By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Heart of the Tempest
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (2,079 games).
Kennen, the Heart of the Tempest, stuns anything he marks three times with Mark of the Storm and dives teams with Slicing Maelstrom. Master+ took him Top far more than Mid, mostly with Electrocute, and his two leading paths begin on Hextech Rocketbelt. He came out ahead of Fiora. Against Darius and Nasus he was close to even. Yone beat him.
Mage
Patch 26.18 · Top · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 2,079 games · Preview sample
2,079
Games
High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
52.3%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite71.0%Win Rate
FlashIgnite57.7%Win Rate
Flash
Teleport
This exact page: taken in 16.9% of games·44.9% win rate over 352 games.
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Heal when you damage an enemy champion.
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total. Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
First Strike8.2% taken · 54.7% win170 games
Summon Aery4.5% taken · 55.9% win93 games
Deathfire Touch2.8% taken · 67.8% win59 gamesDomination + Sorcery41.1% taken · 47.7% win855 games
Domination + Inspiration24.5% taken · 51.9% win509 games
Domination + Resolve12.3% taken · 54.9% win255 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Kennen's most common path.
QKennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.
Cooldown 7/6.25/5.5/4.75/4s · 60/55/50/45/40 Energy
WKennen 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.
Cooldown 13/11.25/9.5/7.75/6s · 40 Energy
EKennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units and apply a Mark of the Storm.
Cooldown 10/9/8/7/6s · 80 Energy
RKennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.
Cooldown 120s · No costMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QThundering Shuriken | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WElectrical Surge | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| ELightning Rush | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RSlicing Maelstrom | R | R | R |
How Kennen performs against enemy top laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Punish the cooldown — Kennen is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 4/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody
PMark of the Storm
Kennen stuns enemies he hits 3 times with his abilities.
Passive — never cast
QThundering 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.
Cost 60/55/50/45/40 EnergyCooldown 7/6.25/5.5/4.75/4sRange 950
WElectrical 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.
Cost 40 EnergyCooldown 13/11.25/9.5/7.75/6sRange 725
ELightning 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.
Cost 80 EnergyCooldown 10/9/8/7/6sRange 170
RSlicing Maelstrom
Kennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.
No costCooldown 120sRange 550
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Kennen in 4 patches. The latest is patch 26.20, published 2026-10-06.
ELightning Rush
Stacking the odds a bit more in his favor with his signature spell (in Riftbound) and offsetting Rocketbelt changes that he'll be a bit less excited about.
RSlicing Maelstrom
With the reshape to Hextech Rocketbelt to prevent it from becoming the ubiquitous mage legendary, Kennen came out behind the pack. We are buffing him to compensate, making sure he is rewarded well when he does find the right flanks for those huge team-deleting ults.
WElectrical Surge
ELightning Rush
Our second lost playstyle is AD Kennen. In this case, we're adding critical strike synergy to Kennen's W and E. While a more attack speed focused on-hit hybrid build may stand out as a more intuitive choice for an auto-attack focused Kennen, we actually think it would spill over too hard into his standard AP builds and want to avoid adjustments to his typical playstyle just to enable this one.
RSlicing Maelstrom
Kennen's so sneaky that he snuck under players' radars for a while, but as the new season has dawned, many of you have come to understand that small shurikens can pack a big punch. We want to create windows of opportunity to succeed against him, which means preserving his power when everything's available, but creating larger gaps between those moments.
Riot's data lists 11 looks for Kennen with their own art, the base skin included and 23 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Kennen | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 580 | =141st | 620 |
| Health per level | 98 | =142nd | 104 |
| Base armor | 29 | =91st | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.95 | =32nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 30 | =110th | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.3 | =93rd | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 48 | =167th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 3.4% | =25th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 550 | =9th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 580 | +98 | 2246 | =148th of 173 |
| Armor | 29 | +4.95 | 113.15 | 44th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 30 | +1.3 | 52.1 | =97th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Kennen, the Heart of the Tempest, is a Mage champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 4/10 for difficulty, 6/10 for attack, 4/10 for defense and 7/10 for magic. Kennen spends Energy and has 11 skins with their own art. Kennen's base attack damage of 48 is the 5th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 2 others).
More than just the lightning-quick enforcer of Ionian balance, Kennen is the only yordle member of the Kinkou. Despite his small, furry stature, he is eager to take on any threat with a whirling storm of shuriken and boundless enthusiasm. Alongside his master Shen, Kennen patrols the spirit realm, employing devastating electrical energy to strike down his enemies.
Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 16 April 2010.
16 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.
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