Akshan vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Akshan
based on 837 Akshan vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Kennen
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
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.
Akshan vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Akshan versus Kennen matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Akshan normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Kennen
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Who is Better, Akshan or Kennen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when facing off against Kennen, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes a good counter for Kennen.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate compared to Kennen, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akshan into Kennen.
Furthermore, Akshan 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Kennen matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Akshan is a good counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan in order to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically racks up a similar amount of 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 sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Akshan versus Kennen build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when facing Kennen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Kennen with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Kennen as Akshan, Akshan players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akshan vs Kennen counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
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