Taric vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Taric
based on 424 Taric vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Kennen
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Taric in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Taric vs. Kennen counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Kennen
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Who is Better, Taric or Kennen?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when playing against Kennen, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a great counter to Kennen.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Kennen, when facing one another, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Kennen.
Moreover, Taric also has a lot 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Kennen matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Taric is a great counter for Kennen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kennen. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Taric versus Kennen build include Fimbulwinter, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Kennen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 53.8% battling Kennen with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Kennen as Taric, you should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Taric vs Kennen counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.
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