Kennen with Nami
How to Synergize Kennen and Nami
based on 1,072 Kennen with Nami pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Nami Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Nami
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Nami
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 Nami Will Play
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Kennen Nami Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nami as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Nami synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nami, 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 Nami. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nami helps Kennen perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen tries to synergize with Nami, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Nami supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played together with Nami on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nami. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nami.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Nami on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Nami does a poor job of covering Kennen in team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Nami
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Nami?
There is no top ally for Kennen that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Nami is a very typical teammate for Kennen. By being on the same side as Kennen, she lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 48.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Kennen and Nami that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Nami has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players need to be careful when finding Nami allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Kennen and Nami together, you may not be giving your team very much protection for burst damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Nami ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kennen in order to pair well with Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to get in your Kennen and Nami synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Nami than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 48.2% helping carry Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take 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 sets players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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