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How to Win Kennen vs Azir Counter MatchupKennen is in the b tier of champions

Kennen vs Azir

How to Beat Azir as Kennen in LoLKennen is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Azir as Kennen

based on 664 Kennen vs Azir matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Azir as Kennen resulted from an evaluation of 664 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Kennen fights Azir in only 1.6% of his games.

Kennen vs Azir Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kennen does a poor job of countering Azir. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.3% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Kennen against Azir matches, Kennen’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Azir.

Best Kennen vs Azir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Shadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kennen to level upq
>
Second ability for Kennen to level upw
>
Last skill for Kennen to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kennen's passive ability p
Kennen's q ability q
Kennen's w ability w
Kennen's e ability e
Kennen's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Azir as Kennen

Tips for Playing as Kennen against Azir

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 Azir

Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.

Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.

Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.

Kennen vs Azir Counter Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Azir Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.1
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
6.2
< Assists >
6
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
166
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.55
2,053
< Physical Damage >
585
20,290
< Magic Damage >
21,430
560
< True Damage >
422
22,903
< Damage Dealt >
22,437
21,549
< Damage Taken >
20,841
11,428
< Gold Earned >
12,033
2.34
< Towers >
2.38
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,076
< Total Healing >
2,784
14,521
< Experience >
14,852
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
73
< Time Dealing CC >
166

How to Counter Azir with Kennen in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some critical Kennen versus Azir matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Azir..

Kennen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kennen and Azir

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Azir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kennen
Azir

Who is Better, Kennen or Azir?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Azir, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a poor counter for Azir.

While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Azir.

Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Kennen is a garbage counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Azir.

Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen vs Azir Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Azir as Kennen, we analyzed 664 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 Azir as Kennen 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 truly master Kennen in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kennen typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Kennen versus Azir build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Azir than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Azir with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Azir as Kennen, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kennen vs Azir matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.

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