Kennen with Sivir
How to Synergize Kennen and Sivir
based on 553 Kennen with Sivir pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Sivir Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Sivir
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Sivir
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 Sivir Will Play
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Kennen Sivir Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sivir as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Sivir synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sivir, 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 Sivir. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sivir helps Kennen perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen is an ally to Sivir, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Sivir helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Sivir on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sivir.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Sivir on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Sivir does a poor job of covering Kennen in teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Sivir
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Sivir?
There is no top champion pairing for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Sivir is a not very good ally for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, she lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Kennen and Sivir that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sivir has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players don't need to be careful when arranging Sivir allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Kennen and Sivir together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of engage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Sivir ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to synergize with Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Kennen and Sivir synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Sivir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Sivir with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kennen and Sivir pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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