@Riot Because of the Upcoming ADC Rework...
Can Kennen get some more tools to make him viable as an ADC without making his APC any stronger?
I understand that reverting his nerfs to his AA range and base AD from Season 2 (Specifically July 7th,2012) is nearly impossible because it would make his top lane god tier and make any melee champion facing him cry even more but I'm here to try to convince you that ADC Kennen is worth investing in.
- He's a play making ADC Ashe the only primary marksmen in the game with a stun with Varus, Jinx, and Caitlyn having snares, however since Kennen's stun is primarily linked to his AA he can be punished while approaching making his Ashe,Jinx,Varus, and Caitlyn matchups difficult.
2.Self-Peeling Ashe,Sivir, and Varus are the only ADC's who fall under this category and adding Kennen to that mix can really the ADC options in the game.
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Even with Full ADC build still deals about 1/4 magic damage You might think this is OP but then you realize that Corki deals 10% of his AD in True damage while also dealing massive amounts of magic damge
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High Skill Cap You might think that ADC Kennen is a Magic Damage Caitlyn but that's wrong when you get down to it. ADC Kennen although having strong egages, peel, and mixed DPS still needs a lot of timing. He can really only harass with his W proc up and because he doesn't have many AD ratios (actually only one which is on his W) he needs to make an impact early on and snowball other parts of the map with said lead (Actually when you think about it it sounds just like Caitlyn but that besides my point). Kennen also needs to type his E properly when taking harras. One thing you can do in say a Draven matchup is if you are about to take a Crit Axe then you can E so you can take reduced damage and possibly live a level 2 engage.
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He has already the AA animation, Base AD, and Base AS to be a ADC Kennen has the 2nd highest base AS and AD at level 18 only behind Vayne and Urgot for ranged. Also Kennen has one of the most fluent AA animations in the game making a transition to ADC not that difficult, all he needs is some Bonus Ad Ratios.
My Ideas to make ADC Kennen better.
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Make give Ult and/or E a bonus AD Ratio (small but noticeable)
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Make Q when landed on a Champion give Kennen a small burst of Attack Speed (Kog'maw levels) for a short period of time. Explanation: ADC Kennen normally does AA W Q when AP Kennen normally pokes with Q and then AA W meaning Kennen is more unsafe in the APC form with this change because the enemy can still retaliate in the APC version.
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Make procing his Mark of the Storm deal bonus Physical Damage scaling off of bonus AD Explaination: Since ADC Kennen is useless without his stun, rewarding landing it could be a massive bonus mid and late game