Kennen vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Kennen
based on 821 Kennen vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Kennen vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Kennen against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Kennen typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Kennen or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Kennen makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Kennen does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Kennen also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kennen is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically gets more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Vel'Koz build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Vel'Koz than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Vel'Koz 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 sets that we analyzed for Kennen vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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