How to win lane as Kennen against K'Sante · 54.38% win rate over 331 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You're both fragile at level 1, but his percent-HP passive blunts your single Q — last-hit at Q range and don't commit. |
| Level 2 | Kennen | Your second Q point plus W on-hit stacks Mark of the Storm for a real poke trade while his W block is on cooldown. |
| Level 3 | Kennen | You own the wave and out-poke him here — bait his Ntofo block, then land Q and the mark stun on an overstep. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kennen | You keep the poke edge but respect his level-3 W-dash Q-knockup combo — chip and don't stand in melee. |
| Level 6 | Kennen | Slicing Maelstrom plus E-in stun-locks him before he can R-isolate you — your full mark chain wins this pre-item all-in outright. |
| First item | Kennen | Hextech Alternator / Liandry's turns your R combo lethal — magic ignores his armor and his passive can't tank full burst. |
| Two+ items | K'Sante | K'Sante out-scales hard: his R strips his resists, dashes onto you, and isolates you for a duel you lose — close before this. |
Level 1 is even — one Q and your Electrical Surge autos chip, but you're squishy and he has a percent-HP passive that softens your magic, so don't overcommit. The real opener is levels 2-3: a second Q point plus W on-hit lets you build Mark of the Storm and land hard poke while his W (the Ntofo Strikes block / dash) is on cooldown. Bait his W block — once it's down, your Q poke and mark stack land clean. Don't auto into his W ready or he'll block the mark and dash on you.
The full Kennen vs K'Sante report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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