Blitzcrank with Kennen
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Kennen
based on 1,571 Blitzcrank with Kennen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Kennen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Kennen
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank 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, Blitzcrank 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 worsening shows that Kennen helps Blitzcrank perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Blitzcrank is an ally to Kennen, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Kennen doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played with Kennen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kennen.
Additionally, when Blitzcrank plays with Kennen on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Kennen does a poor job of covering Blitzcrank in teamfights.
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no perfect companion for Blitzcrank that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Kennen is a very typical teammate for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same team as Blitzcrank, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 50.9%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Blitzcrank and Kennen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kennen has a lower difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players don't need to be careful when enlisting Kennen comrades to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, Blitzcrank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by bringing Blitzcrank and Kennen together, you may not be providing your side very much AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kennen ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to work well with Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Blitzcrank and Kennen synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Blitzcrank included at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Kennen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing alongside Kennen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Blitzcrank and Kennen pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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