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Kennen Build Guide by PsiGuard

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Updated on May 1, 2020
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futon1703 (1) | May 4, 2020 10:59pm
How can I import this build?
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PsiGuard (1495) | May 4, 2020 11:13pm
I don't have an item set link for this build on hand, sorry. You can build an item set to your liking in the game client by going to Collection -> Items.
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futon1703 (1) | May 5, 2020 2:36am
Sorry(
Guide very good)
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PlasmaFox1 (2) | December 11, 2019 9:46pm
pretty good guide. just bought kennen and this guide helped me a lot.
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xxxskully (5) | April 23, 2019 7:02am
Helped me not to feed when first timing kennen, very good guide :3
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VexRoth (78) | March 1, 2019 7:18pm
Nice guide as alway, PsiGuard. Kennen has always been on of those champions I've found interesting because of the huge teamfight AoE. However, I've never really understood the best way to apply marks and proper harassment around the marks. It seems like in lane you basically need hit them with 2 Qs? Or do you favor other patterns. Or do you even angle for stuns oustside of all-ins? I guess what I'm looking for are what are the basic trading patterns that you use to manage your AA harass as well as stuns? And is are there any considerations that you use around energy management?
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PsiGuard (1495) | March 1, 2019 8:02pm
Q W and the W empowered attack gives you a stun. If it's a melee champion who engages on you (or you're all-inning), you can use E Q and W. You'll win trades against basically any champion if you can stun them and disengage before they can return damage.

It's very rare to hit two Qs in a row (people will play around the minion wave and won't give you the chance). When your W-empowered attack is up and you don't have to last-hit immediately, that's a good time to look for a trade.

Early game (esp against melees) you can just chip away at their health bars with Doran's Blade auto attacks. You don't necessarily have to hit abilities, but any Qs or Ws you can hit obviously helps.

Energy management shouldn't be much of an issue unless you use E and don't hit anything to get the energy refund. You can't really oom yourself with just Q and W. Try to tag something with E when you can. If you can't tag anyone with E (like you used it to escape a gank or something), you'll just have to wait a bit and play safely until you get the energy and cooldown back.

Lmk if you have any other questions.
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VexRoth (78) | March 2, 2019 3:23am
Okay, I'm blind. XD

I have completely missed that the empowered autoattack adds a mark of the storm. That ties everything together nicely.

Thank you very much!
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KuuHaKu_OtgmZ (55) | February 26, 2019 4:24am
Hey there Psi!

Well, it was already expected, but you made a really great guide. You explain very well how to play as Kennen in ANY situation, a valuable guide to most players!
Do you have any tips for playing against Kennen? I struggle most of the time due to his stunlock whenever he starts to trade.

Anyway, great guide as always Psi!
See ya!
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PsiGuard (1495) | February 26, 2019 6:28pm
It really depends on the champion you're playing. Mercury's Treads are a good early buy against him as any champion. If you can trade with him when his Q is on cooldown, when you're behind minions and/or when he doesn't have his W empowered autoattack ready, you're less likely to be stunned for free. If you run at him when he has everything up, you're pretty much guaranteed to get stunned.

As a tank, you mostly just need to focus on getting some early magic resist and going even in farm. You aren't going to solo-kill a Kennen as Maokai unless he makes some huge mistakes, but you can probably kill him with the help of a jungle gank. Otherwise, just going even in lane should be fine.

As a ranged champion like Quinn or Teemo, you'll want to get a minion advantage and slow-push the wave. Trade with him when you have minions to block his Q and you should win if you have the minion advantage since Kennen's basic attack trades aren't as strong on their own. Kennen has kind of ****py waveclear early so you can often push him in if you're ranged.

As a fighter with mobility like Irelia, check out this video from SkillCapped. The whole video is worth watching, but the important part is at the 5:00 mark where they show a window where the melee champion can fight the ranged one when they're being pushed in. You want to fight when the wave is closer to your tower and there are only a few enemy minions.
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KuuHaKu_OtgmZ (55) | February 26, 2019 6:43pm
Thanks, I mainly play as Fiora, so the video will really help me research trade windows.
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PrizmSnipe (5) | December 20, 2018 2:23pm
Awesome Kennen guide Psi! Never dissapoints
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PsiGuard (1495) | December 20, 2018 4:09pm
Thank you Prizm. <3
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Romusracker | December 7, 2018 3:04pm
Hello at first I want to say that this is a really nice guide. I have one question how aggressive do you think kennen can take trades in early game. Because I am a pretty aggressiv player
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PsiGuard (1495) | December 7, 2018 4:40pm
Depends on matchup. Kennen has a pretty strong early game, especially into melee champions, but a few like Irelia and Renekton will out-trade you really hard if they can get to you and hit their abilities. Ideally you should be harassing a lot and only taking a bit of damage from enemy minions.

Against ranged matchups, you can trade when your empowered W basic attack is up or when you can land a Q, otherwise you'll usually lose trades or go even at best. If you have more minions than the enemy, it becomes a lot safer to trade, so look for more aggressive trades when you're pushing. Just remember to ward and watch for the enemy jungler.

Against squishy enemies keep in mind you have a lot of kill threat with your ultimate, so if you're against a Quinn or something and have trouble harassing her, you can just farm and wait for your jungler to gank and/or wait for 6 and all-in her with your ultimate.
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PsiGuard (1495) | November 15, 2018 1:14am
Hey guys, thanks for your patience if you've been waiting for an update for this guide. This is the last of my guides that I needed to update from midseason 8 as most of my games this season went to practicing jungle and bot lane. I recently found some time to play and theorycraft Kennen to get this guide up to date and with the new builder, I can finally show alternative runes/summoners in the cheatsheet! :)

Much of the runes section has been overhauled and the items were tweaked a bit as well (took out Rylai's Crystal Scepter and added Liandry's Torment to situational items). Hope you guys find the guide useful.
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ZyrZylo (1) | July 14, 2018 4:18am
is Electrocute viable on Kennen?
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PsiGuard (1495) | July 14, 2018 2:19pm
Yep, it's pretty good into squishy champions that are difficult to trade autos with, like Teemo and Quinn. Basically if the only thing you'll be doing is farming safely (with maybe an occasional trade) and then all-ining with your ultimate, Electrocute is the best keystone for that.
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F1SHEYES (3) | April 14, 2018 2:08pm
How do you feel about Phase Rush?
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PsiGuard (1495) | April 14, 2018 3:55pm
Definitely not worth it on Kennen. If you want a keystone with better all-in, try Electrocute.

Edit: I totally changed my mind on this later, haha.
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NDarKnight (24) | July 16, 2018 11:04am
PsiGuard did you ever tried sorcery on kennen i never tried by myself but i think its not that bad and your guide looks pretty good i will try it out but do you think its posible sorcery on kennen maybe sounds weird. Anyway you do pretty good job keep doing it i gave you rep every week i think your guides are great and you need to do other admin stuff or whatever and keep doing guides i cant believe i dont have time to make guides when i get day off.
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RafikS7 (2) | February 13, 2018 11:26am
I think kennen is a really good champ to play by,and he is freaking awesome with his ult in team fights He can stun the whole enemy team in no time,Thanks for your guide It is really good and It helped me to improve my skills by kennene and to master him more and do more tricks by him
I have one more question how the hell do you get all those mobafire points man You are definetly getting the giveaway man
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PsiGuard (1495) | February 13, 2018 4:18pm
You can get a lot of points by keeping guides updates and reaching high guide scores. Commenting on guides (and replying to comments like this one) also nets you some tickets. Don't worry though, I'm not actually eligible to win the giveaway, haha.

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you're having success with Kennen. I agree that he's a terrific team fighter! :)
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RafikS7 (2) | February 14, 2018 4:55am
Sometimes I update new guides but I don't get new points,I don't get it
And why are you not eligible to win the giveaway ?
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