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Rakan vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Rakan

based on 1,219 Rakan vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
55.1 %
K/D/A
3
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Kennen as Rakan resulted from an examination of 1219 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Rakan fights Kennen in only 1.1% of his games.

Rakan vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a great job of beating Kennen. On average, he wins a fantastic 55.1% of games the champions fight one another in. In Rakan vs Kennen games, Rakan’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Rakan vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Frozen HeartSolstice SleighLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
>
Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Kennen

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

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.

Rakan vs Kennen Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
55.1 %
VS
Win Rate
44.9 %
Kennen Image
1.6
< Kills >
6
5.5
< Deaths >
6
14.9
< Assists >
6.5
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
33
< Minions Killed >
164
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,207
< Physical Damage >
2,091
5,150
< Magic Damage >
21,002
764
< True Damage >
608
7,121
< Damage Dealt >
23,701
20,596
< Damage Taken >
21,666
8,436
< Gold Earned >
11,387
1.88
< Towers >
1.96
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,899
< Total Healing >
2,943
10,658
< Experience >
14,464
67
< Vision Score >
19
32
< Wards Placed >
9
162
< Time Dealing CC >
75

How to Counter Kennen with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Rakan versus Kennen matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Kennen

Who is Better, Rakan or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Kennen, with a 55.1% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a fantastic counter for Kennen.

While Rakan does have a much higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Kennen.

Furthermore, Rakan also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Kennen matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Rakan is a great counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.9% winrateSingedSinged44.6% winrateSwainSwain45.1% winrateTaricTaric45.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.4% winrateKennenKennen55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 54.7% 3868 GamesSwainSwain+ 54.7% 1847 GamesVel'KozVel'Koz+ 55.2% 817 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.6% 6914 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Rakan, we analyzed 1,219 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kennen as Rakan comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rakan to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually gets a lot less CS as Kennen. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Rakan versus Kennen build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Kennen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 55.1% when playing against Kennen with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Kennen as Rakan, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Rakan vs Kennen fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.1% win rate overall.

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