Champion sheet · Jungle

Kindred

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

4.0%#132 of 173 champions

Pick: 1.7%picked in 478 of 28,366 games
Ban: 2.3%536 bans over 23,109 games, against 2.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle52.7% between 48.9% and 56.4% over 471 gamesSoloQ 51.5%: no clear gap

Median length28.5 minsoloQ 26.7 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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.DraftLength
How to play itPress the Attack, 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 Jhin in amateur play: +26.3 pts over 32 games, range above zero.+26.3 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
0.8%
SoloQ
1.5%
0.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.3%
SoloQ
2.8%
2.3% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 2.8% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.5 min
SoloQ
26.7 min
Median of 28.5 min in amateur play, against 26.7 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesPress the Attack60% · 17,902

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 29,717

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 90 games

Core (3 legendaries)24% · 3,784

24%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 Jhin in amateur play: +26.3 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

Jarvan IV64.9% · expected 54.2% · 37 g+10.7 ptSoloQ +1.8

Lillia50.0% · expected 49.2% · 30 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Jhin81.3% · expected 54.9% · 32 g+26.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Caitlyn61.5% · expected 50.8% · 39 g+10.7 ptSoloQ -0.7

Kai'Sa56.0% · expected 53.1% · 50 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus56.4% · expected 52.4% · 39 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -0.3

Leona57.1% · expected 53.7% · 35 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.6

With

Topgap to expected

K'Sante63.6% · expected 50.6% · 33 g+13.1 ptSoloQ -0.9

Midgap to expected

Galio53.3% · expected 51.6% · 45 g+1.8 ptSoloQ -0.4

ADCgap to expected

Jhin62.5% · expected 50.4% · 32 g+12.1 ptSoloQ -1.6

Kai'Sa55.9% · expected 52.2% · 34 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -1.5

Supportgap to expected

Lulu56.4% · expected 50.2% · 39 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +1.6

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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