Syndra vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Syndra
based on 917 Syndra vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Kennen Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Syndra Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Kennen as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Kennen
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
Advice to Win Against Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Syndra vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Syndra in LoL
The stats provided here feature several strategic Syndra vs. Kennen matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Syndra normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Kennen
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Syndra or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kennen, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes an ok counter for Kennen.
While Syndra does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Kennenas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Syndra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Kennen matchups, Syndra is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Syndra is a decent counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Kennen.
Other Champion Matchups Against Syndra
Additional Information for Syndra Players
How We Calculated Our Syndra vs Kennen Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Syndra in order to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Syndra versus Kennen build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 50.8% battling Kennen with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Kennen as Syndra, Syndra players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Syndra vs Kennen counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
If you want to view Syndra x Kennen tips and counter builds for a a distinct division, please select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and guides shown are computed using all rounds played with these champions.