Kennen vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Kennen
based on 520 Kennen vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Naafiri
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.
Kennen vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Kennen versus Naafiri counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Naafiri..
Kennen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Kennen or Naafiri?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Naafiri, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Naafiri.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Naafiri 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kennen versus Naafiri build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Naafiri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Naafiri with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Naafiri 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. Of all the runes players picked for Kennen vs Naafiri counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
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