Kalista vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Kalista
based on 354 Kalista vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Kennen
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Kalista versus Kennen matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Kennen
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Who is Better, Kalista or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually wins when facing off against Kennen, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a good counter for Kennen.
While Kalista does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Kennenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Kennen matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kalista is a decent counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Kennen during both the laning 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 tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kennen. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Kennen build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Kennen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Kennen with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Kennen as Kalista, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kalista vs Kennen counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
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