Kennen vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Kennen
based on 1,516 Kennen vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Kennen vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Kennen vs. Shaco matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shaco..
Kennen typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Shaco
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Who is Better, Kennen or Shaco?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when facing off against Shaco, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a poor counter for Shaco.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Shaco, when facing one another, Kennen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kennen into Shaco.
Furthermore, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kennen is a bad counter to Shaco. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up 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 Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn 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 often accumulates much more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kennen versus Shaco build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Shaco than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Shaco with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Shaco 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kennen vs Shaco battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
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