Kennen's nerfs on PBE

Handless Nedo··4 votes·880 views

Kennen's nerfs on PBE are completely unfair. He is getting indirectly nerfed since the beginning of the preseason: the introduction of courage of the colossus, (that made his lane phase more difficult against 80% of matchups top), the protobelt nerf (which is totally legit) and lastly the Rylai's nerf (which is legit too) but will still probably make his win rate drop under 50% and impacted his overall damage in late game. The only really useful spell of kennen outside of the lane, is his ult and atm it's pratically impossible to set up a 6 bolts ult in teamfight on squishies, due to support's disengage and CC, dashes, jumps, flashes, heals, QSS etc.. In addition he is really flash dependent, even with the protobelt, just to set up a good ult (which usually is 3-4 bolts, before your target can leave the area).

Kennen is a champion that has poor wave clear, splitpush and 1v1 against fighters and tanks possibility, again, his only utility is having a good ult in teamfight, if you are going to nerf his ult, he will be pratically unplayable.

4 Comments

Neahkahnie2 votes

Your wall of text explained things pretty well. There is no reason for this nerf.

Honestly I have no clue what is going through their mind -other then an internal desire to dumpster the character for design goal purposes. Most likely, it has to do with Ken bursting hard like AP assassins used to, and they just don't like it, even though his ult is on a long cool down.

Kennen's itemization paths have taken a hard hit since the MYMU:

  • Abyssal, Rylia's, and Proto Belt nerfs all hurt him
  • Even Zhonya's change was not good for Ken...
  • He now only has access to only 2 items with over 100 AP that don't require wasting gold on mana (an unneeded resource).

Game has changed around Kennen:

  • Tanks buffed
  • Long range mages and pushers strong right now
  • Disengage at an all time high

Kennen's entire game is built around his ult:

  • Requires putting yourself at great risk
  • Stopped by most CC
  • Countered by GA, Zhonya's, Zillean, CC Shields, Ekko Ult, etc...
  • Well timed Zhonya's a must, but stops you from moving to keep ult on desired targets
  • Unlike other mages, is fairly weak with ult on CD

Ken's win rate is already low...

In other words, RIP Kennen. Obviously that's what this is about.

18 NAKED COWB0YS1 votes

80 % of the lanes being unfavorable for kennen LUL

HHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA . What a fucking lie

Handless Nedo2 votes

I didn't totally say that 80% matchups are unfavorable for Kennen, I clearly said that 80% matchups became more difficult for kennen after the introduction of courage of the colossus. More difficult doesn't mean unfavorable. And if it wasn't clear, I hope that now it is.

Hige1 votes

Kennen's nerfs on PBE are completely unfair

UNFAIR??????????????????

I stopped reading there, anything that you argue is simply ridiculous, Kennen has needed these set of nerfs ever since they made his ult hit everyone caught in it all the time, Kennen is one of the most broken champs in this game and his so called nerf is but a small love tap in comparison to a lot of other champion's nerf. Sorry that your freelo requires some skill now.

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