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How to Win Nami vs Kennen Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Nami in LoLNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Nami

based on 1,130 Nami vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
3.13
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our dataset, Nami battled Kennen 1130 times. With so many matchups for Nami versus Kennen provides us a lot of faith in our capability to provide useful statistics and a supported build to suppress Kennen. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Nami fights Kennen in only 1.1% of her matches.

Nami vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Nami has done a ok job of countering Kennen. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.4% of games the champions face one another in. In Nami against Kennen rounds, Nami’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Nami vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Moonstone RenewerShurelya's BattlesongDream MakerZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
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Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Kennen

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

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.

Nami vs Kennen Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Kennen Image
1.8
< Kills >
6.2
5.5
< Deaths >
5.9
15.4
< Assists >
5.9
0.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
24
< Minions Killed >
166
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.43
854
< Physical Damage >
2,125
8,279
< Magic Damage >
20,611
515
< True Damage >
600
9,649
< Damage Dealt >
23,336
16,402
< Damage Taken >
21,461
8,521
< Gold Earned >
11,489
2.2
< Towers >
2.02
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,906
< Total Healing >
2,937
10,805
< Experience >
14,564
59
< Vision Score >
19
25
< Wards Placed >
9
191
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Kennen with Nami in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Nami vs. Kennen counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kennen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Nami usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kennen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nami and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Kennen

Who is Better, Nami or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when taking on Kennen, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter for Kennen.

While Nami does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nami into Kennen.

Moreover, Nami also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Kennen matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Nami is a decent counter for Kennen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nami

Nami Loses Against

ZyraZyra45.5% winrateTeemoTeemo45.6% winrateFizzFizz45.7% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Nami Wins Against

SivirSivir55.9% winrateKalistaKalista54.3% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Nami, we analyzed 1,130 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kennen as Nami comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Kennen. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Nami versus Kennen build include Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Kennen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 50.4% battling Kennen with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kennen as Nami, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Nami vs Kennen counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Nami are shown for every ranked division. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.