Tahm Kench vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Tahm Kench
based on 1,582 Tahm Kench vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Shen
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 Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Tahm Kench vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several valuable Tahm Kench versus Shen counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shen..
Tahm Kench normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Shen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Shen
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Shen?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shen, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Shen.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower winrate compared to Shen, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Tahm Kench into Shen.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Shen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Shen build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Shen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Shen with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Shen as Tahm Kench, you 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 players chose for Tahm Kench vs Shen counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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