Malphite vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Malphite
based on 3,831 Malphite vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Tahm Kench
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Malphite against Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..
Malphite typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Malphite or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 45.5% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.
While Malphite does have a much lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Malphite into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malphite is a terribly counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Malphite versus Tahm Kench build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 45.5% when playing against Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Malphite vs Tahm Kench fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.5% win rate overall.
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