Tahm Kench vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Tahm Kench
based on 1,431 Tahm Kench vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Tahm Kench vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Tahm Kench against Heimerdinger matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Tahm Kench often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ 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 Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Heimerdinger build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Heimerdinger 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 players picked for Tahm Kench vs Heimerdinger face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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