I really wish we could get a skin for Shen from a universe where he broke his oath/lost his shit and killed Zed. "Outcast Shen" needs to be a real legendary skin even more so seeing how Shen has none and has been around for so long. (mentioned this because were talk about Kinko) that being said Kennen needs some love for sure like a lot of old champs.
When this series is over, I can't wait for a supercut of the gromlin sounds at the end of the videos and for it to randomly get broken up by a "Technique!" around the halfway point
Kennen is, alongside Lulu, Corki, Rumble and Teemo part of the yordles who desperately needs either an ASU or a VGU. The idea behind kennen is certainly interesting, a yordle who got to be part of a secret ninja order who protects the balance. However his design is just very poor and rather than looking like a yordle he feels more like a furry rat fursona. Not to mention his models has the same amount of polygons that the corkster has.
I personally enjoy building kennen on hit. Especially now that they removed lethal tempo, he's one of the few characters that can break the attack speed cap. It gets to the point to where i basically never spend energy on my Q, just my W and E for the stun stacks and the AS buff. Is it the most potent kennen build? no. But it is still pretty potent. Havent tried it since they revamped the ADC items yet.
5:52 You were in time for Kennen's quality of life update in 14.9 where he doesn't stop for a sec while ulting. Kennen was one of the champions I first started to try different champs. I was mainly Nasus and Morde. Loved him first time, now indifferent. Not a fan of his playstyle of kiting and diving, and then essentially being an ult bot. Also I'm bad at skillshots - Q either misses or get minion blocked.
Kennen is my favorite champion and i loved the direction he was going with the new (guess old now) lore, and also the awaken design. But then riot just keeps this horrible model, doesnt use the new design for wild rift, he is not in the cinematic, doesnt give him new voice lines or good effects, and then LOR's Kennen just feels like a complete different character, the point of his story is that he is fighting for everyone that has died because he is IMORTAL, and then LOR gives him IMORTAL yordle friends... Also his art there looks like a hyperrealistic onion with eyes and his play style is boring as fuck, but his voice lines are the worst part, he is supposed to be a fun person with a serious side, but they wanna make my lil bro become Yoda 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
hurts me that kennen is basically nothing to both riot and the community cause I like him sm. he has potential (but a blank sheet of paper also has potential)
I feel like he should be like master shfo from kung-fu panda like a very hard working master who follow strict rule but is able to see the potential of every one of his students
Kennen is definitely a character that really needs a visual update, but at the same time I'd put every other visually outdated champ before him. It's not that he's a bad character, or that his redesign is bad or his gameplay is bad, it's just that he's the definition of mid imo. Half the cast looks better than him, and the other half worst. And the worst half is so bad that they retroactively attract a subset of the community that wants to see them updated.
I think the best way the Community has managed to make Kennen a bit interesting is by saying that he is a figment of Shen's imagination, making him schizophrenic. I find that amusing
Kennen feels like he has abilities, but he doesn't have a kit. He gets attack speed and on-hit from E and W but also wants to run in and ult with E and Ult but also has poke or a generic projectile on Q. Like his abilities don't synergize well. His kit should be something like his E lets him teleport to a marked enemy and his ult is just Zeri ult but applies marks for stun so he can actually use the attack speed, and then make his q and auto enhance or something. Like make it all work together one day, Riot, please.
I like his kit, feels fine to me. You poke your laner down until you all in him. Then late game you're strong enough to 1 shot most of the team. He just needs some quality of life buffs if anything
He has that gap appeal, of tiny rat with gremlin voice but wise and powerful, sort of like Yoda. Which is why I would think LOR would have done better by his students being all human or some other kind of non-yordle, to contrast him against them.
