Kennen vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Kennen
based on 1,771 Kennen vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Kennen vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Kennen versus Kayn matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Kennen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Kayn
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Who is Better, Kennen or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when playing against Kayn, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a bad counter to Kayn.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Kayn.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically accumulates much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kennen versus Kayn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Kayn than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 48.7% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Kayn 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 rune combinations players chose for Kennen vs Kayn face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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