Kennen vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Kennen
based on 1,165 Kennen vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Kennen vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Kennen versus Vladimir counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vladimir..
Kennen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Kennen or Vladimir?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when trying to fight Vladimir, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a poor counter to Vladimir.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Vladimir.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kennen is a trash counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to counter Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kennen versus Vladimir build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Vladimir than with many other common builds. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 47.7% battling Vladimir with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Vladimir as Kennen, Kennen players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kennen vs Vladimir counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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