Talk:Kennen/@comment-7457593-20130720234246/@comment-9533487-20130816003828

Something one might consider is the flexibility of Kennen's kit. There are so many ways you can play Kennen successfully, that there shouldn't be a reason for you to put yourself at too much risk. That isn't to say that his abilities don't carry risk along with them; there's a lot of things you could do that would put you at risk at one point or other. My thought on the matter is: his kit is flexible enough that you usually have some options which aren't high risk.

I do think you "need" to take a fairly big risk if a teamfight happens before you get your Hourglass, and you're playing AP Kennen. At the same time, it's not even nearly as big a risk as a Katarina would take for example, you're still mobile, able to use other spells, and have a good chance of stunning enemies if they're actually attacking you (with all your other spells taken into account, that is).