League Classic matchup
Jax vs Kennen
The lane, from both sides
Jax’s side
No note from Jax’s side yet; the silence is a gap, not a verdict.
Kennen’s side
- Weak against Jaxfrom the AP Bruiser build (Top)
Counter Strike
Counter StrikeEActive: Jax enters Evasion for 2 seconds: a defensive stance that causes him to dodge all incoming non-turret basic attacks and take 25% reduced damage from all area of effect abilities sourced from champions. Counter Strike can be recast after 1 second, and does so automatically after the duration. Recast: Jax deals physical damage to nearby enemies, with the total damage increased by 20% for each attack dodged, up to a 100% increase, and stuns them for 1 second. is a direct answer to
Electrical Surge
Electrical SurgeWKennen passively deals extra damage and adds a Mark of the Storm to his target every few attacks, and he can activate this ability to damage and add another Mark of the Storm to targets who are already marked.'s on-hit marks, and
Leap Strike
Leap StrikeQActive: Jax dashes to the target unit's location. If the target is an enemy and they are in range upon arrival, Jax deals physical damage to them. Jax can cast any of his abilities during the dash. crosses more ground than
Lightning Rush
Lightning RushEKennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units. Any enemy unit he runs through takes damage and gets a Mark of the Storm. covers.
Grandmaster's Might
Grandmaster's MightRPassive: Jax's basic attacks grant bonus attack speed, stacking up to 10 times. Jax's basic attacks generate a stack of Grandmaster-at-Arms on-hit for 2.5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits and stacking up to 2 times. At 2 stacks, his next basic attack on-hit consumes all stacks to deal additional magic damage. means the storm lands on the worst possible target.
The kits at a glance
- Equipment Mastery
- Leap Strike
- Empower
- Counter Strike
- Grandmaster's Might
Kennen
Full abilities- Mark of the Storm
- Thundering Shuriken
- Electrical Surge
- Lightning Rush
- Slicing Maelstrom
Base stats, side by side
| Stat | Jax | Kennen |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 506 (+83) | 482 (+79) |
| HP regen | 1.6 (+0.11) | 1.03 (+0.13) |
| Mana | 265 (+35) | – |
| Attack damage | 59.675 (+3.375) | 50.3 (+3.3) |
| Armor | 25.5 (+3.2) | 17.75 (+3.75) |
| Magic resist | 31.25 (+1.25) | 30 |
| Attack speed | 0.638 (+3.4) | 0.69 (+3.4) |
| Move speed | 350 | 335 |
| Attack range | 125 | 550 |
Level-1 values with per-level growth in parentheses, read from the Classic client and re-checked against it on every update.









