Kennen vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Kennen
based on 913 Kennen vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Kennen vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Kennen in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some critical Kennen against Talon counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Talon..
Kennen usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Talon. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Talon
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Who is Better, Kennen or Talon?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Talon, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter for Talon.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate than Talon, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Talon.
Furthermore, Kennen also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Talon. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen in order to counter Talon 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 tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen usually gets a similar amount of CS as Talon. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Talon build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Talon than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Talon with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Talon as Kennen, Kennen players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kennen vs Talon counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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