Kennen with Master Yi
How to Synergize Kennen and Master Yi
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Kennen Master Yi Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Master Yi
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 Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Kennen Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Master Yi helps Kennen perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen is an ally to Master Yi, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Master Yi does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Master Yi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Master Yi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Master Yi.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Master Yi on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Kennen in teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Master Yi
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no ideal ally for Kennen that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Master Yi is a decent teammate for Kennen. By being on the same team as Kennen, he increases their win rate by 1.2% to 49.8%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Kennen and Master Yi that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Master Yi has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players don't need to be very careful when arranging Master Yi comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Kennen and Master Yi together, you will not be granting your other teammates much tankyness. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Master Yi ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kennen to work well with Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Kennen and Master Yi synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Master Yi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing alongside Master Yi with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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