Guide · Jungle

Kindred Guide

The Eternal Hunters

Marksman

Tier C Jungle

Kindred, The Eternal Hunters, is a marksman champion of medium difficulty. Across our 350 analysed ranked games, Kindred is mostly played in the Jungle (100% of its games), with a 46.3% win rate in that role: tier C among Jungle champions (#35 of 48, ranked by win rate). Kindred's damage is mostly physical (77%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 50.0% in short games (under 25 min, 132 games) versus 44.0% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

8.3 / 6.4 / 6.5

ratio 2.3

Damage / min

828

CS / min

7.0

Gold / min

474

Kill participation

52%

Vision / min

1.06

Averages measured over 350 Jungle games played with Kindred, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Kindred is a marksman-jungler who hunts: Mark of the Kindred marks targets, and every successful hunt permanently strengthens her basic abilities, with more range every 4 hunts. Dance of Arrows fires at three targets, Wolf's Frenzy attacks nearby enemies, Mounting Dread sends Wolf onto the target, and Lamb's Respite stops anyone from dying in the area.

The hunt

Q AA AA

E AA AA

When: A marked target is within range.

Dance of Arrows repositions you and fires at up to three nearby targets; Mounting Dread slows and, after two more attacks, the third sends Wolf for huge damage.

The area fight

W AA AA

When: Several enemies are close.

Wolf's Frenzy makes Wolf attack around him; your attack, with maxed stacks, heals you.

See all 3 Kindred combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Mark and hunt to permanently strengthen your abilities. Lamb stacks effects by moving and attacking: at max, her next attack heals you.

Common mistakes

Using the ultimate without realizing it also protects enemies.
Neglecting hunts: they strengthen your abilities.
Casting Dance of Arrows without wanting to reposition.

Riot's official tips for playing Kindred

Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector (51 games, 54.9% win rate).

Infinity Edge

Lord Dominik's Regards

The Collector

51 games · 54.9%

Lord Dominik's Regards

42 games · 50.0%

34 games · 61.8%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E58.1% · 31 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q		●		●	●		●		●
W	●							●		●		●	●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 52 games).

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup

Health Potion60.0% · 25 games

First completed items, in order

17 games · 58.8%

16 games · 50.0%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3973 gold, 66 CS, 3784 XP. At 15 min: 6224 gold, 102 CS, 6407 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite46.1% · 349 games

Most-played runes

Press the Attack + Domination

48.3% · 116 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity96%

Coup de Grace91%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact99%

Treasure Hunter62%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling75%

Press the Attack + Inspiration

44.3% · 97 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity96%

Coup de Grace70%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight99%

Magical Footwear94%

Shards

Attack speed98%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling64%

Conqueror + Domination

44.0% · 50 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity90%

Coup de Grace96%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact96%

Treasure Hunter86%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling58%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Kindred's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.5% · 103 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

The Collector 53.4% ▲

Infinity Edge 61.4% ▲

Kraken Slayer 46.5%

Lord Dominik's Regards 53.8% ▲

Trinity Force 55.6% ▲

Hexoptics C44 46.4%

The item that stands out most is Trinity Force: 55.6% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team46.3% · 95 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

The Collector 45.3%

Kraken Slayer 57.9% ▲

Trinity Force 35.3% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 50.0%

Infinity Edge 55.6%

Hexoptics C44 71.4%

The item that stands out most is Kraken Slayer: 57.9% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team42.8% · 152 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

The Collector 44.4%

Kraken Slayer 40.3% ▼

Infinity Edge 50.0% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 46.4% ▼

Trinity Force 48.8%

Hexoptics C44 26.1%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Kindred in the Jungle

Nidalee Kindred: 33.3%21 games

Nidalee has the edge in 67% of the 21 Jungle duels against Kindred. See the Nidalee guide.

Who Kindred is strong against

Nidalee33.3% · 21 games

How to play against Kindred

Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Kindred's matchups.

Kindred Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Kindred	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3973	4023	−51
CS at 10 min	66	69	−3
XP at 10 min	3784	3898	−113
Gold at 15 min	6224	6322	−98
CS at 15 min	102	106	−4
XP at 15 min	6407	6602	−195

Measured over 52 Kindred games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min50.0 %132 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min44.0 %184 games

long over 35 min44.1 %34 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveMark of the Kindred

Kindred can mark targets to Hunt. Successfully completing a Hunt permanently empowers Kindred's basic abilities. Every 4 hunts completed also increases Kindred's basic attack range.

QDance of Arrows

Kindred tumbles and shoots up to three arrows at nearby targets.

WWolf's Frenzy

Wolf enrages and attacks enemies around him. Lamb passively gains stacks by moving and attacking. When fully charged, Lamb's next attack restores health.

EMounting Dread

Lamb fires a carefully placed shot, slowing the target. If Lamb attacks the target two more times, her third attack instead directs Wolf to pounce on the enemy, savaging them for massive damage.

RLamb's Respite

Lamb grants all living things inside a zone a respite from death. Until the effect ends, nothing can die. At the end, units are healed.