Kennen with Sion
How to Synergize Kennen and Sion
based on 638 Kennen with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Sion Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Sion
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Sion
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 Sion Will Play
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Kennen Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, 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 Sion. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sion helps Kennen perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen is paired with Sion, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Sion provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Sion on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sion.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Sion on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Sion does a poor job of covering Kennen during team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Sion
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Sion?
There is no perfect ally for Kennen that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Sion is a decent ally for Kennen. By being on the same side as Kennen, he raises their win rate by 2.2% to 50.8%. This proves that there is a good bond between Kennen and Sion that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sion has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you must be very careful when lining up Sion comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Kennen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Kennen and Sion together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of magical damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Sion ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to synergize with Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to include in your Kennen and Sion synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Sion than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Kennen players should use 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 this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Sion with Kennen are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.