Kennen with Xerath
How to Synergize Kennen and Xerath
based on 1,099 Kennen with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Kennen Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Kennen perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kennen is paired with Xerath, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Xerath does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xerath.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Xerath on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Xerath does a poor job of covering Kennen in team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Xerath
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Xerath is a terrible teammate for Kennen. By being on the same team as Kennen, he drops their win rate by -3.8% to 44.8%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Kennen and Xerath that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means Kennen players need to be careful when arranging Xerath comrades to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Kennen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Kennen and Xerath together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kennen in order to pair well with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Kennen and Xerath synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Xerath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 44.8% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing 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 runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.8% winrate overall.
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