Best Kennen Top Build Guide: Runes, Items, and Counters [Updated 15.4 Guide]

Best Kennen Top Build Guide: Runes, Items, and Counters [Updated 15.4 Guide]

By Marcus Chen

February 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Kennen Top Build for Patch 15.4 provides optimized builds with a 53.0% win rate across 2,373 matches.

Most Popular Build:

  • Summoner Spells: Flash, Teleport
  • Runes: Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, Scorch
  • Core Items: Hextech Rocketbelt → Sorcerer's Shoes → Shadowflame
  • Final Items: Zhonya's Hourglass → Void Staff → Rabadon's Deathcap
  • Skill Order: Q > W > E

Strong Against:

  • Trundle (60.0% WR)
  • Tahm Kench (57.6% WR)
  • Quinn (57.5% WR)
  • Aatrox (57.2% WR)
  • Kayle (56.8% WR)

Weak Against:

  • Heimerdinger (39.7% WR)
  • Olaf (43.8% WR)
  • Swain (44.1% WR)
  • Vladimir (44.8% WR)
  • Singed (46.8% WR)

Key Tips:

  • Utilize range advantage against melee champions
  • Flank from sides during teamfights when enemies have strong disengage
  • Can be built either AP or on-hit based on team composition needs
  • Stay at maximum range to prevent enemy trades
  • Contest every CS while maintaining safe positioning

Alternative Builds:

  1. Summon Aery Build (54.1% WR)
  • Core: Same as popular build
  • Runes: Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch
  1. Liandry's Build (58.9% WR)
  • Core: Liandry's Torment instead of Rocketbelt
  • Keeps same rune setup as popular build
  1. Off-Meta First Strike Build (59.8% WR)
  • Runes: First Strike, Magical Footwear, Time Warp Tonic, Cosmic Insight
  • Core: Liandry's Torment → Sorcerer's Shoes → Shadowflame

Best Synergies:

  • Shaco (57.3% WR)
  • Talon (56.8% WR)
  • Graves (56.0% WR)
  • Bel'Veth (54.9% WR)
  • Nocturne (54.6% WR)

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