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Kennen with Irelia

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How to Synergize Kennen and Irelia

based on 826 Kennen with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kennen has gone into battle with Irelia in 826 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data straight from the creators of League, we are completely sure that we can present to you high quality, accurate builds to help Kennen play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Kennen to play alongside Irelia on the same side. This has only happened in about 2.0% of games with Kennen.

Kennen Irelia Synergy Summary

Kennen does a ok job of synergizing with Irelia. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.1% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Kennen when playing alongside Irelia by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kennen to level upq
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Second ability for Kennen to level upw
>
Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Irelia

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 Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Kennen Irelia Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Irelia Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.4
6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.2
< Assists >
6.3
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
160
< Minions Killed >
162
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
2,044
< Physical Damage >
2,123
20,946
< Magic Damage >
20,963
649
< True Damage >
635
23,641
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
21,536
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,453
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.97
< Towers >
1.99
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,932
< Total Healing >
3,060
14,491
< Experience >
14,650
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
73
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Irelia as Kennen in LoL

The Kennen Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Irelia helps Kennen perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kennen is an ally to Irelia, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Irelia doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Irelia.

Moreover, when Kennen plays with Irelia on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Kennen during teamfights.

Synergies between Kennen and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Irelia

Is Kennen better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no one best ally for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Irelia is a good companion for Kennen. By locking into the same side as Kennen, she raises their win rate by 1.5% to 50.1%. This shows that there is pretty good synergy between Kennen and Irelia that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Irelia has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you must be very careful when finding Irelia comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, Kennen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by pairing Kennen and Irelia together, you may not be granting your other allies enough tankyness. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Irelia ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Irelia, we analyzed 826 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kennen with Irelia comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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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 Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to use in your Kennen and Irelia synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 50.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Kennen players 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 rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.

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