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How to Win Elise vs Kennen Counter MatchupElise is in the a tier of champions

Elise vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Elise in LoLElise is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Elise

based on 299 Elise vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League matches every week. In our dataset, Elise faced Kennen in 299 games. Including so many matchups for Elise vs Kennen provides us confidence in our ability to prepare useful data and a recommended build to counter Kennen. This pairing is fairly rare. Elise has to counter Kennen in only 1.1% of her matches.

Elise vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Elise does a average job of beating Kennen. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of games the champions face one another in. In Elise vs Kennen games, Elise’s team is 0.2% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Kennen.

Best Elise vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against Kennen

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

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.

Elise vs Kennen Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Kennen Image
7.5
< Kills >
6.5
6.9
< Deaths >
6.6
7.7
< Assists >
6.4
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
34
< Minions Killed >
166
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,268
< Physical Damage >
2,146
16,519
< Magic Damage >
21,386
1,364
< True Damage >
518
19,152
< Damage Dealt >
24,050
30,487
< Damage Taken >
22,752
11,847
< Gold Earned >
11,757
1.51
< Towers >
2.07
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
13,297
< Total Healing >
3,200
13,431
< Experience >
14,828
26
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
9
180
< Time Dealing CC >
79

How to Counter Kennen with Elise in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Elise against Kennen matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kennen..

Elise usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Kennen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Elise and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
Kennen

Who is Better, Elise or Kennen?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kennen, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Elise makes an ok counter to Kennen.

While Elise does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Elise into Kennenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Elise vs Kennen matchups, Elise is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Elise is a decent counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Elise

Elise Loses Against

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Elise Wins Against

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Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Elise, we analyzed 299 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kennen as Elise comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Elise Build Kennen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Elise to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Kennen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Elise versus Kennen build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Kennen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Kennen with this build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kennen as Elise, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Elise vs Kennen face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.

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