Kennen vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Kennen
based on 1,744 Kennen vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Kennen vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Kennen vs. Pantheon matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pantheon..
Kennen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Pantheon. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Kennen or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Pantheon, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a poor counter for Pantheon.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Kennen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Pantheon.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Pantheon. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen to counter Pantheon 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 stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically gets a similar amount of CS as Pantheon. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Pantheon build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Kennen bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Pantheon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Pantheon with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Pantheon as Kennen, you should take 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 builds players chose for Kennen vs Pantheon LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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