Kennen vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Kennen
based on 837 Kennen vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Akshan
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.
Kennen vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Kennen in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Kennen vs. Akshan counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Kennen usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Akshan
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Who is Better, Kennen or Akshan?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when playing against Akshan, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a bad counter to Akshan.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate than Akshan, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Akshan.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kennen is a terribly counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kennen versus Akshan build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Akshan than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Akshan as Kennen, Kennen players should use 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 builds that we analyzed for Kennen vs Akshan fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
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