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Kennen Mid build & stats

Mage B 191 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
53.4%
Pick rate
0.5%
Ban rate
1.3%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Start with

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
450 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
44.4% 9 games

Build in this order

Hextech Rocketbelt 1
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Stormsurge 2
Stormsurge
2,800 gold
Shadowflame 3
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
8,650 gold
54.5% WR each item separately

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
48.2% 85 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
53.8% WR
13 games · 7% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
54.4% 57 games

Max order

Thundering Shuriken Q Electrical Surge W Lightning Rush E
40.0% 15 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Kennen

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Kennen wins 53.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (191 games).
  • Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame — 68% win rate over 25 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 89% of games with a 56% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Katarina (86% over 14 games). Hardest: Ahri (40% over 15 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Kennen is an early-game champion: 61% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 24% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
42.9% WR
7 games · 4% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
16.7% WR
6 games · 3% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
40.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
44.4% WR
9 games · 5% pick
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
66.7% WR
6 games · 3% pick
Doran's Bow
Doran's Bow
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
0.0% WR
2 games · 1% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
48.2% WR
85 games · 45% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
54.5% 29% (55)
54.5% 12% (22)
50.0% 37% (70)
50.0% 2% (4)
45.0% 10% (20)
40.0% 13% (25)
36.4% 12% (22)
33.3% 2% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Resolve Resolve
53.3% WR
15 games · 8% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
28.6% WR
14 games · 7% pick
Summon Aery Axiom Arcanist Absolute Focus Scorch Taste of Blood Ultimate Hunter
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
53.8% WR
13 games · 7% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Absolute Focus Scorch

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 53.5%37% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 28.6%7% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 33.3%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 54.4%30% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 39.3%15% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 33.3%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Thundering Shuriken Q Electrical Surge W Lightning Rush E 40.0%15 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (45%), E → W → Q (40%).

  • PMark of the Storm

    Kennen stuns enemies he hits 3 times with his abilities.

  • QThundering Shuriken

    Kennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.

  • WElectrical Surge

    Kennen 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.

  • ELightning Rush

    Kennen 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.

  • RSlicing Maelstrom

    Kennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.