Talk:Kennen/@comment-76.2.109.246-20120531000036

Note that this is only my opinion on why I don't think Kennen is OP. 

Reasons for kennen QQ are escape with e, sustain, poke, damage, and CC.

Escape: Believe it or not, Kennen can be ganked. I play kennen and I have experienced it, although I have not ganked many kennens as jungler.

Kennen's MS increase only lasts a mere 3 seconds, which you and your jungler should work together to waste, by using stuns or slows on him. Stun will obviously stop him outright, and slows should be enough to get some damage in, or even kill him granted you gank when hes not at full health. Junglers like Alistar are great at wasting the time kennen has extra MS.

Sustain: I do agree that kennen's sustain is very good, but others with no mana can match him fine such as Vlad. Additionally, WOTA and revolver have recieved some significant nerfs in cost, and how much spellvamp they give. Mana casters shouldnt be spamming spells all the time. I know this is no substitute for not having mana, but I believe lots of QQ comes from ppl that go oom from poor management of their mana.

Poke + Damage: Kennens q is a major source of QQ ive found. Its damage is reasonable for a single target spell, and you can stay behind your minions. If he goes to your side of the minion wave to harrass, you should be able to harrass back.

Compare Kennens q to Casseopiea q. Kennens has a longer cooldown especially at low levels, lower ratio, single target, and cant go through minions. his e and w ratios are reasonable considering they are AOE. As for his ult, it doesnt do as much damage at lvl 1 as most mages' nuke ults. Late game, its no greater than Morgana's for example.

CC: I am going to talk about his ult since its gets the most QQ. People dont seem to notice that it takes time for marks of the storm to get on everyone. Most of the time i dont even get its full effect off because they focus me like all teams should. He has zhonya's? Flash out. Most of the time I dont even get to zhonya's because he is too squishy without rylais, not enough damage without Death Cap, needs the sustain from WOTA, and MP from void staff.

Again note that this is just my OPINION.

TL;LR? I DONT CARE!!!!! At least some might read this and understand why kennen isnt OP, and stop some QQ that often stop me from picking him in games.