LoL Champion Build Guides: Kindred

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Kindred Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Kindred we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Kindred, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Kindred this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Kindred player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Kindred!

Patch 12.2: 1200 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Domination

Second Best

67%

Win Rate 57 Games

Precision

Domination

Third Best

60%

Win Rate 67 Games

Precision

Domination

More Kindred Runes

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 217 Games

Third Best

38%

Win Rate 66 Games

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 3470 Games

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 1063 Games

Second Best

45%

Win Rate 3346 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 778 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

72%

Win Rate 176 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

68%

Win Rate 372 Games

Passive Ability

Kindred Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Kindred guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Kindred Jungle in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Kindred. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Kindred Kindred Jungle

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Kindred Skins

Find Kindred's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Kindred skins and chromas on Kindred's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Spirit Blossom Kindred

August 6, 2020

Wishlist

1350

Super Galaxy Kindred

May 26, 2016

+ Wishlist

1350

Shadowfire Kindred

October 14, 2015

+ Wishlist

1350

Classic Kindred

Original

+ Wishlist

Kindred's Abilities

Mark of the Kindred Kindred's Passive

Self

Both Lamb and Wolf mark targets to hunt. Lamb marks an enemy champion for death (this mark activates after an 8 second delay), while Wolf periodically marks monsters in the enemy jungle. All champions can see which targets are marked.

After 40 seconds of having no active jungle mark, Wolf marks an enemy jungle monster for 3 minutes.

Wolf marks jungle monsters based on Kindred's current stacks:

0 Marks: Rift Scuttler
1-3 Marks: Rift Scuttler, Crimson Raptor, Gromp
4-7 Marks: Red Brambleback, Blue Sentinel, Ancient Krug, Greater Murk Wolf
8+ Marks: Rift Herald, Baron Nashor, Elemental Drakes, Elder Dragon

If Kindred kills a marked target or assists in their death, they gain a mark. Kindred's basic attacks and Mounting Dread gain 75 range at 4 stacks, plus 25 range every 3 stacks thereafter. Stacks also amplify Kindred's basic abilities:

Q - Dance of Arrows: Bonus attack speed increased by an additional 5% per stack.
W - Wolf's Frenzy: Current health damage increased by an additional 0.5% per stack.
E - Mounting Dread: Missing health damage increased by an additional 0.5% per stack.

Targets successfully hunted cannot be targeted again for 240 seconds. Lamb can also change her target after 90 seconds if the target hasn't died in that time.

Dance of Arrows Kindred's Q Ability

340

Lamb dashes in the target direction, gaining 25% (+5% per Mark) bonus attack speed for 4 seconds and fires up to three homing arrows on arrival upon the three nearest targets, dealing 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+0.75 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to each of the targets she hits.

Casting Wolf's Frenzy or dashing inside of Wolf's territory will reduce the cooldown of Dance of Arrows to 4 / 3.5 / 3 / 2.5 / 2 seconds.

Wolf's Frenzy Kindred's W Ability

500

18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14

Passive: Kindred gains stacks of Hunter's Vigor from moving and attacking. When charged, she will heal for up to 49-100 (at levels 1-18) based on her missing health %.

Wolf claims an area centered on the target location as his territory for the next 8.5 seconds, separating from Lamb. Wolf attacks enemies within the area (800 unit radius) autonomously, prioritizing Lamb's attack target, ignores unit collision and ignores terrain collision.

Wolf's basic attacks deal 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 (+0.2 per bonus AD) (+1.5% (+1% per Mark) of target's current health) magic damage and scale with 25% of Kindred's bonus attack speed. Wolf deals 50% bonus damage against monsters.

Wolf's Frenzy ends immediately if Lamb leaves the area.

Mounting Dread Kindred's E Ability

500

14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10

Lamb cripples the target unit, slowing them by 50% for 1 second and applying Dread for 4 seconds. Lamb's next two attacks mounts the Dread and refreshes the duration.

On the third attack, Lamb signals Wolf to pounce on the target, dealing 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 (+0.8 per bonus AD) (+ 8% (+0.5% per Mark) of target's missing health) bonus physical damage. Percentage damage is capped at 300 vs. monsters.

Jaws of Death: Wolf's' pounce critically strikes targets below 15% health for 50% (+0.5% × bonus critical damage) bonus damage. Threshold increased by 0.5% health per 1% critical strike chance (up to 65% health at 100% crit chance).

Lamb's Respite Kindred's Ultimate (R) Ability

500

100

180 / 150 / 120 / 120 / 120

Lamb blesses the ground under herself for 4 seconds, creating an area in which no living things, ally or enemy, can die. Upon reaching 10% of their maximum health, units become immune to further damage or healing. When the blessing ends, all living things inside the area heal for 250 / 325 / 400.

Questions About Kindred

Latest Questions

kindred mid ???

Asked on August 6, 2020

Is kindred MID playable ???

Damage Mitigation

Asked by VexRoth on June 6, 2019

[img=https://i.gyazo.com/7ee4f74ef6c5c93df194e98d2ee1943f.png width=500] [br] Two part question 1) When do buy I [[Maw of Malmortius]] vs. [[Phantom Dancer]] as damage mitigation. 2) If you are still getting blown up through [[Maw of...

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When do enemy champions see that they are marked by Kindred?

Asked by Hamstertamer on July 22, 2018

[[kindred]] has an 8 second timer between the moment they mark a champion and the moment they can collect their mark on kill. So when does the enemy realize that they got marked? Instantly when you mark them, or after that 8 second timer?

When can I solo Baron as Kindred?

Asked by blue_cat on June 21, 2018

So, I know that [[Kindred]] can solo [[baron nashor]] without a dedicated build because of their ult, but can anyone tell me when I should actually consider it? What would my stats, hunt stacks and items have to be like?

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Should I buy Kindred or not? (maybe Kha 'Zix)

Asked by Logic1108 on June 11, 2016

Should I buy Kindred or would you guys recommend me someone else in the jungle? I'm not sure if I should buy me Kindred because the champ just got nerfed and I dont know if the champ is still good or will get nerfed again soon... Or should I get...

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Kindred build for 6.11

Asked by njb1212 on June 4, 2016

Hey guys. After some of these item changes in the last patches I haven't had a definite build for Kindred. Lately I've been running something along the lines of Bloodrazor, Berserker's greaves, Runnan's Hurricane, Maw, Black Cleaver, and Mortal...

Kindred jungle

Asked by XilinX on May 29, 2016

What i should build on kindred in jungle and what way is the best for easy jungle timeing ,and a potential early invade ?

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Lee Sin/Kindred/Nocturne/Other Junglers

Asked by deathworm98 on May 1, 2016

Hello. So I don't know who is better/Which to main jungle. Lee Sin is fun and has lots of abilities, Kindred seems to be the good jungler right now but I have never used her and nocturne is sorta hard with his q but his ultimate is cool. Tell me...

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KINDRED JUNGLE

Asked by AnDrEaZ on October 28, 2015

hello guys, i have tried out kindred now and i got one good game so far. can someone tell me how to build the strongest kindred in LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. respond someone please :)