Kennen vs K’Sante Counter Pick

Kennen, the Heart of the Tempest, meets K’Sante, the Pride of Nazumah, in the Top lane. The sample behind this page is 371 games from patch 16.13.1, and Kennen wins 59.3% of them. Being 9.3 points clear of the 50% line makes K’Sante a favourable draw for Kennen.

Footwork (E) is the ability Kennen has to respect, just as K’Sante plays around Thundering Shuriken. Then it becomes Slicing Maelstrom against All Out, and the one still holding it sets the terms. One spends Energy and the other Mana, which changes how long each can keep poking.

Range decides much of the early game: Kennen attacks from 550 units, K’Sante from 150. For K’Sante, engage timing is the whole answer; without it every auto favours Kennen.

With Kennen and K’Sante both dealing mixed damage, stacking a single stat answers most of it. Before items it is 580 HP, 29 armour, 30 MR for Kennen; 625, 36, 30 for K’Sante. Early physical trades read in K’Sante’s favour thanks to 7 more armour. Kennen scales to 2246 health by 18 while K’Sante reaches 2665. On autos alone the numbers read 48 AD for Kennen and 64 for K’Sante. Kennen covers ground faster from level one (335 against 330).

Riot scores K’Sante at 9/10 for difficulty against 4/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. Sample size counts as much as the number — 371 games for K’Sante here.