Kayn vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Kayn
based on 4,218 Kayn vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Tahm Kench
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some important Kayn against Tahm Kench counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench..
Kayn typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Kayn or Tahm Kench?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Kayn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kayn into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kayn is a bad counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Kayn versus Tahm Kench build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Kayn included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Tahm Kench than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 47.7% battling Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Tahm Kench as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayn vs Tahm Kench clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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