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How to Win Yone vs Kennen Counter MatchupYone is in the b tier of champions

Yone vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Yone in LoLYone is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Yone

based on 2,602 Yone vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.61
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Kennen as Yone resulted from an evaluation of 2602 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This matchup is fairly rare. Yone encounters Kennen in only 1.1% of his games.

Yone vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yone does a poor job of countering Kennen. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Yone vs Kennen rounds, Yone’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Yone vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Death's DanceImmortal ShieldbowJak'Sho, The ProteanWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yone to level upq
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Second ability for Yone to level upe
>
Last skill for Yone to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Kennen as Yone

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.

Yone vs Kennen Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Kennen Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.6
7
< Deaths >
6
5
< Assists >
6.4
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
179
< Minions Killed >
161
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.44
13,966
< Physical Damage >
2,044
4,488
< Magic Damage >
20,824
2,628
< True Damage >
655
21,083
< Damage Dealt >
23,523
26,096
< Damage Taken >
22,222
12,174
< Gold Earned >
11,539
2.02
< Towers >
2.04
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,576
< Total Healing >
3,140
15,041
< Experience >
14,788
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
189
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Counter Kennen with Yone in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some critical Yone versus Kennen counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kennen..

Yone usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kennen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yone and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Kennen

Who is Better, Yone or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yone usually loses when facing off against Kennen, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Yone makes a bad counter for Kennen.

While Yone does have a lower winrate compared to Kennen, when they face off with one another, Yone also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yone into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Yone has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Yone vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Yone is a somewhat poor counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yone against Kennen.

Additional Information for Yone Players

How We Calculated Our Yone vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Yone, we analyzed 2,602 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kennen as Yone comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Yone 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Yone versus Kennen build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yone combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Kennen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Kennen with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kennen as Yone, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Yone vs Kennen LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Yone are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.