Tahm Kench vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Tahm Kench
based on 2,117 Tahm Kench vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Aphelios
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Advice to Win Against Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Tahm Kench vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Tahm Kench vs. Aphelios matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..
Tahm Kench often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Aphelios?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when facing off against Aphelios, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Aphelios.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Aphelios matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is an above average counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Aphelios build consist of Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Aphelios than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 52.1% battling Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Aphelios as Tahm Kench, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Aphelios clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
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