Kennen vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Kennen
based on 551 Kennen vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Kennen vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Kennen versus Jarvan IV matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jarvan IV..
Kennen typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Jarvan IV. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Kennen or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Jarvan IV, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter for Jarvan IV.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Jarvan IV, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Jarvan IV.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Jarvan IV matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average gets much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Kennen versus Jarvan IV build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Jarvan IV than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 49.5% battling Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Jarvan IV 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 rune sets we have analyed for Kennen vs Jarvan IV clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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