Tahm Kench vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Tahm Kench
based on 828 Tahm Kench vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Tahm Kench vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Tahm Kench versus Kalista matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Tahm Kench normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Kalista
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Kalista?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Kalista, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a great counter for Kalista.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher winrate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Kalista.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Kalista matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter for Kalista. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Tahm Kench versus Kalista build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Kalista than with most other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 54.1% battling Kalista with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Kalista 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 runes that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Kalista battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Tahm Kench are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.