Kennen vs Rengar
How to Beat Rengar as Kennen
based on 1,474 Kennen vs Rengar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Rengar Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Rengar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Rengar
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 Rengar
Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.
Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.
Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.
Kennen vs Rengar Counter Stats
How to Counter Rengar with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Kennen against Rengar matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rengar..
Kennen usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rengar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Rengar
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Who is Better, Kennen or Rengar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rengar, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter for Rengar.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Rengar.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Rengar. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Rengar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average picks up much more CS relative to Rengar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, 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 surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kennen versus Rengar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Rengar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Rengar with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Rengar as Kennen, you should equip 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 combinations players used for Kennen vs Rengar LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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