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

Tahm Kench vs Nidalee

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

based on 600 Tahm Kench vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
55.8 %
K/D/A
2.67
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Nidalee as Tahm Kench came out of an evaluation of 600 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against one another. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Tahm Kench has to counter Nidalee in only 0.7% of his rounds.

Tahm Kench vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Tahm Kench does a great job of beating Nidalee. Normally, he wins a whopping 55.8% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Tahm Kench against Nidalee matches, Tahm Kench’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Nidalee.

Best Tahm Kench vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Solstice SleighHollow RadianceUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
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 Nidalee as Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Nidalee

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 Nidalee

Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.

Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.

Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.

Tahm Kench vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
55.8 %
VS
Win Rate
44.2 %
Nidalee Image
5
< Kills >
6.6
4.9
< Deaths >
6.3
8.1
< Assists >
7.4
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
118
< Minions Killed >
41
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.99
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.41
3,862
< Physical Damage >
1,363
15,439
< Magic Damage >
17,045
674
< True Damage >
1,084
19,976
< Damage Dealt >
19,494
39,137
< Damage Taken >
30,354
10,415
< Gold Earned >
11,158
2.15
< Towers >
1.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
12,067
< Total Healing >
15,451
13,176
< Experience >
12,602
25
< Vision Score >
24
12
< Wards Placed >
7
299
< Time Dealing CC >
128

How to Counter Nidalee with Tahm Kench in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Tahm Kench against Nidalee counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..

Tahm Kench typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Nidalee. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tahm Kench and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tahm Kench
Nidalee

Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Nidalee?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 55.8% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.

While Tahm Kench does have a much higher winrate compared to Nidalee, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Nidalee.

Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Nidalee 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 late stage team fights.

Tahm Kench is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Tahm Kench, we analyzed 600 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 Nidalee 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 Nidalee 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 will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tahm Kench usually gets more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Nidalee build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Nidalee than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 55.8% when playing against Nidalee with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nidalee 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. Out of all the rune builds players used for Tahm Kench vs Nidalee fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.8% win rate overall.

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