Champion sheet · Jungle

Kindred

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

4.2%#128 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.0%picked in 378 of 18,759 games
Ban: 2.2%393 bans over 17,736 games, against 1.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle49.9% between 45.6% and 54.1% over 373 gamesSoloQ 52.5%: no clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 25.3 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 242,675 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLengthRunes
How to play itConqueror, then Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compInvade first: invades more than 97% of junglers.DamagePokeInvade
With / againstBetter than expected against Caitlyn in amateur play: +14.9 pts over 32 games, range above zero.+14.9 pt32 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.1%
SoloQ
2.1%
1.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.1% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
25.3 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 25.3 min in soloQ.
RunesPress the Attack instead of Conqueror
Amateur
54%
SoloQ
48%
Played in 54% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Conqueror (48%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror48% · 5,858

≠ Amateur: Press the Attack instead of Conqueror. 54% · 447 games

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 12,187

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 144 games

Core (3 legendaries)29% · 1,935

29%of soloQ games

Kraken Slayer
The Collector
Lord Dominik's Regards

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Invade first: invades more than 97% of junglers.

Invadetop3%10% · junglers: 7%
Team damagetop6%23% · junglers: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Damage
Poke
Invade

Like other junglers

Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Jungle farm

What it is not

Carries its own kills
Little CC

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 95 in lane, 87 in mid game and 82 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

422+39 vs 383

898+103 vs 796

1,169+113 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Kindredjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 82% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 95 of 100 among junglers422 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 87 of 100 among junglers898 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 82 of 100 among junglers1,169 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 79 of 100 among junglers+242 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 82 of 100 among junglers+463 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 75 of 100 among junglers5 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 21 of 100 among junglers504 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 43 of 100 among junglers51% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 60 of 100 among junglers21% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 19 of 100 among junglersrank 19 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 16 of 100 among junglers0.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 94 of 100 among junglers23% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 38 of 100 among junglers65 · median 66
Invade · rank 97 of 100 among junglers10% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Caitlyn in amateur play: +14.9 pts over 32 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn62.5% · expected 47.6% · 32 g+14.9 ptSoloQ +1.1

Kai'Sa53.5% · expected 49.9% · 43 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Galio51.5% · expected 49.4% · 33 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -1.8

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Lulu55.9% · expected 48.0% · 34 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -0.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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