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How to Synergize Swain with Kennen on the Same TeamSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain with Kennen

How to Win With Swain and Kennen Paired TogetherSwain is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Swain and Kennen

based on 1,166 Swain with Kennen pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Swain has been on the same team as Kennen in 1166 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Swain play with Kennen. It is very rare for Swain to play alongside Kennen as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 0.8% of rounds with Swain.

Swain Kennen Synergy Summary

Swain does a average job of playing alongside Kennen. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.2% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Swain when playing alongside Kennen by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Swain vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionRiftmakerZhonya's HourglassSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Swain to level upq
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Second ability for Swain to level upw
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Last skill for Swain to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Swain's passive ability p
Swain's q ability q
Swain's w ability w
Swain's e ability e
Swain's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Kennen

Tips for Playing as Swain with Kennen

While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.

Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.

If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.

Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.

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.

Swain Kennen Synergy Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Kennen Image
5
< Kills >
5.3
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
11
< Assists >
10.5
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
89
< Minions Killed >
99
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,435
< Physical Damage >
1,431
18,286
< Magic Damage >
19,734
954
< True Damage >
908
20,675
< Damage Dealt >
22,074
31,131
< Damage Taken >
31,361
10,249
< Gold Earned >
10,390
1.8
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,235
< Total Healing >
9,396
12,205
< Experience >
12,415
38
< Vision Score >
33
16
< Wards Placed >
15
350
< Time Dealing CC >
360

How to Play with Kennen as Swain in LoL

The Swain 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, Swain sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kennen helps Swain perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Swain tries to synergize with Kennen, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Kennen does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played with Kennen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kennen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kennen.

Additionally, when Swain plays with Kennen on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Kennen does a decent job of protecting Swain during team fights.

Synergies between Swain and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Swain
Kennen

Is Swain better when played alongside Kennen?

There is no top ally for Swain that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Kennen is a relatively poor ally for Swain. By locking into the same team as Swain, he decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 50.2%. This shows that there is a harmful synergy between Swain and Kennen that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Kennen has a much lower diffuclty than Swain. That means Swain players don't need to be cautious when arranging Kennen allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by bringing Swain and Kennen together, you will not be giving your team very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Kennen ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain Kennen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Swain and Kennen, we analyzed 1,166 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 Swain with Kennen 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

To truly master Swain to synergize with Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to focus on in your Swain and Kennen synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Kennen with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Swain players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

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