@Riot Along with the Marksmen Rework can you give Kennen more tools to be an ADC

blueberrypancake·8/16/2015, 4:42:32 PM·3 votes·588 views

Kennen is 1 of 3 secondary marskmen in the game, the other 2 being Azir (APC) and Jayce (AD Caster, however still can fufill the ADC role due to his Ranged W)

I enjoy playing ADC Kennen and have a very good record with him in normals but i'm worried about bringing him into ranked because he isn't a meta ADC, so I'm here to explain to you what ADC Kennen can do and what we should do to make him a more viable AD while not making his APC any stronger)

Kennen was at one point a viable ADC in Season 2 and 3 when he had 575 range and a base AD of 54 and was a great counter to the mid game focused ADC's of the time (specifically Graves and Ezreal) due to ADC Kennen's strong dueling.

Here is an Overview of what's special of ADC Kennen

Pros

  1. Strong dueling power thanks to high base stats along with Armor and MR Steroid (lane bully)
  2. Uses Energy (basically resource-less)
  3. Even with full ADC build approximately 1/4 of total damage is magic damage (W AA Proc) so he is hard to itemize against
  4. SELF PEELING (This is very important)
  5. Strong mid game thanks to Ultimate and strong AS

Cons

  1. Doesn't scale as well as traditional ADC's (only has one AD Ratio and Attack Speed ratio both being on W)
  2. Has Average range (at the time he was strongest he had an above average AA range being 575 which was decreased on July 7,2012)
  3. Very Risky past early game compared to other ADC's of same class such as Graves and Ashe
  4. Along with number 3, since ADC Kennen does not have Zonyah's, his ultimate is secondary engage and can only be used effectively when ahead

Counterplay

  1. Although can get 2/3 ark of the Storm proc's off of his AA W combo, he either need to All in with his E or R land a skillshot being his Q. All Abilities are very weak damage wise due to having no AD scaling, but this is replaced for DPS.
  2. Since ADC Kennen is AA focused, he can easily be outranged be Varus, Ashe, and Caitlyn
  3. ADC Kennen initial trading Arc is fairly low
  4. Negating his stun wins the battle 99% or the time

So the problem with reverting the changes that where made back in 2012 would also significantly his top lane power and would make a lot of his matchups very polarizing. So here are my ideas to help ADC Kennen, choose 1 as the others would be very imbalenced if there were multiples

  1. **Have E and/or Ultimate damage scale with bonus AD **Explaination: E is what ADC Kennen maxes second so he gains a stronger defensive steroid and can peel for himself easier (AA,W,Q,E,Run) and can win 1v1s easier. We should reward Kennen for all ins and since ADC Kennen's Waveclear is poor without Statik Shiv buffing E's Bonus Ad Ratios would not change his APC top play style but only effect his ADC Role. Also since when ADC Kennen gets level 6 it is one of the strongest powerspike for him the game so he should be rewarded for using said powerspike.

2.When Kennen hits and enemy champion with his Q he gains a small amount of bonus attack speed (Kog'maw Q levels) Explaination: ADC Kennen is all revolved around his W AA resultning in 2 main build paths max damage proc and max frequency proc. Max Damage build is the standard ADC build with Ie and Max Proc is when does a vanye like build when he goes Botrk and Statik Shiv so he can get his W AA often and still waveclear. If Kennen can get a AA steriod this would immeadiately increase his procing power allowing his to go higher AD Crit builds. 3.** Add to passive, whenever you stun a champion with Mark of the Storm they are dealt, 10, 15, 20, 25% of your bonus AD in Physical Damage (level 1,6,11,16)** Explanation: ADC Kennen has horrible lategame so giving him passive Bonus Ad scaling would increase his burst dramtically while only giving Ap Kennen about 1 extra damage in the laning phase with Doran's blade.

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