Sylas with Kennen
How to Synergize Sylas and Kennen
based on 842 Sylas with Kennen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Kennen Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Kennen
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas 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, Sylas sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kennen helps Sylas perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sylas is an ally to Kennen, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Kennen doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Kennen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kennen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kennen.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Kennen on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Kennen does a poor job of covering Sylas in teamfights.
Synergies between Sylas and Kennen
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no ideal companion for Sylas that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Kennen is a not very good teammate for Sylas. By locking into the same side as Sylas, he decreases their win rate by -2.9% to 46.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Sylas and Kennen that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kennen has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be very careful when finding Kennen teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, Sylas players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Sylas and Kennen together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of tankyness. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Kennen ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to pair well with Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Sylas and Kennen synergy build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Kennen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing alongside Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Sylas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Sylas and Kennen pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.1% win rate overall.
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