Xayah vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Xayah
based on 653 Xayah vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Kennen
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several influential Xayah against Kennen matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen..
Xayah usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Kennen
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Who is Better, Xayah or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kennen, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Kennen, when facing one another, Xayah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Kennen.
Furthermore, Xayah has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter for Kennen. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kennen. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xayah versus Kennen build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Kennen with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Kennen as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xayah vs Kennen clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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