Kennen vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kennen
based on 1,701 Kennen vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Kennen vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Kennen versus Varus matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Kennen typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Varus
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Who is Better, Kennen or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Varus.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions 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 Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kennen versus Varus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Varus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Varus as Kennen, Kennen players should use 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 players chose for Kennen vs Varus LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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