Kennen vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Kennen
based on 4,646 Kennen vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Kennen vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Kennen vs. Jhin counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Kennen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Jhin. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Jhin
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Who is Better, Kennen or Jhin?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when playing against Jhin, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a poor counter for Jhin.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate than Jhin, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Jhin.
Furthermore, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kennen is a trash counter to Jhin. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Jhin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Jhin. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Jhin build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Jhin than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Jhin with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Jhin as Kennen, Kennen players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Kennen vs Jhin LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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