Tahm Kench vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Tahm Kench
based on 1,547 Tahm Kench vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Azir
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 Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Tahm Kench vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some critical Tahm Kench vs. Azir matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Tahm Kench normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when taking on Azir, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Azir.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Azir.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Azir matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Azir during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically picks up less CS relative to Azir. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Azir build consist of Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Azir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Azir 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 players used for Tahm Kench vs Azir clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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