Kennen vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Kennen
based on 1,628 Kennen vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Diana
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 Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Kennen vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several critical Kennen against Diana matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champions. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana..
Kennen typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Diana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Diana
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Who is Better, Kennen or Diana?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Diana, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter for Diana.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate compared to Diana, when facing one another, Kennen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Diana.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Diana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to counter Diana during both the lane 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 here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen most often gets more CS as Diana. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kennen versus Diana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Diana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Diana with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Diana 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kennen vs Diana matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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