Kennen vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Kennen
based on 1,480 Kennen vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Kennen vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Kennen against Katarina matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Kennen usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Katarina. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Katarina
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Who is Better, Kennen or Katarina?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when taking on Katarina, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter for Katarina.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Katarina, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Katarina.
Additionally, Kennen has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This 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 in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to counter Katarina 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Katarina build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Katarina than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Katarina as Kennen, Kennen players should take 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 rune sets players picked for Kennen vs Katarina clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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