Tahm Kench vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Tahm Kench
based on 2,545 Tahm Kench vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Tahm Kench vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Tahm Kench against Rakan matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Tahm Kench typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Rakan. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Rakan
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Rakan?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when playing against Rakan, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Rakan.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower win rate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Rakan.
Additionally, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter for Rakan. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench often accumulates much more CS compared to Rakan. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Tahm Kench versus Rakan build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rakan than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Rakan as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Rakan fights, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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