Ivern vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Ivern
based on 965 Ivern vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Tahm Kench
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Ivern in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several significant Ivern versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Ivern often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ivern and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Ivern or Tahm Kench?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Ivern makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Ivern does have a lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ivern into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ivern has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ivern is a somewhat poor counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ivern in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ivern versus Tahm Kench build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Tahm Kench as Ivern, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Ivern vs Tahm Kench matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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