Kennen vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Kennen
based on 1,121 Kennen vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Kennen vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Kennen in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Kennen against Kayle counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle..
Kennen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Kayle
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Who is Better, Kennen or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when trying to fight Kayle, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a bad counter for Kayle.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Kayle, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Kayle.
Additionally, Kennen has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Kayle. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Kennen versus Kayle build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Kayle with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Kayle 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 combinations players used for Kennen vs Kayle face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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