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How to Win Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Seraphine

based on 1,177 Seraphine vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Seraphine came out of an evaluation of 1177 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Seraphine encounters Tahm Kench in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Seraphine does a decent job of beating Tahm Kench. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.2% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Seraphine versus Tahm Kench matches, Seraphine’s side is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishRylai's Crystal ScepterShard of True Ice

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceImperial MandateChemtech Putrifier

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Tahm Kench Image
3.1
< Kills >
4.5
5.7
< Deaths >
5
11.5
< Assists >
7.2
0.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.02
63
< Minions Killed >
109
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,351
< Physical Damage >
3,519
13,094
< Magic Damage >
12,883
458
< True Damage >
461
14,903
< Damage Dealt >
16,864
15,871
< Damage Taken >
35,240
8,913
< Gold Earned >
9,629
2.05
< Towers >
1.7
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,984
< Total Healing >
10,452
10,764
< Experience >
12,738
42
< Vision Score >
23
19
< Wards Placed >
11
243
< Time Dealing CC >
304

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Seraphine against Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Seraphine typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Seraphine and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Seraphine or Tahm Kench?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Seraphine usually wins when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Seraphine makes a good counter for Tahm Kench.

While Seraphine does have a higher win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Seraphine into Tahm Kench.

Additionally, Seraphine has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Tahm Kench matchups, Seraphine is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Seraphine is a decent counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Seraphine against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Seraphine, we analyzed 1,177 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 Seraphine 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 truly master Seraphine 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 gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine often racks up less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take much CS 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Seraphine versus Tahm Kench build include Liandry's Anguish, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Shard of True Ice. When Seraphine included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Tahm Kench as Seraphine, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Seraphine vs Tahm Kench fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.

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