Wukong vs Kennen — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Wukong against Kennen · 47.15% win rate over 123 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Kennen is favoured — Kennen owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Wukong's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Wukong wins 47.15% of games vs Kennen in top lane (123 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is skill — even bases, decided by who lands poke first.
Level 2KennenLevel 2 is Kennen's as Shuriken poke and mark stacks accumulate.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is skill once your E lets you answer his zoning.
Levels 4-5WukongLevels 4-5 are yours with an E-Q burst window before his ult.
Level 6KennenLevel 6 is Kennen's — R + Lightning Rush enables a stun-lock dive.
First itemKennenFirst item is Kennen's as Liandry's/Blackfire spikes his burst and peel.
Two+ itemsWukong2+ items is yours since your R cancels his channel and deletes his squishy frame.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is a skill lane — respect Kennen's Q poke range but you can trade if he steps up, and level 2 tilts to him as marks and Shuriken poke start stacking on you.

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The full Wukong 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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