Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Kha'Zix
based on 2,310 Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Tahm Kench
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Kha'Zix vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kha'Zix usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kha'Zix into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Kha'Zix also has almost no amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kha'Zix is a terribly counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kha'Zix in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kha'Zix versus Tahm Kench build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Tahm Kench as Kha'Zix, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Kha'Zix vs Tahm Kench matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.3% winrate overall.
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