Olaf with Kennen
How to Synergize Olaf and Kennen
based on 199 Olaf with Kennen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Kennen Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Kennen
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Advice to Understand How Kennen Will Play
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.
Olaf Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf Kennen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kennen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kennen helps Olaf perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf plays on the same team as Kennen, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Kennen does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played together with Kennen 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 Kennen.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Kennen on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Kennen does a poor job of covering Olaf during teamfights.
Synergies between Olaf and Kennen
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no perfect ally for Olaf that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Kennen is a very typical ally for Olaf. By playing on the same side as Olaf, he decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 48.2%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Olaf and Kennen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kennen has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Kennen teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Olaf players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Olaf and Kennen together, you will not be giving your side a great deal of protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kennen ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down 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 truly master Olaf in order to pair well with Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Olaf and Kennen synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Maw of Malmortius, and Death's Dance. When Olaf used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Kennen than with many other common builds. In fact, Olaf had an average winrate of 48.2% helping carry Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Olaf players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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