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How to Win Lulu vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupLulu is in the b tier of champions

Lulu vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Lulu in LoLLulu is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Lulu

based on 1,348 Lulu vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
43.2 %
K/D/A
2.85
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. Within our database, Lulu faced Tahm Kench 1348 times. Using so many games with Lulu vs Tahm Kench gives us faith in our ability to produce useful stats and a solid build to destroy your rival. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Lulu has to counter Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of her matches.

Lulu vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a awful job of beating Tahm Kench. On average, she wins a lowly 43.2% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Lulu versus Tahm Kench games, Lulu’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Lulu vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Mikael's BlessingMoonstone RenewerStaff of Flowing WaterZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lulu to level upe
>
Second ability for Lulu to level upw
>
Last skill for Lulu to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Tahm Kench

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

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.

Lulu vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
43.2 %
VS
Win Rate
56.8 %
Tahm Kench Image
1.5
< Kills >
4.7
5.2
< Deaths >
4.8
13.3
< Assists >
7.8
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
27
< Minions Killed >
117
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.55
1,168
< Physical Damage >
3,628
6,326
< Magic Damage >
14,078
573
< True Damage >
602
8,067
< Damage Dealt >
18,309
15,918
< Damage Taken >
36,942
8,034
< Gold Earned >
10,169
1.9
< Towers >
2.25
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,985
< Total Healing >
11,124
10,058
< Experience >
12,763
54
< Vision Score >
26
24
< Wards Placed >
12
259
< Time Dealing CC >
296

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Lulu in LoL

The stats shown here show several influential Lulu vs. Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Lulu usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lulu and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Lulu or Tahm Kench?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lulu usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 43.2% win rate. Therefore, Lulu makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.

While Lulu does have a much lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Lulu also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lulu into Tahm Kench.

Furthermore, Lulu 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Lulu is a trash counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lulu against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Lulu, we analyzed 1,348 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 Lulu 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lulu to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu often gets a lot less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Lulu versus Tahm Kench build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Lulu incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lulu boasted an average winrate of 43.2% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Tahm Kench as Lulu, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Lulu vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 43.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Lulu are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.