Kennen vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Kennen
based on 424 Kennen vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Kennen vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Kennen vs. Taric matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taric. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kennen typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Taric. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Taric
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Who is Better, Kennen or Taric?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Taric, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes a poor counter to Taric.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Kennen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kennen into Taric.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a trash counter for Taric. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen to counter Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically racks up much more CS as Taric. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kennen versus Taric build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Taric than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 46.2% battling Taric with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Taric as Kennen, you should use 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 chose for Kennen vs Taric battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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