Warwick vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Warwick
based on 1,634 Warwick vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Kennen
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Warwick in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several important Warwick against Kennen matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Warwick normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Kennen
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Who is Better, Warwick or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kennen, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Warwick does have a lower win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Kennen.
Furthermore, Warwick has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Kennen. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick in order to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick usually picks up less CS compared to Kennen. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Warwick versus Kennen build include Experimental Hexplate, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Kennen with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Kennen as Warwick, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Warwick vs Kennen LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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