Tahm Kench vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Tahm Kench
based on 3,465 Tahm Kench vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Tahm Kench vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Tahm Kench vs. Xerath counter stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Tahm Kench often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Xerath
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Xerath, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Xerath.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Xerath.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Xerath matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a good counter to Xerath. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Xerath during both the lane 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 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 on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Xerath build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Xerath than with most other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 52.7% when playing against Xerath with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Xerath 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 builds players used for Tahm Kench vs Xerath matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.
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