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Tahm Kench vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Tahm Kench in LoLTahm Kench is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Viego as Tahm Kench

based on 3,613 Tahm Kench vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.54
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Viego as Tahm Kench resulted from an evaluation of 3613 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Tahm Kench has to counter Viego in only 4.0% of his games.

Tahm Kench vs Viego Matchup Summary

Tahm Kench has done a good job of beating Viego. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.1% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Tahm Kench versus Viego games, Tahm Kench’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Viego.

Best Tahm Kench vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGiant's Belt

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Frozen HeartSpirit VisageSolstice SleighKaenic Rookern

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 Viego as Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Viego

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.

Tahm Kench vs Viego Counter Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Viego Image
4.9
< Kills >
7.1
5.2
< Deaths >
6.4
8.3
< Assists >
6.7
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
117
< Minions Killed >
32
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.6
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.4
3,854
< Physical Damage >
16,442
14,854
< Magic Damage >
2,187
716
< True Damage >
907
19,424
< Damage Dealt >
19,537
39,035
< Damage Taken >
33,126
10,356
< Gold Earned >
11,908
2.07
< Towers >
1.37
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
11,437
< Total Healing >
16,426
13,150
< Experience >
13,384
26
< Vision Score >
21
12
< Wards Placed >
6
288
< Time Dealing CC >
234

How to Counter Viego with Tahm Kench in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Tahm Kench against Viego counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viego..

Tahm Kench often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Viego. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tahm Kench and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tahm Kench
Viego

Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Viego?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Viego, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Viego.

While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Viego, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Viego.

Additionally, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viego. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Viego matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Tahm Kench is a good counter to Viego. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Viego.

Other Champion Matchups Against Tahm Kench

Tahm Kench Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.2% winrateSingedSinged46.9% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser47% winrateYorickYorick47.2% winrate

Tahm Kench Wins Against

KarthusKarthus57.9% winrateJayceJayce57.2% winrateLuluLulu56.8% winrateNunu & WillumpNunu & Willump56.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SennaSenna+ 55.2% 11268 GamesCamilleCamille+ 55.3% 528 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.7% 5487 GamesNilahNilah+ 57.4% 1251 Games

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Tahm Kench, we analyzed 3,613 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 Viego 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.

Other Useful Resources

Tahm Kench Build Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to counter Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tahm Kench most often gets much more CS relative to Viego. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Viego build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Viego than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 52.1% battling Viego with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Viego as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Viego clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Tahm Kench x Viego tips and builds for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using every match played with both champs.