MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Kennen vs Heimerdinger
How often does Kennen beat Heimerdinger in Top?
Kennen into Heimerdinger in Top: 54% observed win rate across 157 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Kennen behind by 210 gold.
Does Kennen counter Heimerdinger?
Too close for a counter call: Kennen sits at 54% over 157 games, inside the noise band. On this sample neither pick counters the other — the swing lives in the conditions below, so play the side you know better.
Beating Heimerdinger: the Kennen game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Kennen at 57% across 68 games. Flip the lead and Kennen falls to 51% across 89.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 57% | 68 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 51% | 89 |
| First blood | 58% | 83 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 58% | 60 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 54% | 61 |
Someone usually dies here around 8:43 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:22. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Kennen's Top build, with receipts
Into Heimerdinger specifically, Kennen finishes Hextech Rocketbelt first most often: 47.4% over 57 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Kennen core is Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass: 54.8% across 1,777 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 16.1-16.12.
Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Hextech Rocketbelt (8,572 games).
Skill plan: Kennen players max Q first and take Q at level 1.