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Tahm Kench vs Urgot

How to Beat Urgot as Tahm Kench in LoLTahm Kench is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Urgot as Tahm Kench

based on 1,683 Tahm Kench vs Urgot matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Tahm Kench did battle with Urgot in 1683 matches. Having so many matchups for Tahm Kench vs Urgot provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare actionable stats and a recommended build to suppress your enemy. This matchup is relatively rare. Tahm Kench has to counter Urgot in only 1.8% of his matches.

Tahm Kench vs Urgot Matchup Summary

Tahm Kench has done a decent job of beating Urgot. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.6% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Tahm Kench against Urgot matches, Tahm Kench’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Urgot.

Best Tahm Kench vs Urgot 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 DespairThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Spirit VisageSolstice SleighKaenic RookernHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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 SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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 Urgot as Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Urgot

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 Urgot

If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.

Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.

Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.

Tahm Kench vs Urgot Counter Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Urgot Image
4.9
< Kills >
6.4
5.4
< Deaths >
6.1
8.5
< Assists >
5
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
116
< Minions Killed >
172
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.54
3,435
< Physical Damage >
21,631
14,086
< Magic Damage >
135
653
< True Damage >
1,909
18,175
< Damage Dealt >
23,675
38,416
< Damage Taken >
28,218
10,373
< Gold Earned >
12,059
2
< Towers >
2.64
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,947
< Total Healing >
5,045
13,080
< Experience >
14,693
26
< Vision Score >
18
12
< Wards Placed >
8
289
< Time Dealing CC >
240

How to Counter Urgot with Tahm Kench in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some valuable Tahm Kench against Urgot counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Urgot’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Urgot..

Tahm Kench typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Urgot. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tahm Kench and Urgot

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Urgot
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tahm Kench
Urgot

Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Urgot?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when facing off against Urgot, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Urgot.

While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate compared to Urgot, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Tahm Kench into Urgot.

Additionally, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Urgot. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Urgot matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Tahm Kench is a decent counter for Urgot. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Urgot.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench vs Urgot Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Urgot as Tahm Kench, we analyzed 1,683 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 Urgot 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 truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Urgot during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tahm Kench often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Urgot. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Tahm Kench versus Urgot build consist of Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Urgot than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Urgot with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Urgot as Tahm Kench, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Urgot face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Urgot as Tahm Kench are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.