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Can Kennen carry ?

ownagepants11··1 votes·2,325 views

Was thinking about picking him for either mid or top but I want to know if he can carry first.

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insaiyanbacca2 votes

every single champ has the ability to carry, its just a matter of how much effort you have to put into them. imo kennen top is better for carrying and he does pretty well vs the juggernauts.

Maximum Morde1 votes

Sort of. He won't carry on his own but he can create situations that make it extremely easy for someone else to carry.

ownagepants111 votes

That makes me wary I like to have carries for top and mid reason I dont play talon mid anymore. How good is kennen support?

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That makes me wary I like to have carries for top and mid reason I dont play talon mid anymore. How good is kennen support?

Not so good. If you can survive till 6 without giving up a huge lead to the enemy laners you can set up some kills but it's too risky for me, and he falls off hard without gold to keep him relevant. There are other champs which can perform a similar role in support but don't take as much gold, or have higher success probability.

ownagepants111 votes

So I guess Kennen is a no go for me then thanks

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So I guess Kennen is a no go for me then thanks

I'd suggest you wait till free week for him and play him a bunch to make up your mind. He's not a bad champion, just not a huge powerhouse either.

ownagepants111 votes

I mainly top Trynd/Poppy both are beasts if you take the time to get good with them but some champs can completely ruin my laning phase so I'm interested in getting a more ranged top to throw in the mix and it is his free week which is why i asked.

Byakuya Kuchiki1 votes

try him out, poke with your shuriken and your w try to get used to how he plays if you can get good with him he can solo carry very hard

Sukishoo1 votes

Yeah if he has a good team or you are really good with him.

Amelie1 votes

I recently played against a Kennen who was an absolute beast. The damage output was just insane. He could kill anyone on my team in one combo. Of course, you have to play really well (he was Plat 1). He's great for any kind of AoE team; give him a try if you're interested.

Mordepool1 votes

Vs a stealth comp

CKwoka269471 votes

since the change to his ult no. His damage output is really bad and the Q is hard to land with minions around and has long cooldowns. Also once anyone at decent elo buys a hexdrinker or merc treads ur screwed.

4ManVotedAgainst1 votes

Kennen only has potential to carry IF he manages to get items but is completely useless otherwise. You need to have absolutely PERFECT CS-Ability or damn-close to it if you want to have ANY chance of being able to carry on any kind of consistent basis as a Kennen. I speak as someone who mains him. You can see some of my recent replays with him now that I've learned about that replay-site... http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1969962231&key=ggHrhI7LECnkemnBILwuyns4P2gODqwd (this one is recent where I laned against a Darius) http://www.replay.gg/?r=NA1&id=1969745027&key=mW3uVvjIRGt0GwkqC4NwQtxdKxtMZrDg (this is from earlier and also another lane vs Darius)

For the record, I have had somewhere between 10-12 ranked matches this season against teams that had Darius (his re-worked version), and in all of them (except for one), the winning team was mine, when I was the one laning against Darius. I intentionally leave Darius unbanned to bait the opponents into counter-picking themselves. Also, I have this one-trick-pony thing that I do with Kennen, and the reason why you don't see me using Flash which I consider to be over-rated except on ADCs & immobile champions, and that one-trick-pony technique of mine is Home-Guard-Speed Teleport-Ulti into Team-Fight-Ganking.

When to pick Kennen : The entire enemy team is full of squish & lacks a lot of CC. When to NOT pick Kennen : Any combination of when the enemy team line-up has lots of ways to root/bind you combined with any kind of mobile-tank (i.e.: Irelia).

ownagepants111 votes

what league are you?

4ManVotedAgainst1 votes

You can look-up other players' ranks if they have any via web-sites such as http://www.lolking.net/ or op.gg

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what league are you?

Another thing that Kennen should NEVER do is try to all-in opponents that are at 100% health, always harass first whilst keeping an eye out for potential MIAs that might gank you, then it's generally safe to all-in once they're down to 30% health (IF you've made them use up all of their potions), and also only IF you KNOW that the other lanes aren't missing, and you have an idea that their jungler isn't near you (such as you just saw enemy jungler bot, whilst you are top, then you can kill your opponent easily if they've been first harassed down to 30% health, provided that you yourself are not low).

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