Kennen does Teemos job better than Teemo does

Both are top lane ranged champs that abuse their range vs melee matchups to create a CS discrepancy. Both have a MS increase to disengage. Both are Yordles that most top lane players would like to choke out rather than hand shake.

The thing is that Kennen simply does this job better than Teemo. Kennen has more auto range (550 to 500). Kennen E gives 100% MS and ghosts him for 2 seconds, then gives him 4 seconds of bonus AS to hit the champ that tried to engage him. It also scales down to a 6 second CD. Teemo W gives 10%-26% movespeed passively, as long as you havent been hit in the last 5 seconds. Activating it doubles said movespeed for 3 seconds. It has a static 17 second CD.

Teemo uses his "CC" blinding shot to help disengage, which blinds the enemy (one of them) from autoing, scaling from 1.5 seconds to 2.5 seconds. Kennen passive stuns at 3 marks for 1.25 seconds. IMO a stun is generally more powerful than a blind. Kennen can also apply this to multiple people.

Teemo ult has been lack-luster ever since the introduction of and when it had a large damage nerf. It can be quite annoying and can create some hilarious moments, but against players who know how to counter it, teemo ult falls short. By comparison Kennen ult can be used for engage, disengage, and zoning. With just one item ( ) Kennen can change a teamfight, or simply use it during a gank to stun both enemies and get away.

Finally, in a bunch of matchups, ranged laners like to take klepto so as to create a larger gold lead over their melee counterpart. Teemo cannot use klepto; his E cannot proc it, his W is his disengage and has a large CD, and spamming Q makes him go OOM. Kennen can easily go klepto because he is an energy champ so he can use Q to proc it, W max goes down to 6 second CD, so more klepto spam.

Kennen and Teemo share a similar niche. Kennen is simply better at doing what Teemo does, which is sad as Teemo is known for being a champ that annoys top lane champs.