Tahm Kench vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Tahm Kench
based on 1,117 Tahm Kench vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Tahm Kench vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Tahm Kench against Kassadin counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when playing against Kassadin, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Kassadin.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually gets a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Kassadin build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kassadin than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Kassadin 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 sets players picked for Tahm Kench vs Kassadin counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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