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How to Win Volibear vs Kennen Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Volibear

based on 791 Volibear vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
1.58
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our database, Volibear engaged Kennen 791 times. Using so many matchups for Volibear versus Kennen gives us faith in our capability to produce useful data and a recommended build to crush your opposition. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Volibear encounters Kennen in only 1.0% of his rounds.

Volibear vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a dismal job of beating Kennen. On average, he wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Volibear versus Kennen rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Kennen.

Best Volibear vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSpirit VisageIceborn GauntletForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Kennen Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Kennen Image
4.7
< Kills >
6.7
6.6
< Deaths >
5.8
5.7
< Assists >
6.5
1.02
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
126
< Minions Killed >
159
0.51
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.44
9,361
< Physical Damage >
2,245
6,958
< Magic Damage >
21,214
606
< True Damage >
636
16,925
< Damage Dealt >
24,096
32,779
< Damage Taken >
21,475
11,163
< Gold Earned >
11,520
2.39
< Towers >
2.08
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
7,869
< Total Healing >
3,061
14,097
< Experience >
14,569
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
511
< Time Dealing CC >
74

How to Counter Kennen with Volibear in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some important Volibear versus Kennen matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kennen..

Volibear usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kennen. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Kennen

Who is Better, Volibear or Kennen?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when taking on Kennen, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a bad counter to Kennen.

While Volibear does have a lower win rate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Volibear into Kennen.

Moreover, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Volibear is a garbage counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Volibear, we analyzed 791 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 Volibear 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kennen. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Volibear versus Kennen build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Kennen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Volibear had an average win rate of 47.3% battling Kennen with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Kennen as Volibear, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Volibear vs Kennen battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.3% winrate overall.

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