Kennen vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Kennen
based on 1,228 Kennen vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Kennen vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown here show some critical Kennen against Malzahar matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Kennen typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Kennen or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Kennen into Malzahar.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting 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 Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kennen is a trash counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Malzahar 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Kennen versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Malzahar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Malzahar 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 sets we have analyed for Kennen vs Malzahar LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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