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How to Win Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin Counter MatchupTahm Kench is in the s tier of champions

Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Tahm Kench in LoLTahm Kench is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Tahm Kench

based on 2,582 Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
54 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Tahm Kench resulted from an examination of 2582 ranked games where both champs faced off against each other. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Tahm Kench fights Lee Sin in only 2.8% of his games.

Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Tahm Kench has done a great job of beating Lee Sin. Typically, he wins a fantastic 54.0% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin matches, Tahm Kench’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Lee Sin.

Best Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltCrystalline Bracer

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Force of NatureSunfire AegisJak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tahm Kench to level upq
>
Second ability for Tahm Kench to level upw
>
Last skill for Tahm Kench to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Tahm Kench's passive ability p
Tahm Kench's q ability q
Tahm Kench's w ability w
Tahm Kench's e ability e
Tahm Kench's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Lee Sin

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 Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
54 %
VS
Win Rate
46 %
Lee Sin Image
4.9
< Kills >
7
5.1
< Deaths >
6.2
8.5
< Assists >
8.3
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
117
< Minions Killed >
33
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.42
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.4
4,052
< Physical Damage >
14,341
15,456
< Magic Damage >
2,965
741
< True Damage >
1,113
20,249
< Damage Dealt >
18,421
39,362
< Damage Taken >
35,757
10,419
< Gold Earned >
11,581
2.11
< Towers >
1.31
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
11,952
< Total Healing >
16,881
13,122
< Experience >
12,917
28
< Vision Score >
24
12
< Wards Placed >
11
289
< Time Dealing CC >
439

How to Counter Lee Sin with Tahm Kench in LoL

The stats shown here feature some important Tahm Kench versus Lee Sin counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lee Sin..

Tahm Kench normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tahm Kench and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tahm Kench
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Lee Sin?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when facing off against Lee Sin, with a 54.0% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a great counter for Lee Sin.

While Tahm Kench does have a much higher winrate than Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Lee Sin.

Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin 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 allied champions during team fights.

Tahm Kench is a great counter to Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Tahm Kench, we analyzed 2,582 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lee Sin as Tahm Kench comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tahm Kench usually picks up much more CS as Lee Sin. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Lee Sin build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Lee Sin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 54.0% when playing against Lee Sin with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of beating Lee Sin as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should use 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 players picked for Tahm Kench vs Lee Sin face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.0% win rate overall.

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