Tahm Kench vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Tahm Kench
based on 3,385 Tahm Kench vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Tahm Kench vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several influential Tahm Kench versus Darius counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Darius. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Darius
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Darius?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Darius, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Darius.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Darius, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Darius.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Darius matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a good counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Darius.
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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 Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Darius build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Darius than with most other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Darius with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Darius as Tahm Kench, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Tahm Kench vs Darius battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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