Kennen vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Kennen
based on 2,664 Kennen vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Akali
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Kennen vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several strategic Kennen versus Akali matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Kennen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Akali
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Who is Better, Kennen or Akali?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a good counter for Akali.
While Kennen does have a higher win rate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Akali.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Akali matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kennen versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Akali as Kennen, Kennen players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kennen vs Akali counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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