Is Kennen getting a Buff or a Rework Anytime soon?

Anthony Carmine··3 votes·990 views

I really love KennenKennen but at the moment even with the best choice of runes he seems so... bad, He gets squashed by every other layer and just can't compete with the Tankyness/High dmg that most other laners tend to offer. Kennens Mobility and average damage helps him a lot during the early game but ends up getting weak throughout the rest of the game I myself have tried numerous builds and strategies to try and overcome this but nothing seems to work when every other laner is just overall better so do you think we will get a buff or rework? or has riot forgotten about this lil guy?.

Kennen "Balance in all things."

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Death by Glamour2 votes
JarodDempsey1 votes

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so he losings 1v1s but has one of the best teamfight ults…

https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/957464882654609637/26AE45EC7B85BCFEBFF12A7FC8CFF79BCC0F161A/

honestly i get a bit where op is coming from. I think it's mostly because his e really has been grossly outpaced by everyone else with their hard cc and or mobility that getting in range for ult isnt very common by himself anymore. That combined with his primary cc requiring 2 skills and an AA for a short single target stun really leaves his kit's efficacy at the mercy of his teammates. Add to that his pretty poor wave clear and the fact that he can't AA if he wants to give his primary cc any semblance of reliability and you've got him in his current underperforming state.

I think if they gave his e the ability to dash towards marked champions and also prevented his AA stack from being lost on non-champions he'd be in a much more reasonable place.

heroikc2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Death by Glamour,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=lUOgZ5dd,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2019-01-27T18:45:17.699+0000)

so he losings 1v1s but has one of the best teamfight ults…

https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/957464882654609637/26AE45EC7B85BCFEBFF12A7FC8CFF79BCC0F161A/

Doesn't really matter too much if he doesn't get a chance to scale properly (i.e. getting bullied, killed, low cs/gold). Also, outside of rocket belt for initiation, and zhonya's for stasis, there is little he can do to efficiently use his ult.

Death by Glamour1 votes

he gets bullied by melee toplaners?

heroikc1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Death by Glamour,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=lUOgZ5dd,comment-id=000000010000,timestamp=2019-01-27T22:24:01.739+0000)

he gets bullied by melee toplaners?

Most melee laners either have 1.) a dash to immediately initiate onto Kennen (Irelia Jax Fiora Camille Renekton YasuoRiven ) or 2.) enough sustain to ignore the poke and just bash him (Aatrox Darius Illaoi Garen UrgotYorick ). There's also the issue that this is an early game meta, where games are often determined before ults are unlocked. Even if Kennen does well enough in lane, he still has to hope that the enemy lanes are not fed somehow and can survive what burst he could muster. Overall, this is NOT his meta.

Step Sis Lux1 votes

He was on the list for reworks like year ago maybe, when they told us about nunu akali and irelia, but now they removed him from this list so i dont think he will recive any changes

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