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Kennen with Riven

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How to Synergize Kennen and Riven

based on 565 Kennen with Riven pairs
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kennen has fought alongside Riven in 565 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Kennen synergize with Riven. It is very rare for Kennen to play alongside Riven as allies. This pairing has only happened in about 1.4% of matches with Kennen.

Kennen Riven Synergy Summary

Kennen does a good job of teaming up with Riven. Normally, he wins an epic 52.4% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Kennen when playing alongside Riven by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

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
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Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusScorch
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Riven

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Riven

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 Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Kennen Riven Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
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6.9
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
6.9
< Assists >
6.3
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
156
< Minions Killed >
162
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,826
< Physical Damage >
2,123
21,715
< Magic Damage >
20,963
747
< True Damage >
635
24,288
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
21,974
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,551
< Gold Earned >
11,516
2
< Towers >
1.99
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,007
< Total Healing >
3,060
14,199
< Experience >
14,650
22
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
9
69
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Riven as Kennen in LoL

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

When Kennen is an ally to Riven, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may indicate that Riven supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Riven 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 synergisticly with Riven.

Additionally, when Kennen plays with Riven on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Riven does a decent job of protecting Kennen in teamfights.

Synergies between Kennen and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Riven

Is Kennen better when played alongside Riven?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kennen that will always be his best synergy. However, overall, Riven is a fantastic companion for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, she raises their win rate by 3.8% to 52.4%. This proves that there is a strong synergy between Kennen and Riven that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Riven has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means Kennen players need to be very careful when lining up Riven teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting alongside, Kennen players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by grouping Kennen and Riven together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Riven ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Riven, we analyzed 565 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 Riven 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 Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to include in your Kennen and Riven synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Riven than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 52.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Riven with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating 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 builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Kennen and Riven collaboration tips and stats for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies shown are computed using all games run with these champs.