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

Kennen vs Ezreal

How to Beat Ezreal as Kennen in LoLKennen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ezreal as Kennen

based on 2,371 Kennen vs Ezreal matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Ezreal as Kennen resulted from an analysis of 2371 ranked games where both champs clashed against one another. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Kennen encounters Ezreal in only 5.8% of his matches.

Kennen vs Ezreal Matchup Summary

Kennen does a decent job of beating Ezreal. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Kennen against Ezreal rounds, Kennen’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Ezreal.

Best Kennen vs Ezreal Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Kennen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomShadowflameZhonya's HourglassVoid Staff

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

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusScorch
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
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Kennen

Tips for Playing as Kennen against Ezreal

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 Ezreal

Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.

Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.

Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.

Kennen vs Ezreal Counter Stats

Kennen Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Ezreal Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.7
6.1
< Deaths >
5.8
6.4
< Assists >
7
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
163
< Minions Killed >
176
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.52
2,173
< Physical Damage >
15,482
20,971
< Magic Damage >
7,295
638
< True Damage >
609
23,784
< Damage Dealt >
23,387
22,538
< Damage Taken >
20,767
11,526
< Gold Earned >
12,033
1.98
< Towers >
2.27
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,268
< Total Healing >
5,421
14,751
< Experience >
12,892
19
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
9
74
< Time Dealing CC >
101

How to Counter Ezreal with Kennen in LoL

The stats shown here feature some influential Kennen against Ezreal counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ezreal..

Kennen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ezreal. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kennen and Ezreal

Damage Types Compared

Kennen
Ezreal
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kennen
Ezreal

Who is Better, Kennen or Ezreal?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually wins when taking on Ezreal, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a good counter to Ezreal.

While Kennen does have a higher win rate compared to Ezreal, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Ezreal.

Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ezreal. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Ezreal matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kennen is a decent counter for Ezreal. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Ezreal.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kennen

Kennen Loses Against

SkarnerSkarner41.3% winrateNasusNasus42.2% winratePoppyPoppy42.9% winrateZyraZyra43.3% winrate

Kennen Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.2% winrateYuumiYuumi56.1% winrateZeriZeri54.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Kennen Players

How We Calculated Our Kennen vs Ezreal Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ezreal as Kennen, we analyzed 2,371 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 Ezreal 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.

Other Useful Resources

Kennen Build Ezreal Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kennen to counter Ezreal during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kennen typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Ezreal. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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 many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Kennen versus Ezreal build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Ezreal than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Ezreal with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Ezreal as Kennen, you should take 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Kennen vs Ezreal counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.

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