Kennen with Malphite
How to Synergize Kennen and Malphite
based on 869 Kennen with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Malphite
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 Malphite Will Play
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Kennen Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, 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 Malphite. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Kennen perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen plays on the same team as Malphite, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Malphite helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played together with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Malphite on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Kennen during teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Malphite
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best synergy for Kennen that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Malphite is a not very good ally for Kennen. By being on the same side as Kennen, he drops their win rate by -1.8% to 46.8%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Kennen and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players don't need to be careful when lining up Malphite teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working together, Kennen players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Kennen and Malphite together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to synergize with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Kennen and Malphite synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 46.8% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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