Kennen with Naafiri
How to Synergize Kennen and Naafiri
based on 456 Kennen with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Naafiri Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Naafiri
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 Naafiri Will Play
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Kennen Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Naafiri helps Kennen perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen is paired with Naafiri, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Naafiri does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played together with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Naafiri on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Kennen during team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Naafiri
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kennen that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a superb ally for Kennen. By locking into the same side as Kennen, they raises their win rate by 3.2% to 51.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a very strong bond between Kennen and Naafiri that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Naafiri comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Kennen and Naafiri together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to work well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to get in your Kennen and Naafiri synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 51.8% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Kennen players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Naafiri with Kennen are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.