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Gragas vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Gragas

based on 1,512 Gragas vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
43.9 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Gragas resulted from an evaluation of 1512 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Gragas encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of his games.

Gragas vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas does a pathetic job of countering Tahm Kench. On average, he wins a lowly 43.9% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Gragas vs Tahm Kench rounds, Gragas’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Gragas vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Void StaffLiandry's TormentRabadon's DeathcapLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Tahm Kench

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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.

Gragas vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
43.9 %
VS
Win Rate
56.1 %
Tahm Kench Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.1
6
< Deaths >
5.2
7.3
< Assists >
8.7
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
102
< Minions Killed >
121
0.59
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,597
< Physical Damage >
4,052
19,627
< Magic Damage >
15,808
698
< True Damage >
717
21,922
< Damage Dealt >
20,578
30,096
< Damage Taken >
40,744
11,031
< Gold Earned >
10,658
1.35
< Towers >
2.17
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
12,406
< Total Healing >
12,337
13,605
< Experience >
13,468
21
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
12
413
< Time Dealing CC >
297

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Gragas in LoL

The stats provided here feature some valuable Gragas versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..

Gragas normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gragas and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Gragas or Tahm Kench?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gragas usually loses when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 43.9% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.

While Gragas does have a much lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Gragas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gragas into Tahm Kench.

Additionally, Gragas has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Gragas is a terribly counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Tahm Kench.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Gragas, we analyzed 1,512 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 Gragas 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

Gragas Build Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Gragas 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 gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The best items to have in your Gragas versus Tahm Kench build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Gragas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Tahm Kench than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 43.9% when countering Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating Tahm Kench as Gragas, Gragas players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Gragas vs Tahm Kench face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 43.9% win rate overall.

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