Kennen with Hecarim
How to Synergize Kennen and Hecarim
based on 1,166 Kennen with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Hecarim
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 Hecarim Will Play
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Kennen Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, 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 Hecarim. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Kennen perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen is paired with Hecarim, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Hecarim does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Hecarim.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Hecarim on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Hecarim does a decent job of covering Kennen in teamfights.
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kennen that will always be his best teammate. However, Hecarim is a relatively poor companion for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Kennen and Hecarim that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Hecarim allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Kennen and Hecarim together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of support. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kennen to synergize with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Kennen and Hecarim synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Hecarim than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 47.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Kennen players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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