Sivir vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Sivir
based on 566 Sivir vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Kennen
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Sivir in LoL
The stats provided here show several valuable Sivir against Kennen matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Sivir usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Kennen
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Who is Better, Sivir or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kennen, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Sivir makes an ok counter for Kennen.
While Sivir does have a higher winrate than Kennen, when facing one another, Sivir also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sivir into Kennen.
Moreover, Sivir has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Sivir is a decent counter to Kennen. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kennen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Sivir versus Kennen build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Kennen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 50.0% battling Kennen with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Kennen as Sivir, Sivir players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Sivir vs Kennen clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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