Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Tahm Kench
based on 1,272 Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Tahm Kench against Jarvan IV counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Tahm Kench usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jarvan IV. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Jarvan IV, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Jarvan IV.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is an above average counter to Jarvan IV. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Tahm Kench to counter Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench on average gets much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Jarvan IV build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Jarvan IV than with many other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Jarvan IV as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players 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 rune builds we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Jarvan IV LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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