Kennen vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Kennen
based on 3,990 Kennen vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Kennen vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Kennen in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several significant Kennen versus Caitlyn counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn..
Kennen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Kennen or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Caitlyn, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kennen used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Caitlyn as Kennen, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Kennen vs Caitlyn face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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