Kennen vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Kennen
based on 515 Kennen vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Braum
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Advice to Win Against Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Kennen vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Kennen vs. Braum counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Braum. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Kennen usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Braum. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Braum
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Who is Better, Kennen or Braum?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually wins when taking on Braum, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a good counter to Braum.
While Kennen does have a higher win rate than Braum, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kennen into Braum.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Braum matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kennen is an above average counter to Braum. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen to counter Braum during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average racks up much more CS as Braum. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kennen versus Braum build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Braum than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Braum with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Braum as Kennen, Kennen players should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kennen vs Braum face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.
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