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How to Win Brand vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Brand in LoLBrand is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Brand

based on 5,930 Brand vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Brand resulted from an examination of 5930 ranked matches where both champions engaged one another. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Brand has to counter Tahm Kench in only 2.6% of his games.

Brand vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Brand has done a decent job of countering Tahm Kench. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.2% of games the champs face each other in. In Brand versus Tahm Kench rounds, Brand’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Brand vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameCryptbloomLiandry's TormentZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upq
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Last skill for Brand to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
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W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Tahm Kench

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

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.

Brand vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Tahm Kench Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.1
6.9
< Deaths >
5.5
9.1
< Assists >
8.2
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
65
< Minions Killed >
119
0.61
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.44
944
< Physical Damage >
3,857
25,511
< Magic Damage >
15,279
1,466
< True Damage >
720
27,922
< Damage Dealt >
19,857
25,400
< Damage Taken >
42,206
10,995
< Gold Earned >
10,552
1.55
< Towers >
1.91
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,003
< Total Healing >
12,359
12,802
< Experience >
13,518
36
< Vision Score >
26
14
< Wards Placed >
12
245
< Time Dealing CC >
297

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Brand in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several influential Brand versus Tahm Kench counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..

Brand usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Brand and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Brand or Tahm Kench?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter to Tahm Kench.

While Brand does have a higher win rate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Tahm Kench.

Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Brand is a decent counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Brand against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Brand, we analyzed 5,930 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 Brand 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Brand in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand typically accumulates less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Brand versus Tahm Kench build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Brand combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Tahm Kench than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Brand, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Brand vs Tahm Kench counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.

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