Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Tahm Kench
based on 3,490 Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Tahm Kench vs. Blitzcrank matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank..
Tahm Kench typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Blitzcrank?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually loses when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a bad counter for Blitzcrank.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Blitzcrank.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench on average accumulates much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Blitzcrank build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Blitzcrank than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 48.6% battling Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Blitzcrank as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should equip 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Blitzcrank counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.
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