Kennen with Yorick
How to Synergize Kennen and Yorick
based on 450 Kennen with Yorick pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Yorick
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 Yorick Will Play
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Kennen Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, 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 Yorick. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yorick helps Kennen perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen tries to synergize with Yorick, he sees a small decrease in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Yorick does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Yorick 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 alongside Yorick.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Yorick on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Yorick does a decent job of covering Kennen during teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Yorick
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Yorick is a great companion for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, he increases their win rate by 5.4% to 54.0%. This signals that there is an important strategic relationship between Kennen and Yorick that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Yorick has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you should be careful when arranging Yorick teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Kennen and Yorick together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Yorick ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kennen in order to work well with Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Kennen and Yorick synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Yorick than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 54.0% when playing alongside Yorick with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take 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 composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Yorick with Kennen are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.