Kennen with Kindred
How to Synergize Kennen and Kindred
based on 786 Kennen with Kindred pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Kindred
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 Kindred Will Play
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Kennen Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Kindred synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kindred, 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 Kindred. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kindred helps Kennen perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen tries to synergize with Kindred, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Kindred does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Kindred on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kindred.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Kindred on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Kennen in teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Kindred
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Kindred is a not very good teammate for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, they drops their win rate by -1.5% to 47.1%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Kennen and Kindred that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kindred has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Kindred comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by aligning Kennen and Kindred together, you will not be granting your other teammates much protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Kindred ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Kennen and Kindred synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Kindred than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 47.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kindred with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Kennen players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.
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