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DPS Kennen: Has anyone else tried it or is it...

Creator: The_Nameless_Bard May 1, 2011 10:40am
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I used to play AP nuke Kennen. I found it didn't fit my playstyle at all. One day I got a guinsoo's and went "oooh I like this" but continued with normal AP and found myself still not quite liking it. One game I went full DPS Kennen. I out-critted the enemy Tryndamere. I could still stun and deal quite a bit of spell damage, but I would stun, then DPS the stunned enemies' HP away.
I now only play Kennen as a ranged DPS.
Am I the only person who does this?
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Well, I play Kennen with a rushed Rylai's, Guinsoo, Deathcap, then Hextech. That's AP/Hybrid with better sustained damage. :)

Ranged DPS works quite well too, I must say.
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I despise rylai's on Kennen...the slow is worthless. If you get it for the health you'd honestly be better off with a RoA (despite the mana). It gives more health, more AP, and it's a slightly cheaper item. The initial health is 630 (vs. 500 on RCS) and the initial AP is 80 (same as RCS), but the growths get it up to 810 health and 100 AP (which is much better than the rylai's).
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After I stopped playing Kennen because he wasn't free, I realized that DPS is one of the best ways to build him really.
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He's so good at stunning then DPS-ing people down =D
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So, you're not stunning from the sheer fact that you are flinging 9k shurikans a second?
When someone says "DPS" I hear "3 Phantom dancers, Black Cleaver, Boots."
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I guess it's more hybrid-DPS? Lichbane was good, so I figured Trinity force would be better. The stun is more for the irritation of knowing Kennen is gonna crit you down before it wears off.
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I saw that. I stil like my idea of teh "generic" DPS due to personal preference.
Your build looks like it would/should work. I just don't have the resources to test it.
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I'm not sure he'd be able to compete with Ashe or TF as straight ranged DPS, but I've never built Kennen as a generic DPS, so I'll have to try it.
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What I'm trying to do is maximize the five attack proc on his E (name escapes me now) So, huge AS/AD
People won't know what to stack really.
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