Kennen with Annie
How to Synergize Kennen and Annie
based on 415 Kennen with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Annie
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Annie
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.
Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Kennen Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kennen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Annie helps Kennen perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen plays on the same team as Annie, he observes a little drop in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Annie does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played together with Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Annie.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Annie on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Annie does a decent job of protecting Kennen in team fights.
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Annie?
There is no one best ally for Kennen that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Annie is a very typical companion for Kennen. By being on the same team as Kennen, she decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.0%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Kennen and Annie that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Annie has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you should be very careful when lining up Annie allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Kennen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Kennen and Annie together, you may not be granting your team very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Annie ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to synergize with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Kennen and Annie synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Annie than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Annie with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.
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