Kennen ARAM Mayhem Build

The Heart of the Tempest. One of the weakest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #168 of 173 champions.

DPatch 26.21MageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: D
Win rate: 44.8%
Pick rate: 2.9%
Rank: #168 of 173
Games: 671,052
Patch: 26.21

How to play Kennen in ARAM Mayhem

Kennen is one of the weakest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier D, #168 of 173 champions, with a 44.8% win rate over 671,052 games.

87% of Kennen's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Shadowflame, Stormsurge and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 45.6% win rate over 487,555 games. For boots, most players buy Sorcerer's Shoes, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Kennen are Wooglet's Witchcap, Clown College and Weapon of Destiny. Cards built around ability power fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Glass Cannon and Master of Duality when you can: they do worst on Kennen. A pair to look for: Clown College with Infinite Recursion.

Take Flash and Mark (93% of players). Max Q (Thundering Shuriken) first, then W, then E.

Kennen ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Kennen game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

45.6% win rate · 86% of Kennen games · 487,555 games

Start

Amplifying Tome
Guardian's Orb

Core items, in buying order

Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Kennen, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	6%
Sorcerer's Shoes	50%
No boots	38%

Situational, after the core

Banshee's Veil7% buy it
Void Staff52% buy it
Hextech Rocketbelt7% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass33% buy it
Cryptbloom5% buy it
Malignance13% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame83% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap60% of games
Stormsurge56% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes53% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass48% of games
Hextech Rocketbelt44% of games
Malignance37% of games
Void Staff33% of games
Liandry's Torment7% of games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity6% of games

Best augments for Kennen

Every card with enough Kennen games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Kennen's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1HomeguardTier S
2Escape PlanTier A
3Leg DayTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Kennen

6 S tier and 31 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Kennen in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Veil of Warding	Silver	Tier A	Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Flashbang	Silver	Tier A	Your Flash causes an explosion that deals (70–240 (by level) +60% Ability Power +70% Attack Damage) damage and Slows (resets on death).
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Dive Bomber	Silver	Tier A	Explodes when you die, dealing 20% of the target's max Health as true damage to nearby enemies.
Ominous Pact	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 75–150 (by level) Ability Power, 50% Movement Speed, and 20% Omnivamp based on missing Health. Spell casts cost 5% of your current…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Arcane Axiom	Gold	Tier A	When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund 15–30 (by level) % of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…

Average on Kennen
52 cards, best first

Below average on Kennen
31 cards, best first

Weakest on Kennen
13 cards, best first

Best first augment for Kennen

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Kennen's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Omni Soul, Wooglet's Witchcap and Infinite Recursion come out on top.

The best augments for Kennen in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Omni SoulTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	HomeguardTier S
2	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	Mountain SoulTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier S
3	Infinite RecursionTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Leg DayTier S	Clown CollegeTier S
4	Clown CollegeTier S	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	EurekaTier A	Escape PlanTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Giant SlayerTier A	With HasteTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Kennen, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark93% of players · 45.0% win rate
Flash + Ghost5% of players · 43.1% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 41.7% win rate

Skill order

QThundering Shuriken
WElectrical Surge
ELightning Rush

Max Q first. 60% of players use this order (46.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Kennen in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.2 / 12.1 / 22.4
KDA: 2.93
Damage to champions: 35,094
Damage taken: 28,944
Self-mitigated: 18,303
Healing on allies: 16
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 26 s
Kill participation: 60%
Game length: 16:57

Damage type

Physical 6%Magic 87%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Kennen build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Kennen: Shadowflame, Stormsurge and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Kennen in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Kennen, best first: Wooglet's Witchcap, Clown College, Weapon of Destiny, Mad Scientist and Infinite Recursion. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Kennen good in ARAM Mayhem?

Kennen is tier D on patch 26.21, #168 of 173 champions, with a 44.8% win rate over 671,052 games. That makes it one of the weakest picks in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Kennen in ARAM Mayhem?

For Kennen's first pick on patch 26.21: Omni Soul, Wooglet's Witchcap, Infinite Recursion, Clown College and Weapon of Destiny, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Mages in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Kennen counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.