Kennen vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Kennen
based on 1,529 Kennen vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Kennen vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Kennen vs. Malphite matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Kennen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Malphite
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Who is Better, Kennen or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when facing off against Malphite, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Malphite.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kennen is a garbage counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kennen versus Malphite build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Malphite than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 46.8% battling Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Malphite as Kennen, you 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 we have analyed for Kennen vs Malphite battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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