•Start real trades with a loaded W auto and, if possible, one mark already on them, because Kennen with prepared stacks makes Flash-R and stun timing land before people get the clean dash or Flash they were waiting for .
•If you keep spending E on the wave, top lane stops feeling like Kennen top and starts feeling like target practice, since that same spell is your exit, your anti-gank button, and the thing that keeps bruiser trades from turning into a long chase .
•Kennen is less tied to hard-winning lane than similar ranged/AP tops, so do not force the game into a solo-kill exam or a long side-lane residency; recent data says he keeps more value than Jayce or Vladimir without a giant early lead, and that value shows up when he brings Flash and storm threat to grouped fights instead of re-dueling forever