Kennen vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Kennen
based on 488 Kennen vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Kennen vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Kennen in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several influential Kennen vs. Zilean matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kennen typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kennen and Zilean
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Who is Better, Kennen or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kennen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zilean, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Kennen makes an ok counter to Zilean.
While Kennen does have a higher winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kennen into Zilean.
Furthermore, Kennen has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Zilean matchups, Kennen is the better champ 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 for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kennen against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kennen to counter Zilean during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen typically gets more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kennen versus Zilean build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Zilean than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Zilean as Kennen, Kennen players should take 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 used for Kennen vs Zilean clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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