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Recommended Items
Runes: SUMMON AERY
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Sorcery
Precision
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+8 Magic Resist
Spells:
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Flash + Ignite
Flash
Ignite
Items
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Dr. Mundo
Take Teleport and Conqueror. Afk farm. Read more in the in-depth guide of matchups.
Amumu
All the heroes who have mass control have the best synergy with you.
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Amumu
All the heroes who have mass control have the best synergy with you.
Champion Build Guide
I'll tell you what I like/dislike about this champion.
Like
It's an electric mage!
He is universal.
Kennen is the best blind pick on top.
He is god in teamfights.
One of the few mobile mages.
Dislike
Sometimes it annoys me that I can't hit enemy with skills.
It's hard to get back into the game if you're behind.
The hero model is too small, you can lose yourself XD.
Weak against tanks.
PROS+ Has a good poke. + One of the few mobile mages. + Good in teamfights. + Hasn't bad matchups. + Has one of the best initiations in game. + Can protect carry in your team. + Has a lot of stuns. |
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CONS- Your team will not have a tank on top. - Bad into tanks (but playable). - If you fall, it will be difficult for you to get up. - Bad without good farming. |
Welcome to the one of the most difficult part of this guide, because if you want to win and really play Kennen in any matchup, you will have to read this entire chapter.
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SECONDARY TREES
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Now let's delve into the items.
START
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This item is really good against teams that don't have a lot of tanks/bruisers. Gives all the characteristics that ![]() Active allow you easily initiate without ![]() Also myth bonus give us magic penetration tnat we need. |
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We take this mythic if the enemy has a lot of tanks/bruisers, so we can healing with it and ![]() |
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SITUATIONAL
Disclaimer: you can buy these items in any slot, depending on the need.
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Must-have item against sutain champs like ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I take it when i have to carry game. This gives us a lot of AP and move speed. Good item for carring. |
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TRINKET
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Time to take a look at Kennen skills!
PASSIVE: MARK OF THE STORM
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Kennen's abilities apply a stack for 6 seconds. At 3 stacks, enemies are stunned for 1.25 second and Kennen gains 25 energy. |

Q: THUNDERING SHURIKEN
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Tips
- Use it to check bushes
- Use it to kill
SIEGE MINION .
W: ELECTRICAL SURGE
Tips
- You can zoning enemy with enchanced attack.
E: LIGHTNING RUSH
Tips
- Use it to push the wave.
- Use it to escape gank.
- Use it to kite enemies.
R: SLICING MAELSTROM
Let's look at the Kennen combos!
Q + FLASH

Q + AA + W

Q + E + W

E + R + FLASH + W + Q

E + R + ROCKETBELT + W + Q

E + R + FLASH + W + Q + STOPWATCH

E + R + ROCKETBELT + W + Q + STOPWATCH

Jungle tracking
You want to know where the enemy jungler is starting, same goes for your jungler.
Every good Jungler is going to be on the river at around 3:20 mins into the game, which is the spawn time of the Scuttlers. Gank is going to have a place before or after this timer. The optimal ward time is around 2:50.
Before that time you should ward the side he is pathing towards. Trying to get priority for the river around 3:20 timer for your jungler sounds great, but don’t force it if you can’t.
Wave managements
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Level 1 push to you
If you know the enemy is helping for the jungler, you can Go further in lane and start to hold the enemy wave near his tower and when your wave reaches that part you go into the bush this will make enemy minions all target one of your minions and kill it fast. The next enemy wave will also reach faster and start pushing.

So just last hit the minions as late as possible to make it come to your tower.

As you can see, by the third wave, the enemy has 4 more minions.
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Pros to freezing a wave:
1. Freezing can deprive enemy CS which will give you bigger gold advantage.
2. The enemy have to overstay in lane to get experience and gold, which will make it easier for your jungler to gank you.
3. You are close to your tower, so it's hard for enemy jungler to gank you.
4. When you are behind and enemy roams, you can freeze to get back.
Cons to freezing a wave:
1. The enemy can roam.
2. If enemy jungler comes and kills you at your tower, you miss a lot of minions and allow them to take turret plates quickly.
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Slow push
Slow pushing means only attacking minions to last hit them, this will make you have a big minion wave so it will be hard for the enemy to fight in it without taking a lot of damage.
Also you can dive enemy and he'll lose all wave!!!
Early game
In the early game you have to farm, poke and zone the enemy. Use trading combinations to avoid retaliatory damage. If your jungler needs help, don't be stingy, help if you can. If you are standing against a tank, then I advise you to call a jungler for help, you will not be able to cope without him. You must also protect the

Mid game
Do the same as in the early game, only now you will still need to go to the objects and help the team pick them up. You will learn more about teamfights soon.
Late game
In the late game, you have to focus on teamfights. Here any death will lead to defeat, so be careful. You can hide in the bushes and wait for the enemy carry to kill him and finish the game. Important objects are


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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: Medium
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: HARD+
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: UNPLAYABLE
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: EASY but AFK
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Matchup: HARD+
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: HARD+
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: MEDIUM
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: HARD
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Matchup: HARD+
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Matchup: EASY+
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: EASY
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Matchup: HARD
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If you want to climb, you need a good mindset. Here are some rules to follow:
- Play for improvement, not for LP
Stop thinking about LP. Firstly, you worry, afraid of losing them and start making mistakes or playing too passively. Secondly, if you play well, LP will come to you.
- NEVER blame anyone else but yourself for losing games
Yes, there are always losing games because of the team, but you can't control your allies. You ALWAYS make mistakes, find and fix them, and there will be fewer losing games.
- Disable Chat
If you are not in high elo, then chat is a useless thing. You will be distracted by him, maybe spend time on correspondence, annoying the team even more. All this leads you to defeat, so don't do it!
- Know when to stop
Tilted? Mad? Tired? Stop playing. It is better to play 3 games with a good mood and win them than to lose 5 games with a bad mood.
Shark of Void
Kennen Guide
How to summon the Blood Storm with Kennen
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