Kelvin vs Drifter

Your game plan as Kelvin

A support-tank who keeps his team alive and the enemy team slow.

How to beat Drifter

A stalker who marks a target and then makes sure no one can save them.

• 01Stay with your team; Eternal Night isolates people who are already alone.
• 02Cleanse or out-heal Stalker’s Mark bleed rather than running.
• 03Peel for whoever he marks.

1. 01Kelvin out-farms Drifter by ~13.3 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
2. 02Drifter looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.
3. 03Your own sustain (Frost Grenade, Frozen Shelter) wins extended lanes — stay longer than they can.

This matchup

123

Usual

132

61% win rate over 29,911 matches

• 2
  Early point

  Put an early point into Ice Path: Drifter dives on you, and an escape ready beats a lost trade.

• 1
  Max first

  You out-farm Drifter: keep the standard order and push your lead with Frost Grenade.

• Kelvin averages 0.91 kills per death against Drifter.
• On average Kelvin finishes 105 souls ahead of Drifter — convert the lead into objectives.
• Kelvin deals 949 more objective damage per match than Drifter — push structures when you win lane.
• Track Eternal Night (145.0s cooldown). The window right after Drifter uses it is your best time to fight.