Vel'Koz vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Vel'Koz
based on 821 Vel'Koz vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Kennen
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Advice to Win Against Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Vel'Koz vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Vel'Koz against Kennen counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Kennen
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when playing against Kennen, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Kennen matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually accumulates less CS relative to Kennen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Kennen build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Kennen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kennen as Vel'Koz, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Kennen counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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