Kennen with Bard
How to Synergize Kennen and Bard
based on 1,229 Kennen with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Bard Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Bard
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Bard
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.
Advice to Understand How Bard Will Play
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Kennen Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kennen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Bard helps Kennen perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen is an ally to Bard, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Bard supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Bard on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Bard does a poor job of covering Kennen in team fights.
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Bard?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kennen that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Bard is a very typical companion for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Kennen and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Bard has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means you must be careful when enlisting Bard comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by aligning Kennen and Bard together, you probably will not be giving your side much tankyness. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to pair well with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Kennen and Bard synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Bard than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Kennen players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Kennen and Bard pairings, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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