Talon vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Talon
based on 913 Talon vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Kennen
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Talon against Kennen matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kennen..
Talon usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Kennen
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Who is Better, Talon or Kennen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when taking on Kennen, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter for Kennen.
While Talon does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Kennenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Talon 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Kennen matchups, Talon is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Talon is a decent counter for Kennen. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average gets a similar amount of CS as Kennen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Talon versus Kennen build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Talon bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Kennen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Kennen with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Kennen as Talon, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Talon vs Kennen counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% win rate overall.
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