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Aatrox vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Aatrox in LoLAatrox is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Aatrox

based on 4,266 Aatrox vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League matches that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Aatrox resulted from an examination of 4266 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Aatrox has to counter Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of his rounds.

Aatrox vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Aatrox does a decent job of beating Tahm Kench. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.6% of matches the champions face one another in. In Aatrox versus Tahm Kench games, Aatrox’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Aatrox vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Aatrox Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernSterak's GageProfane HydraSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aatrox to level upq
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Second ability for Aatrox to level upe
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Last skill for Aatrox to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Aatrox's passive ability p
Aatrox's q ability q
Aatrox's w ability w
Aatrox's e ability e
Aatrox's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Aatrox

Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Tahm Kench

Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.

Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.

Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.

Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench

When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!

Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Aatrox vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Aatrox Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Tahm Kench Image
5.8
< Kills >
4.3
5.8
< Deaths >
5.6
5.8
< Assists >
8.4
1.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.99
162
< Minions Killed >
108
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
21,352
< Physical Damage >
3,975
4,989
< Magic Damage >
15,444
420
< True Damage >
770
26,762
< Damage Dealt >
20,190
38,194
< Damage Taken >
39,377
11,260
< Gold Earned >
9,904
2.2
< Towers >
1.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
16,230
< Total Healing >
11,565
14,450
< Experience >
12,642
16
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
12
251
< Time Dealing CC >
274

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Aatrox in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several vital Aatrox vs. Tahm Kench matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..

Aatrox typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aatrox and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Aatrox
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aatrox
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Aatrox or Tahm Kench?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually wins when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes a good counter to Tahm Kench.

While Aatrox does have a higher win rate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Tahm Kench.

Additionally, Aatrox has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Tahm Kench matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Aatrox is a decent counter to Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Tahm Kench.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aatrox

Aatrox Loses Against

SingedSinged46.1% winrateLilliaLillia46.3% winrateTaricTaric46.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.2% winrate

Aatrox Wins Against

Kai'SaKai'Sa55.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee55% winrateKarthusKarthus55% winrateYuumiYuumi54.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

KayleKayle+ 54.5% 1049 GamesTaricTaric+ 55.6% 1818 GamesFioraFiora+ 55.8% 172 GamesKledKled+ 58.3% 290 Games

Additional Information for Aatrox Players

How We Calculated Our Aatrox vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Aatrox, we analyzed 4,266 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tahm Kench as Aatrox comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aatrox Build Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aatrox typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Aatrox versus Tahm Kench build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 51.6% battling Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Tahm Kench as Aatrox, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Aatrox vs Tahm Kench counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.

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