Kennen vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Kennen
based on 1,339 Kennen vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Kennen vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Kennen against Nasus matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nasus..
Kennen normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nasus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Nasus
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Who is Better, Kennen or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when trying to fight Nasus, with a 42.2% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a bad counter to Nasus.
While Kennen does have a much lower winrate than Nasus, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Nasus.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a terribly counter to Nasus. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Nasus. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Nasus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Nasus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 42.2% battling Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nasus 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 Nasus counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 42.2% win rate overall.
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