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Kennen ARAM Build 26.22

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Kennen was built for a bridge with only one way through, diving the clumped five and stacking Mark of the Storm on everyone at once before Slicing Maelstrom erupts and stuns the whole team. He chips from range with shurikens between clashes, and with no side path to scatter, the enemy eats every bolt of his AoE storm.

#100 of 122 champions this patch · 72 games
Win rate44.4%−5.4Games72Pick rate5.4%Last 8 patches−0.7 since 26.15Damage profilei
AP
AP 90%AD 5%True 5%
DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals
ClassicModernARAMCounter

Kennen Item Build

Surviving his own dive is the reason Kennen pairs ability power with attack speed and a layer of survivability. Landing his stun means burying himself in five packed bodies, and on the Abyss there is no flashing in and back out with a whole team stacked on one bridge, so the durability buys the seconds he needs to unload before the enemy collapses onto him. The power still has to be there to make that commit lethal.

Standard loadout · Kennen The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Boots×1Hextech Alternator×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Sorcerer's Shoes92% · 42.1%Ionian Boots of Lucidity8% · 100.0%
Situational items
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.VVoid Staff1050.0%SShadowflame4346.5%SStormsurge3641.7%

Best Kennen Runes

Dark Harvest rewards Kennen for doing what the Abyss forces anyway, throwing his whole body into a clumped enemy team and unloading. His Mark of the Storm stuns land in bunches when everyone is packed on the choke, so the page backs the all-in over careful poke. Set up for the moment you can Lightning Rush in and blanket the pile with his storm.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Domination Primary Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. Cheap Shot51% · 43.2%Grisly Mementos90% · 44.6%Ultimate Hunter88% · 41.3% Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Sorcery Secondary Gathering Storm60% · 46.5%Transcendence56% · 45.0%
Stat shards OffenseAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Your power spikes with Hextech Rocketbelt into Zhonya's Hourglass, and Kennen turns into a teamfight nightmare the moment it lands. Both teams stack on one narrow bridge, which is exactly where his Slicing Maelstrom storm racks up Marks of the Storm and stuns the entire group at once. Build the damage that makes diving into the middle of the clump worth the risk.

Kennen Skill Order

Thundering Shuriken claims 4, 5, 7 and 9 and Electrical Surge fills 8, 10, 12 and 13, so two of the three Mark of the Storm sources scale while Lightning Rush sits on its starting rank until 14, leaving the dive tool at opening strength through the mid game.

Skill order · Kennen R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›WW›EE›Max Q first; W at level 2.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W28101213max 13
E314151718max 18
R61116max 16
Put your early points into Q for the poke that chips a grouped team between fights, then W, then E. Thundering Shuriken and Electrical Surge both build Marks of the Storm toward the stun, so ranking them up means faster lockdown when the bridge keeps everyone together. Save Slicing Maelstrom for the moment both teams collide on the choke.

Kennen ARAM Abilities

Electrical Surge does the quiet work of stacking marks, dropping one every few attacks and letting Kennen activate it to slap a second onto anything already tagged. Lightning Rush is more than a gap-closer, handing him move speed as he shifts in and attack speed as he drops out.

Abilities on the Abyss · Kennenpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Mark of the StormPassivePThundering ShurikenMax 1stQElectrical SurgeMax 2ndWLightning RushMax lastESlicing MaelstromUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
Thundering ShurikenMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+50 per rank+75% APlv 175lv 4125lv 5175lv 7225lv 9275Cost-5 per ranklv 160lv 455lv 550lv 745lv 940Cooldown-0.75 per ranklv 17slv 46.25slv 55.5slv 74.75slv 94s
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Kennen: entries touching the selected ability light upRiot currently applies no ARAM-specific balance adjustments to Kennen.

Kennen Base Stats

Base stats · KennenPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD48+3.75AS0.625+3.4%MS335Range550HP580+98HP55.5+0.65Armor29+4.95MR30+1.3Energy200EN550
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