Tahm Kench vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Tahm Kench
based on 1,997 Tahm Kench vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Zac
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 Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Tahm Kench vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several critical Tahm Kench vs. Zac counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Tahm Kench typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zac. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Zac
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Zac?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a bad counter for Zac.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower win rate compared to Zac, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Tahm Kench into Zac.
Moreover, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a trash counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Zac.
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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 Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench often accumulates more CS compared to Zac. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Tahm Kench versus Zac build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Zac than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 47.6% battling Zac with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Zac as Tahm Kench, you should equip 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 that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Zac matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
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