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Kennen Abilities and Combos

Abilities & combosData-drivenMediumPatch 16.19.1
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This guide is assembled by the site from match data and the game's own information — nobody wrote it by hand. Official and community guides appear alongside it when they exist.

Overview

This guide goes through Kennen's kit ability by ability. The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Mark of the Storm. Its ultimate is Slicing Maelstrom.

Strengths

  • Crowd control: Mark of the Storm applies a stun to set up kills.
  • Slicing Maelstrom hits several enemies: a strong team fight tool.
  • Long attack range (550) for safe trades in lane.

Weaknesses

  • No dash or blink in the kit: vulnerable to ganks without vision.
  • Isolated lane: vulnerable to ganks when you push.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Standard build

BalancedRecommended
Open build

When to use it

The default path: Dusk and Dawn, Cosmic Drive and Morellonomicon give the health, attack speed and ability power this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right
  1. TopMain100% of matches

Starting items

Doran's RingHealth Potion

Core items

  1. 1Dusk and Dawn
  2. 2Cosmic Drive
  3. 3Morellonomicon

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Situational

Zhonya's HourglassAgainst heavy physical damage.Banshee's VeilAgainst heavy magic damage.Void StaffAgainst tanky teams.

Runes

Primary· Precision

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Press the AttackLethal TempoFleet FootworkConqueror
Absorb LifeTriumphPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: HasteLegend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceCut DownLast Stand

Secondary· Resolve

DominationSorceryInspirationResolve
DemolishFont of LifeShield Bash
ConditioningSecond WindBone Plating
OvergrowthRevitalizeUnflinching

Shards

Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

  • Flash
  • Teleport

Abilities

  • Mark of the StormPassiveKennen stuns enemies he hits 3 times with his abilities.Passive — applies a stun. It works on its own: play around it.
  • QThundering Shuriken7/6.25/5.5/4.75/4s60/55/50/45/40 mpKennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.
    Cooldown
    7·6.25·5.5·4.75·4
    Cost
    60·55·50·45·40
    Range
    950
    Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • WElectrical Surge13/11.25/9.5/7.75/6s40 mpKennen passively deals extra damage and adds a Mark of the Storm to his target every few attacks, and he can activate this ability to damage and add another Mark of the Storm to targets who are already marked.
    Cooldown
    13·11.25·9.5·7.75·6
    Cost
    40
    Range
    725
    Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • ELightning Rush10/9/8/7/6s80 mpKennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units and apply a Mark of the Storm. Kennen gains Move Speed when entering this form, and attack speed when leaving it.
    Cooldown
    10·9·8·7·6
    Cost
    80
    Range
    170
    Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • RSlicing MaelstromUltimate120sKennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.
    Cooldown
    120
    Range
    550
    Ultimate — hits an area and summons units. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1The kit

The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Mark of the Storm.

  • Mark of the Storm — Passive — applies a stun. It works on its own: play around it.
  • [Q] Thundering Shuriken — Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [W] Electrical Surge — Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [E] Lightning Rush — Basic ability. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [R] Slicing Maelstrom — Ultimate — hits an area and summons units. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

2Skill order

Put a point in Slicing Maelstrom at levels 6, 11 and 16. Between the basic abilities, max first the one that does most for your lane — usually your main damage or wave clear — and keep the utility one for last.

3Combos

A simple sequence that follows from the kit: open with Mark of the Storm, follow with Thundering Shuriken and Electrical Surge and finish with Slicing Maelstrom. The disable first means everything after it lands.

4Using your ultimate

Slicing Maelstrom is the ability the enemy plays around. Use it where it changes the fight, and remember its cooldown: after using it, you're a smaller threat for a while.

Tips

  • You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
  • Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
  • You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
  • Land Mark of the Storm first: every ability after it is easier to hit.
  • Watch Slicing Maelstrom's cooldown: fights you take without it are much harder.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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