Varus vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Varus
based on 1,701 Varus vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Kennen
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Varus versus Kennen counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Varus normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Kennen
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Who is Better, Varus or Kennen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Kennen, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter to Kennen.
While Varus does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Kennen.
Additionally, Varus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Kennen matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Kennen. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Kennen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Varus versus Kennen build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Kennen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Kennen with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Kennen as Varus, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Varus vs Kennen LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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