Tahm Kench vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Tahm Kench
based on 2,212 Tahm Kench vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Tahm Kench vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Tahm Kench against Gwen matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gwen..
Tahm Kench normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Gwen
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gwen, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Gwen.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Tahm Kench into Gwen.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Gwen matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Gwen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Gwen during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Gwen build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Gwen than with most other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Gwen as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Gwen matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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