Jhin vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Jhin
based on 4,646 Jhin vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Kennen
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential Jhin versus Kennen counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen..
Jhin usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Kennen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Kennen
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Who is Better, Jhin or Kennen?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually wins when playing against Kennen, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Jhin makes a good counter to Kennen.
While Jhin does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Jhin into Kennen.
Furthermore, Jhin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Kennen matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Jhin is a good counter for Kennen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jhin against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jhin 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 suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Jhin versus Kennen build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Jhin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jhin boasted an average win rate of 53.0% when countering Kennen with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Kennen as Jhin, Jhin players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Jhin vs Kennen battles, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.0% winrate overall.
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