Vladimir vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Vladimir
based on 1,165 Vladimir vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Kennen
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Vladimir in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Vladimir against Kennen matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen..
Vladimir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Kennen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Kennen
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when facing off against Kennen, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes a good counter to Kennen.
While Vladimir does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when facing one another, Vladimir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Vladimir into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Kennen matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Vladimir is a good counter to Kennen. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vladimir against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vladimir to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kennen. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Vladimir versus Kennen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 52.3% battling Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Kennen as Vladimir, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vladimir vs Kennen matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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