Tahm Kench vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Tahm Kench
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Tahm Kench vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Tahm Kench vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Tahm Kench versus Vel'Koz matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Tahm Kench usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Vel'Koz matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Vel'Koz.
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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 Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on 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 racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Vel'Koz build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Vel'Koz than with most other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Vel'Koz 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. Of all the runes players chose for Tahm Kench vs Vel'Koz battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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