Kennen vs Gangplank

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Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

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Dodge his barrels

His Powder Keg is the kill button: a landed barrel lets him run you down and one-shot, so dodge it with Lightning Rush.

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All-in at 6

Poke him down and all-in at level 6 when he's near half HP with Ignite up: it's your best window, though his W and Corrupting sustain make it tight.

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Pop barrels early

Take the attack-speed shard and max Q to break barrels: contest them with ranged autos so the proc can't reach you, and bait them off cooldown before trading.

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Never let a barrel land on you: that's the hit that lets his passive auto run you down and one-shot you.

Runes

DOMINATION

SORCERY

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 51% WR - 282 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
		W							W	W		W	W
			E											E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→W→E

Kennen vs Gangplank in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: his barrels, a landed Powder Keg lets his passive auto run you down and one-shot, so dodge it with Lightning Rush.

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