Jarvan IV with Kennen
How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Kennen
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Jarvan IV Kennen Synergy Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Kennen
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize 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.
Jarvan IV Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Jarvan IV in LoL
The Jarvan IV 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, Jarvan IV sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kennen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kennen helps Jarvan IV perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Kennen, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Kennen supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played with 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 alongside Kennen.
Moreover, when Jarvan IV plays with Kennen on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Kennen does a poor job of covering Jarvan IV during teamfights.
Synergies between Jarvan IV and Kennen
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Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Jarvan IV that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Kennen is a relatively poor ally for Jarvan IV. By being on the same team as Jarvan IV, he drops their win rate by -2.6% to 46.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Jarvan IV and Kennen that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kennen has a lower difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Kennen teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting together, Jarvan IV players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Jarvan IV and Kennen together, you will not be granting your side enough AP. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Kennen ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order to work well with Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Jarvan IV and Kennen synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 46.0% when playing alongside Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Jarvan IV players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Jarvan IV and Kennen pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Kennen with Jarvan IV are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.