Xerath vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Xerath
based on 1,615 Xerath vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Kennen
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Xerath against Kennen counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Xerath often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kennen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Kennen
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Who is Better, Xerath or Kennen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Kennen, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter to Kennen.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Kennen matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a good counter to Kennen. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Kennen during both the lane 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average accumulates less CS compared to Kennen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Kennen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Kennen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 52.6% battling Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Kennen as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Xerath vs Kennen matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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