Kennen with Gnar
How to Synergize Kennen and Gnar
based on 186 Kennen with Gnar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Gnar Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Gnar
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 Gnar Will Play
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Kennen Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gnar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gnar helps Kennen perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen is paired with Gnar, he sees a little decrease in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Gnar doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Gnar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gnar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gnar.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Gnar on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Gnar does a decent job of protecting Kennen in team fights.
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no top champion pairing for Kennen that will always be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Gnar is a not very good teammate for Kennen. By being on the same side as Kennen, he lowers their win rate by -2.9% to 45.7%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Kennen and Gnar that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gnar has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means you need to be very careful when arranging Gnar allies to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing together, Kennen players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Kennen and Gnar together, you will not be granting your other teammates much engage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Gnar ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to pair well with Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Kennen and Gnar synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Gnar than with most other common builds. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 45.7% when playing alongside Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.7% win rate overall.
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