Kennen·Top Build
Win rate | 51.6% |
Pick rate | 2.8% |
Ban rate | 1.4% |
Matches | 61 923- |
Kennen Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 52.9% based on 13 308 matches
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54.5%Alternative
54.6%Off-Meta
56.3%Top Players ALL
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 15 sec
Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
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Skills
situational items
Kennen Matchups Overview
Kennen General information
Kennen tips and tricks
Use your range advantage against melee champions to bully them down and contest them for every CS. Try and stay at max range at all times so they cannot trade back with you.
If the enemy has lots of disengage or peel, be prepared to flank from the side in team fights to make full use of your Ultimate R.
Kennen is one of the few champions that can be built AP or on hit. Take a look at what damage your team needs and build accordingly.
Kennen combos
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The Best Kennen Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Kennen Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Magical Footwear, Time Warp Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Taste of Blood and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.9% winrate over 13 308 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Kennen Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Taste of Blood with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hextech Rocketbelt, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 54.5% win rate over 6 131 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Scorch in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.6% win rate across 3 279 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Kennen Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Taste of Blood with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Liandry's Torment as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Hextech Rocketbelt as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.3% win rate over 1 148 matches played.
Situational Kennen Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kennen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Kennen runes page.
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In-depth Build Stats
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Kennen Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.13 the best possible matchups for Kennen Top are:
- vs. Yasuo - 57.3% win rate over 405 games.
- vs. Warwick - 56.7% win rate over 487 games.
- vs. Wukong - 56.5% win rate over 260 games.
- vs. Yone - 56.2% win rate over 1 058 games.
- vs. Varus - 56.2% win rate over 251 games.
Consider picking Kennen into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Kennen.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Kennen in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Dr. Mundo - 44.6% win rate over 1 784 games.
- vs. Yorick - 46.4% win rate over 869 games.
- vs. Trundle - 47.8% win rate over 268 games.
- vs. Sylas - 48.4% win rate over 492 games.
- vs. Nasus - 48.9% win rate over 2 409 games.
These champions are considered as Kennen counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Kennen counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.