Kennen vs Warwick Counter Pick

Suppression is an unusual answer to a poke champion, and it works. Infinite Duress locks a target down for 1.5 seconds, and 1.5 seconds is long enough to remove most of a 580-health frame. Kennen’s record sits at 44.6% across 121 games on patch 16.13.1; the sample is small, but the mechanics behind it are not ambiguous.

• Eternal Hunger adds magic damage to Warwick’s attacks and converts it into healing below 50% health, with stronger healing below 25%. Chip damage that does not finish him is returned.
• Blood Hunt grants movement speed toward and attack speed against anyone under 50% health, so the moment Kennen crosses that line his range advantage collapses.
• Jaws of the Beast scales with maximum health and heals for the damage dealt, and Primal Howl gives 2.5 seconds of damage reduction followed by a one-second flee effect.
• Early durability favours Warwick, 620 health and 33 armor to 580 and 29, though the resistance columns invert by level 18, at 113.2 against 107.8.

Warwick deals physical damage and is rated 3 for difficulty, so an early armor purchase and disciplined spacing at maximum range are the only levers available. He also moves at 335, matching Kennen exactly, which removes the option of simply walking away from a committed hunt.