Kindred·Top Build
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R| Win rate | 49.1% |
| Pick rate | 0.0% |
| Ban rate | 2.0% |
| Matches | 550- |
Kindred Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 48.9% based on 88 matches
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@ 21 min
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Kindred Matchups Overview
Kindred General information
Kindred combos
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The Best Kindred Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Kindred Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Essence Reaver as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Rapid Firecannon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.9% winrate over 88 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Kindred Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Runaan's Hurricane. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 48.4% win rate over 62 matches.
Situational Kindred Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kindred build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Kindred runes page.

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In-depth Build Stats
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Kindred Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 26.5 the best possible matchups for Kindred Top are:
- vs. Camille - 87.5% win rate over 8 games.
- vs. K'Sante - 83.3% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Anivia - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Sett - 70.0% win rate over 10 games.
- vs. Renekton - 68.8% win rate over 16 games.
Consider picking Kindred into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Kindred.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Kindred in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Illaoi - win rate over games.
- vs. Twisted Fate - win rate over games.
- vs. Pantheon - win rate over games.
- vs. Ryze - win rate over games.
- vs. Smolder - win rate over games.
These champions are considered as Kindred counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Kindred counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.