Aphelios vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Aphelios
based on 923 Aphelios vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Kennen
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Aphelios vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Aphelios versus Kennen counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen..
Aphelios typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Kennen
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Kennen?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when taking on Kennen, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a good counter to Kennen.
While Aphelios does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Kennen matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Kennen. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kennen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Aphelios versus Kennen build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Kennen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Kennen with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kennen as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Aphelios vs Kennen LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Aphelios are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.