How to win lane as Kennen against Yasuo · 55.85% win rate over 573 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You are both weak level-1s and his Windwall (W) blocks your only real tool — your Q — so neither of you commits and it reads even. |
| Level 2 | Kennen | Your second Q plus Electrical Surge (W) on-hit out-chips him whenever his single-target Windwall is down, and he has no sustain to heal it. |
| Level 3 | Kennen | Mark of the Storm reaches the third-stack stun off Q-W faster than one Windwall cast can deny, letting you punish any overstep. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kennen | You keep the poke edge while respecting his E-Q knockup combo — chip him on the Windwall cooldown and refuse to feed him flow. |
| Level 6 | Kennen | Slicing Maelstrom restacks marks through Windwall and stun-locks him when he E-dashes in — your hardest pre-item all-in wins outright. |
| First item | Kennen | Hextech Alternator / Liandry's turns the E-Flash-R combo lethal against a Yasuo who lacks Shieldbow and a second crit item. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | He out-scales hard: Shieldbow eats your R, crit out-DPSes you, and his knockup punishes your squishy body the instant your storm is down — close before this window. |
Level 1 is a wash — you both have fragile bodies, and his Windwall (W) eats your Q the second you telegraph it, so don't waste your only poke into a held wall. Last-hit at max Q range and fire it when he's mid-E-dash or his Windwall is on cooldown. From Level 2-3 your Electrical Surge (W) on-hit autos plus a second Q point let you stack Mark of the Storm faster than one Windwall can block, and he has no sustain to heal the chip — he can only block one projectile per cast, so bait the wall, then re-Q.
The full Kennen vs Yasuo 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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