Kennen with Poppy
How to Synergize Kennen and Poppy
based on 533 Kennen with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Poppy
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 Poppy Will Play
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Kennen Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 Poppy. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Poppy helps Kennen perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen plays on the same team as Poppy, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Poppy helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played with Poppy on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Poppy. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Poppy.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Poppy on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Poppy does a poor job of protecting Kennen in teamfights.
Synergies between Kennen and Poppy
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no ideal synergy for Kennen that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Poppy is a very typical ally for Kennen. By being on the same team as Kennen, she improves their win rate by 0.7% to 49.3%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Kennen and Poppy that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Poppy has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means you should be very careful when finding Poppy comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Kennen players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Kennen and Poppy together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Poppy ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should 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 to pair well with Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Kennen and Poppy synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 49.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Poppy with this build.
To have the best probability of beating 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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