Kennen

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

50.0% Based on 180 games wr in Top

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   1100 gold

   12 Magic Penetration
   45 Move Speed
   
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   95% pick · 51.2% Based on 164 picks wr
2. Item 1 2 options
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     Doran's Blade

     450 gold

     10 Attack Damage
     80 Health
     2.5% Omnivamp
     
     
     Doran's Blade

     67% pick · 51.7% Based on 120 picks wr
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     Doran's Ring

     400 gold

     18 Ability Power
     90 Health
     
     Drain
     Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     or Doran's Ring

     23% pick · 48.8% Based on 41 picks wr
3. Item 2 2 options
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     Hextech Rocketbelt

     2650 gold

     70 Ability Power
     300 Health
     20 Ability Haste
     
     Supersonic
     Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
     Hextech Rocketbelt

     75% pick · 52.2% Based on 134 picks wr
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     Hextech Gunblade

     3000 gold

     80 Ability Power
     40 Attack Damage
     10% Omnivamp
     
     
     
     ACTIVE (0s)
     Lightning Bolt
     Shocks the target enemy champion, dealing magic damage and slowing them by 25% for 1.5 seconds.
     or Hextech Gunblade

     15% pick · 44.4% Based on 27 picks wr
4. Item 3 2 options
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     Shadowflame

     3200 gold

     110 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     
     Cinderbloom
     Magic and true damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
     Shadowflame

     58% pick · 49.5% Based on 91 picks wr
   • 
     Hextech Rocketbelt

     2650 gold

     70 Ability Power
     300 Health
     20 Ability Haste
     
     Supersonic
     Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
     or Hextech Rocketbelt

     11% pick · 58.8% Based on 17 picks wr
5. Item 4 3 options
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     Zhonya's Hourglass

     3250 gold

     105 Ability Power
     50 Armor
     
     
     
     Time Stop
     Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
     Zhonya's Hourglass

     45% pick · 72.2% Based on 36 picks wr
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     Rabadon's Deathcap

     3500 gold

     130 Ability Power
     
     Magical Opus
     Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
     or Rabadon's Deathcap

     21% pick · 29.4% Based on 17 picks wr
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     Void Staff

     3000 gold

     95 Ability Power
     40% Magic Penetration
     
     
     or Void Staff

     14% pick · 45.5% Based on 11 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Flash +

Ignite

Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.

Ignite 73% · 50.4% Based on 131 picks wr

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Q Thundering Shuriken

Kennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.

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W Electrical Surge

Kennen passively deals extra damage and adds a Mark of the Storm to his target every few attacks, and he can activate this ability to damage and add another Mark of the Storm to targets who are already marked.

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E Lightning Rush

Kennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units and apply a Mark of the Storm. Kennen gains Move Speed when entering this form, and attack speed when leaving it.

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R Slicing Maelstrom

Kennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.

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Domination

Electrocute · selected

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Cheap Shot

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.

Taste of Blood · selected

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.

Sixth Sense

On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

Grisly Mementos · selected

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep, gaining Health and Duration.

Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.

Treasure Hunter

Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.

Relentless Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.

Ultimate Hunter · selected

Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus · selected

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch · selected

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed · selected

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).