Kennen vs Rell
How to Beat Rell as Kennen
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Kennen vs Rell Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Rell Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rell as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Rell
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.
Kennen vs Rell Counter Stats
How to Counter Rell with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Kennen vs. Rell counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rell’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rell. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kennen normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rell. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Rell
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Who is Better, Kennen or Rell?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually wins when taking on Rell, with a 54.4% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a great counter to Rell.
While Kennen does have a much higher winrate compared to Rell, when facing one another, Kennen also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kennen into Rell.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rell. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Rell matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a great counter for Rell. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Rell.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Rell during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically gets much more CS as Rell. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Rell build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Rell than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 54.4% when countering Rell with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Rell as Kennen, Kennen players should take 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 combinations players picked for Kennen vs Rell counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rell as Kennen are displayed for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.