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Kindred vs Nunu & Willump

How often does Kindred beat Nunu & Willump in Jungle?

Kindred into Nunu & Willump in Jungle: 51% observed win rate across 413 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Kindred ahead by 364 gold.

Kindred at 15:00

Typical gap to Nunu & Willump, from 407 games that reached 15:00.

Does Kindred counter Nunu & Willump?

No counter here: Kindred sits at 51% over 413 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Nunu & Willump: the Kindred game plan

A gold lead at 10:00 puts Kindred at 59% across 228 games. Flip the lead and Kindred falls to 40% across 185.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0059%228
Behind in gold at 10:0040%185
First blood56%245
+kills at 10:0059%189
+CS at 10:0057%209
0 deaths at 10:0064%85

Someone usually dies here around 5:53 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:26. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Kindred's Jungle build, with receipts

Into Nunu & Willump specifically, Kindred finishes Kraken Slayer first most often: 50.4% over 115 games of this matchup.

The most-finished Kindred core is Kraken Slayer, The Collector, Infinity Edge: 59.1% across 1,758 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Kraken Slayer (10,968 games).

Skill plan: Kindred players max Q first and take W at level 1.

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