Best AD Kennen Build?

FriskySwiss·Jan 17, 2015·1 votes·1,192 views

So I've been experimenting, and it turns out AD Kennen is not only viable if built right, but he can tear so much face! So far, my best build had me running Runaan's first, which made me a BEAST in lane and allows me to shred through top laners and stun them a lot. The best game I've had has the following build:

Runaan's Berserker's Greaves Bloodthirster Infinity Edge Youmuu's Last Whisper

If any of you have any tips for runes, masteries, or item suggestions, please feel free to offer. I'd be more than happy to give it a go =3

P.S. I run 22/5/3. I tried 21/9/0, but it's just so stupid and pointless. You don't get a lot of benefit running "9" in a tree anymore, at least not the way it adds up in my head.

2 Comments

S0NAJan 17, 20151 votes

Rushing Runaan's? sounds interesting...

The only one I've ever tried this on is Teemo, as the item is... pretty bad on everyone except Teemo and Kayle.

If you're going to build IE/Ghostblade, I suggest replacing Runaan's with Shiv for the crit.

However, I even more strongly recommend not even bothering with crit. Ghostblade is still a good item, but you could replace IE with a much needed defensive item. The problem with your build is that while it is effective, any team not brain-dead will simply focus you and shred you without a defensive item.

FriskySwissJan 20, 20151 votes

Okay, so I've finally found a build that works all around.

Berserker's Greaves Runaan's Hurricane Infinity Edge Randuin's Omen Maw of Malmortius Morello's (technically situational, but unless you run ignite, it's REQUIRED against enemies like Warwick, who are op now)

Why did I ditch Bloodthirster? Simple, Kennen's life steal values are terribad. You get cheated for what you put into lifesteal with him, so you're really better off going MoM and RO for defensive items.

AD Kennen's main purpose is split pushing like a boss and getting stuns up as fast as possible. And once you get it going, it works.... Oh does it work. Also, you should start long sword + 3 potions. Doran's is more powerful, but it can't transition into anything so you waste gold and lose sustain. Long sword can become numerous items, so it's more worth the investment.