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Kennen with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Kennen and Illaoi

based on 305 Kennen with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each week. Kennen has gone into battle with Illaoi in 305 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data straight from the developers of League, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Kennen play with Illaoi. It is very rare for Kennen to play with Illaoi as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 0.8% of matches with Kennen.

Kennen Illaoi Synergy Summary

Kennen has done a average job of playing alongside Illaoi. Normally, he wins an acceptable 50.2% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Kennen when playing alongside Illaoi by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kennen to level upq
>
Second ability for Kennen to level upw
>
Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Illaoi

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 Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Kennen Illaoi Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
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7
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
6.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
148
< Minions Killed >
162
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,678
< Physical Damage >
2,123
21,452
< Magic Damage >
20,963
839
< True Damage >
635
23,970
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
21,917
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,494
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.94
< Towers >
1.99
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,823
< Total Healing >
3,060
14,144
< Experience >
14,650
20
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
9
69
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Illaoi as Kennen in LoL

The Kennen Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Illaoi helps Kennen perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kennen tries to synergize with Illaoi, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Illaoi provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Illaoi 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 Illaoi.

Moreover, when Kennen plays with Illaoi on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Illaoi does a decent job of protecting Kennen in teamfights.

Synergies between Kennen and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Illaoi

Is Kennen better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no one best synergy for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, overall, Illaoi is a pretty good companion for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, she increases their win rate by 1.6% to 50.2%. This proves that there is a good strategic relationship between Kennen and Illaoi that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players don't need to be very careful when arranging Illaoi allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

Working together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by aligning Kennen and Illaoi together, you will not be granting your team a lot of support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Illaoi, we analyzed 305 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 Kennen with Illaoi 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 Kennen to synergize with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to include in your Kennen and Illaoi synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Illaoi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Illaoi with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating 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 runes players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Illaoi with Kennen are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.