Yasuo vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Yasuo
based on 2,817 Yasuo vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Kennen
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Yasuo vs. Kennen counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Yasuo usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Kennen
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Kennen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when playing against Kennen, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Kennen matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo in order to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kennen. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Yasuo versus Kennen build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kennen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Kennen with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Kennen as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Yasuo vs Kennen clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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