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How to Win Kennen vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupKennen is in the b tier of champions

Kennen vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kennen in LoLKennen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kennen

based on 312 Kennen vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
53.5 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Kennen resulted from an evaluation of 312 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Kennen is forced to battle against Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of his rounds.

Kennen vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Kennen does a good job of beating Kog'Maw. Typically, he wins a whopping 53.5% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Kennen vs Kog'Maw rounds, Kennen’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Kennen vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kennen to level upq
>
Second ability for Kennen to level upw
>
Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Kennen

Tips for Playing as Kennen against Kog'Maw

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 Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Kennen vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
53.5 %
VS
Win Rate
46.5 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.4
< Kills >
7.8
6.2
< Deaths >
7.4
6.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.86
164
< Minions Killed >
172
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,982
< Physical Damage >
9,746
20,972
< Magic Damage >
13,345
602
< True Damage >
3,072
23,557
< Damage Dealt >
26,164
23,050
< Damage Taken >
22,462
11,709
< Gold Earned >
12,681
2.18
< Towers >
2.14
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,057
< Total Healing >
5,168
15,013
< Experience >
13,704
20
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
75
< Time Dealing CC >
308

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Kennen in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Kennen against Kog'Maw matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Kennen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kennen and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kennen
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Kennen or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually wins when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 53.5% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a great counter for Kog'Maw.

While Kennen does have a higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kennen into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Kennen is a great counter for Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kennen

Kennen Loses Against

SkarnerSkarner41.3% winrateNasusNasus42.2% winratePoppyPoppy42.9% winrateZyraZyra43.3% winrate

Kennen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.2% winrateYuumiYuumi56.1% winrateZeriZeri54.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Kennen, we analyzed 312 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 Kog'Maw as Kennen 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

Kennen Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kennen most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Kennen versus Kog'Maw build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Kog'Maw than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 53.5% battling Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Kog'Maw as Kennen, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kennen vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.5% winrate overall.

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