Urgot vs Kennen Counter Pick

Kennen takes trades at no cost. His energy doesn’t carry over between fights, and with 550 attack range to Urgot’s 350, he decides when each exchange starts. In 318 games on patch 16.13.1, Urgot wins 47.2% of the time, a Hard result for the champion with the heavier body.

• Mark of the Storm stuns on the third application, while Thundering Shuriken, Electrical Surge and Lightning Rush each add one.
• Kennen’s damage is split between types, so buying just Urgot’s 36 Armor or 32 Magic Resist doesn’t blunt the whole threat.
• The early numbers favor Kennen less than you’d expect: 580 health and 29 Armor at level 1 versus 655 and 36, then 2,246 and 113.2 against 2,389 and 121 at level 18.

Kennen rates 4 for difficulty to Urgot’s 8, which becomes important when the losing side has to time Disdain precisely. That charge shields, tramples non-champions and flings a caught target behind him. Lightning Rush goes through units and grants movement speed, so there’s only a small window to catch him, and Slicing Maelstrom punishes anyone who stays still while Purge is active. Kennen also starts with 48 attack damage to Urgot’s 63 and moves at 335 against 330, which leaves a caught Kennen with little to rely on once Fear Beyond Death skewers him below its health threshold. Urgot does best by fighting close to friendly turret range and using Corrosive Charge to slow Kennen’s retreat. See Kennen.