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How to Synergize Kennen with Kayle on the Same TeamKennen is in the b tier of champions

Kennen with Kayle

How to Win With Kennen and Kayle Paired TogetherKennen is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kennen and Kayle

based on 519 Kennen with Kayle pairs
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Kennen has gone into battle with Kayle in 519 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the publishers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Kennen play with Kayle. It is very rare for Kennen to play alongside Kayle as teammates. This has only occurred in about 1.3% of games with Kennen.

Kennen Kayle Synergy Summary

Kennen has done a average job of synergizing with Kayle. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.9% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Kennen when playing with Kayle by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Shadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Kayle

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 Kayle Will Play

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

Kennen Kayle Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Kayle Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.4
6.1
< Deaths >
6.1
6.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
147
< Minions Killed >
162
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,825
< Physical Damage >
2,123
20,131
< Magic Damage >
20,963
692
< True Damage >
635
22,649
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
21,885
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,125
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.89
< Towers >
1.99
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,809
< Total Healing >
3,060
13,875
< Experience >
14,650
20
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
64
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Kayle as Kennen in LoL

The Kennen Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 Kayle. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kayle helps Kennen perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kennen is paired with Kayle, he sees a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Kayle doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Kayle 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 with Kayle.

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

Synergies between Kennen and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Kayle

Is Kennen better when played alongside Kayle?

There is no top synergy for Kennen that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, Kayle is a decent teammate for Kennen. By playing on the same side as Kennen, she improves their win rate by 1.3% to 49.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Kennen and Kayle that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Kayle has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you must be cautious when lining up Kayle teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing cooperatively, Kennen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by grouping Kennen and Kayle together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of protection for burst damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Kayle teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Kayle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Kayle, we analyzed 519 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 Kayle 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

To truly master Kennen to synergize with Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to have in your Kennen and Kayle synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Kayle than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 49.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kayle with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Kennen players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.

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