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How to Synergize Vladimir with Kennen on the Same TeamVladimir is in the s tier of champions

Vladimir with Kennen

How to Win With Vladimir and Kennen Paired TogetherVladimir is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Vladimir and Kennen

based on 628 Vladimir with Kennen pairs
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Vladimir has fought alongside Kennen in 628 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data from the publishers of LoL, we are sure that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Vladimir synergize with Kennen. It is very rare for Vladimir to play with Kennen on the same side. This has only taken place in about 0.6% of games with Vladimir.

Vladimir Kennen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Vladimir does a below average job of teaming up with Kennen. On average, he wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Vladimir when playing with Kennen by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vladimir vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Vladimir Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveRiftmaker

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vladimir's passive ability p
Vladimir's q ability q
Vladimir's w ability w
Vladimir's e ability e
Vladimir's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Vladimir and Kennen

Tips for Playing as Vladimir with Kennen

Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.

Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.

Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.

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.

Vladimir Kennen Synergy Stats

Vladimir Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Kennen Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.3
5.2
< Deaths >
5.3
6.2
< Assists >
5.9
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
187
< Minions Killed >
184
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,042
< Physical Damage >
993
22,713
< Magic Damage >
22,922
339
< True Damage >
371
24,095
< Damage Dealt >
24,287
33,915
< Damage Taken >
33,179
11,865
< Gold Earned >
11,730
1.88
< Towers >
1.95
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
29,021
< Total Healing >
28,099
15,055
< Experience >
14,839
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
120
< Time Dealing CC >
120

How to Play with Kennen as Vladimir in LoL

The Vladimir 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, Vladimir sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kennen helps Vladimir perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Vladimir plays on the same team as Kennen, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Kennen does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Vladimir is played alongside Kennen on the same side, 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 Vladimir plays with Kennen on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Kennen does a poor job of protecting Vladimir during team fights.

Synergies between Vladimir and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Vladimir
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vladimir
Kennen

Is Vladimir better when played alongside Kennen?

There is no one best ally for Vladimir that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Kennen is a not very good ally for Vladimir. By playing on the same side as Vladimir, he lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 48.2%. This proves that there is a negative synergy between Vladimir and Kennen that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Kennen has a much lower diffuclty than Vladimir. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Kennen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Working alongside, Vladimir players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Vladimir and Kennen together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a lot of sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Kennen teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Vladimir Players

How We Calculated Our Vladimir Kennen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vladimir and Kennen, we analyzed 628 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 Vladimir 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 learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir to pair well with Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to prioritize in your Vladimir and Kennen synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing alongside Kennen with this build.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Vladimir players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vladimir and Kennen pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.

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