Kennen with Gangplank
How to Synergize Kennen and Gangplank
based on 314 Kennen with Gangplank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Gangplank Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Core Kennen Items
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Gangplank
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 Gangplank Will Play
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.
Kennen Gangplank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gangplank as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Gangplank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gangplank, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gangplank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gangplank helps Kennen perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen tries to synergize with Gangplank, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Gangplank helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Gangplank 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 with Gangplank.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Gangplank on the same team, he typically receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Gangplank does a poor job of protecting Kennen in team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Gangplank
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Gangplank?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kennen that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Gangplank is a relatively poor teammate for Kennen. By playing on the same team as Kennen, he drops their win rate by -2.4% to 46.2%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Kennen and Gangplank that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Gangplank has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means you must be cautious when arranging Gangplank comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Kennen and Gangplank together, you may not be providing your team a great deal of tankyness. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Gangplank ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will 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 Kennen to work well with Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Kennen and Gangplank synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Gangplank than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when playing alongside Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kennen and Gangplank pairings, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Gangplank with Kennen are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.