Kennen vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Kennen
based on 639 Kennen vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Poppy
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 Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Kennen vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Kennen against Poppy counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Poppy’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Poppy..
Kennen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Poppy. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Poppy
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Who is Better, Kennen or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Poppy, with a 42.9% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a bad counter for Poppy.
While Kennen does have a much lower winrate than Poppy, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Poppy.
Moreover, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Poppy. 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Poppy matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a terribly counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Poppy.
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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 Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often picks up more CS as Poppy. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kennen versus Poppy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Poppy than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 42.9% when playing against Poppy with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Poppy as Kennen, Kennen players 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 builds that we analyzed for Kennen vs Poppy matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 42.9% win rate overall.
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