Kennen vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Kennen
based on 566 Kennen vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Kennen vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Kennen against Sivir counter statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Kennen usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Sivir
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Who is Better, Kennen or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter to Sivir.
While Kennen does have a higher win rate compared to Sivir, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Sivir.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Sivir matchups, Sivir is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a decent counter for Sivir. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to counter Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sivir. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kennen versus Sivir build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Sivir than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Sivir with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Sivir as Kennen, Kennen players should equip 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 we have analyed for Kennen vs Sivir LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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