Kindredvs Zaahen
Kindred vs Zaahen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.3. Zaahen wins with a 52.6% win rate (+5.3%) over Kindred based on 57 games. Zaahen holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Kindred build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Kindred vs Zaahen matchup.
Kindred Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Kindred performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Zaahen(47.4%)Who Wins the Kindred vs Zaahen Matchup?
Kindred vs Zaahen Matchup Summary
The Kindred vs Zaahen matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 57 recent matches analyzed, Zaahen wins with a 52.6% win rate compared to Kindred's 47.4%, giving Zaahen a 5.3 percentage point advantage. Zaahen dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Kindred players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Zaahen leads by 0.3s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Zaahen is slightly favored, Kindred can absolutely win this lane through smart trading patterns and wave management. Focus on playing around your cooldowns, conceding CS only when necessary, and capitalizing on Zaahen's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Kindred vs Zaahen Laning Phase Breakdown
Kindred is favored during the laning phase against Zaahen, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Kindred holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Kindred Build Against Zaahen
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Zaahen, providing the mobility and stats Kindred needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Kindred against Zaahen are The Collector, Kraken Slayer and Mortal Reminder. This combination gives Kindred an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 6 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Zaahen. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Kindred vs Zaahen matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Kindred45.0%Zaahen55.0%Kindred48.6%Zaahen51.4%Zaahen dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 55.0% win rate — a 10.0 percentage point lead over Kindred. This lopsided early game means Zaahen can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Zaahen takes over with a 51.4% win rate, leading Kindred by 2.7 percentage points. Zaahen scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
Zaahen holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Kindred players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Kindred Runes Against Zaahen
Precision
Domination
The Precision and Domination rune setup gives Kindred the best tools to compete against Zaahen in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Kindred matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.3. The table below shows Kindred's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Kindred build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53.59% | 153 | 1.1 | 822 | 13,669 | 54.7% | 52.6% | |
| 50.00% | 100 | 1.1 | 855 | 13,615 | 52.2% | 48.1% | |
| 38.27% | 81 | 1.1 | 712 | 12,311 | 41.5% | 35.0% | |
| 46.91% | 81 | 1.1 | 827 | 12,991 | 40.5% | 52.3% | |
| 49.32% | 73 | 1.2 | 743 | 13,203 | 43.8% | 53.7% | |
| 47.83% | 69 | 1.2 | 788 | 12,375 | 54.0% | 40.6% | |
| 54.41% | 68 | 1.0 | 796 | 12,724 | 60.5% | 46.7% | |
| 48.39% | 62 | 1.1 | 771 | 12,472 | 51.4% | 44.4% | |
| 48.33% | 60 | 1.0 | 940 | 12,674 | 50.0% | 46.4% | |
| 49.15% | 59 | 1.0 | 844 | 13,312 | 53.3% | 44.8% | |
| 42.37% | 59 | 1.2 | 892 | 14,211 | 37.5% | 45.7% | |
| 47.37% | 57 | 1.1 | 845 | 13,152 | 45.0% | 48.6% | |
| 33.33% | 57 | 1.1 | 775 | 13,055 | 26.9% | 38.7% | |
| 42.31% | 52 | 1.1 | 705 | 12,492 | 46.4% | 37.5% | |
| 54.90% | 51 | 1.0 | 751 | 13,530 | 50.0% | 58.1% | |
| 55.32% | 47 | 1.0 | 813 | 13,366 | 47.6% | 61.5% | |
| 65.91% | 44 | 1.2 | 891 | 13,520 | 54.5% | 77.3% | |
| 50.00% | 44 | 1.0 | 819 | 12,534 | 42.3% | 61.1% | |
| 38.64% | 44 | 1.1 | 846 | 13,813 | 36.8% | 40.0% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 1.1 | 860 | 13,981 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 61.54% | 39 | 1.1 | 850 | 13,460 | 77.8% | 47.6% | |
| 44.74% | 38 | 1.1 | 861 | 13,714 | 33.3% | 52.2% | |
| 45.95% | 37 | 1.2 | 685 | 13,676 | 46.1% | 45.8% | |
| 48.65% | 37 | 1.0 | 799 | 12,341 | 61.1% | 36.8% | |
| 54.29% | 35 | 1.2 | 845 | 13,835 | 58.8% | 50.0% | |
| 35.29% | 34 | 1.1 | 862 | 12,842 | 41.2% | 29.4% | |
| 46.88% | 32 | 1.2 | 784 | 12,920 | 36.8% | 61.5% | |
| 46.88% | 32 | 0.9 | 768 | 12,527 | 63.2% | 23.1% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 1.1 | 797 | 14,620 | 63.6% | 42.1% | |
| 46.43% | 28 | 1.2 | 813 | 12,511 | 35.7% | 57.1% | |
| 50.00% | 28 | 1.1 | 888 | 13,862 | 33.3% | 57.9% | |
| 40.74% | 27 | 1.3 | 757 | 13,709 | 46.1% | 35.7% | |
| 29.63% | 27 | 1.0 | 611 | 11,973 | 15.4% | 42.9% | |
| 52.00% | 25 | 1.1 | 817 | 12,443 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 54.17% | 24 | 1.1 | 859 | 13,659 | 54.5% | 53.9% | |
| 14.29% | 21 | 1.1 | 875 | 12,455 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 35.00% | 20 | 1.2 | 774 | 12,987 | 44.4% | 27.3% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 1.4 | 752 | 12,569 | 25.0% | 54.5% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 1.0 | 720 | 12,540 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 0.9 | 652 | 12,326 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 0.9 | 874 | 12,535 | 33.3% | 62.5% | |
| 66.67% | 15 | 1.0 | 756 | 14,261 | 71.4% | 62.5% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 1.1 | 756 | 12,712 | 75.0% | 40.0% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 0.9 | 830 | 11,100 | 44.4% | 20.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 0.8 | 797 | 13,443 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 1.1 | 992 | 13,516 | 42.9% | 16.7% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 1.4 | 848 | 13,396 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 1.4 | 839 | 14,031 | 33.3% | 40.0% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 1.4 | 697 | 11,830 | 71.4% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 0.9 | 792 | 13,157 | 66.7% | 28.6% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 1.2 | 746 | 11,732 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.9 | 1,052 | 15,048 | 33.3% | 42.9% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 0.8 | 916 | 14,357 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 1.0 | 769 | 10,362 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.4 | 709 | 12,648 | 75.0% | 40.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 1.4 | 614 | 12,700 | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| 87.50% | 8 | 1.0 | 780 | 14,307 | 100.0% | 83.3% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.4 | 594 | 12,511 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.1 | 938 | 14,622 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.8 | 717 | 13,366 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 2.4 | 949 | 11,498 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 0.6 | 465 | 7,901 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 4.2 | 1,011 | 12,119 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 2.1 | 924 | 15,923 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 0.9 | 714 | 12,959 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 4.8 | 805 | 15,352 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.9 | 1,430 | 16,494 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.2 | 1,096 | 16,698 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.4 | 829 | 12,326 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
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Kindred vs Zaahen - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Kindred do against Zaahen in League of Legends?
Zaahen wins the Kindred vs Zaahen matchup with a 52.6% win rate compared to Kindred's 47.4%, a 5.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 57 recent ranked games in patch 26.3.
How does Kindred do against Zaahen in the early game?
In the early game, Zaahen has the advantage against Kindred with a 55.0% win rate versus 45.0%. Zaahen players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Kindred do against Zaahen in the late game?
In the late game, Zaahen takes over the Kindred vs Zaahen matchup with a 51.4% win rate compared to 48.6%. Zaahen scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Kindred vs Zaahen matchup?
Zaahen wins the matchup against Kindred with a 52.6% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.3. The 5.3 percentage point advantage means Zaahen is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 57 games analyzed.
What is the best Kindred build against Zaahen?
The best Kindred build against Zaahen includes The Collector, Kraken Slayer, Mortal Reminder with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Kindred runes against Zaahen?
The best Kindred runes against Zaahen use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Kindred vs Zaahen matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Kindred counter Zaahen?
No, Kindred struggles against Zaahen with only a 47.4% win rate. Zaahen has the advantage in this matchup. Kindred players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Zaahen's lead.
How do I play Kindred against Zaahen?
When playing Kindred against Zaahen, play cautiously and avoid Zaahen's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Zaahen has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.