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Kennen, the Heart of the Tempest, is a mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 343 analysed ranked games, Kennen is mostly played in Top (83% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (17%), with a 50.7% win rate in that role: tier B among Top champions (#22 of 51, ranked by win rate). Kennen's damage is mostly magic (83%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (50.0% to 53.1%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.
Averages measured over 286 Top games played with Kennen, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Kennen is an energy mage whose passive stuns enemies hit 3 times by his abilities. Thundering Shuriken adds a Mark of the Storm, Electrical Surge passively adds some, Lightning Rush turns him into a ball of electricity, and Slicing Maelstrom hits nearby enemy champions.
Kennen enters with Lightning Rush to apply marks on several enemies at once, completes with Shuriken and Electrical Surge to trigger the stuns, then casts Maelstrom to finish. His role is to control several targets with a single series of marks.
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When: An enemy is within range.
Thundering Shuriken adds a mark, Electrical Surge another, Lightning Rush a third: at 3 marks, the enemy is stunned.
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When: Several enemies are close.
Lightning Rush lets you pass through units while applying marks; Slicing Maelstrom summons a storm that hits nearby enemy champions.
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When: An enemy is in lane.
Electrical Surge passively adds marks every few attacks.
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When: Several enemies are close.
Lightning Rush applies a mark to each enemy crossed, Electrical Surge and Thundering Shuriken add some: at three marks, they are stunned; Slicing Maelstrom then hits the nearby champions.
Hit three times to stun: Shuriken, Electrical Surge, Lightning Rush apply marks. Your energy limits your abilities: do not overuse them.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame (45 games, 71.1% win rate).
Flash + Ignite50.5% · 188 games
Flash + Teleport49.4% · 87 games
Taste of Blood92%
Grisly Mementos71%
Ultimate Hunter98%
Scorch84%
Absolute Focus70%
Taste of Blood98%
Sixth Sense51%Ultimate Hunter100%
Triple Tonic89%
Cosmic Insight86%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Kennen's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Hextech Rocketbelt
57.1% ▲
Shadowflame
66.0% ▲
Zhonya's Hourglass
57.1%
Hextech Gunblade
55.6% ▲
Rabadon's Deathcap
55.6%
Void Staff
30.8%The item that stands out most is Shadowflame: 66.0% win rate, +12 points versus its usual win rate.
Hextech Rocketbelt
54.2%Shadowflame
56.5%Hextech Gunblade
52.0% ▲Zhonya's Hourglass
57.1%Void Staff
50.0%Rabadon's Deathcap
70.0%The item that stands out most is Hextech Gunblade: 52.0% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.
Hextech Rocketbelt
47.3% ▼Shadowflame
45.1% ▼Zhonya's Hourglass
63.2% ▲Hextech Gunblade
31.0% ▼Rabadon's Deathcap
40.0% ▼
Stormsurge
47.6%The item that stands out most is Zhonya's Hourglass: 63.2% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.
Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame (45 games, 71.1% win rate).
Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (50.0% to 53.1%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.
The most-played rune page uses Electrocute with the Sorcery secondary tree (128 games, 47.7% win rate).
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