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Kennen

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.0%#121 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.5%picked in 436 of 17,733 games
Ban: 2.5%413 bans over 16,781 games, against 2.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.0% between 44.9% and 53.1% over 394 gamesSoloQ 51.0%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.4 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 235,635 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itElectrocute, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 82% of top laners.Damage
With / againstBetter than expected against Lulu in amateur play: +16.8 pts over 31 games, range above zero.+16.8 pt31 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
1.5%
1.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.3%
SoloQ
2.6%
2.3% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 2.6% in soloQ over 158,928 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute76% · 7,641

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite57% · 5,724

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 93% · 67 games

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 660

18%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 82% of top laners.

Team damagetop18%24% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Damage

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 73 in lane, 67 in mid game and 71 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

651+52 vs 599

913+45 vs 868

1,131+52 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Kennentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 55% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 73 of 100 among top laners651 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 67 of 100 among top laners913 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 71 of 100 among top laners1,131 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 61 of 100 among top laners+196 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 55 of 100 among top laners+159 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 22 of 100 among top laners511 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 65 of 100 among top laners54% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 47 of 100 among top laners28% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 22 of 100 among top lanersrank 22 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 67 of 100 among top laners0.9 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 82 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Lulu in amateur play: +16.8 pts over 31 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Lulu67.7% · expected 51.0% · 31 g+16.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

With

Junglegap to expected

Vi52.9% · expected 49.3% · 34 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +2.4

Lee Sin47.9% · expected 47.7% · 48 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

Yone54.5% · expected 53.1% · 33 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -2.2

ADCgap to expected

Lucian62.5% · expected 47.9% · 32 g+14.6 ptSoloQ +1.1

Yunara60.0% · expected 51.1% · 40 g+8.9 ptSoloQ +2.8

Jhin48.6% · expected 44.8% · 35 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -0.2

Supportgap to expected

Lulu51.5% · expected 47.0% · 33 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -0.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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