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Kennen
Patch 16.2.1
TopDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Identify the most impactful enemy carry and delete them in a teamfight. You win by flanking or using Flash to get a 3+ person that allows your team to follow up on the stun chain. In lane, your goal is to generate a gold lead by poking the enemy out of lane and taking plates.
Playstyle
A lane-dominant harasser who transitions into the ultimate teamfight nuclear option. You use your range to bully melee champions and then look for game-ending flanks to drop your massive AoE ultimate on the enemy backline.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Unrivaled AoE crowd control with and
- +Extremely safe laning phase thanks to mobility
- +Manaless kit allows for constant poke with and
- +High flexibility in build paths between AP burst and AD/On-hit
Weaknesses
- -Extremely reliant on Flash to find optimal engages
- -Very squishy and easily punished if is used poorly
- -High energy costs can leave you unable to cast during critical moments
- -Struggles against heavy 'disengage' champions like Janna or Gragas
Abilities
Your core mechanic. Every 3 marks stuns the target. Note: Stunning the same target again within 6 seconds reduces the stun duration to 0.5s. Use this to peel or setup kills.
A long-range skillshot that applies a mark. It is blocked by minions, so always fish for poke when the enemy moves away from their wave. It is your primary way to safely add the 3rd mark for a stun.
Passive: Every 5th auto-attack deals bonus damage and adds a mark. Active: Zaps all nearby enemies already marked by . Always wait for the passive 'charged' auto before using the active to guarantee a quick 2-mark stack.
Gives you massive movement speed and applies a mark to anything you pass through. It refunds 40 energy if you hit at least one enemy—never use this for mobility alone if you are low on energy. It also gives you a big attack speed buff when it ends.
Summons a storm that strikes targets repeatedly. Each strike applies a mark. It does not hit everyone at once; it strikes periodically. Use this in the middle of as many enemies as possible to proc across the whole team.
Teamfight Role
Primary Engage / Backline Diver
Position yourself in the 'fog of war' (bushes or over walls). When the fight starts, use and Flash to reach the enemy ADC/Mid and cast . Your goal is to stun as many people as possible to stop the enemy from playing the game.
If your own ADC is the only person fed, use defensively to stun anyone who tries to dive them. Your stun is just as good for peeling as it is for engaging.
Combos
Standard Lane Poke
Auto-attack (with passive) -> active
The most efficient way to trade. Wait for your 5th auto to glow, hit the enemy to apply a mark, then immediately press for a second mark and free damage.
The Fast Stun
-> (passive auto) -> active
If you land , quickly follow up with your charged auto and active to instantly trigger and stun them before they can react.
The Teamfight Nuke
-> -> Flash -> ->
Use for speed, Flash into the backline while casting . Once the first strike of lands, use to speed up the stun process on everyone. Use on the priority carry.
The Bush Ambush
-> -> -> Auto-attacks
If someone walks into you, lead with . It stacks marks so fast they will be stunned almost instantly. Save to hit them while they are stunned by .
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | You have access to and , allowing you to trigger stuns if the enemy respects your range poorly. |
| Level 6 | is a massive power spike. You can now win 1v2 ganks or teleport bot-lane to turn a fight instantly. |
| Level 9 | With fully maxed, your poke damage becomes significant and the cooldown is short enough to fishing for stuns constantly. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 provides a huge jump in base damage, making your mid-game teamfighting terrifying. |
| Level 16 | Max rank combined with items makes you capable of 100-to-0ing multiple squishies in a single stun duration. |
Tips & Tricks
- •You can cast during the very last frames of to surprise enemies with a fast projectile.
- •Always check the yellow bar under your health; that is your passive stack. Don't fight without it being ready or at 3+ stacks.
- • grants a huge Attack Speed buff after it ends. Use this to take towers faster or win extended 1v1s.
- •If you are about to be CC'd, cast immediately. The storm continues even if you are stunned, suppressed, or in Zhonya's.
- •Hitting a single minion with refunds 40 energy. In lane, always roll through at least one minion to keep your energy pool high.
- •The stun duration of is shorter if you trigger it twice in 6 seconds. Don't waste your second stun immediately; wait for the internal cooldown if possible.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using aggressively when the enemy jungler is missing.→You have no other escape. If you use forward and get ganked, you are 100% dead.
- ✕Activating too early.→If you press before a mark is applied, it does nothing and goes on a long cooldown, losing you the trade.
- ✕Focusing only on the tank in teamfights.→Tanks will survive your burst. If you waste on a Maokai, the enemy ADC will just kill you after the stun ends.
- ✕Forgetting to auto-attack during .→You miss out on massive damage from your passive and extra marks that ensure the stun procs.
- ✕Running in a straight line with without Flash.→You will be kited or CC'd before you ever reach the enemy team. Flanking is mandatory.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached