Gangplank with Kennen
How to Synergize Gangplank and Kennen
based on 314 Gangplank with Kennen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Kennen Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Kennen
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Understand How Kennen Will Play
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Gangplank Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank Kennen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kennen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gangplank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kennen helps Gangplank perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gangplank is an ally to Kennen, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Kennen helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played together with Kennen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kennen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kennen.
Moreover, when Gangplank plays with Kennen on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Kennen does a poor job of protecting Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Kennen
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Gangplank that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Kennen is a relatively poor teammate for Gangplank. By being on the same team as Gangplank, he decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 46.2%. This shows that there is a bad synergy between Gangplank and Kennen that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kennen has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Kennen allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Gangplank and Kennen together, you will not be giving your other teammates very much tankyness. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Kennen ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank to work well with Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to get in your Gangplank and Kennen synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Kennen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 46.2% helping carry Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Gangplank and Kennen pairings, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
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