I think he was already viable ^^

I like the buff, his late game scaling is definitely improved. It makes sense that his Q should scale better than Annie's (or at least evenly). The E buff is really nice too, I hate it when I use E to chase and end up with no energy to do other things.

I updated the changes.

Therealdevil

Netherlands1021 Posts

August 09 2011 08:36 GMT

#24

I'm such a happy camper again ^_^

I actually quit after they nerfed Kennen and Anivia :3

Brambled

United States750 Posts

August 09 2011 18:05 GMT

#25

I hate everything about Kennen on enemy team. I am not looking forward to playing against more of them.

PandaCore

Germany553 Posts

August 16 2011 14:31 GMT

#26

I'm maining Kennen for quite a while now, granted I'm only lvl 20 so far, but I'm doing very well with him, often times dieing only once or twice and having 8+ kills/assists.

I quite like his style and utility and I think he has a good set of skills that are always useful in some way.

So far I didn't really feel he needed a buff, but I'm quite thankful for it. So I'll keep stickin' with him for a long time now.

I play him as AP, haven't tried AD yet.

Using Ignite and Flash for summoner skills.

Usually buying Doran's Shield first for sustained laning in the beginning.
Then getting Boots of Swiftness, Rylai's Crystal Scepter then Abyssal Scepter or Zhonya's Hourglass depending on the enemy team (but will get them both regardless) and Rabadon's Deathcap. Then usually I repleace Doran's Shield with Void Staff or Will of the Ancients.
(Will consider looking into Hextech/WotA more though)

For runes I use magic pen., cooldown reduction, energy regeneration and +health.

With champion level 3 I get 1 level in thundering shuriken, lightning rush and electrical surge (in that order) and then max shuriken first, then electrical surge and lightning rush last.

Not really sure if this is the best setup or way to play Kennen, but I'm doing fine with it.

zalz

Netherlands3704 Posts

August 16 2011 14:56 GMT

#27

Kennen is currently my most hated champion. I rather walk over a hundred shrooms then face a Kennen.

Yeah i get it, you can lightning dash out of ANYTHING, big man.

So fucking boring. His range is massive so he is never gonna bother to fight you, and even if he does he lightning rushes back to his base. Even if you catch him in the lightning rush then he actually has improved armor and mr so you aren't gonna be doing shit on him anyway.

Kennen was terrible half a year ago, he was in every fucking game. These buffs are gonna send him back into popularity and make LoL a living nightmare again.

beef42

Denmark1037 Posts

August 16 2011 18:07 GMT

#28

Can confirm that this change made Kennen pretty ridiculous in the late stages of the game. I was fed one game, and I was very able to poke nontanks for 50% with just Q W. He really didn't feel this strong before this latest change.

R04R

United States1631 Posts

August 16 2011 20:29 GMT

#29

Bought Kennen and Karate Kennen with rp. So good

does anyone play early game AD then transition to AP? Sounds really good with 21/x/x

Mogwai

United States13274 Posts

August 16 2011 20:33 GMT

#30

I've seen dblade -> gunblade -> AP before. It was weird but worked.

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

August 20 2011 21:04 GMT

#31

i currently run doran shield -> boot -> revolver -> Rylai

it feels great! with revolving and insane farming you dont ever have to go back to base. You can pressure tower hardcore since if you get hurt you heal up right away.

Once you get buff hp with raylai and such you can go in right after the initiation to STUN THE CRAP OUT OF EVERYONE and it's awesome!!

On top of that you actually hurt a lot. Once you get good with e -> ult -> w -> autoatk + q -> w you can pull off insane amount of damage! I get a feeling kennen's ult is so much better than fiddle's ult when you throw in your combos...

HAL9OOO

United States176 Posts

August 20 2011 21:25 GMT

#32

I prefer rushing WoTA before rylais like ego's guide on solomid says to do. Getting the extra 80 ap is really nice, plus i feel WoTA is really underrated, the spell vamp aura helps quite a bit in early game teamfights.

nyxnyxnyx

Indonesia2978 Posts

September 02 2011 10:51 GMT

#33

i have heard rumours of a high elo guy who mains AD kennen
anyone has his name?

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

September 02 2011 11:09 GMT

#34

Azen Zagenite 2101 elo

You mean that guy? He was maining AD Kennen last time I checked. That was before the recent buffs though.

Seems like he still plays AD Kennen, but also some AP. He has one game IE Starks, one game BR Wits and one game AP Kennen in his history.

nyxnyxnyx

Indonesia2978 Posts

September 02 2011 12:28 GMT

#35

no idea. i dont know the guy's name, only heard of him like a legend. is he the one? i'll check him out, thanks.

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

November 24 2011 18:38 GMT

#36

How do you play against Xerath? I actually suck against him with all APs but I play Kennen most. My strategy right now is to just push the lane like mad to make him waste mana early on clearing creeps and throw shurikens while he tries to last hit. But then he gets blue and destroys me

Cloud9157

United States2968 Posts

December 20 2011 23:17 GMT

#37

I don't understand how Kennen is so underplayed.

He farms so well, he bursts so hard, and his ult rapes so hard in team fights.

I think his only weakness is that to stun, you need 3 marks, which really aren't that easy to add on to someone that hides amongst creep (unless you use W passive then activate it when it adds the mark.

If you do get the E>Q>W combo off it hurts so much though.

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

December 20 2011 23:30 GMT

#38

He isn't really, I see him all the time now. Makes me a bit sad since I liked when not many people know how strong he is. He's probably a bit overpowered if we're being perfectly honest, but thankfully there hasn't been too much QQ yet.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

December 20 2011 23:59 GMT

#39

I think he is underplayed considering just how good he is.

I would be hard pressed to call him overpowered though.. unless all top tier champs are overpowered.

Cloud9157

United States2968 Posts

December 21 2011 00:02 GMT

#40

Not saying you're wrong, but what exactly is op about him? Only thing I really consider ridiculous is his ult. Even then I just think its the damage.

I just love using him in normal games. Stomped so many people, even making 4 of them run from me near one of our turrets when I ult'd. Destroyed everything except for Malz, which seems to be one of his worst matchups (fucker pushes far too hard).