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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
the Heart of the Tempest
Official role
MAGE, MARKSMAN
Lane
Baron / Top
Difficulty
Medium
Source tier
A

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE MARK OF THE STORM

Kennen stuns enemies he hits 3 times with his abilities.

1 THUNDERING SHURIKEN

Throws a shuriken, dealing magic damage to the first enemy hit.

2 ELECTRICAL 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.

3 LIGHTNING RUSH

Kennen morphs into a lightning form, becoming unable to attack. Kennen gains movement speed when entering this form, and attack speed when leaving it.

ULTIMATE SLICING MAELSTROM

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

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Infinity Orb
  2. Hextech Rocketbelt
  3. Rabadon's Deathcap
  4. Boots of Mana

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.