Talk:Kennen/@comment-4636093-20140329101122

Thanks to teambuilder I can play support Kennen and not get flamed. Everyone's just so pleased to finally get a support of any kind they don't question it.

Joking aside, I'm actually having some great success with it. The secret lies in 3-4 small words which no other champion shares with Kennen: Ranged... Manaless... Hard CC.

These three things alone should make any support drool over him. If you play to these strengths you can pump out more harass damage than the enemy can deal with.

Then you get to his E which just seals the deal. A free Jinx passive on a 7 second cooldown (rank 1 with CDR boots and masteries), which also grants him bonus resistences. And (again) manaless, he can zip around the entire battlefield with complete impunity. Charging away from ganks or charging in with his ult, it's as good as a dash.

Starting skills are Q->W->Q or E. Then max R>Q>W>E. You can also go R>Q>E>W if you need more tankiness or speed (also enemies don't like being close to Kennen when they have marks of the storm on them so you may find it difficult to damage with W).

Start with Spellthief's Edge (the mana regen wasted on it doesn't matter) a health pot, a ward and a yellow trinket... Then go for sightstone and switch to the red trinket when you get it... Now for boots and a Seeker's Armguard, I like CDR boots for more harass and stuns and mobility and everything else he can do, but mobility boots are another option if you can't rely on your E to move around with, or just leave them as brown boots until later.

Constantly toss Qs at the enemy during laning and if possible follow it up with a W if they stick around. You can zone really easilly if you have your W's enhanced auto attack up because the enemy knows (unless they're bad) that if they get too close then they're going to get hit by it, then W'ed, then Qed for a free stun and harass.

Weaknesses are that he's squishy without his E up. And because he's a support he won't be getting a Zhonya's for a long time, in teamfights he might get bursted if he engages badly.