Kennen vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Kennen
based on 653 Kennen vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Kennen vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some vital Kennen against Xayah matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xayah..
Kennen normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Xayah
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Who is Better, Kennen or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when taking on Xayah, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter to Xayah.
While Kennen does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when facing one another, Kennen also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kennen into Xayah.
Moreover, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Xayah matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a decent counter to Xayah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kennen against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kennen to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kennen versus Xayah build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kennen had an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Xayah as Kennen, you should take 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 combinations players used for Kennen vs Xayah matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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