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How to Win Shaco vs Kennen Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Shaco

based on 1,516 Shaco vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our data, Shaco faced Kennen in 1516 games. Using so many games with Shaco versus Kennen provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide informative statistics and a supported build to counter Kennen. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Shaco is forced to battle against Kennen in only 1.1% of his games.

Shaco vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Shaco does a good job of countering Kennen. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.5% of games the champs fight each other in. In Shaco versus Kennen rounds, Shaco’s side is 0.2% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Shaco vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeProfane HydraVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

StormsurgeLuden's CompanionEdge of NightLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Kennen

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

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.

Shaco vs Kennen Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
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7.5
< Kills >
6.5
6.3
< Deaths >
6.5
8.4
< Assists >
6
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
37
< Minions Killed >
167
1.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.45
7,684
< Physical Damage >
2,126
10,014
< Magic Damage >
21,086
1,594
< True Damage >
609
19,293
< Damage Dealt >
23,822
26,536
< Damage Taken >
23,538
11,724
< Gold Earned >
11,889
1.19
< Towers >
2
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,041
< Total Healing >
3,273
13,487
< Experience >
15,164
32
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
9
604
< Time Dealing CC >
75

How to Counter Kennen with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Shaco vs. Kennen counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen..

Shaco normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Kennen

Who is Better, Shaco or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually wins when playing against Kennen, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a good counter to Kennen.

While Shaco does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when facing one another, Shaco also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Shaco into Kennenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Shaco has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Kennen matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Shaco is an above average counter for Kennen. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Shaco against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

NilahNilah44.2% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrateBriarBriar45.7% winrateZyraZyra46.1% winrate

Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Shaco, we analyzed 1,516 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 Shaco 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often accumulates a lot less CS as Kennen. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Shaco versus Kennen build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Shaco combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Kennen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 52.5% when countering Kennen with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Kennen as Shaco, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Shaco vs Kennen counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.

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