Kindred
Hardest matchups for Kindred in Jungle (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Elise, 
Shyvana, 
Rek'Sai. Easiest: 
Locke, 
Jayce, 
Rengar.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into KindredOn the pro tier list
Kindred on patch 16.22
- Jungle50.0%#43 of 74B6,605 games
- steady since 16.21
Kindred’s main role on patch 16.22 is Jungle: a 50.0% win rate across 6,605 Emerald games, #43 of 74 Jungle champions on the tier list (grade B), picked in 2.7% of games. Since patch 16.21, Kindred Jungle has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.3 points across 44,611 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungle97% of its games | B | 49.6%49.6% raw ±0.7 | 19,556 | 2.8%1.2% banned | 52.2%44.4% first time |
| Bot2% of its games | too few games | 50.9%53.2% raw ±5.2 | 359 | 0.1%1.2% banned | 52.0%47.3% first time |
| Mid1% of its games | too few games | 49.4%46.3% raw ±7.4 | 175 | 0.0%1.2% banned | 51.1%47.1% first time |
| Top0% of its games | too few games | 50.1%51.7% raw ±12.7 | 60 | 0.0%1.2% banned | 51.3%47.2% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 49.8%44.0% raw ±19.6 | 25 | 0.0%1.2% banned | 51.5%47.0% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Kindred’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Kindred, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Kindred
Lane leads and team bans
What Kindred’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Kindred than the other team does in the same games (153,524 games). The other team banned before Kindred was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Kindred was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Kindred is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- Crit
51.1%18,125 games - On-hit
48.4%1,126 games - AD bruiser
50.4%233 games - Lethality
51.6%113 games - Enchanter
50.9%1 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Kindred does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
21,288 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Smite49.3% · 21,214 games
Press the AttackPrecision + Domination · 48.6%
Triumph · Legend: Alacrity · Coup de Grace · Sudden Impact · Relentless HunterShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Start: Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion · 51.0%
Key items: Trinity Force → The Collector · 53.4%
Boots: Plated Steelcaps · 51.9%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Smite49.3%21,214 games · 100% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Keystones
Lethal Tempo + Inspiration55.8%661 games · 3.1% pick rate · same players: +0.4 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended- Press the Attack + Domination48.6%10,843 games · 51% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
- Press the Attack + Inspiration49.4%4,950 games · 23% pick rate · same players: −0.6 pts vs the usual
Conqueror + Inspiration51.3%927 games · 4.4% pick rate · same players: −0.8 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Minor runes with Press the Attack
- Triumph48.9%100% take it
- Legend: Alacrity48.9%98% take it
- Coup de Grace48.9%89% take it
Cut Down49.0%9.1% take it
- Sudden Impact48.6%99% take it
- Relentless Hunter49.7%13% take it
Treasure Hunter48.4%82% take it
Ultimate Hunter48.7%3.8% take it
- Attack Speed49.3%99% take it
- Adaptive Force49.2%99% take it
- Health50.7%22% take it
- Health Scaling48.8%75% take it
- Tenacity and Slow Resist50.2%2.9% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Kindred’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Kindred’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Kindred does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Kindred wins 43.3%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 52.3%. That gap ranks it 16 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 180K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Kindred in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungle | 48.2%2W 14L | 1%1% in any lane | 88% counter | −237 gold | — |
How much knowing Kindred pays
Players on their Mastery band win 9.0 points more on Kindred than first-timers do: #16 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Kindred players win 52.3%: #96 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 53.7% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
KindredDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Kindred ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Bel'Veth, Nidalee, Graves.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.