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Kennen vs Kayle

KennenYOU · TOP
KayleENEMY · TOP
VS
Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

Punish her early
Trade aggressively while pushing: she's very weak early, so poke her down and set up a dive with your jungler.
Her ult blanks yours
At level six her ult completely neutralizes yours: she goes invulnerable, so don't count on your R to finish her.
Play for teamfights
After six she becomes ranged and outpushes you, then hard outscales you in the side lane: group instead.
Let her farm safely into the late game: a scaled Kayle hard outscales you.
Runes
DOMINATIONDOMINATION
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
SORCERYSORCERY
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
IgniteIGNITE
Items
Start
Core
Last 30 days Emerald+ - 51% WR - 697 games
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Kennen · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Kennen vs Kayle in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: at six her ult goes invulnerable and completely neutralizes yours, don't commit your R for the kill.

Kennen matchup data compiled from the r/Kennenmains Challenger OTP sheet and Rime101League of Legends assets © Riot Games (Data Dragon).