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How to Win Anivia vs Kennen Counter MatchupAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Anivia

based on 563 Anivia vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our data, Anivia fought Kennen 563 times. Using so many games with Anivia vs Kennen provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare enlightening statistics and a supported build to defeat your opponent. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Anivia encounters Kennen in only 1.0% of her matches.

Anivia vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Anivia has done a dismal job of countering Kennen. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of matches the champs face each other in. In Anivia versus Kennen rounds, Anivia’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Anivia vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalTear of the Goddess

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

Optional Items

MalignanceLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
E
4
W
5
E
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Kennen

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

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.

Anivia vs Kennen Counter Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Kennen Image
5.8
< Kills >
6
5.3
< Deaths >
6.1
8
< Assists >
6.5
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
167
< Minions Killed >
168
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,189
< Physical Damage >
2,243
18,088
< Magic Damage >
22,163
1,211
< True Damage >
631
20,489
< Damage Dealt >
25,037
27,730
< Damage Taken >
22,713
11,777
< Gold Earned >
11,700
2.2
< Towers >
2.19
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,795
< Total Healing >
3,254
15,591
< Experience >
14,988
24
< Vision Score >
21
12
< Wards Placed >
9
1,016
< Time Dealing CC >
78

How to Counter Kennen with Anivia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Anivia against Kennen counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between these two champions. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kennen..

Anivia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Anivia and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Kennen

Who is Better, Anivia or Kennen?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kennen, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Anivia makes an ok counter to Kennen.

While Anivia does have a lower winrate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Kennenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Anivia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia 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 teamfights.

Anivia is a somewhat poor counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Kennen.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Anivia, we analyzed 563 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 Anivia 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Anivia in order to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Kennen build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Anivia had an average win rate of 49.2% battling Kennen with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kennen as Anivia, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Anivia vs Kennen clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.

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