Akshan vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Akshan
based on 333 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
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
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.
Akshan vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Akshan against Kennen matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Kennen. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Kennen
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Who is Better, Akshan or Kennen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when trying to fight Kennen, with a 57.1% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a fantastic counter to Kennen.
While Akshan does have a much higher winrate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akshan into Kennen.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Kennen matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a great counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well 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 gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Akshan versus Kennen build include Kraken Slayer, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Akshan included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Kennen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 57.1% battling Kennen with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kennen as Akshan, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Shield Bash, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akshan vs Kennen counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 57.1% winrate overall.
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