Tahm Kench vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Tahm Kench
based on 10,119 Tahm Kench vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Tahm Kench vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Tahm Kench vs. Jhin matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jhin..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Jhin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Jhin
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Jhin?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jhin, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Jhin.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate compared to Jhin, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Jhin.
Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Jhin matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter for Jhin. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Jhin. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Jhin build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Jhin than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Jhin with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Jhin as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Jhin LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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