Kennen vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Kennen
based on 2,817 Kennen vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Kennen vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Kennen in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some valuable Kennen against Yasuo counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Kennen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kennen and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Kennen or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when playing against Yasuo, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes an ok counter to Yasuo.
While Kennen does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when facing one another, Kennen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ 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 Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Kennen versus Yasuo build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kennen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Yasuo than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Yasuo as Kennen, you 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 combinations players picked for Kennen vs Yasuo LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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