Kennen vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Kennen
based on 1,474 Kennen vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Kennen vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Kennen against Zed counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zed..
Kennen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zed. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Zed
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Who is Better, Kennen or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zed, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes an ok counter for Zed.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Zed, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Zed.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen most often gets a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kennen versus Zed build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Zed than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 49.0% battling Zed with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zed as Kennen, you should use 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 sets players chose for Kennen vs Zed face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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