Top Matchup

Kennen vs Dr. Mundo

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Kennen

Kennen

the Heart of the Tempest
Top
Kennen Top Overall Win Rate
50.24%

Matchup Win Rate

44.3%
Kennen vs Dr. Mundo Wins
55.7%
Dr. Mundo vs Kennen Wins
Dr. Mundo

Dr. Mundo

the Madman of Zaun
Top
Dr. Mundo Top Overall Win Rate
50.48%

Kennen vs Dr. Mundo - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Kennen Top vs Dr. Mundo Top - Who is stronger?

Dr. Mundo Top counters Kennen hard (44.3% win rate) based on 596 games. This matchup is really difficult for Kennen players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Kennen Top vs Dr. Mundo Top in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 2.0% popularity, Kennen constantly encounters meta-dominant Dr. Mundo (5.1%, 10th place out of 63 Top champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Kennen performance in the current patch. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven First Strike + Magical Footwear combination (59.5% win rate) plus optimal itemization Hextech Rocketbelt, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Sorcerer's Shoes boosts your chances from 44.3% to 70%+ - potentially game-changing.

Survive and scale: Kennen faces both matchup (44.29%) and farming disadvantages (5.69 vs 6.48/min). With a 0.79 CS/min deficit, prioritize safe farming and jungle assistance. Outclassed across the board: Dr. Mundo leads in both matchup win rate (55.7%) and damage (875 vs 824/min). Kennen must seek alternative win conditions through macro play and team coordination. Strong individual performance: Kennen maintains better KDA (2.00, 18th place vs 30th for Dr. Mundo), but loses the matchup overall. High KDA without wins suggests difficulty translating individual advantages into victory conditions.

Kennen vs Dr. Mundo - Top Stats Comparison

Kennen Top
Kennen Top
Versus
Dr. Mundo Top
Dr. Mundo Top
B+TierA+
44.3%Matchup Winrate55.7%
50.24%Role Winrate50.48%
#29Winrate Rank#23
2.0%Pickrate5.1%
2.0Average KDA1.9
407Gold per Minute393
5.69CS/Min6.48
0.31Wards per Minute0.30
824Damage per Minute875

How to Beat Dr. Mundo as Kennen (Top)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

The magic damage that Kennen deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Dr. Mundo has mixed damage, be careful as it may be harder to defend if the opponent gets ahead or plays aggressively.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Dr. Mundo, ranking 34th (versus 57th for Kennen) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (1.9 versus 2.0) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Kennen Top versus Dr. Mundo Top matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Kennen player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Dr. Mundo player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Kennen vs Dr. Mundo: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
45.8% Win Rate90.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
45.8% Win Rate90.7% Pick Rate

Kennen vs Dr. Mundo: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Damage: 70 - 240 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) damage.
Cooldown: 20s

'We called them the Thunderlords, for to speak of their lightning was to invite disaster.'

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Taste of Blood
Taste of Blood Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) health (based on level)

Cooldown: 20s

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP)…

Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected. In game modes where vision Trinkets do not exist, instead gain 3 Summoner Spell Haste.

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Absolute Focus
Absolute Focus While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 Ability Power (based on level).

Grants 1.8 Attack Damage or 3 Ability Power at level 1.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain an adaptive bonus of up to 18 Attack Damage or 30 …

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

42.5% Win Rate48.2% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
First Strike
First Strike Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat grant 10 gold and First Strike for 3 seconds, causing you to deal 7% extra damage against champions, and granting 50% (35% for ranged champions) of bonus damage dealt as gold.

Cooldown: 25 - 15s

First Strike

Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat g…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Time Warp Tonic
Time Warp Tonic Consuming a potion grants 40% of its health restoration immediately.

Time Warp Tonic

Consuming a potion grants 40% of its health restoration immediately.

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Domination
Taste of Blood
Taste of Blood Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) health (based on level)

Cooldown: 20s

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP)…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

59.5% Win Rate16.5% Pick Rate

Kennen vs Dr. Mundo: Top Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal

Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
42.7% Win Rate64.6% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed

47.3% Win Rate84.5% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
38.6% Win Rate2.9% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

26.9% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Hextech Alternator
Hextech Alternator (1100 gold) 45 Ability Power
Revved
Damaging a champion deals bonus magic damage.
->
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt (2600 gold) 60 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste

Supersonic
Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration

Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor


Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
40.2% Win Rate15.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration

83.7% Win Rate24.7% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Cull
Cull (450 gold) 7 Attack Damage
Reap
Restore 3 HealthOn-Hit.
Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.
50.3% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

99.6% Win Rate0.5% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
55.8% Win Rate2.1% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed

47.3% Win Rate84.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Hextech Alternator
Hextech Alternator (1100 gold) 45 Ability Power
Revved
Damaging a champion deals bonus magic damage.
->
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt (2600 gold) 60 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste

Supersonic
Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
Stormsurge
Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
4% Move Speed

Stormraider
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Squall
After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor


Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
99.7% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist

Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
99.5% Win Rate8.2% Pick Rate
Other Items
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon (2950 gold) 75 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste

Grievous Wounds
Dealing magic damage to champions applies 40% Wounds for 3 seconds.
98.9% Win Rate20.8% Pick Rate
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
32.9% Win Rate12.5% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist

Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
99.5% Win Rate8.2% Pick Rate
Cosmic Drive
Cosmic Drive (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
25 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed

Spelldance
Dealing magic or true damage to champions grants Move Speed for 4 seconds.
0.0% Win Rate4.1% Pick Rate
Terminus
Terminus (3000 gold) 30 Attack Damage
35% Attack Speed

Shadow
Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
Juxtaposition
Alternate between Light and Dark Attacks against champions:
  • Light Attacks grant Armor and Magic Resist for 5s.
  • Dark Attacks grant 10% Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration for 5s.
  • 0.0% Win Rate4.1% Pick Rate

    Kennen vs Dr. Mundo: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    Q
    Q
    Thundering Shuriken Kennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    W
    W
    Electrical Surge Kennen 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.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Lightning Rush Kennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units and apply a Mark of the Storm. Kennen gains Move Speed when entering this form, and attack speed when leaving it.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Slicing Maelstrom Kennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    41.6% Win Rate46.7% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    R
    Q
    Thundering Shuriken Kennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    R
    W
    Electrical Surge Kennen 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.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    E
    Lightning Rush Kennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units and apply a Mark of the Storm. Kennen gains Move Speed when entering this form, and attack speed when leaving it.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Slicing Maelstrom Kennen summons a storm that strikes at nearby enemy champions for magical damage.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    69.1% Win Rate3.8% Pick Rate

    Kennen tips:

    • You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
    • Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
    • You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.

    Playing Against Dr. Mundo

    • Try to coordinate high-damage abilities with your allies right after Dr. Mundo uses his ultimate, but if you're unable to kill him quickly with burst he will heal through the damage.
    • Try casting Ignite when Dr. Mundo uses Sadism to negate a large portion of its healing.