Kennen with Rakan
How to Synergize Kennen and Rakan
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Kennen Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Kennen Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 Rakan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Rakan helps Kennen perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen is an ally to Rakan, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Rakan supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Rakan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Rakan.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Rakan on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Kennen in teamfights.
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no one best companion for Kennen that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Rakan is a very typical ally for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, he improves their win rate by 0.8% to 49.4%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Kennen and Rakan that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Rakan has a greater difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players should be cautious when enlisting Rakan teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Kennen and Rakan together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Rakan ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to pair well with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Kennen and Rakan synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Kennen used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Rakan than with many other common builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rakan with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Kennen players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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