Tahm Kench vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Tahm Kench
based on 458 Tahm Kench vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Tahm Kench vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some strategic Tahm Kench against Rek'Sai counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Rek'Sai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Rek'Sai?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Rek'Sai, with a 54.6% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a great counter to Rek'Sai.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Rek'Sai.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. 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 Rek'Sai matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter to Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench most often racks up much more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Rek'Sai build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Rek'Sai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 54.6% battling Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Rek'Sai as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Rek'Sai matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.6% win rate overall.
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