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What decides the jungle matchup: Kindred vs Nidalee in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Both are jungle invader champions in this lane: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing.
Kindred
jungle · Jungle invader
She invades your jungle for marks. Watch the mark icon and answer with numbers, not alone.
Window: before three minutes
Kindred's marks spawn on enemy camps and she is a strong early duelist; contest with a teammate or concede the camp quietly.
Nidalee
jungle · Jungle invader
She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
Window: before three minutes
Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing.
Kindred vs Nidalee: Common Questions
- Who wins Kindred vs Nidalee?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Kindred against Nidalee to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Kindred: She invades your jungle for marks. Watch the mark icon and answer with numbers, not alone. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
- How do you play the Kindred Nidalee matchup?
- Kindred and Nidalee are both jungle invader champions in the jungle matchup: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. Kindred's marks spawn on enemy camps and she is a strong early duelist; contest with a teammate or concede the camp quietly. Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing.
- What should I know about Nidalee vs Kindred?
- Nidalee and Kindred are both jungle invader champions: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. What separates them is what each one does with it. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. Kindred: She invades your jungle for marks. Watch the mark icon and answer with numbers, not alone.
- How do I beat Nidalee as Kindred?
- Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing. She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Nidalee you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.