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How to Win Gragas vs Kennen Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Gragas

based on 752 Gragas vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Kennen as Gragas came out of an examination of 752 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This matchup is fairly rare. Gragas encounters Kennen in only 1.1% of his games.

Gragas vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Gragas has done a average job of countering Kennen. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of games the champs fight each other in. In Gragas versus Kennen games, Gragas’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Gragas vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneHextech RocketbeltZhonya's HourglassLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Kennen

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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.

Gragas vs Kennen Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Kennen Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.2
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
7.2
< Assists >
6.4
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
113
< Minions Killed >
167
0.59
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,368
< Physical Damage >
2,203
18,484
< Magic Damage >
20,848
572
< True Damage >
575
20,425
< Damage Dealt >
23,627
30,304
< Damage Taken >
22,788
11,499
< Gold Earned >
11,626
1.6
< Towers >
2.05
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,236
< Total Healing >
3,191
14,319
< Experience >
14,776
21
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
406
< Time Dealing CC >
75

How to Counter Kennen with Gragas in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Gragas versus Kennen counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kennen..

Gragas often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gragas and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Kennen

Who is Better, Gragas or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when playing against Kennen, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes an ok counter to Kennen.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Kennen.

Additionally, Gragas has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to Kennen. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gragas against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Gragas, we analyzed 752 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 Gragas 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Gragas in order to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Gragas versus Kennen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Kennen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 49.9% battling Kennen with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Kennen as Gragas, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Gragas vs Kennen fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.

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