Tahm Kench vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Tahm Kench
based on 1,179 Tahm Kench vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Karthus
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 Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Tahm Kench vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Tahm Kench versus Karthus counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..
Tahm Kench usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Karthus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Karthus
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Karthus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when taking on Karthus, with a 57.9% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a fantastic counter to Karthus.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Karthus.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Karthus 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 Karthus. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Karthus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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 values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Karthus build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Karthus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 57.9% when playing against Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Karthus 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Karthus face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 57.9% winrate overall.
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