How to win lane as Pantheon against Kennen · 49.88% win rate over 433 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | His Lightning Surge (Q) is a slow bolt and he has no stun pre-6, but your level 1 is also setup — deny his last hits and you both jockey for the first window. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | Your W-stun plus a tapped Q is a hard level-2 all-in he can't answer — he has no escape and his Mark stun needs two casts. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | All three basics online means W-stun, Q-burst, E-block — you can run him down before his energy poke and Mark proc matter. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | His move-speed passive and energy poke let him stabilize and kite your W cooldown — even window where your E trades his single skillshot. |
| Level 6 | Kennen | Slicing Maelstrom (R) chain-stuns you through your Aegis Assault and lets him reset distance — his ult outvalues your level-6 bump. |
| First item | Kennen | His first AP item (Rocketbelt/Liandry's) kites your gap and his Mark detonations out-DPS your shields on your squishy frame. |
| Two+ items | Kennen | Full-AP Kennen re-stuns with R and bursts through your shields — you can't win the duel, so roam and let your team eat the ult. |
Level 1 is yours — his Lightning Surge (Q) is a slow bolt and he has no stun yet, so step up and punish him whenever he goes for a creep. At 2 and 3 your W-stun into Q-tap is a real kill threat; W in, stun, empowered-Q, and back out before his energy poke matters. The thing to respect is Mark of the Storm — don't sit in his Q+W double-mark range or you eat a free stun, and angle your Aegis Assault (E) toward his Q to block the poke while you walk him down.
The full Pantheon vs Kennen 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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