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How to Synergize Tristana with Kennen on the Same TeamTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana with Kennen

How to Win With Tristana and Kennen Paired TogetherTristana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Tristana and Kennen

based on 1,358 Tristana with Kennen pairs
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Tristana has fought alongside Kennen in 1358 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much great data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Tristana synergize with Kennen. It is very rare for Tristana to play with Kennen on the same side. This has only taken place in approximately 1.1% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Kennen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a below average job of teaming up with Kennen. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.9% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Tristana when playing with Kennen by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRapid FirecannonKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsPhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
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Second ability for Tristana to level upq
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Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Kennen

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Kennen

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

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.

Tristana Kennen Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Kennen Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
168
< Minions Killed >
167
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,649
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,259
< Magic Damage >
2,274
488
< True Damage >
469
20,397
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,756
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,612
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.75
< Towers >
2.73
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,175
< Total Healing >
6,022
13,011
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
67
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Kennen as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Kennen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kennen, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Tristana sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kennen helps Tristana perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tristana is an ally to Kennen, she sees a small increase in her total damage dealt. This change may signal that Kennen supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played together with Kennen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kennen.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Kennen on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Kennen does a poor job of covering Tristana in team fights.

Synergies between Tristana and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Kennen

Is Tristana better when played alongside Kennen?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Tristana that will always be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Kennen is a very typical ally for Tristana. By playing on the same side as Tristana, he drops their win rate by -1.0% to 47.9%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Tristana and Kennen that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Kennen has a lower difficulty than Tristana. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Kennen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by aligning Tristana and Kennen together, you probably will not be granting your side enough engage potential. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Kennen ally, 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, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Kennen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Kennen, we analyzed 1,358 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 Tristana 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 Tristana to synergize with Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to include in your Tristana and Kennen synergy build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 47.9% helping carry Kennen with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Tristana players should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.

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