Kennen... The Heart of only A+

Gardaen·Jul 8, 2016·1 votes·936 views

So I'm a player who currently being in B5 cause nobody cares about ranks here. So I play a lot of Norms and have been trying to get my Kennen to Lvl 7 Mastery. I have played at least 50+ games with high KDA and cs. I have NEVER been able to get anything higher than an A+ with him. I have even gotten a friend who is gold 4 to try and he can't manage it either. Even with 200 cs at 30 min and 9/0/1 he couldn't get even an S-. I was wondering if anyone had any info on this or if something is wrong? It seems impossible to get him to even Lvl 6 Mastery. PLEASE help me out here!

NOT looking for gameplay tips!!! Looking for people with the same problem as me and those who might be able to know why this is happening!

NEVAH GONNA GET AN S!! D;

10 Comments

FauxfireJul 8, 20161 votes

Yeah, you need to be aiming for 7.5+ cs/min to get S

GardaenJul 8, 20161 votes

Well with any other champ I can have 210 cs in a 40 minute game and get a good S at least. With Garen one game i had 113 for 20 minutes. S+ easily.

Miror BJul 8, 20161 votes

Looking at your previous match history with him, I see a bunch of obvious "flaws":

-Your CS total is about half of what it "should" be for an S-rank -Your death totals in everything but the 14-4-7 game are far too high -For a poke character, your damage dealt to enemy characters is awkwardly low, about 30% less than it should typically be at

I could go over numerous "build flaws" (the GA rush and doran's blade start being rather awkward), best to focus on the above three though.

FauxfireJul 8, 20161 votes

Everything makes sense except your comment about the Doran's Blade start. Every Kennen starts Doran's Blade, lol

GardaenJul 8, 2016

Well first off. I don't rush GA. I usually go for sorcerer's shoes for MP and then grab void staff for a little ap plus more mp. After that if I need more cs I can build runaans which I usually get rid of late game. I do start dorans blade. Also 14/4/7 is one game that lasted around 30-40 minutes. I was having trouble with an Akali but I demolished them in teamfights later. And for a Kennen to go 9/0/1 top lane in 20 minutes should be fine. As for you thoughts of cs, it may play an important factor, but it over exagerated. I can get an S- as Talon going 11/0 in 20 minute game and have like 110 cs in mid. It's not that hard to get an S-. With any other champ I own I can get an S- at least. Also my damage being perfectly fine considering I usually use him top. I usually stay up there until level 11 at least. The longest being level 13. The way your talking you may have me confused with someone else though. because 14/4/7 is HIGH for me. So please check my summoner spelling when you look it up. And if all you can see is ranked than I would like you to know the last ranked I played before today was almost a month ago with kennen.

GardaenJul 8, 20161 votes

Build order is usally start dorans blade, then sorcerers shoes, void staff, zhonyas/runaans depending on need for splitpush,( zhonyas if runaan was bought here) then rabadons, GA (whenever i feel like i can get it quickly), and rabadons usually is my last item. Never have to build it really though due to time.

FauxfireJul 8, 20162 votes

The advice that Mye gave is correct. We're only trying to help you.

I would also look up build guides for Kennen match-ups and what items give the best power spikes.

GardaenJul 8, 20161 votes

Ok. Lets put it like this. AGAIN, I have had a player from Gold 4, Plat 5, and DIAMOND 5 try to get an S- with Kennen before. All have only been able to get A+. I'm not looking for gameplay advice. I'm looking for people who have the same problem.

Also I may point out I was only offering insight on my gameplay. Not trying to argue the point. These facts would be great help if I had not already known them.

FauxfireJul 18, 20161 votes

Your problem is playing bad though, lol

GardaenJul 8, 20161 votes

Link to Match History: http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-history/NA1/216758670

6/6/7 10/1/4 9/0/7 14/5/11 8/2/2

These are my KDA's from my last 5 Kennen games. All A+. So if you can 2, 1, 0, 5 deaths to high. Then let's see you reach challenger.