Talk:Kennen/@comment-174.27.243.246-20120203065825/@comment-2095407-20120203121006

Assuming you play decent AP build, itemization should not be an issue. What is an issue, that you need to farm really good. Depending on the lane contest, last hitting may be a pain, and so you get under and over farmed. That sets you back in a game. Other fail factor is kennen countering enemies. Vaigar and Ryze to begin with. You may be really skilled and all, but successful Veigar's combo lands on you, and your screen turns grey... And there was nothing you could possibly do. BV is a waste on you. QQS might help, but that is whole slot and does not mean you will prevent a thing. So countering might set you to a noob position a lot. Other thing is that AP Kennen is a lot of a team fighter. For that you need a good team. Weak team - dead you. Sufficient CC in team fight is needed to pull that ulti to the highest potential early-mid-late game. No CC -> not enough damage -> you or your team gets damage and dies. So you are highly dependent on the team ability to perform their roles as a team. In most cases when I suck like hell, I know my team composition is weak, players are cowards or unskilled, since one alone, Kennen can not pull off that much. And in some cases it is just a bad match for my team...

So keep practicing your Q and R to its finest and arrange or hope for good teammates ;)