Nautilus vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Nautilus
based on 1,617 Nautilus vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Tahm Kench
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
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.
Nautilus vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Nautilus in LoL
The stats shown here show several influential Nautilus against Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Nautilus often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nautilus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Nautilus makes an ok counter to Tahm Kench.
While Nautilus does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Nautilus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nautilus into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Nautilus also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nautilus against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nautilus in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus often picks up less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nautilus versus Tahm Kench build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Nautilus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Tahm Kench than with most other common builds. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Tahm Kench as Nautilus, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nautilus vs Tahm Kench matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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