How to win the jungle race as Kindred against Lee Sin · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Kindred's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Lee Sin.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Respect Lee Sin | Sonic Wave re-cast plus Flurry resets delete half your HP in one rotation — Kindred has no answer to that at level 1. Flurry-weaving between Q casts gives a level-1 trade few champions match on their half of the map too, so skip the level-1 crossing and answer the pressure cross-map. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Respect Lee Sin | The second skill point doubles their trade pattern — Q-W or Q-E both chunk hard, and Kindred has no clean answer to it on the second camp — Sonic Wave re-cast plus Flurry resets delete half your HP in one rotation. Stand behind your camp so Q can't connect clean, and don't burn your dash early, and give up the second buff rather than the kill. |
| Level 3 Route | Respect Lee Sin | The window at the opening scuttle belongs to Lee Sin: the full E-slow, Q-execute, W-shield kit is at its proportionally strongest point. Your own line is real — with three dashes banked you kite backwards and win every disengage fight — but it arrives second here. Stand behind your camp so Q can't connect clean, and don't burn your dash early, then give up the level-3 river fight. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Lee Sin — Path Opposite | You lose the 4-5 duel. He plays 4-5 as an invade window — Sonic Wave vision plus the ward-hop reaches camps he should not — so let them have that half of the map and cash the other half faster. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | The Dragon's Rage kick into a Q re-cast adds real burst to an already complete kit, and Lamb's Respite answers it almost exactly. Decide this one on setup — vision, numbers and cooldowns — not on the ultimate comparison. |
| First Item Spike | Kraken Slayer | Completing Kraken Slayer grants a stacking on-hit proc that dramatically raises your basic-attack damage against both camps and champions. Your clear speed jumps as a result, letting you secure rapid solo neutral objectives before Lee Sin can establish a path there. Use this priority window to force aggressive counter-jungle invades or capture remaining marks. Lee Sin's first item is his last real jump — after it his damage stays flat while everyone else keeps climbing. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Kindred Favoured — Wins Late | The late game is yours. Remember what Lee Sin still is at full build — he falls off harder than any other jungler — the burst simply stops killing — and take the fights that do not let it matter. |
Start your clearing path at the Blue Buff camp to secure optimal ability haste looping across your starting single-target camps before clearing down into the scuttle crab side. Lee Sin clears quickly with Flurry weaving and arrives at three with a full energy bar and a plan.
Ranked by the race windows in Kindred's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Kindred vs Lee Sin report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Lee Sin pressures 4 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Lee Sin pressures 4 of the 7 windows, so Kindred is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
Kindred takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace, and Domination secondary (Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter) vs Lee Sin.
Start Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver / Recurve Bow — path toward the next mark on the back. Build Kraken Slayer first, then Blade of the Ruined King / Runaan's Hurricane, with Berserker's Greaves.
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