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How to Synergize Kennen with Veigar on the Same TeamKennen is in the b tier of champions

Kennen with Veigar

How to Win With Kennen and Veigar Paired TogetherKennen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kennen and Veigar

based on 783 Kennen with Veigar pairs
Win Rate
44.1 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kennen has been on the same team as Veigar in 783 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Kennen synergize with Veigar. It is relatively rare for Kennen to play with Veigar as teammates. This has only happened in about 1.9% of matches with Kennen.

Kennen Veigar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kennen does a pathetic job of playing alongside Veigar. Usually, he wins a poor 44.1% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Kennen when playing alongside Veigar by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Veigar

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Veigar

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 Veigar Will Play

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Kennen Veigar Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
44.1 %
VS
Win Rate
55.9 %
Veigar Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.4
6.3
< Deaths >
6.1
6.1
< Assists >
6.3
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
159
< Minions Killed >
162
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.42
2,099
< Physical Damage >
2,123
20,518
< Magic Damage >
20,963
593
< True Damage >
635
23,211
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
22,746
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,456
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.89
< Towers >
1.99
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,144
< Total Healing >
3,060
14,801
< Experience >
14,650
20
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
9
75
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Veigar as Kennen in LoL

The Kennen Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 Veigar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Veigar helps Kennen perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kennen is an ally to Veigar, he sees a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Veigar does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Veigar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Veigar.

Additionally, when Kennen plays with Veigar on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Veigar does a poor job of covering Kennen during teamfights.

Synergies between Kennen and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Veigar

Is Kennen better when played alongside Veigar?

There is no perfect synergy for Kennen that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Veigar is a terrible ally for Kennen. By playing on the same side as Kennen, he decreases their win rate by -4.5% to 44.1%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Kennen and Veigar that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Veigar has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players need to be cautious when lining up Veigar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, Kennen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Kennen and Veigar together, you may not be giving your side enough engage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Veigar teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Veigar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Veigar, we analyzed 783 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 Veigar 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 in order to pair well with Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Kennen and Veigar synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Veigar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 44.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Veigar with this build.

To have the highest chance 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. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.1% win rate overall.

If you need to see Kennen with Veigar synergy tips and stats for a a specific division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and tips and suggestions given are computed using every game run with both champions.