Kennen w stacking [gameplay]

Harbingers Mark·Mar 1, 2017·1 votes·683 views

I'm not sure if this is a bug, or an intentional part of kennen's kit, but I noticed an inconsistency when I rolled him in an ARAM last night.

When attacking a minion/champion, Kennen only gains w stacks if his auto hits the target, but doesn't gain a stack if the target dies before the AA hits. The logic that I get from this is that the w stacks are gained on-hit.

When attacking a minion/champion when his w is charged though, the buff is consumed when the AA "hits"- even if the target died before the AA hit.

I'm planning on experimenting with this more when I get home, but in the mean time I wanted to confirm this was intentional/a bug and that I wasn't going crazy. It would just be nice for both halves of his w to behave the same way.

3 Comments

HyperiönMar 1, 20171 votes

Thats how it is supposed to be, or Rito just never looked into it. It has been like that for as long as I can remember.

KougaMar 1, 20171 votes

I haven't done the research but I would imagine it is something like: the stacks are an on-hit effect - so it won't stack if the target dies. But, upon reaching the max stacks, it turns into a "on next attack" modifier, which means it is consumed when he attacks a valid target (a tower, not being a valid target, does not consume the stacks for example, similar to Sona passive not being consumed when attacking a ward)

Harbingers MarkMar 1, 20171 votes

Makes sense to me.