Soraka vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Soraka
based on 955 Soraka vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Kennen
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Soraka in LoL
The stats provided here show some strategic Soraka versus Kennen counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kennen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kennen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Kennen
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Who is Better, Soraka or Kennen?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kennen, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Soraka does have a higher win rate compared to Kennen, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Kennen.
Furthermore, Soraka has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Kennen matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Soraka is a decent counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kennen. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Soraka versus Kennen build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Kennen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 50.9% when countering Kennen with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kennen as Soraka, Soraka players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Soraka vs Kennen clashes, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Soraka are shown for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.