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Tahm Kench vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Tahm Kench in LoLTahm Kench is in the a tier of champions
SupportTank
TankFighter

How to Beat Rammus as Tahm Kench

based on 1,573 Tahm Kench vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rammus as Tahm Kench came out of an evaluation of 1573 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Tahm Kench encounters Rammus in only 1.7% of his games.

Tahm Kench vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Tahm Kench does a good job of countering Rammus. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.9% of games the champs fight one another in. In Tahm Kench versus Rammus matches, Tahm Kench’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Rammus.

Best Tahm Kench vs Rammus 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 DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanSpirit VisageCelestial OppositionThornmail

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 Rammus as Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Tahm Kench vs Rammus Counter Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Rammus Image
5.3
< Kills >
3.8
5.1
< Deaths >
5.7
8.5
< Assists >
11.3
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
0.84
116
< Minions Killed >
29
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.14
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.34
3,968
< Physical Damage >
2,494
16,369
< Magic Damage >
12,109
793
< True Damage >
769
21,130
< Damage Dealt >
15,373
40,305
< Damage Taken >
31,468
10,589
< Gold Earned >
10,329
2.11
< Towers >
1.07
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
12,461
< Total Healing >
12,453
13,218
< Experience >
12,529
26
< Vision Score >
20
12
< Wards Placed >
7
299
< Time Dealing CC >
596

How to Counter Rammus with Tahm Kench in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Tahm Kench vs. Rammus matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rammus..

Tahm Kench often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Rammus. 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 further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tahm Kench and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tahm Kench
Rammus

Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Rammus?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when taking on Rammus, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Rammus.

While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Rammus, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Rammus.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Rammus matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Tahm Kench is a good counter to Rammus. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Rammus.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Tahm Kench, we analyzed 1,573 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 Rammus 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 in order to counter Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tahm Kench on average gets much more CS relative to Rammus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Rammus build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Rammus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 52.9% battling Rammus with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Rammus as Tahm Kench, you 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 rune builds players used for Tahm Kench vs Rammus fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.9% win rate overall.

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