Kennen vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Kennen
based on 701 Kennen vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Kennen vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Kennen in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Kennen vs. LeBlanc matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than LeBlanc’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than LeBlanc..
Kennen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to LeBlanc. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Kennen or LeBlanc?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually wins when trying to fight LeBlanc, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a good counter to LeBlanc.
While Kennen does have a higher win rate compared to LeBlanc, when facing one another, Kennen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kennen into LeBlanc.
Moreover, Kennen has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs LeBlanc matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kennen is an above average counter to LeBlanc. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually racks up a similar amount of CS as LeBlanc. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kennen versus LeBlanc build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing LeBlanc than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when countering LeBlanc with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating LeBlanc 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 combinations players used for Kennen vs LeBlanc LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.9% win rate overall.
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