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Kindred counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.0% winrate overall.
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