Sense people are saying Kennen should get a VGU I'd like to give my ideas!

a little shadow·2/26/2018, 7:47:30 AM·3 votes·429 views

I'm a Kennen main and would love some more characterization on him. I have mained him the last 2 seasons and have over 200k mastery on him. I consider myself a small Kennen fan. (Also, I'm a level 5 Akali with a little under60k mastery. I really enjoy bother these characters and, yes, there's a reason I bring her up.)

When I think of Kennen I think of a rowdy Hyperactive lightening mage and because he is a yordle I see him as somewhat immature and maybe even a little childish. His super Kennen Skin image is honestly perfect. We have Shen, Akali, and Zed these dark and serious types and then Kennen is literally a ball of energy that blows up into a giant storm of lightening.

For game play he should feel like you are always zapping around and then when you hit your ult it needs to feel like a big BOOM is coming down. I think his actual game play as far as delivering a fantasy is perfect right now and if his kit has to be changed it should stay true to the feeling it has now. I love the feeling of frantically zipping around trying to extend my influence as far as possible always looking for that moment I can jump in and use my maelstrom.

His Visual and Lore update is where I think a ton of improvement could be done!

I think he should feel more connected to his yordle theme(Think Teemo, Fizz , LuLu, Heimer, tristana, all these champs are very full of childlike energy and to me that is what really makes a yordle, I think our league of assassins could use that yordle feel in it and right now with no change I'd argue Kennen's character would be no different if he wasn't a yordle. )

I think a good way to do this would be to make him sort of the newcomer in the group and please, hear me out on this...!

I think a really cool contrast between Akali and Kennen, and Shen and Zed could be done.

First off we have Shen and his failed student Zed tracking down the atrocities of Jhin . While hunting down Jhin Shen realizes his days as leader are limited and needs to start shaping the next person to pick up the mantle. Currently he has two trainee's Akali and Kennen . Akali is a hard worker who is constantly trying to prove that she has what it takes to stand side by side Shen as a full fledged, capable partner, but, unknown to Akali, Shen is seeing Jhin's horror's and Zed's corrupted world view and is adamant that Akali needs more training before stepping into this. In an attempt to not only keep Akali out of the real danger but also groom her to be a leader that he wasn't he gives her the job of grooming the newer reckless member, Kennen, into someone who will grow into her right hand man.

Not only would this create a really good contained plot but it would give Kennen room to feel like a yordle and be a part of the ninjas and it solves Akali's identity crisis.

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Epicurus2/26/2018, 9:46:23 AM6 votes

Ok you've got some details wrong with the Kinkou lore, namely that Zed was never Shen's student. Zed and Shen were both students of Kusho (Shen's father), and the three of them hunted down Jhin together. I've no idea what Kennen was doing at this time, but Akali would have been a child, or possibly hadn't even been born yet.

Still, super serious Akali and hyper trickster Kennen would make a very amusing duo.