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Kennen with Kog'Maw

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How to Synergize Kennen and Kog'Maw

based on 262 Kennen with Kog'Maw pairs
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Kennen has been on the same team as Kog'Maw in 262 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Kennen synergize with Kog'Maw. It is very rare for Kennen to play alongside Kog'Maw as teammates. This has only occurred in approximately 0.6% of rounds with Kennen.

Kennen Kog'Maw Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kennen does a dismal job of teaming up with Kog'Maw. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.2% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Kennen when fighting on the same team as Kog'Maw by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Kog'Maw

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 Kog'Maw Will Play

Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.

Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.

Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.

Kennen Kog'Maw Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
6
< Assists >
6.3
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
157
< Minions Killed >
162
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,912
< Physical Damage >
2,123
21,191
< Magic Damage >
20,963
706
< True Damage >
635
23,810
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
22,076
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,425
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.96
< Towers >
1.99
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,904
< Total Healing >
3,060
14,524
< Experience >
14,650
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
71
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Kog'Maw as Kennen in LoL

The Kennen Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, 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 Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kog'Maw helps Kennen perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kennen is paired with Kog'Maw, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Kog'Maw supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.

Additionally, when Kennen plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a decent job of covering Kennen in team fights.

Synergies between Kennen and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Kog'Maw

Is Kennen better when played alongside Kog'Maw?

There is no top synergy for Kennen that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Kog'Maw is a very typical teammate for Kennen. By being on the same team as Kennen, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 49.2%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Kennen and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Kog'Maw has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Kog'Maw teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by bringing Kennen and Kog'Maw together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of engage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their potential.

Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Kog'Maw Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Kog'Maw, we analyzed 262 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 Kog'Maw 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

If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to work well with Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to focus on in your Kennen and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 49.2% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Kennen players should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Kog'Maw with Kennen are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.