Caitlyn vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Caitlyn
based on 3,990 Caitlyn vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Kennen
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Caitlyn vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Caitlyn against Kennen matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Caitlyn often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Kennen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kennen, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Kennen.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Kennen matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Kennen. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Kennen build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Kennen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Kennen with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Kennen as Caitlyn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Caitlyn vs Kennen LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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