Nocturne vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Nocturne
based on 4,871 Nocturne vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Tahm Kench
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Nocturne vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..
Nocturne normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Tahm Kench.
While Nocturne does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Nocturne has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nocturne is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Tahm Kench build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Tahm Kench than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Tahm Kench as Nocturne, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nocturne vs Tahm Kench clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Nocturne are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.