Talk:Kennen/@comment-28465461-20161124053302/@comment-33748437-20171124000114

I doubt he would be viable as an ADC except under extreme teamwork.

He has no real AD scalings so you might as well build attack on any ranged mage and do similar damage.

The thing that makes him strong as an AD top is that if you build mallet on him, he can 1v1 anything that isnt fed and cant one shot him. Kite with mallet, if they get on top of you, stun them for 1.5 seconds then half a second later stun them again for 0.5 seconds. Thats 2 seconds of them not being able to attack you, more than enough time to kill someone. If they have a cleanse, they still get stunned 2/3 times for 0.5 seconds each time. Normally still enough time for you to win the fight if you are not behind. He's the only ranged character with reliable hard CC and an escape.

And he normally has a CS advantage top since you cant really stop him farming as top lane meta is melee. A little lifesteal early before going into mallet with TP and refillable potion gives him good ranged sustain.

He is a split pusher, and in a team fight he either sits back and kites anyone who attacks him or the real ADC, or he bursts in with his ulti to stun lock the enemy team before retreating and autoing.