Tahm Kench vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Tahm Kench
based on 1,001 Tahm Kench vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Tahm Kench vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some significant Tahm Kench versus Zilean matchup stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Tahm Kench typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Zilean. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Zilean
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Zilean, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Zilean.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Zilean.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Zilean matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a good counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Zilean.
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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 Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench on average racks up more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Zilean build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Zilean than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 52.1% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Zilean 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 runes players used for Tahm Kench vs Zilean LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.1% winrate overall.
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