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How to Win Katarina vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupKatarina is in the a tier of champions

Katarina vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Katarina in LoLKatarina is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Katarina

based on 3,130 Katarina vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. In our data, Katarina engaged Tahm Kench in 3130 games. Having so many games with Katarina versus Tahm Kench gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare actionable statistics and a pro build to defeat Tahm Kench. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Katarina encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Katarina vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Katarina does a below average job of countering Tahm Kench. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Katarina vs Tahm Kench rounds, Katarina’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Katarina vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassRiftmakerShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Katarina

Tips for Playing as Katarina against Tahm Kench

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

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.

Katarina vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Tahm Kench Image
9.4
< Kills >
5.1
6.8
< Deaths >
5.3
6
< Assists >
8.3
2.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
153
< Minions Killed >
121
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.5
2,564
< Physical Damage >
4,122
22,012
< Magic Damage >
15,472
975
< True Damage >
726
25,552
< Damage Dealt >
20,320
25,098
< Damage Taken >
39,300
12,105
< Gold Earned >
10,508
1.44
< Towers >
2.08
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,552
< Total Healing >
11,528
13,937
< Experience >
13,330
16
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
12
35
< Time Dealing CC >
293

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Katarina in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several strategic Katarina versus Tahm Kench matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Katarina often has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Katarina and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Katarina
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Katarina or Tahm Kench?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a bad counter for Tahm Kench.

While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Katarina into Tahm Kenchas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Katarina also 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 ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina 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 allied champions during teamfights.

Katarina is a garbage counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Katarina, we analyzed 3,130 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 Katarina 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 learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Katarina usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Katarina versus Tahm Kench build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Tahm Kench than with most other common builds. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 47.7% battling Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Tahm Kench as Katarina, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Katarina vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.

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