Vivs Kindred
Vi vs Kindred is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Kindred wins with a 50.7% win rate (+1.4%) over Vi based on 69 games. Vi wins the early laning phase while Kindred scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Vi build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Vi vs Kindred matchup.
Vi Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Vi 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.
Kindred(49.3%)Who Wins the Vi vs Kindred Matchup?
Vi vs Kindred Matchup Summary
The Vi vs Kindred matchup is a very close matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 69 recent matches analyzed, Kindred wins with a 50.7% win rate compared to Vi's 49.3%, giving Kindred a 1.4 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Vi controls the early laning stage, but Kindred outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Vi needs to press advantages before Kindred reaches their power spikes, while Kindred should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Vi leads by 0.6s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Kindred is slightly favored, Vi 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 Kindred's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Vi vs Kindred Laning Phase Breakdown
Kindred is favored during the laning phase against Vi, 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 Vi Build Against Kindred
Mercury's Treads is the optimal boots choice against Kindred, providing the mobility and stats Vi needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Vi against Kindred are Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver and Sterak's Gage. This combination gives Vi an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 66.7% win rate across 3 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Kindred. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Vi vs Kindred matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Vi54.5%Kindred45.5%Vi46.8%Kindred53.2%Vi dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 54.5% win rate — a 9.1 percentage point lead over Kindred. This lopsided early game means Vi can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Kindred is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 53.2% win rate — 6.4 points above Vi. Extended games heavily favor Kindred, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Vi must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Kindred reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Kindred survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Vi Runes Against Kindred
Domination
Precision
The Domination primary with Precision secondary combination helps Vi maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Kindred.
Vi matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. The table below shows Vi'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 Vi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53.95% | 228 | 0.9 | 650 | 12,243 | 50.5% | 57.3% | |
| 44.86% | 214 | 1.0 | 695 | 12,725 | 48.8% | 42.3% | |
| 50.00% | 208 | 1.0 | 697 | 12,984 | 51.3% | 49.2% | |
| 43.37% | 196 | 1.0 | 658 | 12,584 | 34.6% | 49.6% | |
| 53.85% | 182 | 1.0 | 690 | 13,097 | 52.9% | 54.5% | |
| 47.25% | 182 | 1.0 | 649 | 12,632 | 48.8% | 46.0% | |
| 46.93% | 179 | 1.0 | 673 | 12,330 | 48.6% | 45.7% | |
| 55.77% | 156 | 0.9 | 610 | 12,325 | 53.8% | 57.9% | |
| 49.01% | 151 | 1.0 | 687 | 12,916 | 49.2% | 48.9% | |
| 46.81% | 141 | 0.9 | 613 | 12,289 | 39.7% | 51.8% | |
| 45.31% | 128 | 1.0 | 708 | 12,611 | 49.0% | 43.0% | |
| 50.00% | 120 | 1.1 | 653 | 13,017 | 42.9% | 53.9% | |
| 53.85% | 117 | 1.0 | 647 | 13,281 | 53.5% | 54.0% | |
| 51.06% | 94 | 1.1 | 623 | 12,225 | 52.6% | 50.0% | |
| 51.19% | 84 | 1.1 | 728 | 12,432 | 48.4% | 52.8% | |
| 55.00% | 80 | 1.1 | 736 | 13,363 | 50.0% | 58.0% | |
| 46.84% | 79 | 0.9 | 645 | 12,465 | 53.3% | 42.9% | |
| 58.97% | 78 | 1.0 | 707 | 13,115 | 58.1% | 59.6% | |
| 46.67% | 75 | 0.9 | 629 | 12,631 | 40.0% | 51.1% | |
| 43.84% | 73 | 1.1 | 702 | 12,258 | 34.2% | 54.3% | |
| 46.48% | 71 | 1.0 | 712 | 13,253 | 35.7% | 53.5% | |
| 49.30% | 71 | 1.2 | 683 | 12,372 | 47.2% | 51.4% | |
| 44.29% | 70 | 1.1 | 607 | 12,057 | 54.2% | 39.1% | |
| 49.28% | 69 | 0.9 | 698 | 13,368 | 54.5% | 46.8% | |
| 44.12% | 68 | 1.1 | 657 | 12,611 | 59.3% | 34.1% | |
| 52.31% | 65 | 1.4 | 716 | 13,121 | 60.0% | 47.5% | |
| 47.69% | 65 | 1.0 | 656 | 11,742 | 35.7% | 56.8% | |
| 54.84% | 62 | 1.4 | 715 | 12,066 | 61.5% | 50.0% | |
| 40.68% | 59 | 0.9 | 622 | 11,864 | 30.4% | 47.2% | |
| 43.86% | 57 | 0.9 | 666 | 12,552 | 34.6% | 51.6% | |
| 51.79% | 56 | 1.0 | 704 | 12,574 | 52.2% | 51.5% | |
| 55.77% | 52 | 1.3 | 633 | 13,002 | 57.1% | 54.8% | |
| 40.00% | 50 | 1.0 | 614 | 12,049 | 39.1% | 40.7% | |
| 52.17% | 46 | 1.9 | 615 | 12,644 | 66.7% | 45.2% | |
| 42.22% | 45 | 1.0 | 632 | 13,019 | 35.3% | 46.4% | |
| 48.78% | 41 | 1.0 | 737 | 12,676 | 66.7% | 30.0% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 1.0 | 678 | 12,317 | 63.2% | 42.9% | |
| 47.50% | 40 | 0.8 | 654 | 11,396 | 50.0% | 45.0% | |
| 50.00% | 36 | 0.9 | 612 | 12,823 | 42.9% | 54.5% | |
| 45.45% | 33 | 1.9 | 948 | 13,633 | 50.0% | 42.1% | |
| 56.25% | 32 | 1.0 | 632 | 12,791 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 53.13% | 32 | 1.0 | 604 | 13,091 | 54.5% | 52.4% | |
| 64.52% | 31 | 1.0 | 608 | 11,814 | 55.6% | 76.9% | |
| 36.67% | 30 | 1.5 | 601 | 12,912 | 54.5% | 26.3% | |
| 46.67% | 30 | 2.0 | 719 | 13,824 | 44.4% | 47.6% | |
| 68.97% | 29 | 1.6 | 637 | 11,948 | 78.6% | 60.0% | |
| 53.57% | 28 | 1.6 | 597 | 11,306 | 73.3% | 30.8% | |
| 53.57% | 28 | 1.0 | 760 | 12,145 | 46.7% | 61.5% | |
| 48.15% | 27 | 1.9 | 638 | 12,433 | 25.0% | 66.7% | |
| 32.00% | 25 | 1.3 | 672 | 12,326 | 0.0% | 47.1% | |
| 33.33% | 24 | 2.1 | 695 | 11,137 | 25.0% | 41.7% | |
| 56.52% | 23 | 2.0 | 735 | 12,498 | 55.6% | 57.1% | |
| 40.91% | 22 | 0.9 | 650 | 11,284 | 54.5% | 27.3% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 1.4 | 565 | 11,090 | 44.4% | 53.9% | |
| 63.64% | 22 | 2.0 | 864 | 13,400 | 83.3% | 56.3% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 1.2 | 633 | 11,351 | 45.5% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 2.5 | 846 | 13,557 | 50.0% | 63.6% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 1.7 | 634 | 11,375 | 36.4% | 50.0% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 1.9 | 610 | 11,627 | 28.6% | 45.5% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 1.6 | 550 | 9,959 | 40.0% | 80.0% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 0.8 | 670 | 14,061 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 15 | 2.2 | 841 | 10,947 | 71.4% | 62.5% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 5.7 | 872 | 12,928 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 1.1 | 669 | 12,722 | 50.0% | 62.5% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 1.2 | 606 | 11,125 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 0.8 | 586 | 10,750 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 3.6 | 820 | 13,238 | 80.0% | 57.1% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 1.6 | 810 | 10,454 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 4.0 | 933 | 13,630 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 2.0 | 714 | 10,694 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 2.5 | 701 | 10,051 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 1.4 | 593 | 11,809 | 20.0% | 40.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 4.6 | 787 | 11,469 | 75.0% | 80.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 5.4 | 889 | 12,558 | 25.0% | 60.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 1.4 | 665 | 11,826 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 1.9 | 649 | 10,902 | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 3.1 | 694 | 12,335 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 1.5 | 718 | 12,845 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 1.4 | 607 | 11,733 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 1.6 | 685 | 13,096 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.9 | 577 | 9,006 | 75.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 3.0 | 730 | 11,716 | 75.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 2.5 | 742 | 10,008 | 40.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.1 | 753 | 11,065 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 4.0 | 645 | 10,719 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.9 | 953 | 12,441 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.5 | 882 | 14,192 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.4 | 711 | 9,877 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 2.7 | 635 | 10,594 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 100.00% | 6 | 1.4 | 675 | 12,224 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 1.8 | 673 | 10,117 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.1 | 687 | 14,774 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 2.0 | 683 | 12,956 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.2 | 950 | 15,667 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.8 | 668 | 11,726 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 3.6 | 737 | 14,262 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.3 | 985 | 10,415 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
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Vi vs Kindred - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Vi do against Kindred in League of Legends?
Kindred wins the Vi vs Kindred matchup with a 50.7% win rate compared to Vi's 49.3%, a 1.4 percentage point difference. This data is based on 69 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Vi do against Kindred in the early game?
In the early game, Vi has the advantage against Kindred with a 54.5% win rate versus 45.5%. Vi players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Vi do against Kindred in the late game?
In the late game, Kindred takes over the Vi vs Kindred matchup with a 53.2% win rate compared to 46.8%. Kindred scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Vi vs Kindred matchup?
Kindred wins the matchup against Vi with a 50.7% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 1.4 percentage point advantage means Kindred is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 69 games analyzed.
What is the best Vi build against Kindred?
The best Vi build against Kindred includes Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage with Mercury's Treads. This build achieves a 66.7% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Vi runes against Kindred?
The best Vi runes against Kindred use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 59.3% win rate in the Vi vs Kindred matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Vi counter Kindred?
No, Vi struggles against Kindred with only a 49.3% win rate. Kindred has the advantage in this matchup. Vi players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Kindred's lead.
How do I play Vi against Kindred?
When playing Vi against Kindred, play cautiously and avoid Kindred's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Kindred has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.