Kha'Zix vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Kha'Zix
based on 1,177 Kha'Zix vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Kennen
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
Advice to Win Against Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Kha'Zix vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several significant Kha'Zix vs. Kennen matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Kha'Zix usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Kennen
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Kennen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kennen, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kha'Zix into Kennen.
Moreover, Kha'Zix also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kha'Zix is a somewhat poor counter for Kennen. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kha'Zix against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix in order to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix most often gets a lot less CS compared to Kennen. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Kennen build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Kennen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Kennen with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kennen as Kha'Zix, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kha'Zix vs Kennen counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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