Tahm Kench vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Tahm Kench
based on 1,834 Tahm Kench vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Tahm Kench vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Tahm Kench versus Talon counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Talon’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Talon..
Tahm Kench normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Talon. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Talon
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Talon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Talon.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Talon, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Talon.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Talon matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is an above average counter for Talon. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to counter Talon during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Talon. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Talon build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Tahm Kench included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Talon than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 53.0% battling Talon with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Talon 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 we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Talon counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.0% winrate overall.
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