Kennen with Thresh
How to Synergize Kennen and Thresh
based on 1,596 Kennen with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Thresh Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Kennen Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Thresh helps Kennen perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen plays on the same team as Thresh, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Thresh supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Thresh 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 synergisticly with Thresh.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Thresh on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Thresh does a decent job of covering Kennen in teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Thresh
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no one best synergy for Kennen that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Thresh is a not very good companion for Kennen. By playing on the same side as Kennen, he lowers their win rate by -2.7% to 45.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Kennen and Thresh that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Thresh has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Thresh comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Kennen players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Kennen and Thresh together, you may not be giving your team enough protection for burst damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Thresh ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to pair well with Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Kennen and Thresh synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Thresh than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing alongside Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Kennen players should equip 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 rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.
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