Tahm Kench vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Tahm Kench
based on 2,940 Tahm Kench vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Tahm Kench vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Tahm Kench versus Xin Zhao matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Tahm Kench normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Xin Zhao?
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 trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Xin Zhao.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often 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 Xin Zhao matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Xin Zhao.
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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 Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench most often accumulates more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Xin Zhao build consist of Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Xin Zhao than with many other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing against Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Xin Zhao as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should use 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 picked for Tahm Kench vs Xin Zhao battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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