Kennen with Volibear
How to Synergize Kennen and Volibear
based on 499 Kennen with Volibear pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Volibear Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Volibear
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Volibear
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.
Kennen Volibear Synergy Stats
How to Play with Volibear as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, 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 Volibear. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Volibear helps Kennen perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen is paired with Volibear, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Volibear provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Volibear on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Volibear.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Volibear on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Volibear does a poor job of covering Kennen during team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Volibear
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Volibear?
There is no ideal companion for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, overall, Volibear is a not very good ally for Kennen. By playing on the same team as Kennen, he decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 46.7%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Kennen and Volibear that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Volibear has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Volibear teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Kennen and Volibear together, you may not be giving your side very much magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Volibear ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will 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 to synergize with Volibear during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kennen and Volibear synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Volibear than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 builds that we analyzed for Kennen and Volibear pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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