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League of Legends Champion KennenKennen is in the b tier of champions

Kennen

MageMarksman
Kennen is a mageRolemage
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Mark of the Storm abilityp
Thundering Shuriken abilityq
Electrical Surge abilityw
Lightning Rush abilitye
Slicing Maelstrom abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Kennen Build

based on 19,805 matches
Win Rate
47.2 %
Pick Rate
1.9 %
Ban Rate
0.5 %

How We Come Up with Our Kennen Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Kennen build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Kennen builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Kennen core items and runes for any situation.

Kennen Build Summary

Kennen is a a not very good top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Domination Sorcery. Including the selected runes shown below in your Kennen build will provide you the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Kennen

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHextech Alternator

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapShadowflameSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Banshee's VeilVoid StaffZhonya's HourglassMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodGhost PoroUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Kennen Matchups Overview

Kennen is Weak Against

NaafiriNaafiri34.5% winrateCho'GathCho'Gath39.4% winrateMalphiteMalphite40.6% winrateDr. MundoDr. Mundo40.8% winrate

Kennen is Strong Against

HeimerdingerHeimerdinger56.4% winrateGnarGnar54% winrateTrundleTrundle53.8% winrateGragasGragas52% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Akalimiddle+ 50.5% 493 GamesVijungle+ 52.1% 505 GamesZiggsbottom+ 52.8% 108 GamesMaokaisupport+ 59.9% 197 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Kennen Players

Tips and Tricks

Mark of the Storm stuns an enemy after 3 marks; use this to burst down enemy champions or to set up other forms of damage.

Thundering Shuriken deals plenty of damage to harass the enemy lane champion.

Slicing Maelstrom, Kennen's ultimate, is great during teamfights if you can get in the middle of the enemy formation. It provides AOE damage around himself.

Kennen FAQs

Q: How can I make the best use of Kennen's Ultimate?

A: Kennen's Ult can single handidly turn the course of a teamfight. It deals massive AoE damage and can easily stun the whole enemy team. To maximize his Ult, you need to dive right into the middle of the enemy team. Include Zhonya's Hourglass in your Kennen build to keep him alive when you dive.

Q: Is AD Kennen viable, or or should I only play AP Kennen?

A: While AP Kennen is often the better choice, AD is still viable. His auto-attacks can stack Mark of the Storm, especially if he has a lot of attack speed. Furthermore, his Electrical Surge ability stacks damage faster with AD than with AP. That being said, all of his abilities scale with AP.

Additional Kennen Build Insights

League of Legends Kennen players will likely find him to be a difficult character to build out properly. You'll see that his build is modified when he is fighting either well-rounded or highly focused team comps, indicating you shouldn't select the same Kennen build every single game of League of Legends

The most essential items to incorporate into your champ's build are: Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. Those who included these items in their builds had a better win rate than those who used other Kennen builds. Likewise, if you are fighting a well-mixed enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting Kennen the Domination, and Sorcery runes. In recent matches, he won the largest fraction of his matches when using these runes.

We established our Kennen build guidance by examining 19,805 recently ranked League games with him selected. We only advise the highest winrate Kennen builds that were built by ranked League players enough times for us to advise them. With so many matches in our dataset, we are confident in our provided builds.