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How to Synergize Kalista with Kennen on the Same TeamKalista is in the b tier of champions

Kalista with Kennen

How to Win With Kalista and Kennen Paired TogetherKalista is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kalista and Kennen

based on 383 Kalista with Kennen pairs
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Kalista has gone into battle with Kennen in 383 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Kalista synergize with Kennen. It is very rare for Kalista to play alongside Kennen as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 1.1% of matches with Kalista.

Kalista Kennen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kalista does a dismal job of teaming up with Kennen. Normally, she wins a poor 48.0% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Kalista when fighting on the same team as Kennen by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kalista vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerVampiric Scepter

Core Kalista Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Terminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kalista's passive ability p
Kalista's q ability q
Kalista's w ability w
Kalista's e ability e
Kalista's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Kennen

Tips for Playing as Kalista with Kennen

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.

Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.

Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

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.

Kalista Kennen Synergy Stats

Kalista Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
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8.4
< Kills >
8.1
6.4
< Deaths >
6.8
6.2
< Assists >
6.1
1.86
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
173
< Minions Killed >
170
0.34
< Dragons Killed >
0.36
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.49
17,479
< Physical Damage >
17,374
2,665
< Magic Damage >
2,772
493
< True Damage >
491
20,637
< Damage Dealt >
20,637
22,045
< Damage Taken >
22,803
12,721
< Gold Earned >
12,595
2.5
< Towers >
2.35
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,646
< Total Healing >
6,568
12,160
< Experience >
12,251
19
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
179
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Kennen as Kalista in LoL

The Kalista 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, Kalista 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 negative change shows that Kennen helps Kalista perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kalista is paired with Kennen, she sees a small increase in her full damage output. This difference may signal that Kennen doesn't help protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Kennen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Kennen. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kennen.

Additionally, when Kalista plays with Kennen on the same team, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Kennen does a decent job of protecting Kalista in teamfights.

Synergies between Kalista and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Kalista
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kalista
Kennen

Is Kalista better when played alongside Kennen?

There is no top synergy for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Kennen is a very typical ally for Kalista. By locking into the same side as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 48.0%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Kalista and Kennen that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Kennen has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be careful when enlisting Kennen teammates to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing alongside, Kalista players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Kalista and Kennen together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a great deal of tankyness. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Kennen ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kalista Players

How We Calculated Our Kalista Kennen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kalista and Kennen, we analyzed 383 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 Kalista 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 Kalista to pair well with Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to include in your Kalista and Kennen synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Kennen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when playing alongside Kennen with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.

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