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Feedaboi says “Kennen is able to pick fights whenever he desires with his range advantage in the lane. He is able to disengage very easily with his e + passive w stun and is a pain to punish since he can just sit back and q farm until his jungler is ready for a gank. In this lane look to q "bear trap on a rop" farm and freeze the wave near your turret until your jungler is able to assist you.”
Sovereign Kitten says “Playing aggressive against him early and shoving him under his tower tends to be the better option, as he suffers from the same effect we have when pushed in. Side step his abilities and try not to get too close when you are hit, as he can stun you. If you are under your tower, and he decides to all in you with his (R) it would be wise to have a stopwatch in the early game, if you wanna be extra cautious. When he uses Zhonya's Hourglass and & tries to flash away shroom his feet immediately as he enters stasis as he nor any other champion can flash out of setting it off as they changed how it interacts.”
BoilTheOil says “Go Fleet Footwork. Annoying ass rat champion, you only kill him if his monitor is turned off. He beats you in lane and he outscales you. Make sure to follow his tp plays. Try to ult him away from ur team when he ults. Pray ur team is better.”
I Am Goliath says “Kennen is just annoying in lane and hard to kill but he shouldn't really kill you either, early merc treads can be good since he has a lot of CC, flash E can also secure you kills in this lane, but you probably won't be going for many normal E's unless he gets out of position or you bait him in well. Both champs scale pretty decently in teamfights but he can't do anything against your splitpush pressure in a sidelane so simply push him in and look for roams and tp plays in the mid game.”
Drake6401 says “I haven't faught a top lane Kennen yet but I faced him as Ahri in mid once. His poke is dreadful even to her. This means hell for top laners. The mobility and poke Kennen has is metaphorical cancer. He also has a lot of stuns when he ults so Legend tenacity is a must pick rune. Mercs will help also.”
Anoying bro5 says “You can start Corrupting Potions or Dorans shield. In laning phase try to avoid his Qs and be mindful of how many shock stacks he has applied to you. Do not let him harass you early with poke. Farm and try to go for short trades and learn the pattern of his stun. Once you have 2 shock stacks, wait about .5 seconds to parry as he will most likely use his W then. Try to play for late game, and buy Quick silver sash for team fights”
quinn adc says “I hear about a lot of Quinn's who struggle into Kennen, but recently I've come to almost master the matchup and I hardly have trouble into Kennen now with this build/playstyle.
Read this section carefully, and if you can apply it, then Quinn will hard win the Kennen matchup during laning phase.
I will first explain Kennen's passive because it's important to know Kennen's objective in the lane in order for you to be one step ahead of him.
Kennen's passive functions where Kennen's abilities mark enemy champions with Mark of the Storm for 6 seconds that stacks up to 3 times, and if he stacks 3 marks on you, then he will stun you and restore energy.
To win the Kennen lane as Quinn, your objective is to bait out his Q either by side-stepping Kennen's Q in lane, OR wait for Kennen to wiff his Q on minions.
Now, when Kennen uses his Q ability and it does not hit you, then you should immediately engage on Kennen for a trade.
Your goal in the trade is to proc your PTA on him, and if you are able to land your Q blind on kennen, then go for a longer trade because he can't retaliate if he is blinded.
The reason we wait for Kennen to waste his Q before we go in is because Kennen will simply not be able to apply his passive on us during the trade if he doesn't land his Q, which will result in Quinn hard winning the trade.
Important to note is to try to not use your E vault on Kennen while Kennen's E, Lightning Rush, is up because us vaulting kennen with his E active will apply a mark of his passive on us, so keep that in mind.
If you want to play the matchup even more 5head, then click on Kennen's champion in lane, and on the upper-left corner it will say how many stacks he has on his W passive.
Kennen's W passive functions where every 4th auto is empowered that also applies a mark of his passive.
If you see that he wastes the 4th hit on a minion, then you can engage on him to go for a quick trade before backing off because you will be able to back off in time before he is able to reach 4 stacks to apply the passive mark on you.
Now, post level 6 is obviously the scary part.
Quinn's E, vault actually pushes you at perfect range outside of Kennen's ult, but this interaction is quite difficult to pull off because usually Kennen will ult you not directly in front of you, which means he will likely stun you and nuke you before you can vault away to avoid the stun.
Just play post level 6 a bit safely and don't take bad trades.
If you aren't super far behind, then Kennen's R shouldn't be able to 100-0 you with Nullifying orb rune.
Your goal though if he ults on you is to vault away when you can, and don't fight him inside his ultimate.
The cooldown is 2 minutes, so if he ults you, then you can play the latter part of the lane the way I recommended by engaging when he dodges Q.
Just don't play too aggresive when Kennen's R is up :) I recommend to watch youtube videos for how I play against Kennen on the side here so you can see exactly how I win trades against Kennen in action.”
RTO says “Dorans shield start. He is much better in team fights. You might be able to kill him if he uses his dash, however you will probably lose every trade. Take advantage of his cooldowns if he makes a mistake. ”
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says “Broken, obnoxious mage. Teamfight king and also extremely good at poking. Take aftershock and second wind and look for all-ins with your jungler. You'll be hard to kill but you have to get there first.
I would consider taking Knight's Vow as a third item in this matchup as Thresh cannot reliably peel for Kennen's giant AOE ultimate.”
Raen says “Get Doran shield and Mercury. Also take tenacity in runes. If you will try to jump on him he will E away from you over and over again. He will poke you all the time so the most optimum is to all in him. Get early sheen for kill potential Call your jungler for help.”
RTO says “He is a slippery, stunning, little ball of damage that can wittle you down and keep you low. He's squishy, so ask for ganks, dodge his abilities, burst him down, buy MR.”
RTO says “Slippery, with good cc, and high range. Try to push him away from your team during fights, and play safe in lane, don't underestimate his early damage.”
DarkyTheReal says “This is one of the toughest matchups for riven because Kennen has a lot of stuns and can just E out your trades. Here you need to go for mercurial boots and hex drinker early if you want to get a chance to kill him.”
P1Legend says “Squishy range without the benefits that quinn gets when it comes to disengage. build Doran's shield first, and you will have a huge amount of lane pressure. Play this lane like AD Rengar until you get Hextech Alternator. After that, 2 short trades and ignite is usually enough to secure a kill in lane. Don't jump into his ult if you have nothing up, that's just int.”
Phrxshn says “Dodge his Thundering Shuriken(Q) and you will be able to make even trades. Save Fling for his Slicing Maelstrom(R) and use Mega Adhesive to slow his Lightning Rush(E). Avoid getting stacks of Mark of the Storm(Passive) or it will stun you. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Kennen) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Rylai's Scepter, Mercury's Treads)”
Veng Shotz says “you cant ever all in him since he'll always run phase rush. Watch how he plays post 6 and be sure to never get caught in his ulti, otherwise this lane is stalemated.
Just spam eq with comet and try to poke him out of lane.”
Boptimus says “Not the hardest lane ever, and you can definitely make some opportunities for solo kills. Careful not to take too much poke though because this lane can go south extremely fast.”
Fryx says “Annoying Poke, he is AP and his Ult is just as effective as your Ult in Teamfights later. Yes this lane is hard indeed. Approach this like the Heimer Matchup. Go for the Allin Trades with Ult and run away, he will not be able to punish you.”
RTO says “Kennen is super annoying as a melee, he can poke you down, he's very slippy, he will stun you if you try to engage, be careful of ganks with his ult. Engage if his E is down.”
SunFalk says “He has speed. He has a lot of CC. He his ranged. - Kennen his a lane bully, to counter him, you'll need to cs behind minions and don't poke to much because Kennen his ranged too. Be careful for a Kennen ult or ingage because of that stun he has.”
PanthrickTV says “Not hard, not easy matchup.
(1) (2) Try to poke with ur Q
(3) Get lvl 3, bait his E then you can jump on him and all in him he won't escape if you use your upgraded E.”
FeedLaneGetCaryd says “Ask your jungler for help. It is very hard to catch Kennen because of his mobility and CC. He is insanely good in teamfights because of his ult. Look for any opportunity to fling him in lane. In teamfights catch and R him ASAP before he stuns everyone. Urgot has a huge spitpushing adventage later in the game.”
SettVEVO says “Ranged matchups sure are fun :/
And Kennen is no exception, like most, it depends on your E hitting, be mindful of his E as it has a long cooldown. Try dodging his Q as much as you can to avoid getting traded on for free. The old D shield Second wind will keep you from dying all the time, actually not a bad ult target in the mid game, like Fiddlesticks the fact that you can drive them away from your team is really good. So try to always know where he is and get him away from them.”
RareParrot says “you lose at 6 so try to kill before then, dont trade without being behind a minion because all his damage comes from q early game cuz he cant E without getting low.”
Rhoku says “TL;DR - BORING/SKILL MATCHUP. DON’T EAT POKE FOR TOO LONG. TAKE SECOND WIND AND DSHIELD/TRIPLE REJUV BEADS AS A STARTING ITEM. MERC BOOTS RUSH IF YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL HIM. SPECTRE’S COWL IF YOU CAN’T DEAL WITH HIS POKE BUT HE REALLY DOES NO DAMAGE SO JUST DSHIELD AND PLAY PROPERLY. CONQUEROR IS GREAT. PHASE RUSH CAN WORK. IF KENNEN DOESN’T TAKE PHASE RUSH, JUST STOMP HIM WHEN HE PUSHES UP. TRY TO LAND YOUR W/E ON HIM WHEN HE USES LIGHTNING RUSH. FARM UP AND DON’T DIE TO HIM IN LANE. FREEZE THE LANE AND THEN RUN HIM DOWN IF POSSIBLE. TRY TO SPLIT PUSH VS HIS TEAM IF HE ISN'T STOMPED BECAUSE HIS TEAMFIGHTING IS VERY STRONG. STRIDEBREAKER MAKES HIM A FREE KILL
Kennen is notoriously known as being one of Darius’ hardest matchups and it is completely false in my opinion. In Season 11, Kennen is completely free because Stridebreaker turns this little rat into a 300g bag of gold. His poke is pretty laughable compared to other ranged matchups and his all ins are very terrible. His poke is moreso a Quantity thing rather than a Quality thing so just play back and give up a few minions while you are healing back using Dshield. Try to farm up while sustaining. I’d recommend a Merc boots rush along with tenacity from runes which makes you essentially impervious to his stuns. Conqueror is an okay choice and you should take it since we are rushing early boots and the extra AD will be helpful to us. Conq + Nimbus is the best. If he plays properly, this is going to be a very boring lane as none of you have too much kill potential on the other. Try to farm up and itemise properly. One thing to keep note of is that Kennen is a monster in teamfights thanks to Zhonya’s Hourglass. It lets him face tank your entire team and stun everyone while being invulnerable which honestly has little counterplay other than having a champion with good and fast disengage (Gragas, Lee, Janna). I’d recommend trying to splitpush into his team and force him to match you. This is only the case if you ARE NOT fed though. If you get fed, just run his team down. You scale much better as a duelist than him so keep that in mind. If the Kennen goes AD, the lane is going to be more difficult as he is going to have a 5 second CD on his E which makes him impossible to catch. But on the bright side, he will be much worse in teamfights. Overall, just be patient and keep an eye out for positioning mistakes. If all else fails, Stridebreaker will save you.”
xPetu says “Recommended: Sustain Runes & Teleport
Tips: W blocks his Passive W-AA. Dodge or Passive shield his Q poke. You can E him when he E's and he can't do anything except follow your champion (no AAs in Lightning form). This can be used to pull him under Tower.”
PH45 says “He is really annoying and slippery. Will poke you early a lot so getting some sustain is a good idea. If you try to jump on him he will just stun you and E away. If his E is on cooldown and you are confident he can't kill you all in him then. Care for jungle ganks as his ult sets up ganks quite well.”
ForgottenProject says “Probably one of the champions that are best for teamfights. Even then he holds his own in Top-lane as one of the most annoying champions.
[1]Set up a Freeze and Farm the Lane.
[2]You can All-in him lv6 if he uses Lightning Rush to come forward.
[3]Don't Ask for Ganks unless he is over-extended due to your Freeze or he can just Lightning Rush Away and you'll waste everyone's time.
[4]You can now Parry the stun from his Passive which makes this match-up a bit easier.
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Psychopathic Top says “Kennen is no longer the AP power house he used to be in s9 (back when kelpto was a thing). The Kennen now is 1/3rd of what it was before. I actually think it's a pretty bad champion atm. Free farm to 6, grab lucidity boots (if he has phase rush- can't kill so farm), if no phase rush grab sheen and all in. Mid- Late easily out teamfight unless he lands a 5 men stun.”
Stinkee says “Kennen has good poke and a good stun. Be aware of the stacks of lightning on you, that's how you'll know if he's going to stun you. Just try to use your Q outside of his stun window. Use your E before or during his E to slow him down a good amount. If you're ever in danger and in his ult you can easily just ult away from him and get to safety.”
iZeal says “He wins early game, but you start beating him after gaining levels in your Q and items. You have to hit Q1 into W into Q2 with your E to confirm your Q3 or else he will E out of every single one since it's on a 10 second CD as opposed to your 26 CD W.
Electrocute is very helpful in this mtachup and you might want to consider rushing Death's Dance after Kindlegem. ”
Alan234 says “Any rune is fine. I recommend 3 points in Q
Kennen is a weird matchup where he does have an all in etc, yet his poke is unreliable (easy to dodge) and his all in can be beaten by building ruby crystal+null magic mantle and just mowing him down”
The Rock Titan says “"[Comet, Doran's Ring, Q > W] - He's annoying since his auto range and abilities are very long.
- He can also escape your all ins and ganks easily.
- If he uses his lightning rush to waveclear, this is the best time to try to all in him.
- Build MR of course"”
DippyDan says “High poke champion with very good escape. Most likely will go phase rush so chasing will be very hard. TIPS: [1] Play around bushes and just go for a Vital+AA. [2] Parry 3rd passive stack to negate stun. [3] All-in and save Parry for Kennen Ult to get a free stun. ”
Justkb says “Kennen When playing against Kennen make sure that you rush Merc's as soon as possible! Try and force trades after he uses E while also positioning behind minions to prevent his Q hitting you. This makes it harder for him to free trade you with Q, W. If you can get a gun early you can snowball against him hard with an early phage and you can always run him down after he uses E with ghost. You beat him hard late game as you can itemize very well into him.”
LoLReal says “A little easier with Klepto out of the game but still a nightmare lane if the Kennen plays it properly.
We have to bank on him making a mistake, otherwise farm under turret. We get outscaled too and Kennen team fights better than us. Not fun. Get d shield + early spectres cowl to stabilize.”
Rhoku says “This is the only lane where Mercury Treads are a good rush. Your natural Tenacity stack should let you stand a bit more of a chance against him. He is just annoying. He is no real threat. Kennen has poke but it does so little damage that you have to literally allow him to hit you for 10 seconds straight for the trade to be lost. But the thing is, you will have a very hard time reaching him. Even if you pull him, he will just stun you and E out, putting himself at an advantageous range. Rylai's is great and so is a Protobelt rush into this lane. Lyandries isnt too much of a priority. Level 6, you beat him super hard so just get CS, trade your Qs with him, and then bash his head in. You also pretty much neutralize all of his impact in teamfights with your R.”
Phrxshn says “Dodge his Thundering Shuriken(Q) and you will be able to make even trades. Save Unstoppable Force for his Slicing Maelstrom(R) and use Seismic Shard to slow his Lightning Rush(E). Avoid getting stacks of Mark of the Storm(Passive) or it will stun you. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Kennen) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Abyssal Mask, Mercury's Treads)”
Xerath gaming says “So to win against kennen you need to farm till 6, he outranges you and can easily oneshot you. Normally you should win this when you press R but if he gets a lead its probably over unless the Kennen doesn't know how to keep his lead”
Phrxshn says “Dodge his Thundering Shuriken(Q) and you will be able to make even trades. Save Infected Bonesaw for his Slicing Maelstrom(R) and Lightning Rush(E). Avoid getting stacks of Mark of the Storm(Passive) or it will stun you. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Kennen) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads or Plated Steelcaps)”
Phrxshn says “Dodge his Thundering Shuriken(Q) and you will be able to make even trades. Save Primal Howl for his Slicing Maelstrom(R) and use Jaws of the Beast to follow his Lightning Rush(E). Avoid getting stacks of Mark of the Storm(Passive) or it will stun you. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Kennen) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads)”
Phrxshn says “Dodge his Thundering Shuriken(Q) and you will be able to make even trades. Save Pillar of Ice for his Slicing Maelstrom(R) and to Lightning Rush(E). Avoid getting stacks of Mark of the Storm(Passive) or it will stun you. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Kennen) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads or Plated Steelcaps)”
Amvill says “Very hard poke lane and he is covered in buttery lighting making him hard to catch. Can CC you in a teamfight giving his team time to engage on you.”
A_Drunk_Carry says “Another annoying gnat that will try to poke you. Hide behind creeps and don't take too many free autos. Your wither is a nightmare to Kennen, even with his speed-up. Very easy.”
SavagePridestalker says “Tank Rengar is pretty okay into Kennen, she won't have enough damage to kill you, but you most likely won't either. I'd stick with AD build.”
Phrxshn says “Dodge his Thundering Shuriken(Q) and you will be able to make even trades. Save Facebreaker for his Slicing Maelstrom(R) and to Lightning Rush(E). Avoid getting stacks of Mark of the Storm(Passive) or it will stun you. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Kennen) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads or Plated Steelcaps)”
Marwaii says “She can outrange you and poke you.
Take shield.
You win with mega Gnar.
You outscale and one shot her after early game.
Poke with Qs so you win at lvl 6.
Take Stride + Mercs.”
LegitLechner says “Slows, dmg, and stuns. If you can catch them their jungler was waiting for you to. Stay back farm as much as possible and pray for bot diff. Depends on the skill of the player. Not illaoi friendly but Good illaois dont care. ”
Byku2506 says “This is horrible matchup for Darius, Kennen is very annoying and almost impossible like Heimendinger to get close to him without stridebreaker, so be carefull when he reach stacked aa and dont get poked too much from him. So I prefer to wait for jg to help you and engage him before jungler arrive to slow him and he will not escape.”
a1a7s45 says “Kennen is ranged and has a lot of CC so whenever he uses his CC, answer back with a Mega all in with CC greater than his to lock him down.”
Bombabo says “Stay behind your minions, wait for him to engage on you. Even if you are low, you can still beat him in a fight. Attempt to time your E so that it negates his stun”
Wawza says “Mainly his pressure stems from the fact he can poke you from a much farther distance than you can and can easily escape you if you can't follow up your W with a instant Q knockup, try to freeze near your turret and get your jungler to gank him, once you get the lead you can start solo killing him due to the way Aatrox snowballs early.”
SethPRG says “Phase rush? Have fun! Just avoid fighting if possible unless he wastes his E to run at you, then you can walk up to him and punchy punch. Going Stridebreaker is very useful here, but you can alternatively go Trinity Force. If you want to fight you can get Mercury Treads early and probably just outplay them. Early Kennen can't really burst you down. He isn't really that useful in side laning, he just wants to electrocute your entire team with his ult, but it takes a second or so once connected with his enemies to actually stun them. This is where you will want to ult him away from your team. Take at least 1 Magic Resistance item 2nd or 3rd based on the enemy team comp.”
Lupus_ToplaneMain says “Really hard even in low elo. HIs stuns are hard to parry, even though you might think its easy. He has a lot of damge early but you can win early. JUst hit the vitals early. Dont try to kill him, his e is a good disengage. (if you do want kills, take ignite)”
Breadcrumbs says “One of the more difficult ranged matchups thanks to his ridiculous ult CC and damage, but pre 6 he should be pretty easy to deal with. Do NOT get poked out by him.”
Sporkintahn says “ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS!!! --- I haven't seen Kennen much lately but he can be rather annoying to lane against. --- Good thing is that in the current meta he is generally weak in all phases of the game. He's just not that strong at the moment. --- Start Doran's Shield and take Second Wind to minimize any poke you take. --- With that being said just avoid his Q poke and try not to take free harass from him. --- If you're having trouble you can go Merc Treads for the additional Tenacity for his stuns and to cut down on his damage; further still a Spectre's Cowl is a good buy too. --- This will most likely be a boring lane as he shouldn't look to get anywhere near you if he can help it. --- But If he does manage to walk near you or Phase Rushes around or into you just Crippling Strike (W) to slow and Apprehend (E) him in if he's attempting to getting away; this will usually result in him blowing flash otherwise he's dead. --- He's very similar to Teemo but his poke is nowhere near as oppressive. If you can get on top of him and lock him down he's dead. Just be careful of his stun and his Ult as gives him tremendous gank assist and the ability to kite and get away from you if you're not careful. --- Later on in the game his team fighting and skirmishing with his Ult is good but once he expends his combo he's more or less useless afterwards. --- ”
El Leon Gnar says “Kennen is also pretty far out of meta currently. While in range he will trade evenly, but you can outrange him with Q and win trades with a W proc before he can get on top of you. Don't go in while he has ult up unless you can burst with your own.”
joelspaho121 says “Kennen favored because of the range.d shield with second wind resolve tree.kennen is a lane bully that has high mobility and reliable cc which means he can keep you at a distance as well as be able to set up ganks perfectly so your goal should just be to play around his e cooldown. If he is in an unfavorable spot while his e is on cd dont hesitate to fight him.Also If lane goes even post 6 grab merc treads to lower stun effects and reduce dmg.the main thing to keep in mind in this matchup is that you want to let him have pushing advantage and to not over commit for cs. keep the area warded all the time because like I mentioned earlier kennen players can set up ganks perfectly. He doesn't have any all in potential so if you see the opportunity to fight him”
NPGRiven says “Early merc treads may help with this matchup. Do not engage on Kennen if he has more than one mark on you with his passive. Your best bet to kill him is post 6. A good Kennen will not be killed pre6.
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I am so chill says “Skill matchup.You must bait his e to all in him.Once he uses it go for all in you win allmost all the time.Try not to get poked down because u regen so low.”
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deathwalker7119 says “This matchup is a little harder, look to take front-facing vitals in for trades. You should always look to parry his stuns so you can stun him and burst him. If this isn't working because hes a smart Kennen and waiting for parry or he is stunning twice in one fight with ult then you can let him full combo you + ult, and then proceed to just all in him + parry on him and you will kill him as long as he burned everything already on you before.”
ApollonATH says “One of the easiest ranged top matchups for voli . If you E Q W him you can make him low enough to be unable to come near you and after 6 you can ult to dodge his R stun and smash him”
PK Noob says “Kennen can engage and burst you with his Ultimate. Be careful and use your W to run around his Ultimate when he uses it. After he does, burst him with your Ultimate and skills.”
top is high impact XD says “wukong doesn't deal well with ap and if you're not careful he can poke you out of lane, you might be able to run him down at 6, but I doubt it, kennen is a next to impossible matchup if the kennen is good, but he might be garbage so abuse that fact and beat the shit out of him”
JeanMichelBambi says “Kennen has good poke and excellent crowd control, he will remain a liability later on but he can be dealt with in the early game”
Nekosett says “Not much to say but hes a ranged heavy cc champ with good teamfighting try ulting him in teamfights and in the laning phase just take fleet and keep good cs ”
Womsky says “Survival kit, another toplane rat, he is harder than temmo to catch out thanks to his 0 cd lightening rush, just stay high in hp and try to take trade with him if u have fury and u know u wont take too much damage, he got no sustain so ur trades can get u somewhere even if they are bad, later on in the game it can be annoying to 1v1 him if u have no MR, but if u catch him away from his turret it can be an easy kill”
TXK_ says “Kennen has high poke so focus on keeping your HP high by staying amidst minions and keeping your range. When fighting, look for an all-in. In teamfights deny a 5 man stun with your ult.”
Vandenelis says “stay behind your minions and try to farm up, if he walks up to you you can win trades, but generally he outruns you, so you cant kill him unless you get ganked, I recommend just farming and ulting minions until team-fights”
RealIreliaCarriesU says “Start Q and stack your passive, he will poke you but you have much more sustain. Once you have passive stacked dont be afraid to jump on him however I recommend not being overly aggressive because you can hit level 2 first and try to kill him that way. He can be pretty annoying once he is level 2 since its hard to hit abilities on him when he uses lightning rush. Avoid taking too much poke if you can and look for all ins when you are over 75% hp, if you are anything under that I recommend avoiding any all ins. Post 6 it is a bit simpler since you can ult him and go for the all in that way (him using e and stunning you can still kite you out though, be careful!). Have your passive stacked and go for it but keep in mind if you miss anything you WILL be in a bad spot. It generally gets easier with items but always respect his burst and his stuns. Rushing mercs is a must and makes the matchup MUCH easier once you have them.
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MagicallyDelish4 says “Only trade if you have E up to leave. Level 3 trades are only worth it if he goes less than half hp. If they're decent you can kill them post 6. Drag a wave to a bush so you can go in it if you get poked or harassed. ”
tibs2 says “Optional d shield take second wind. Annoying lane for sure but if you can make it out fairly even you can w his protobelt in teamfight/ e him away/ r him away and kinda ruin his kit. Still this is rather inconsistent esp if he has flash so overall this match up is rather poor for Poppy.”
SadmanV3 says “Ever since Kleptomancy got removed, kennen's viability has dropped, but it is still a pretty bad matchup for Nasus. A strong Kennen will understand the correct times to stun and when to harass Nasus, taking large chunks of his health each time. Keep tabs on when he can stun you, space out the times when you get hit, and play close to tower. Whilst Kennen scales better than most, you scale even harder than Kennen towards the mid-game.”
Noodles912 says “Stay behind minions all game and you will be fine. Save your pool for kennen ult. Kennen does a lot of damage, but if you simply freeze, that ninja is useless. Outscale him easily.”
PiscesPomf says “HARD LANE
Kennen is really annoying and we free-poke you. You have to count how many stacks he has on you to parry his 3rd charge that will stun you. You have to wait until you can go out of this lane, you can't do a lot of this against Kennen during laning phase.”
teemodumbstupid says “Fleet or Phase Rush works this matchup, but I like Phase Rush because he can't dodge the damage and is squishy early. He is strong in teamfights, so try to zone him from getting to your team. He has a lot of CC and movement speed, so you might not be able to catch him in sidelane.”
Kokob5 says “Let him push you in and get jungler to punish him for over extending. Bait him in before the jungler shows himself so can't doesn't run away.”
negoZoma69 says “Kennen don't do much against you without his ult so you have the early advantage, harass him with Q and stay inside minion wave, he shouldn't be a problem.”
Draconic56 says “He is just annoying. He is no real threat. Kennen has poke but it does so little damage that you have to literally allow him to hit you for 10 seconds straight for the trade to be lost. But the thing is, you will have a very hard time reaching him. Even if you pull him, he will just stun you and E out, putting himself at an advantageous range. Rylai's is great and so is a Protobelt rush into this lane. Level 6, you beat him super hard so just get CS, trade your Q's with him, and then bash his head in.”
pioj12 says “Watch out for early trades because if he is a good kennen he wins it, try to all in at lvl 6, kennen is a squishy champion so probably you will one shot him but he can respond with his R so watch out!
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gladiatorrr4 says “Make sure to farm up and avoid trades with Kennen. You can try short trades, but everything more extended will get you out-traded. You should farm up, and try to Q him before every trade.
Once he gets level 6, you dont want to force all-ins.”
ChaseMorePlz says “Jumping on him early is a good idea when his E is down, similar to Jax. You need to force his flash early. What I like to do is call my jungler and convince him to gank in order to get my snowball rolling. ”
MrShykun says “MATCHUP ENNUYANT MAIS SKILLED. NE VOUS FAITES PAS TROP POKE PRENEZ SECOND SOUFFLE ET BOUCLIER DE DORAN OU 3 COLLIERS RAFRAICHISSANT. SI VOUS PENSEZ POUVOIR LE TUER LE RUSH BOTTES DE MERCURES EST COOL. PRENEZ CONQUEROR. SI KENNEN NE JOUE PAS PHASE RUSH PUNISSEZ LE LORSQU'IL PUSH. ESSAYEZ DE LE SLOW LORSQU'IL E (QUAND IL DEVIENT UNE BOULE D'ENERGIE) FARMER ET NE VOUS FAITES PAS TUER PAR LUI EN LANE. VOUS POUVEZ FREEZE LA LANE ET JUSTE LUI COURIR DESSUS AVEC LE GHOST L'ESTROPIEUR REND LA LANE TRES FACILE ET KENNEN N'A PAS ENORMEMENT DE DEGATS. Kennen est souvent décrit comme étant un matchup difficile pour darius mais a mon humble avis ce n'est pas le cas, en saison 11 kennen est une freeeee lane grâce a l'estropieur, ses dégâts sont presque inexistant surtout si vous le respectez et rusher un peu de résistance magique. Je recommanderais un rush bottes de mercures avec la ténacité des runes, ce qui vous rend essentiellement insensible à ses étourdissements. Conqueror est un bon choix et vous devriez le prendre pour l'AD supplémentaire qui nous sera utile. Conqueror + manteau nuageux est le meilleur. S'il joue correctement, ce sera une voie très ennuyeuse car aucun de vous n'a trop de potentiel de tuer sur l'autre. Essayez de farm, et de build correctement. Une chose à noter est que Kennen est un monstre dans les combats d’équipe grâce au Zhonya. Cela lui permet d'affronter toute votre équipe et d'étourdir tout le monde tout en étant invulnérable, ce qui, honnêtement, n'a guère de counterplay que d'avoir un champion avec un bon et rapide désengagement qui repousse l'ennemi. Je recommanderais de split pour le forcer a venir contre vous si vous n'êtes pas feed sinon juste courrez dans sa team.”
Pawn Sacrifice says “Ok, Kennen is annoying but there's nothing too much that he can do against you - just avoid his stun -; and if the lane is favoring him early on, just rush hexdrinker and mercurys.”
RetiredPykeMain says “Absolute cancer lane, take sustain runes and teleport always. Try to dodge as many of his q poke as possible. I almost always permaban him.”
Alekra says “Not very difficult matchup despite being ranged. You out sustain alot of his damage so he wont be able to straight up kill you. If he engages into melee you might even be able to snatch a kill on him if you W his stun. ”
Erenando says “You can't fight him until your W is maxed. He is just to fast and he will outtrade you in any cases. Just farm under your turret and ask for help. Later on you should be able to deal with him. Get yourself spirit visage and adapted helm.”
GrGamingTeo says “Kennen does not post a big threat but he cannot kill you and you cannot kill him. If he gets too cocky and uses his E to clear a wave or whatever or if you get a nice cheese and sit in a brush and wait for him to use his E then you can all-in him and kill him, simple. Be carefull when he hits lv6 because he can stun you for infinity and eventually kill you with ease.”
Olaf Only says “Difficult to kill, especially if he has Phase rush.
You can kill him after level 6.
Kennen has almost no damage in the earlygame*
Kennen is really good in teamfights.”
SpyDaFX says “literally so hard, only last hit, dont push, ask for ganks. go Doran's shield, try to trade with him when his E is down and you might be able to kill him, BEFORE HE IS LEVEL 6. (when he gets billion movement speed and turns into a lightning ball)
He counters you the most when he reaches level 6 so try to kill him before that. go Conqueror.”
Ravenborne says “Since Klepto is being removed Kennen will start going Phase Rush into you. There is absolutely 0 chance to kill him if he has Phase Rush. This lane needs the help of your jungler. Just try to farm and sustain through the lane with Health Regen items like Specters Cowl.”
Bear24 says “Don't let him stack his passive can one-shot him under the tower. If he doesn't max his e you can run him down. Otherwise, use your ult as a gap closer or to dodge his stun ”
TheMrDarkness says “It's one of the hardest matchups for riven, cuz once a year when you actually see a kennen, it's a really good kennen player. Get Hextrinker and Mercurial Boots to reduce his stun lenght bait his E and all in him afterwards”
MarkFromSingedMains says “OH GOD OH NO OH GOD OH NO
If you win lane you're a God or he's first time Kennen. Dodge his Q and try to play as passive as you can, no point trying to flip him because he'll zoom away.”
ModelitoTime says “Like other ranged matchups just play safe, take MR runes into Kennen. lvl 6+ you get easy kills in this matchup. E+Flash works really well for securing kills in this matchup too.”
kingchas2 says “You have very little kill pressure on him, but if you play passive then he doesn't have much kill pressure on you either. Use your R to block the 3rd hit from his R as this is most likely when kennen will cast his Q on you as well. ”
xxskipskipxx says “Consider Dodging!
You need Tenacity and a Hexdrinker !
Consider building Black Cleaver first Item!
Dodge his Q and W him whenever he activates E and tries to get ontop of you !!!
Consider Building Merc. Treads!”
LoLReal says “I find that the Kennen lane is pretty hard. He can harass us early and is also reasonably strong post 6 when we R him. He can answer with R. The key to winning this lane is conceding CS early and getting to 6 without losing much health. If you are 100% HP with R we can win all-ins every time. If we have taken damage Kennen can kill us in our R if we aren't careful. He also outscales and team fights better than us. This lane needs to be played smart.”
aurus666lol says “Quite annoying, be careful when he is using E to get closer to you, because he will ult in 100%
Take Phase Rush, nothing else needed to know
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Otp Fiora Sorry says “díficil mas dá para ganhar se fores bom de fiora ... tentar dar stun na passiva do kennen ... recomendo fazer botas logo e algum life steal ”
ineptpineapple says “Pretty easy stand behind minions and poke him with your qs until you can ult him and kill him. If he ults you can ult him if you feel like you can kill him outright or ult yourself if you need the protection.”
Hyzerik says “Really god damn annoying champ who stuns and runs away. He doesn't do much damage but he is annoying as fuck. Once you start team fighting make sure to ult him into enemy.”
lulw says “This squirrel is annoying af but pretty easy lane. As long as he isn't fed he doesn't have to damage to kill you unless you are half health level 6. Windwall his stun if you know what it is because I have 0 clue on what stuns you. ”
JannaMainOTP800K says “Dodge his Q and block his E.
Use your R if he does too .
Better ask for help from Yi.
If he stuns you youe are poo.
you dont need Yi as long as you dont get stunned but im already working 2h on this guide.”
NoFriendsPlayLoL says “I wouldn't play Tahm into this match up. He will stun you and poke you out of lane and you can't really all in him ever after level 6.”
Raideru says “One of the hardest matchups for Jax, I strongly advise going Grasp tree into this matchup since u need strong short trades. U plan to get Grasp proc and then just activate w and q on him to proc grasp+q+w dmg and walk away.”
EU_Toxicity says “If he takes a damage keystone you can run him down early. If he has phase rush just farm it out in lane (easier said than done, but possible nonetheless) and outscale him in a sidelane 1v1 later on.”
KaiYugure says “Out ranges you, doesn't have to worry about running out of mana, and has multiple ways to stun you so you can't fight without your ultimate.”
iZeal says “Kennen has insane disengage with his E as well as passive stuns. If you manage to hook him you have to do so with no marks of the storm, then slow him during his E and not allow him to walk through you with it as otherwise his Q W stun follow up will allow him to just walk away from you anyway. Kennen has to screw up in order for you to kill him, but at the same time he has very strong gank support for his jungler and if he gets fed he can flank your team and 1-shot them with his ultimate. Try to pull him away from your teammates if he attempts to run through you during teamfights.
RejuBeads>DShield, Mercs, Phage”
Timesoul977 says “He can poke and run away from you (with a stun). But early game it is easy to kill him without his ult. Make sure he can't farm in lane. (You Should use Magic Resist)”
Stijnzxz says “I actually never play aigenst a Kennen anymore but he is ok to deal with no high dmg output and u can run him down just take some MR and AD and ur ok.”
AWierdShoe says “Just try to stay healthy during the early levels. He will try to poke you out with ranged autos and his Q, so just stay back as far as possible unless there are minions to last-hit. If there are, use your passive effectively. Don't engage unless under tower as he has better disengage than you and can stun you up as well. If you get jungle help, instantly taunt-flash him to set your jungler up so that this small rat won't get away with his E. ”
I Am Goliath says “Kennen can be either AD or AP. If the kennen is AP then this match-up is going to be easy for you, you're going to want to keep the lane in the middle if you can and try to poke him down with Q's, if he is ever in range to W you're going to want to do it because he doesn't have good all-in, he is mostly poke. If it's AP kennen then your first item should be spirit visage, once you get spirit visage he should do very low damage to you allowing you to win trades.
On the other hand if the kennen is AD then you're going to have a bit more trouble, he will push you into turret and poke you down while farming under it, try to get ninja tabi's on your first back since AD kennen is mostly all auto attacks. AD kennens usually buy a frozen mallet and blade of the ruined king, do not try to 1v1 him when he has these items because he will just kite you forever while doing consistent damage with his auto attacks, AD kennen is not very good in teamfights but is a pretty good split-pusher so you're going to want to try to have good TP's into fights and try to force things out of lane before he splits your lanes.”
TrinityForceYasuo says “Thats an easy one. Stay behind your minions. Go in for some poke early levels when she uses Q, try to bait her Q by going to the side a bit of your minions and then back in so it wont hit you. Her E is also really important with a big cooldown, so after she uses it you can go for a small trade again and go back. When you get her to a low amount of hp try to all-in. Try avoiding also getting stunned and freeze. That will help you extend your minion lead and put pressure onto him.At level 6 if you can bait that you go for an all-in to force him to use his R and then back off and look for something to do while his R is on CD.”
Scoothare says “This guy is absolutey annoying. If I could ban two champions I would ban Pantheon and Kennen. He isn't that much of a threat though depending on his build, but GODDAM he's annoying.”
viktoreeu says “Super duper annoying. Coinflip game
Usually he shouldn't be able to kill you, play safe, farm it out, punish him when you can (if he wastes E, or is too cocky)
Fleet”
StrikeX114 says “Probably the most even match you can have. With a ranged attack and the only solid engage in his ultimate, you can effectively trade waves and hits indefinitely until someone else intervenes.”
Saarlichenbog says “Typically a very easy matchup for Kalista to out trade in lane and outscale towards the late game by outkiting him and reading his very predictable E pattern. However, he definitely teamfights better than you with his ultimate and builds Zhonyas relatively early. ”
Captain Dantems says “Cuidado com o Q e seus auto ataques, pois se ele te stunar a coisa vai ficar feia. Grasp. Poção Corrupta ou Cristal de Safira com 3 poções.”
ItsPaulygon says “A very hard match up for you. He will out trade you most of the time, and he can slip past your E. Take Doran's shield and play safe. Just hope for ganks.”
TheMightyNinja says “The Fleet Footwork build helps a lot in this matchup since you don't have the chance to stack grasp anyway, try to stay healthy and last hit minions safely. you cannot kill him in lane phase unless your jungler ganks or you manage to taunt him in your tower.”
Klappy says “- Puedes ganar a lvl 1 si se acerca lo suficiente
- A nivel dos/tres y 4 puedes hacer trades all in, pero solo es worth si sacas al menos el 50% de su HP
- No podrás matar a buenos Kennen antes de lvl 6”
GLP1 says “With Kled's magic resistance reduction patched back, I caused many duels that were favorable now to be a real hell like Kennen, try to play safely.”
Nicklstherealone says “Not often seen but if you do he is Ranged AP so it could be hard but he needs to engage agressive to manage anything so you will be able to grab him. ”
pedrohnasc says “He has a better early than you and he can escape your W with his E, so try to combo him with Q1>w>Q2>Q3 to win trades. Electrocute is viable.”
NoHesitation7 says “You have outplay potential thanks to your massive mobility however it's a difficult matchup on your side due to Kennen's passive stun & high speed mobility, can be difficult if they take Phase Rush”
Raphi0216 says “Merc's are very good in this matchup. You can poke him with W -> Q2. If he Es, you can follow up with your E, which has slightly lower CD.”
OffmetaPancake says “Kennen can kite you, and in teamfights he can make insane ult plays. A bad kennen can be fed off of, but good kennens will require jungle presence to deal with.”
NoHesitation7 says “Very annoying for a Jax to play against due to being ranged & heavy mobility with stun. you pretty much don't want to pick Jax into Kennen unless you are very confident otherwise you will find yourself in a tough position & unfun lane.”
daito Okami says “Dorand shield using Fleet with second wind and unfliching.
This matchup could be one of the hard ones because of the constant poke and her cc but with these runes its okay. Poke her with your q and try to go for all ins whenever u hit your e Kennen is pretty squshy so its not too hard to kill her after 6 make sure to get mercs.”
Frostyfps says “Start Q and stack your passive, he will poke you but you have much more sustain. Once you have passive stacked dont be afraid to jump on him however I recommend not being overly aggressive because you can hit level 2 first and try to kill him that way. He can be pretty annoying once he is level 2 since its hard to hit abilities on him when he uses lightning rush. Avoid taking too much poke if you can and look for all ins when you are over 75% hp, if you are anything under that I recommend avoiding any all ins. Post 6 it is a bit simpler since you can ult him and go for the all in that way (him using e and stunning you can still kite you out though, be careful!). Have your passive stacked and go for it but keep in mind if you miss anything you WILL be in a bad spot. It generally gets easier with items but always respect his burst and his stuns. Rushing mercs is a must and makes the matchup MUCH easier once you have them.”
Luceris says “Standard Grasp Runes + Unflinching (If more CC than just Kennen)
Build Duskblade is typically what I build so I can get that massive slow on him for a trade.
This lane is typically really hard due to him not letting you get wraiths off of him. This can really hurt your scaling so I suggest baiting him into pushing the wave and BEGGING for a gank from your jungler. You out scale him but he can impact team fights much more than you can mid game.”
Sa1tykid says “Annoying piece of shit, start doran shield and you should be fine. Freeze wave near your tower and wait for your jungler to gank, then go all in. ”
YoungTact says “Rush mercs and play to farm, he hard bullies you but you can outscale with an adaptive helm rush. D shield start and disengage with W/E/R.”
qasddsa says “He has VERY big teamfight presence and control with his ultimate. Do not get caught in it in teamfights and you will be relatively fine. Very annoying when he runs away with W, but do not chase.”
PH45 says “Hard for really any melee champion. Max Q and start with Dshield. Good thing is his ult is a really good one to steal, but the he is a tough lane opponent. Merc treads are a really good pickup vs him. ”
ERNESTSAURUS says “FLEET FOOTWORK / SPELLBOOK SETUP- DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS + POT =
Kennen is a real menace to all aggresive melee range Top laners but surprisingly Nasus does really well into him and since Kleptomancy was removed from the game, he doesn't have a specific runepage, you can see Kennen players play with Spellbook, Phase Rush, Conqueror, basically almost every rune in the game. In this lane, farm behind you minion wave so he can't poke you with his Q, do this until you get lvl 6 and Sheen and then you can start playing slightly more aggressive by doing short trades. Since his core items are so cheap (Zhonia's Hourglass = 2.9k g and Hextech Protobelt-01 = 2.5k g) he will usually have an item advantage over you, but Nasus items are way better and more stronger since they provide more stats rather than some actives. Later on to the game, Kennen will outperform you in teamfights so look to set up a splitpush where he has to match you, while you are preassuring him, look to punish his cooldowns, if you see he just used his E or his W to clear the wave, look to use your W and force an extended fights, he doesn't have the sustain to match you so he either backs or he desesperately tries to hold you while asking for backup.”
SubHuman Filth says “Go aery with 3 points in q.
Dodge his q's and get early MR and health. Place shrooms in wave when he goes in and just play around them. you will win the all ins as long as you poke him down in lane.”
Grayified says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ghost + Flash. Dorans shield start. Kennen is a tough matchup early game. Its important to try and survive until we have the gold for our tiamat. Once we get tiamat, we can look to take small trades with kennen, a good kennen will only allow you to get the spin damage + tiamat, but worse kennens you can get a spin + auto attack + tiamat before they disengage with their stun. If Kennen has no phase rush, you can use ghost + flash to run the kennen down the lane if they stun you. Stuns past the first one only last .5 seconds so you can use that window to setup an allin. Kennen has no sustain in his kit and with all the sustain in ours we can take worse trades but still end up winning the sustain war in the end. Be careful not to trade below half hp because he can look to burst you and take away your ultimate which takes away your kill pressure. If kennen takes phase rush do not use your W until after his phase rush is on cooldown. Mid-late game splitpush against kennen you can beat him with 3-4 items. Still might be hard to dive him with his zhonyas but if he is just sitting under turret farming, just shove in and look to outrotate him with your superior mobility.”
I Am Goliath says “Fairly easy matchup in lane since you just do more damage then him unless you get hit by his Q more then you hit your Q, only thing that is scary about kennen is that he is a monster in teamfights with his ult.”
Nabura says “Dodge his spells or stand behind minions, let him use his empowered AA on a minion. Ult when he ults and walk into him to secure R damage, be confident.”
EntxRecoil says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ghost + Flash. Dorans shield start. Kennen is a tough matchup early game. Its important to try and survive until we have the gold for our tiamat. Once we get tiamat, we can look to take small trades with kennen, a good kennen will only allow you to get the spin damage + tiamat, but worse kennens you can get a spin + auto attack + tiamat before they disengage with their stun. If Kennen has no phase rush, you can use ghost + flash to run the kennen down the lane if they stun you. Stuns past the first one only last .5 seconds so you can use that window to setup an allin. Kennen has no sustain in his kit and with all the sustain in ours we can take worse trades but still end up winning the sustain war in the end. Be careful not to trade below half hp because he can look to burst you and take away your ultimate which takes away your kill pressure. If kennen takes phase rush do not use your W until after his phase rush is on cooldown. Mid-late game splitpush against kennen you can beat him with 3-4 items. Still might be hard to dive him with his zhonyas but if he is just sitting under turret farming, just shove in and look to outrotate him with your superior mobility.”
Chili Dog says “Runes: Electrocute, Sudden impact, Eyeball, Ravenous + Null orb, Transcendence or Fleet, Triumph, Tenacity, Last Stand + Shield, Second Wind.
Sub Runes: CDR, Damage, Magic Resist.
Summoners: TP or Ignite
lightning rat=bad. But seriously he is very annoying, especially if he takes Phase Rush or Ghost. If he misses his Q, you have a good chance to beat him. If he manages to get two stacks on you then just back off until they expire. If you can bait out his ult then its a free kill. If he uses his E on the wave then engage on him. If he gets ahead just try to make plays around the map. ”
Darrkescru says “Runa : Aery (Orbe anulador)
Ficar atras dos minions pra ele não conseguir acertar o Q e ficar pokeando ate ele ficar low
Rushar : Liandry's ou Dente de nashor”
ZergDood says “He bullies in an amazing fashion and your hope here is to outfarm and rush Adaptive helm. If you do so, you're capable of taking him out of teamfights and not dying whenever he's up. Play to farm to the best of your ability. Remember, you're a tank, you're useful.”
qazx1427 says “His speed-boost thing doesn't go through walls, so let's be thankful for that. He can kill your ghouls quickly and stun you an aggravating amount of times, but this is one of those lanes where a QSS will basically give you two, maybe three free kills. He's a ranged toplaner, and you know what we do to ranged toplaners.”
Ayanleh says “He has good poke, hes the king of lane and has no mana so it will be tough. Kennen does however get outscaled by you so you can play aggressive mid to late and just destroy him in the shadow realm with your damage and magic resist.”
HIGH TEST TOP88 says “If he takes phase rush you won't have that much fun, he'll just run like the rat he is and poke you down. Don't take free poke early and you should be okay, ult him away from your team in teamfights and its not that bad.
Take MR.”
wallobear53 says “Use the minions as cover to dodge his Q damage. Make sure that you don’t get tagged by his Auto-Attack while doing so though as he will be able to activate his W to deal damage to you.
Try to go for short poke trades to whittle down his Health bar. Once that is done, you can go for an all-in and kill him quickly. Just make sure that you don’t get CC’d by his Passive while doing this.
Look to fight him whenever his Energy level (Resource) is low as he relies a lot on his abilities and won’t be able to skirmish you easily without his abilities. You can do the same if his E is on Cooldown.
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Horu says “Yone's burst is able to win most trades with Kennen from lv2 onwards. Stay behind minions and try pull wave towards you. By the time he procs his stun on you, you should safely time E to cancel and go back to safety.”
Fiora Pogjet says “The matchup against Kennen is hard. He can poke you down and run away with his e, so it is hard to engage him. You shouldn't fight him without a jungler or before u get lvl 6. When u hit lvl 6 and u have ult u can win the fight but it will be skillbased then.”
ModxLoL says “You want to take the legend: tenacity rune and build mercury treads against Kennen. It will make this matchup significantly easier. Go Doran's Shield and farm up until you get your warhammer. You can look at all inning Kennen with a staggered E, R, 3rd Q as long as he doesn't have any stacks of his W on you already and preferably when his E is on cooldown.”
E_IS_POWER says “Probably one of the champions that are best for teamfights. Even then he holds his own in Top-lane as one of the most annoying champions. [1]Set up a Freeze and Farm the Lane. [2]You can All-in him lv6 if he uses Lightning Rush to come forward. [3]Don't Ask for Ganks unless he is over-extended due to your Freeze or he can just Lightning Rush Away and you'll waste everyone's time. [4]You can now Parry the stun from his Passive which makes this match-up a bit easier.”
Kingarthur720 says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ghost + Flash. Dorans shield start. Kennen is a tough matchup early game. Its important to try and survive until we have the gold for our tiamat. Once we get tiamat, we can look to take small trades with kennen, a good kennen will only allow you to get the spin damage + tiamat, but worse kennens you can get a spin + auto attack + tiamat before they disengage with their stun. If Kennen has no phase rush, you can use ghost + flash to run the kennen down the lane if they stun you. Stuns past the first one only last .5 seconds so you can use that window to setup an allin. Kennen has no sustain in his kit and with all the sustain in ours we can take worse trades but still end up winning the sustain war in the end. Be careful not to trade below half hp because he can look to burst you and take away your ultimate which takes away your kill pressure. If kennen takes phase rush do not use your W until after his phase rush is on cooldown. Mid-late game splitpush against kennen you can beat him with 3-4 items. Still might be hard to dive him with his zhonyas but if he is just sitting under turret farming, just shove in and look to outrotate him with your superior mobility.”
BloodyDream81 says “Match up jouable pour un Darius expérimenté, mais un enfer pour un débutant, évite autant que possible, mais si tu es forcé de le faire, applique les même conseil que pour karma et cassiopeia.
Note : les bottes de mercures sont obligatoire pour éviter des morts bêtes.”
Dantheman81 says “While Kennen can do a lot of damage and should be respected early on. You will be able to tear him a new one as the game progresses as he will be very squishy. When he ults, just put up your wall and trap him in there!”
Hunter Frenzy says “1v1: SA & Dom |
vs Burst JG: E & Res |
vs MS JG: PR & Dom |
Boots: Mercury's |
1st Core Item: Nashor's Tooth |
Optional Item: Null-Magic Mantle | Spell Upgrade Order: Q 1st up to 3rd lvl”
SpedIsOn says “He has more impact on you during a teamfight. Try to R him when he R in a teamfight. Might end up as a farming simulator. Learn to wave manage so you can freeze at your tower and he has to walk up to farm. Get your jgler to gank.”
Alzeidx says “Dorans shield start. He is much better in team fights. You might be able to kill him if he uses his dash, however you will probably lose every trade. Take advantage of his cooldowns if he makes a mistake.
Go PTA”
ACE4291 says “stuns you at range. his E can counter your Q also he has high energy gain making
this champ broken ....he is very hard to kill.... unless he is very bad of course. you will be lucky to kill this guy.
Dodge his Q and play safe.
lucky hardly anyone plays him. ”
AskMeHowToGp says “Kennen while being mobile and a realy bad poke champ vs someone like gangplank he can be hard to deal since he is 20 miles from you and can out run a gank from your jungle poking him isnt an option unless you see an oportunity to deal some damage but it can be and will be risky so stay patient untill late game and focus his teammates insted of him.”
report singed ty says “You are at the mercy of his screwups but those screwups DO happen if you pay attention, so its not impossible. Unlike tryndamere, the mistakes of a kennen are actually punishable most of the time.”
Sq_09 says “Don't come close to him if he has his W-AA up. Else stay behind minions to not get hit by a Q. Same thing as with all ranged matchups. Not outkiteable. Kennen is even worse because he can also outpoke you hard. ”
Beatport Expo says “Can easily Tank all of his damage but annoying to due his constant harassing. If Kennen is building on hit damage, then that's a different story and is much harder to fight ”
Kingarthur720 says “Kennen isnt a huge problem laning phase, but he can be a nuisance. He outranges you and wil most likely poke you out of lane. Take fleet or grasp runes into this mathcup or the bursty builds in order to scale well without letting him snowball.”
ShaharKarisi says “His stuns and long range do counter Shyvana, but he is completely useless without flash, play safe until he popped his flash and then commit.”
SirDrPotato says “He has total control over the laning phase. He is ranged and he can use his E - Lightning Rush, the skill where he becomes a ball of lightning and gainst movement speed - to back off if he gets ganked or if you try to all in. This means you can't kill him and he can also harass you till you are low enough for him to all in. Also, he is a great champion for teamfights which means he'll have more impact later in the game.”
Discord Rengar Mains says “Annoying, like most yordles (starting to see a trend here eh?). He is particularly annoying however because he is a jack of all trades; he has good poke, good escapes, good damage, and a great teamfighting ult. If he gets ahead he is a nightmare to face and the nature of his stuns means tenacity doesn't really help that much against him, so you need to man up and snowball hard or you will want to throw yourself off a window.
Laning phase is just fine, just be careful with his spell damage and always stay around bushes so he doesn't get free hits on you with AA alone. You can try poking him down in the first 2 levels, then going for an all in since he doesn't have either his W or E and force him to flash / kill him. The moment he gets 6 he becomes infinitely more frustrating and he can easily kill you if he gets you under 50% HP, so you want to get a lead before that for sure. If you manage to get said lead just push down his turret asap and roam, his waveclear isn't super good and he can't really follow you when you R. You will want to win the game early though, his teamfight potential is huge.
Ignite is good for the early pressure. As for runes, HoB and Fleet work just fine overall.”
Itreallyhim says “Skill matchup, Stay strong in mental, He will poke alot, and has good movespeed to dodge your spells.
Read Fiddlesticks.
Use your E to displace him when hes ulting, Unless he has Zhonya, Just ult him to remove his threat from your team.”
Circas says “Another ranged match up. A little slippery because of the stuns and move speed from Lightning Rush (E) but you should win this match up hard.
Irelia does well into almost every single ranged match up top because the lane is long and her sticking power is undisputed.
Kill the Yordle.
Just land abilities 4HEAD.”
Cats4lyfe123 says “Kennen can poke you out very easily, so try to stay back or hide in bushes. When he ults, you can ult through him and/or E away to a safe place. He's fairly squishy so if you get close, you should win trades. Good idea to take Fleet Footwork.”
hephephepeEPEPE says “you can not fling him because he is too fast for you you migh want do max w second to catch up with him if he uses his escape you can kill him easily”
Poljca2 says “He just pokes too much. Try not to play Darius against him and if you are already in game, try to farm as much as you can (not a lot since he will poke) and go for magic resist as soon as possible (BOTRK and then Mercury's Treads and Spirit Visage)”
AkenoSenpai says “This match up is basically same as jayce, except for instead of pushing you away, this guy just runs away. Also here make sure to engage by Q'ing a low hp minion to keep resets for his escape tools.”
StephanBJ says “You do more damage than him so play aggressive he will try to run with his E but you can pull him with your E (play electrocute against him for better dmg )”
lugzinho says “Ranged, low priced powerspikes
You try to do anything against Kennen and you just get 1000 shurikens to the face and stunned for what seems to be an eternity.
Rush merc treads and Hexdrinker.”
Thr3shPrinc3 says “Kennen is a threat much for the same reasons as Gnar, but he has energy so he is a little less threatening then Gnar. He out ranges you and can outpoke you if you don't dodge his Q's. If he misses Q you have a small window in which you can punish him. Doing this consistently will make you win lane. He gets a ton of kill pressure level 6 so be careful. He also scales really well, but will most likely try and force teamfights. If you can lantern an ally out of his ultimate and go in after his ult is used you can win the team fight so just play it smart and he won't be a problem late game.”
ForgottenProject says “Start Corrupting Potion
Stay away from his empowered W which applies the Mark of the Storm
When you go up for Q poke, make sure you do it in your minions
He can’t Q you back
Parrying his 3rd Passive Proc WILL stun him
He is a strong lane bully, so just play for Mid-Late Game, and don’t get too behind on CS”
Braddik says “Ranged matchup but his burst isnt as hard as someone like Jayce or Gnar. If you can catch him while his E is down, you'll win every 1v1 pre6. ”
Pedrokis says “Chato por ter muito poke e um escape fácil quando ele usa o E. / As trocas são suas se ele não fugir muito, já que ele não é tão resistente. / Quase nunca jogo essa matchup, já que Kennen não é muito pickado (pelo menos nos meus games).”
The Lost Drawing says “Muy molesto, no le hacer counter pero si lo poqueas le duele feo lo cual puedes matarlo bajo torre con ayuda de tu jg (si tiene 'R' es muy arriesgado intentarlo) ”
TheBiskoppen says “This match up is okay, you need to poke him and when you hit 6 you can all in him, remember that tenacity doesnt do much so if they doesnt have a lot of Magic Dmg go for ninjas.”
Split King says “You are very similar champions in turns of playstyle. The better player wins here, and there ain't much more to say.
Kennen has better burst damage and you have better sustained damage, so the Wit's End can win you the lane if Kennen is troublesome. ”
Valorkyrie Quinn says “Kennen's main damage source comes from his Q, so you should avoid his Qs from hitting you. Quinn can beat him pre-6. His ultimate is good in teamfights, and your job is to avoid him from reaching teamfights during midgame, by splitpushing in other lanes to apply lane pressure.
Tip: You should look for more all-ins when he misses his Q or uses it on minions.
Bring Nullifying Orb and MR runes for this matchup.”
BeautifulWinter says “Hard to deal with due to his speed and his range. Max Q and wait for a gank if your jungler is willing. Build Maw of Malmortius If the Kennen is bad and you think you can win”
Big Belly Bop says “Dodge Q's, and E out when he decides to all in. This lane is easy as long as you don't get caught by too many Q's and you poke him out of lane. Post-6 you have to be careful if he flashes on you with his ultimate + protobelt combo. Flash + TP, Doran's Blade + 1 HP, Sustain rune page.”
ExfIamed says “If for some reason you didn't ban this little bastard then you're in for a treat, you can't poke him down cause he has an ability that has double the speed of your Q at basically no cooldown and also no cost, and even if you did trade with him you more than likely lost cause he outdamages you at every stage of the game. Just wait for jungle assistance, thankfully hes rarely picked.”
9690 says “I find that the Kennen lane is pretty hard. He can harass us early and is also reasonably strong post 6 when we R him. He can answer with R. The key to winning this lane is conceding CS early and getting to 6 without losing much health. If you are 100% HP with R we can win all-ins every time. If we have taken damage Kennen can kill us in our R if we aren't careful. He also outscales and team fights better than us. This lane needs to be played smart.”
Loevely says “Ranged matchup that can all in you. Really annoying to deal with. Fleet is your best bet. Never engage without both of your W's available. ”
ENX Kai says “this Pokemon can be a nightmare in team-fight as you never gonna catch him in a second. He will poke you real hard in lane. Start the game with Doran's Shield”
mightydylan101 says “Kennen early relies on hitting his skill shot so hide behind minions and dodge his shot. You scale better and do more damage later with this build and you should be able to kill him early if you poke him and punish when he misses his skillshot.”
ProgettoYorick says “Kennen in early is a bully, my advice is to last hit the minions, so he won't play under the tower, since yorick is too tank for him. So he will be forced to stay in lane during that moment I could try to mark it with the E and then close it.
Advice from OTP:
Kennen control i ghouls won't be able to do anything, just be careful in early, the late will be yours (in extreme cases the mercury do well as the first item)”
Greekamol says “Play under tower, take a lot of potions (corrupting pot) as he will poke you under tower. Parry his stun when you know you can such as if he e's on you or ults on you.”
hotdog93 says “Very hard to kill, does more in team fights, pokes you out of lane. Try to just peel him off your team, or go lethality and kill his backline, as he *usually* can't kill your whole team alone. Go doran's shield second wind and you can survive lane at least. ”
Karnan says “This guy is as safe of a pick as it gets. Long auto range and heavy poke abilities. Super safe dash and he scales well into the lategame. You will not outscale this guy. See if your jungler can help you get a lead, other than that you gotta try play out the teamfights well and hope your team respects him. A ban pick for me in alot of games. ”
AlienMV says “Stand behind minions in order to avoid Q hits. Try to only take liberal amounts of damage from his auto attacks.
Once he hits 6, be more wary of getting in auto range (even once you become ranged).”
CrimsonAngel1 says “The poke is insane. If he brings Klepto, he can get his items with ease. If he brings summon aery, Kennen can easily force you out of lane. To counter this, just get a Spectre's Cowl.”
Generally Break says “Kennen wants to all in this, so sustain runes won't help you. Take Press the Attack, try to pressure Kennen to Q. If he throws a Q and it doesn't hit you all in. Consider Wit's End/Hexdrinker if the enemy team has enough magic threats.”
Melloe says “I am copy pasting this to the other 3 orange-threat levels, since it's just a ranged matchup so you will be poked a lot but you are unstoppable once you have your titanic hydra.”
Nightblue33 says “Dorans shield start. He is much better in team fights. You might be able to kill him if he uses his dash, however you will probably lose every trade. Take advantage of his cooldowns if he makes a mistake.
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Hamstertamer says “Depends on how the Kennen plays. If he plays passive, you can just sit behind minions, so he can't land his Q on you, only autoattacks, and sustain with your passive. If he uses E aggressively you should turn on him, counter his ult with your own and remember he has energy limits so you're better in a sustained fight. Your slow is a hard counter to his lightning ball escape. Adaptive helm and merc treads.”
AsomeSonic says “you can poke with your passive, stand in minions to avoid his poke, he can go ad or ap so build wisely, dorans shield is really good here”
rximv says “Pretty much all ranged toplaners are a huge threat for fiora. You cant really q their vitals because they can just auto punish you when you disengage.”
SummonedLight says “Only reason why he isn't higher is because his health bar is very low and you will be building damage. Low health + your high damage on it = K.O”
Chromuro says “2fast4me. A stun, ranged poke and movement speed, it won't be fun. Stay behind your minion when you want to farm, electric>water unfortunately.”
HKRV says “Really annoying. All-in is a death sentence. Gank is required to have a chance. They mostly pick him to counter you so they mostly missplay a lot, if you see one extend the trade. Watch out for his passive, Bait out Ultimate, Adaptive Helm works quiet well against him. ”
Aizo says “Ranged matchup, somewhat difficult in the earlygame. However at some point you become a super tank against a kennen who is likely not building any Magic pen, all you've gotta do is stop him from wiping your team and he's no issue =)”
SoulHero says “Really bad matchup if the kennen is really good, Dorans shield + second wind. You can kill him if you are around his health and he e's towards you, you flip him and just kill him. Other wise, just outfarm him. You oustcale once you get spirit visage. You feed this lane = you lose. Put pressure, If he has klepto and pushes you in, you are gonna lose hard. If you can push really hard without taking too much poke, dodging enemy ganks, you make him lose cs and prevent him from having time to proc klepto. ”
ShroudComplex says “Kennen can make for a tough lane opponent, without help from the jungler. His stuns prevent you from bursting him. So try to beat him before you hit 6 if you can. After 6, try to engage with your team, and avoid fighting him alone, if his power isn't a joke compared to yours.”
Petethebossch says “Annoying early levels but once you get Triforce you're golden. Also doesnt have strong punish on stacks if you hide in the minions.”
TiuHiikou says “Easy lane for him untill 3. Then u can have potential to kill him, on 6, he's fucked, If he ult, E, then wait, recast, stun him, and go for the kill.”
PhoenixianSlayer says “His speed boost makes it easy for his to dodge your pokes. He can quickly run in, stun you, ult and deal tons of damage. He doesn't deal a lot early, but don't be exposed after lvl 8.”
Jnewbringspain says “Kennen has good range, mobility, and crowd control. Just try to survive early on. Leave some minion kills on the table if it means keeping your health up. Level 6 won't be much easier since his ultimate is very strong, but you will have a better chance once you have Sheen.”
messketchup says “Kennen has an easy disengage, engage, and poke. Try to get your jungler to help you. Pay attention if he has stopwatch or Zhonya's Hourglass because he will most likely kill you with his ult.”
Angela du Seithr says “Kennen va aisément abuser de vous en phase de lane, vous n'avez pas de moyen de riposter, pas de moyen de l'engage si il max le E et plus de moyen de le tuer au niveau 6 sans l'aide de votre jungler. Si en plus il rush Zhonya, abandonnez et partez aider les autres lanes quand votre ultime est up.”
Zestysquid says “Try not to get CC'ed by him - I don't like baiting with his stun because it's risky. They usually get frustrated and dive you with their speed boost. Generally a pretty straightforward lane.”
M2 Jizu says “Sencillo, al igual que Gnar, no te dejes pokear tanto, tienes que darle a entender que te tiene que respetar.
esquiva sus Q. necesitarás sustain.
Este Matchup no es muy difícil ;)”
Ryako the Exile says “Farm yourself up as hard as you can and get hextrinker, after buying this you can go for trades but better watchout the jungler bc Kennen is a good champ to gank bc of his R. If kennen has no E and you are 6 befor him then go for it if you have that enought from health”
AmnesiaT says “"A lightning squirrel?! Hahahaha, thank you! Your death will amuse me.” -Aatrox
You can destroy him. Just dont let him stack up with klepto.
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Bombabo says “Due to his Range and the speed from his E, kennen can harass you until you're low enough to die to his all-in. Ult and fight if he uses his E aggressively”
RainbowNova says “Kennen's ultimate is annoying, but nothing a little Adaptive Helm can't stop. He can still destroy you early though, since he is an energy-based champion.”
Lil Tidepod says “Kennen can be really annoying, but typically doesn't do enough damage to kill you or really harm you that much at all. He's annoying with his little electric dash, and I will be the first to admit his ultimate can dish out some big damage, but he shouldn't be too hard to deal with. ”
Kaydo says “Ranged matchups are pretty good for you. Your gray health and doran's shield grant a lot of sustain and landing 1 Q on them means that you can go on them. Get aggressive, especially if they have kleptomancy, don't let them get too many free hits, but don't feel too pressured by it and try and force a stupid play/fight”
GameRage20 says “He can and will kite you to death, your advantage compared to ryze is that he cannot snare you and that you can hide easily behind minions. Rightoues glory will do the job in reaching him.”
ImpossibleLogic says “This evil little rat of top lane will constantly poke you with his Q's until your stunned when he can have his way with you ping as soon as he leaves lane as his ult can make for some disgusting double kills on bot DO NOT all in Kennen ever unless a good gank is coming and you are at very high health best way to win the game against kennen is to scale into team fights fight for objectives and corrode your enemy.”
FunkySoul says “As of patch 9.9, Kennen's E no longer gives him Armor Resist, but is instead on his Ultimate. This is great news as you can efficiently trade against this, but that does not mean your lane has become easier.”
TechnoRenekton says “Avoid trading with Kennen.
Will play aggresive, so you can ask your jungle for ganks.
Has unpredictable Crowd control.
Stun him and Dash out if he uses ultimate.”
Grewstadaroosta says “Kennen can poke a lot and if he builds damage then as soon as you have marks on you, and you get stunned because of how squishy you are you will more than likely just die.”
GrGamingTeo says “Kennen is quite a big threat, he has an easy disengage, engage and poke. Try ti get your jungler to help you or catch him with your e. If he has stopwatch/zhonya's becareful because he can use it in his ult and kill you.”
0mega best says “He is range so be careful, wait for a gank and make sure to keep it farmin, simply dodge his abilitys and block his escape, after that make a well timed flip and you should be good.”
mlgn4ever says “Alright, kennen is in my opinnion the hardest matchup out there. Normally i permaban him, but nowadays i play Singed mid more than top!”
DrMoneybags says “This matchup SUCKS. If you ever try to engage with E and Q, he just stuns you and breaks the tether. If you get dismounted, he pokes you and stuns you until you die without a chance to remount. The only chance you have to win early is hoping that he mispositions hard enough near your tower for you to stick onto him even through his stun. Try to just farm early and survive the poke. Stacking tenacity and MR will help you potentially beat him later in the game. Maw of Malmortius or Steraks can help you survive his Ulti if you get dismounted.”
Arcthunder says “Kennen is the lighting yordle of death. Packed full of CC, he makes unmounted Kled a pain to play. See more in the Tough Matchups section.”
Qubert64 says “Big threat if he is good. Taunt when he slips up and pop him. disengage after the first stun if you can. Second rotation is generally when they ult.”
kubsak26 says “Kennen isn't a terible matchup. He don' t have a lot of hp so your poke is very dangerous for him if you hide behind minions you can avoid shurikens and if you do E&Q fast you can hit him even during his E. End if you hit your Q's you actually win all in's even if he use his ult when you hit your. He may of course farm from range and you can't do much about that but in this situation you will get leed in cs all tho in this senerio you will not get him out of the lane because of energy. The real problem is his late because no matter what his ult will make him viable and there is nothing you can do about that so your only option is to bulid mr to don't get too much dmg from it. ”
Zdenster says “Take Arcane Comet. Stand behind minions. Rush Merc's treads. Take 2 points into W. If he engages on you, re-engage or walk away if you see his Jungler.”
OnionMilkshake says “This evil little rat of top lane will constantly poke you with his Q's until your stunned when he can have his way with you ping as soon as he leaves lane as his ult can make for some disgusting double kills on bot DO NOT all in kennen ever unless a good gank is coming and you are at very high health best way to win the game against kennen is to scale into team fights fight for objectives and corrode your enemy
(Recommended: Electrocute)”
TheNinjaRoid says “Sort of an annoying lane. If you get ahead, you win. If you fall behind, you get destroyed. Get Mercury Treads, and a Sheen and you should be okay, as long as you can farm.”
Khazem says “Outranges you and never really has to put himself in a dangerous position. Try to slow him down with your E and get some damage in when you do. Avoid taking too much free poke and don't underestimate his auto attack range. Also make sure to stay out of his range whenever his empowered auto attack is available.”
LosAngeloser says “You can do nothing against him, he has good range, damage and is too fast for you. His ulti also trumps yours in the late game. Your only hope is to go Comet and support other lanes.”
ElleryTheViking says “Rarely ever comes up. When he does, rush merc treads into spirit visage and you'll be unkillable. From there, wait till he uses his energy ball or overextends and then all in him.”
BlackguardRaven says “Just runs away too much and easy to poke down if they don't build tank, but they shouldn't build tank so your great. Remember, never forget HOW MUCH DAMAGE YOU PASSIVE E AND Q DOES.”
SynergyXO says “Dodge his throwing star things, you cant cheese him level 1, maybe 2. but after that, you need a jungler. his cc and kiting potential is too much.”
E61K says “Depends on how good the Kennen is and what he is running. It will most likely be Klepto Kennen. If he is decent it's gonna be very frustrating to deal with as it it's very hard hard to get ahead him on your own unless you get a gank. It's crucial that you start Doran's Shield and that you go for Second Wind. Phase Rush is great against him since, unlike other ranged match-ups, he has some form of mobility (his E). So you can use the extra sticking power to catch up to him even after he stuns you and tries to run away. Against bad Kennen players you can probably get them to overstep and get in your E range. Against good Kennen players you won't get any obvious openings in that case try your best to farm it out and get ganks. Ghost if you want a shot at winning lane with the risk of getting crushed if you fail. Teleport if you want the safe route and can handle getting poked for every 2nd creep you try to farm. This might be the best lane to rush Merc's in. You beat him in 1v1's later on should you split VS him but he outdoes you hard in teamfights. ”
SwiftOblivion says “Strengths: High mobility, AP, Cannot have stun riposted back onto him, Teamfighting. Weaknesses: Squishy, outscaled in 1v1. He is a difficult matchup to play correctly if you are inexperienced due to his mobility and the ability to poke you down from a distance. In the Matchup, try your best to dodge his Q's and don't let him get his passive stacks onto you as you won't be able to riposte the stun back over to him. You can prevent the stun but you will not be able to stun him back with it as the riposte prevents the 3rd passive stack to apply in the fist place. If he goes for an on-hit attack speed build rush ninja tabi and if he goes for an AP build, rush mercury's treads to reduce the stun duration.”
Miracle Matter says “This is a very challenging matchup. The problem here is two-fold: First, his speed boost will virtually always make him out-run your bombs' hitboxes, i.e. no stuns landing (even when he's slowed.) Second, he can ult onto you and one-shot you while you're stunned, before you even have a chance to respond with Ulti.
My advice is to hide behind minions while poking with isolated Q's, then, once you have some mana, keep a safe distance and abuse your superior waveclear. You can't handle him in a full-on 1v1, but you can shove him under tower to avoid the 1v1 entirely. Don't get overconfident. If he tries to ult at you while your abilities are on cooldown, you're in trouble. Keep your E ready to speed to safety at a moment's notice.
If you've successfully shoved him under tower, feel free to roam mid.”
Sion says “This is a heavy skill matchup.
If he tries to fight you pre-6 and you manage to make him get in range of your E, turn on him and half-HP him.
Repeat this and you can flash auto Q ignite him level 3.
Post-6 you have to use your R before his or you lose the trade. Try to use it when he uses his W to waveclear.”
Proxxecube says “Kennen is kind of annoying, but he currently (as of patch 8.23) doesn't show up to often. The aggravation he brings forward is because you cannot parry his passive, and his THUNDER MODE makes him impervious to your vitals. Again, like most unfavorable match ups, just farm under tower, you are significantly stronger and will eventually dumpster him.”
VdeathSpartan says “Kennen is a very hard lane due to his burst, quick move speed and long lasting stun. He can run you down and stun you, once you're stunned there's slim to no chance of you surviving.”
Melloe says “You can easily get kited by Kennen, but when a Kennen engages with his ult and you survive, your nimbus and q will give you the movement speed to keep up with him and shut him down.”
Zahkar00 says “Take Glacial.
This is a tough matchup if you dont know how to outplay kennen. Stun whenever he mispositions and just follow up until you cant, then back off and wait. Rinse and repeat.”
Bakiraka says “I think I'm pretty biased, but Kennen is one of my least favorite matchups. He doesn't use mana, which gives him a lot of harass potential. He can also chase you down once the game gets later. During lane, just stand in your minions so you don't get hit by his Q and you should be okay.”
Joxuu says “He is mobile, has CC and ranged poke. It's going to be rough trying to do anything against him unless he mispositions. Try to bait his E and then force a fight or simply wait until you get Shurelya's + ultimate to force something.”
Captain1Night says “Very annoying to deal with because of the extreme mobility and stunlocking, basically wont kill him so go with the TP safe style of play as in the spells chapter”
Trixelkour says “Dodge recommended. Too painful and oppressive to lane against. Get early Adaptive/Banshee to have a better game. Crucible is optional but is pretty good. Go for Thornmail if he is going AD. Take Exhaust and Phase Rush to maneuver around his skill shots.”
heyitsRainex says “No sustain but a lot of poke potential. If you cannot reach him through your E, just farm until mid-late game and stack some MR. Drop his attack speed if Kennen decides to go on-hit.”
SirDeRp25 says “Pretty tough lane, considering he can outrage Teemo, stand behind minions to block his Q. I usually start Doran Shield into Kennen because his poke is very high.”
E61K says “This champ combines almost everything Yasuo hates. Strong burst, hard CC, easy escapes and great poke. You can only windwall his Q and the CC in his kit which can't be windwalled. Hexdrinker for sure in this matchup. Look to Jump on him when you don't have stacks on you. 3 stacks and you will get stunned, letting him deal damage to you while you can't do anything about it. Keep in mind that if he stuns you again within 6 seconds of the last stun it will only last 0.5 seconds instead of 1.25. Other than that I would just recommend to farm it out since you outscale him. After Greaves, PD and Hexdrinker you should beat him without a problem. Keep in mind he is a teamfight monster so be careful how you play if you're planning on split-pushing.”
undeadsoldiers says “Kennen - PTA
Early items (in order) - Sheen, Phage, Stinger (Mercs if you're behind and he’s building ap; Tabi if you're behind and he's building ad)
- All in lvl 1 (passive stacked)
- All in lvl 2 (passive stacked; when one of his abilities are on cooldown or you beat him to lvl 2, otherwise he can stun you)
- Play aggressive in lane (take quick trades between his cooldowns to deny his stun)
- If it's inevitable that he'll stun you, use W to mitigate the damage done during the stun then all in him
- Evade his Q by standing behind your minions or by Qing to a minion
- Be careful of his passive auto (let him use it on the wave) since he can use it to get his stun procs quickly
- Escape his R by Qing to a minion
- Ult cooldown: 120
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Omega best says “Any range tops will counter volibear, play safe, farm and dont attack him until your jungle comes to help, or else he will kill you if you get too close to him since he has an escape and an empowered attack which is pretty op. Farm and playsafe, build mr and make sure to call for being early ganked to kill him first”
Zachlikespizza says “His stuns will continue to mess up your combo. An early hexdrinker should help a lot in this match up. Otherwise try to get some damage items until you can 1-shot him”
Mouadyam says “one of the few counterpicks, he's ranged and has cc which is terrible, dont get kited like an idiot, buy mercs and spectre's cowl for his poke, ask your jungler for help and take phase rush and ghost with legend tenacity or unflinching.”
Demon Lord AC0 says “He's Annoying since he will poke you a lot, but the only threat he poses is bursting you with his combo once he gets level 6. You can rush PD if he doesn't rush HP. His build is not predictable because he can build anything. If he builds AD, go as if he was an AD Carry. If he builds AP, avoid his skills as much as possible”
Trixelkour says “You're boned. Lose some LP and move on. You have 0 counterplay against this rodent that is more annoying than the Poison (TEEMO) Rat himself, not to be confused with Twitch. Get Adaptive and Spirit. Survival is crucial to not losing against Kennen.”
iam colorblind says “You can't really reach him!
Buy Mercury's Treads and play safe.
Also start Dorans Shield to heal up a bit!
Set ur focus on Roams!
Stopwatch in Runes is a good choice.”
CaioOP1985 says “This rodent has one of the strongest Ultimates and his passive is a constant pain in the butt to deal with. Play safely until you can get some items and catch up to his irritating speed.”
Ashnard says “Don't let kenny poke you for free and you should be fine. He doesn't have enough damage to kill you in an extended trade and early mercs make his stun irrelevant.”
GOTG Ment135 says “Estate detrás de tus súbditos, y espera a que te inicie. Aunque estés mas bajo de vida que el, todavía podrás ganarle. Intenta cronometrar tu E para que anular su stun.”
galvapheonix says “ While Kennen can do a lot of damage and should be respected early on. You will be able to tear him a new one as the game progresses as he will be very squishy. When he ults, just put up your wall and trap him in there!”
Xplosion123 says “Kennen, acho que todos os Main Darius sent em uma raiva profunda por esse campeão, além de ele poder reduzir o dano, ele pode perder o target por alguns instantes, além de ser Melee e ter um atordoamento em área, tente tomar cuidado quando seu caçador for na sua rota para não entregarem um Double e não perder de vez a lane.”
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Tips Against Kennen in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Xelikari says “A good kennen can be tough, he'll definitely zone you off a little bit early-- it's okay to be down in CS. Watch out for his W-empowered auto and remember if he can land his Shuriken, you can land your Harpoon! Rush Mercury Treads.”
Drewmatth Taliyah says “Start Doran + 2 Pots if 1) You think you can outplay her and hit your W's to generate a kill at levels 3-5 or 2) You think she will burst you down post 6 (get an extra ring).
Start Corrupting if you think you will not hit your W's (or you will get poked down) and you rely more on wave clear/spammy poke (you will be way more squisher but more durable -- this is recommended if you are sure you will not get hit by CC spells and instantly die).
Get some early MR such as Null Mantle for Mercs or part of Banshees. Kennens kill power comes from his ultimate ONLY, so you having some magic resist will absolutely deny him that. Besides that in teamfights if you can try to target him down if you engage before he ults. If not just roam and play safe on lane just by shoving.
You can kill him but he will be slippery due to his E. Careful on your jungler ganks since his ult is a very strong aoe spell and can turn the fight around if their jungler counterganks.”
angeLoon says “Conq DShield - In Resolve Second Wind Or Conditioning.
he is squishy and win short trades so try to bait him into a long trade
Build MR early is really great.”
Katasandra says “[1] Dodge his Q.
[2] If he tries to E, W and walk away.
[3] If he tries to ult, E, walk at him, W and E before you get stunned.
[4] Shove him in and visit the botlane or some other place you'd like to see.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Annoying esp if they take electrocute and ignite. Take fleet and dshield and just play for short trades. Take unflinching and 2nd wind and just sit on a magic mantle so he can not full to 0 you. Also I would take Exh in this matchup esp if ur support doesnt take it. Exh is the biggest counter against Ken.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Insane poke, all in, tankiness, this champ has it all. Try not to get poked down too much early and look to trade lvl 2 and when his passive W is 0 stacks. MR is a must in this lane, one of the rare times rushing mercs is very effective due to kennen being able to stun you multiple times. If they are heavy AP you can also get a hex to avoid getting bursted by him. Predict his Qs with windwall when going for an all in. His very small hitbox makes it very hard to hit tornados on him so it's usually better to get your knock on him by just EQing on to him.”
Dr Eggmund says “Kennen has great poke so position yourself wisely so you can farm from harms reach. When you try to go for a level 6 all in make sure you either have ult advantage or are confident that his ult won't stun and punish you.”
Yasukeh says “ He can very easily poke you out, and if you try to get onto him he can just stun you and speed away. If he doesn't take phase rush, it can be much easier to get on top of him. If he ever blows his E, you can fairly easily kill him. Heavily consider taking Legend: Tenacity into this matchup, as it will help not getting perma-stunned. ”
peytonqt says “[EASY] [PR/Conqueror/Electrocute] [D Blade/Long Sword] Jayce wins into squishy matchups. Don't let Kennen stack his passive onto you and you should be fine. Poke him and harass him when you can. When he's in killable range burst him as fast as you can before he runs away and you should be good. Later in the game look for him because he'll probably be running into your team to ult. Back up as fast as you can before getting stunned and look to kill him if possible. Kennen's main focus isn't laning, its teamfighting.”
elnino9 says “Always keep in mind how many stack marks he has on you so you know when you will get stunned. Don't get hit by his empowered auto attack on his W passive and avoid his Qs. Trade when his E is down. Avoid his ultimate in big teamfights, be sure to go zhonya to avoid this. Wait it out then try to go for an all-in with Q then EWR. Farm it out safely after level 6 in lane. Go aggressive if you know you can kill him with the damage you have.”
nZk01 says “(Top) horrible champion, you can just deny his whole engage with your E and if you're scared of CC jungler and his follow up just go cleanse, would just recommend Ignite tho.”
nZk01 says “(Top) horrible champion, you can just deny his whole engage with your E and if you're scared of CC jungler and his follow up just go cleanse, would just recommend Ignite tho.”
KASSAW1N says “Kass vs Kennen: Espera que gaste su W para evitar su escape y utiliza tu Q de ultimo recurso para mitigar el daño de su R. (usa hielo eterno para evitar su rapido escape con su W)”
Chili Dog says “Very easy matchup, respect his stun when trading and you'll out trade out sustain and just oneshot his rat ass. Electrocute recommended. ”
Sushi_Cat says “While Kennen used to be an awful matchup for Mordekaiser. But now that Kleptomancy is gone, the Kennen lane is now a skill matchup slightly favored towards Morde post-6. ”
WolfRider01 says “Kennen's lane bully potential is actually really strong, and his most annoying strength is his CC. He can easily run you down if you don't watch his passive stacks. Play defensive, take fleet if you don't feel comfortable in the matchup. Ask for ganks to shut his lane phase down.”
Grayified says “Kennen is a stupid champion. He can close the gap pretty well and has a lot of poke and CC. He is tanky, with high damage and high CC and range, there is no downside to the champion. If you keep your distance you can avoid losing the lane, but I don't think winning is likely.”
FalleN3 says “I don't see many Kennen's mid lane but that being said he is really annoying to lane against. Be sure to stay behind your creeps and try your best not to let him get marks on you. You might end up having to farm under tower in this match-up but you can try to hit him with your (Q) when his abilities are on Cooldown. There's not much you can do against him until level 6. Take care of him having Zhonya as he can bait you easily with it and his Ultimate.”
FalleN3 says “It's not very likely you will be matched against Kennen in midlane but that being said he is really annoying to lane against. Be sure to stay behind your creeps and try your best not to let him get marks on you. You might end up having to farm under tower in this match-up but you can possibly trade with him once his abilities are on cooldown. There's not much you can do against him until level 6. Take care of him having Zhonya as he can bait you easily with it and his Ultimate.”
Jimmy1337 says “This matchup is very rare, but very annoying. Before 6th lvl you can easily kill him. After reaching 6th lvl if you don't have Mercury or Hexdrinker, you gonna probably die vs him or he gonna run away from you. After you cast the R, he can cast his R, and then kill you or run away.”
Proma says “Dshield
This is a pretty hard lane if the player is good. He's range, bursty and has easy cc. Go tiamat and look to outroam him as it's hard to solo kill a kennen, especially post 6 unless they're bad.”
Veralion says “DH/beads. Kennen in the mid lane isn't actually so bad. The lane is too short for him to set up a freeze and start zoning you, so it just turns into a farm war. I'd favor going DH here as Smite sustain is more than enough to overpower his 3rd auto W, and even a Q here and there. He's too fast to HoB combo or reliably gank, and that on top of his ult's zone control makes the scaling build the correct choice in my mind. Keep your lane pressure up so he can't start QW-ing you while you're last hitting under turret. Oh, and ulting on top of him alone is obviously suicide and will never work. Wait for that gank before going in. When making plays with your jungler, take care to never misposition and let the rat ult you both and you should be able to win fights and build a lead. ”
RikudouDovahkiin says “Do not let him land free normal attacks when he attacks with everything activate ghost immediately and adjust your W properly to stop his full combo and get away. Try to kill him when his ult is out. His poke and range is not a such big problem at mid-lane however in top lane, give him the attention he deserves as his ranged pokes are punishing yet you are freer like on building a mix of HP and MR in your items, you shall win with your constantly casted spells. ”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Low Even
Don't let him run up to you with E and try to stay behind minions, You win in terms of poke since his Q doesn't go through minions but if you let him get to you, he'll sting a lot and might even one shot you at 6.”
Cloud375 says “This is a primarily a skill matchup depending on who can do the most damage to the other player first. Dodge his skillshots, stay back, and wait for the right opportunity and this should be an easy lane to win. But if this kennen is good, he WILL give you a hard time - SO BE CAREFUL AT ALL TIMES! Additionally, his E makes him faster than you using your own E, so make sure to be aware of it.”
Euphoric Toaster says “Not a hard lane, just a few things that you have to be wary of. Before 6 since Kennen has no ranged AoE, you can actually stack your turrets on each other inside the minion wave, which will prevent him from clearing them with anything but autos or unless hes dumb enough to walk onto them to try to AoE them with E + W. Post 6 he will be looking for a flash + Ult so just be wary of that and be ready to either flash yourself or stun him and prevent him from engaging on you too heavily.”
Big Shawn says “Kennen has always been actually a strong champion. His E Ability will always activate your passive. 1v1ing him will not be easy if he has reached lvl 6”
kilgta says “He pokes you a lot and his ult his difficult to counter as a low mobility champ. Although when you allin him first you are usually better off. Zonhya and banshee can be useful. Start sapphire or corrupt pot.”
IceCreamPaintJob says “this champion is extremely irritating to lane into as any melee, and yasuo is no exception. rushing merc boots is really strong into this guy because his level 6 all in is absurd and he has strong cc. same as the leblanc lane, i recommend letting the lane push to you without taking too much damage, but if the kennen doesnt properly thin the wave if you push to him, there is little risk of him freezing on you so this option could also work”
SmokeyEggs says “He can insta-stun you the moment you go in on him and his movement speed can rival yours. Always out push him and out roam him and you'll win.”
AzureArmatt says “Short ranged with ability to chain stuns one after another. he can lock you down in one place with your team and laugh at you when your HP starts to drop lower and lower with each second you are stuck in his CC chain. To beat him you need to keep your distance from him and also keep track in his passive stacks on you. avoid all abilities and also try to not spend mana too much since he's using energy so he will have it regenerate super fast while your mana won't”
Jazzmonkey says “Laningphase can be anyoing. Go Dorans Shield vs. Kennen. Trade him rly short. Look forward to his passiv and trade him after he used his passiv on minions. You can try to kill him with level 6 but he may just stoned you and walk away.”
moutenn says “Its hard to kill him, unless he is without R. His R is hard to deal with because, his combo will instaslow you. And he can slow you up to 2 times in 1 fight. You can kill him but its hard.”
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