- Must know how to use his spells to not only damage the creeps but the enemy hero as well.

- Must be confident in the area of skill shots (His shuriken will be most of his harass damage)

- Must be confident playing as an extremely squishy hero (This build makes kennen more of an assassin AP than someone who will be initiating)

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I will explain, in-depth, how to use this build correctly in my Early-Mid-Late game portions of this guide. If you are wondering about how to approach fights please refer to these portions.

On with it!

Beginning with Glyphs we go for Greater Glyph of Ability Power x9. This is obvious, we want as much ability power as we can get.

For Seals we get Greater Seal of Scaling Ability Power x9 (For steady AP gain and sustainability in the lane; our goal is to farm a needlessly large rod asap).

For the marks we without a doubt go for Greater Mark of Magic Penetration x9 (This will make your early game harass incredibly potent).

Lastly we have our Quintessences; for this we finish with Greater Quintessence of Ability Power x3 (This again will increase the potency of your early game damage output, allowing you to farm that needlessly without many, if any, trips to base).

Summoner's Wrath - This one is because we choose Ignite + Heal, I advise taking this point and using your ignite unsparingly in the early game, just get that opponent out of your lane, you have the Ability Power to do so + ignite with heal to aid in any sticky situations. Having this point will give you that little boost of AP + AD to finish creeps easier as well as avoid those 5-life-get-aways people tend to do against burst characters.

Summoner's Resolve - You should be choosing Heal as a spell (This is because kennen requires some level of initiation despite being squishy, heal will fill in that dangerous gap as well as aid your team, a nice fringe benefit). This mastery will simply increase the heal amount by 10% which can and will make the difference.

Expanded Mind - The +10 energy is invaluable, take this instead of less time dead (you shouldn't be dying often as Kennen)

Improved Recall - Obvious, lol, please don't ask, take it if you want it. (Otherwise go for a point in Good Hands .

Swiftness - Lastly we have the movement speed bonus, this will help you close the gap between you and your opponent as well as get away from dangerous situation early game.

At level 1-2 you should be farming your mid creeps with auto attacks while throwing your Shuriken at the enemy champion [Pro Tip] - Try to aim your Thundering Shuriken harassment in such a way that if they miss the hero they hit a creep for quick farm and minimal waste.

Once you hit level 2 you can then really try to target the enemy hero with your Thundering Shuriken (running back and forth is a good way to bait someone into range) [Pro tip] - With 1 point in Electrical Surge you can watch your stacks and save a charged auto attack for the enemy hero, this can give you the ability to stun even at level 2!

Once you hit level 3 you can take a point in Lightning Rush. This opens the field a LOT for Kennen. Now you want to try and Thundering Shuriken the enemy mid player and once you land one (provided you have the energy) you can Lightning Rush through all of the creeps (DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE CREEPS WITH IT!!!) and position yourself JUST behind the creep wave. At this point use Electrical Surge to give the enemy a second stack (and to damage the creep wave), by this time your Thundering Shuriken will be off cooldown and you can get a third stack + A LOT of damage on the enemy hero as they retreat.

This pattern is consistent with your farming throughout the game, it simply gets stronger and it also gets the addition of your ultimate later on. This strategy maximizes his pushing/farming/killing ability! Supah OP!

Repeat this process forcing the enemy champion to retreat to base to heal as you stay in the lane and farm enuogh gold to purchase a Needlessly Large Rod when they are just finishing their boots or less.

Wait until level 6 before you Recall and Buy. (Unless you are going Hextech Revolver due to heavy harassment to you) and recall after a big push or mid champion kill so your lane won't suffer from your absence.

So you've made it this far and you're wondering what's next, on to Mid-Game!

Now, you're probably wondering how do I go about ganking as Pure AP Kennen? It's actually incredibly simple, it just takes wit and practice.

You want to Lightning Rush your way up/down to either top bush or bottom bush, then ping the enemy heroes pinging on whoever you will be focusing the most (The most dangerous champion of the two or more).

Wait for your teammates to advance until they are able to get to the enemy within 1-2 seconds, otherwise they will escape.

Begin by throwing a Thundering Shuriken missing or hitting, it doesn't matter too much.

Then run to where you will be able to Lightning Rush and hit every champion + position yourself in the middle of them all. (Most likely they will be retreating, so expect that).

Once in the middle of them all use Electrical Surge then imidiatlely hit your ultimate (assuming they are in range, otherwise just harass them out of the lane and to base without wasting your ultimate). This will cause MASS damage and MASS stuns, if you don't kill anyone, your teammates surely will.

Once the dirty work is done, immediately return to your lane, the best part about Kennen is that he can be in and out of a lane in no time at all.

Continue farming the recommended build and repeat this process as much as possible (Kennen ganks are godly, don't waste that talent!) all the way to level 11.

[Item Note] - By level 11 you should have Sorcerer's Shoes and a Needlessly Large Rod. If you're doing Well, you might even have a Blasting Wand if you're doing extremely well you will have Sorcerer's Shoes and a Rabadon's Deathcap by level 11-12.


Usually the other team will concede because you can deplete the life of their entire team while at the same time stunning them all for the other 4 champions to free farm them. If you're still going...move on to the Late-Game portion of this guide!

Okay, at this point, you know how to gank, you know how to farm, and you know generally how to use Pure AP Kennen. The only thing left to teach you is how to play Kennen when it's Team-Fight -Time =P.

Roam around with your team, you will thrive the most if you are with your team, late game your going to have to use your ultimate in order to get an effective takedown in 1v1s, so have at least one strong champion rolling with you if not the team.

Ward dragon and baron if you have the extra money, or tell your support to do so. If you can catch the enemy team in a condensed zone you will rock their world by yourself let alone with a team.

How do you go about entering battle? This is how...

Run in circles (Haha) and evade all skill shots sent your way (Using Lightning Charge to escape if you must), while spamming Thundering Shuriken at the enemy squishies. If you land a Thundering Shuriken quickly use Electrical Surge to get some extra burst in before the champion retreats out of range. Once the enemy teams health has been dwindled down, ping telling the tank to go in.

Once the tank charges in it's time for you to be right behind him at a safe distance. If the enemy team has any HUGE nukes you should wait for them to be used while harassing at a safe distance. Then Lightning Rush hitting all enemy champions, not just a couple (Sometimes unavoidable, however). Then BEFORE using Electrical Surge pop your Slicing Maelstrom to get early stuns going since there is a lot more damage threat against the whole enemy team. Now hit your Electrical Surge giving them all yet another stack as your Slicing Maelstrom rips their health to pieces.

This is it! It's simple and Really fun! However, if you get focused by people while inthe center of it all, run out and begin to pick people off with your speed and dexterity.