Kayn with Kennen
How to Synergize Kayn and Kennen
based on 1,991 Kayn with Kennen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Kennen Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Kennen
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kennen helps Kayn perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn tries to synergize with Kennen, he sees a small increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Kennen provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played with Kennen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kennen.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Kennen on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Kennen does a poor job of protecting Kayn during team fights.
Synergies between Kayn and Kennen
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kayn that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Kennen is a very typical companion for Kayn. By locking into the same team as Kayn, he drops their win rate by -1.0% to 48.2%. This signals that there is a weak synergy between Kayn and Kennen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kennen has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be careful when lining up Kennen allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working together, Kayn players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Kayn and Kennen together, you may not be providing your team a lot of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kennen ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to work well with Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Kayn and Kennen synergy build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Kennen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Kayn players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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