Matchup

Heavy AP damageStrong engageHeavy CCHigh burst

Build vs Kennen

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup
Health Potion

Core build

Thornmail
1vs Hybride
Hollow Radiance
2vs AP
Dead Man's Plate
3vs AD

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Sunfire Aegis
5vs AD

Summoner spells

411100%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Sunfire Aegis
5vs AD
Randuin's Omen
vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Jak'Sho, The Protean
5vs Hybride
Force of Nature
vs AP

Other options

Protoplasm Harness
Survival
100.0% WR1 games
ResolveResolve
AftershockAftershock
Font of LifeFont of Life
ConditioningConditioning
OvergrowthOvergrowth
PrecisionPrecision
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
TriumphTriumph
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
RammusRammus
KennenKennen
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral

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 against Kennen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Spread out when Kennen engages with E + R: his ult only deals damage in a radius around him.

2

His E + R engage is predictable: when you see him running toward you in ball form, back off immediately.

3

Kennen is squishy without his burst — if you survive his R, he has nothing left.

4

Zhonya's is his only survival tool after engaging — burst him before he activates it or wait for it to expire.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026