Tahm Kench vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Tahm Kench
based on 5,122 Tahm Kench vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Tahm Kench vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several significant Tahm Kench against Lucian matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lucian..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Lucian
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Lucian?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Lucian, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a great counter to Lucian.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Lucian.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Lucian matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench to counter Lucian 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 displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench most often racks up less CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Lucian build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Lucian than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 53.1% battling Lucian with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Lucian 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Lucian counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.1% win rate overall.
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