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Kennen with Shaco

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How to Synergize Kennen and Shaco

based on 1,255 Kennen with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
45.2 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kennen has been on the same team as Shaco in 1255 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Kennen play with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Kennen to play with Shaco as teammates. This has only taken place in about 3.1% of games with Kennen.

Kennen Shaco Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kennen does a terrible job of synergizing with Shaco. Typically, he wins a dismal 45.2% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Kennen when playing with Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kennen vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameZhonya's HourglassVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kennen to level upq
>
Second ability for Kennen to level upw
>
Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Shaco

Tips for Playing as Kennen with Shaco

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 Shaco Will Play

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Kennen Shaco Synergy Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
45.2 %
VS
Win Rate
54.8 %
Shaco Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.4
6.6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.5
< Assists >
6.3
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
170
< Minions Killed >
162
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.42
2,137
< Physical Damage >
2,123
22,193
< Magic Damage >
20,963
698
< True Damage >
635
25,029
< Damage Dealt >
23,722
23,588
< Damage Taken >
22,165
11,867
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.9
< Towers >
1.99
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,200
< Total Healing >
3,060
15,223
< Experience >
14,650
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
77
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Shaco as Kennen in LoL

The Kennen Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Shaco helps Kennen perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kennen tries to synergize with Shaco, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Shaco helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played together with Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Shaco.

Additionally, when Kennen plays with Shaco on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Kennen during teamfights.

Synergies between Kennen and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kennen
Shaco

Is Kennen better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no one best companion for Kennen that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Shaco is a very bad ally for Kennen. By being on the same side as Kennen, he drops their win rate by -3.4% to 45.2%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Kennen and Shaco that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Shaco has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Shaco comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing on the same side, Kennen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Kennen and Shaco together, you probably will not be giving your team very much engage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Shaco ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen Shaco Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kennen and Shaco, we analyzed 1,255 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kennen with Shaco comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to work well with Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to build first in your Kennen and Shaco synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Shaco than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 45.2% when playing alongside Shaco with this build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Kennen players 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 sets players used for Kennen and Shaco pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.2% winrate overall.

If you want to get Kennen and Shaco synergy tips and stats for a a particular rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are computed using every game completed with both champions.