Kennen vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Kennen
based on 1,987 Kennen vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Kennen vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Kennen against Master Yi matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Kennen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Master Yi. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Kennen or Master Yi?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Master Yi, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes an ok counter for Master Yi.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Master Yi.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average gets much more CS compared to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Master Yi build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Master Yi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Master Yi as Kennen, Kennen players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kennen vs Master Yi clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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