Kennen vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Kennen
based on 3,954 Kennen vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Kennen vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Kennen vs. Lux matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lux..
Kennen normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Lux
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Who is Better, Kennen or Lux?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Lux, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a bad counter to Lux.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Lux.
Additionally, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a lower 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 Lux. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to counter Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often picks up more CS compared to Lux. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Kennen versus Lux build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Lux than with many other common builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Lux with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Lux 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. Of all the rune combinations players used for Kennen vs Lux battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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