Kennen vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Kennen
based on 1,604 Kennen vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Kennen vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several significant Kennen vs. Thresh counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kennen normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Thresh
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Who is Better, Kennen or Thresh?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Kennen does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Thresh.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Thresh matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kennen is a decent counter for Thresh. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Thresh during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average racks up much more CS relative to Thresh. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kennen versus Thresh build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Kennen bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Thresh than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Thresh as Kennen, you should take 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 sets players used for Kennen vs Thresh battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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