Jax vs Kennen

Jax
vs
49.6%

over 583 games

Kennen

Skill matchup

Heavy CCStrong engageHeavy AP damageHigh burst

Build vs Kennen

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Jax: Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, Zhonya's Hourglass, Mercury's Treads, Dusk and Dawn, Hextech Gunblade, Wit's End, Stridebreaker.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Trinity Force
1
Sundered Sky
2
Zhonya's Hourglass
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Dusk and Dawn
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot44%
FlashTeleport40%

Other options

Dusk and Dawn
Hextech Gunblade
Wit's End
Stridebreaker
Death's Dance
Riftmaker
Blade of The Ruined King
Sterak's Gage
Kaenic Rookern
Maw of Malmortius
Seeker's Armguard
Spear of Shojin
Zeke's Convergence
Ravenous Hydra
Tiamat
Dark Seal
Frozen Heart
Titanic Hydra
Black Cleaver
Hullbreaker
Experimental Hexplate
Hextech Rocketbelt
Randuin's Omen
Force of Nature
Rabadon's Deathcap
Imperial Mandate
Guardian Angel
52.4% WR42 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Second WindSecond Wind
UnflinchingUnflinching
InspirationInspiration
Biscuit DeliveryBiscuit Delivery
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Kennen's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Mark of the Storm (P)

Kennen stuns enemies he hits 3 times with his abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
37s13s10s–
65.5s13s10s2m
94s11.25s10s2m
114s9.5s10s2m
164s6s8s2m
184s6s6s2m

Playing as Jax

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Start trades with Counter Strike

    Start your trades with Counter Strike (E): you dodge autos and take less area damage, and each dodged auto adds damage to the stunning counterattack.

  2. Look for long trades

    Look for long trades: each consecutive auto increases your attack speed thanks to Relentless Assault (passive).

  3. Ward hop to escape

    To escape, place a ward and jump to it with Leap Strike (Q): it can target any unit or ward, allied or enemy.

  4. Activate your R up close

    Activate Grandmaster-at-Arms (R) up close: it only grants armor and magic resist if it hits a champion, and your bonus hits then land every other auto.

Playing against Kennen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge his shurikens

    Dodge Thundering Shuriken (Q): each spell that hits you applies Mark of the Storm (passive), and on the third, you're stunned.

  2. Back off when he rushes in

    Back off as soon as he rushes at you with Lightning Rush (E): it's his engage, often followed by Slicing Maelstrom (R).

  3. Spread out from your allies

    When he has Slicing Maelstrom (R), spread out from your allies: the storm hits every enemy around him, and its repeated hits end up stunning.

  4. Fight back after his storm

    Wait for Slicing Maelstrom (R) to end before you fight back: during the storm, he gains armor and magic resist, then the spell has a 120-second cooldown.

Patch 16.21.1