Kennen's passive is the problem.

O Fallen Scholar··1 votes·343 views

It's a ticking time bomb with no real counter play. And almost always guaranteed win trade for Kennen if he gets that proc in laning phase. It's annoying to play against when you know he's gonna get that stun off most of the time or zone you out from minion wave. Sure I could play safely and freeze my lane near turret, but sadly it's not that great of an option because he's ranged and I need to watch out for his poke. Kennen is a "team fight" rat, then focus on that. Rework his passive to something which would benefit everyone in team fights or himself.

EDIT: I'm okay when he gets stuns all around team fights, but in LANING PHASE (you were meant to do that bro, go ahead! :))? There's no way to properly counter that unless you're getting your junglers aid. Or play like a chicken. Kennen has no real identity. We all see him as team fighting god etc, but we forget about how obnoxious it is to lane against him. There needs to be some sort of a middle ground around his kit, mostly involving his passive (and W passive from auto attacks).

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Manwalrus1 votes

You're neglecting how crucial his passive is to his stun combo, without it he'd have to run up to someone's face to proc it or wait for his q to come off cooldown and land another skillshot. The effect it could have on how fluid he is to play and how fun he is to play would be massive.

O Fallen Scholar1 votes

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You're neglecting how crucial his passive is to his stun combo, without it he'd have to run up to someone's face to proc it or wait for his q to come off cooldown and land another skillshot. The effect it could have on how fluid he is to play and how fun he is to play would be massive.

That passive with his W makes top lane a hell. Period. His laning phase is so good. That's why he has a bit of an identity crisis.

Manwalrus1 votes

True, but I think it just comes from him being overtuned more than him being horribly unfair. He was recently buffed and his competition was nerfed, plus the addition of protobelt was huge for him and all of his core items are pretty inexpensive for the most part.

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