Kennen vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Kennen
based on 126 Kennen vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Kennen vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Kennen against Skarner matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Skarner..
Kennen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Skarner. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Skarner
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Who is Better, Kennen or Skarner?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Skarner, with a 41.3% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes a bad counter to Skarner.
While Kennen does have a much lower win rate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kennen into Skarner.
Additionally, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kennen is a garbage counter to Skarner. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Skarner during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually gets much more CS compared to Skarner. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Skarner build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Skarner than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 41.3% when playing against Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Skarner as Kennen, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Kennen vs Skarner battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 41.3% win rate overall.
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