Kennen vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Kennen
based on 289 Kennen vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Kennen vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Kennen vs. Nidalee matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Kennen usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Kennen or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 58.1% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Kennen does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when facing one another, Kennen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kennen into Nidalee.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Nidalee matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a noticably higher 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 great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to counter Nidalee during both the laning 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually gets much more CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kennen versus Nidalee build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Nidalee than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 58.1% when countering Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nidalee as Kennen, Kennen players should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kennen vs Nidalee counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 58.1% winrate overall.
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