Taric vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Taric
based on 883 Taric vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Tahm Kench
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Taric vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Taric versus Tahm Kench counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between these two champs. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Taric usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Taric or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a good counter for Tahm Kench.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taric into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Taric has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Tahm Kench matchups, Taric is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Taric is a decent counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric usually accumulates a lot less CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Taric versus Tahm Kench build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 51.4% when countering Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Tahm Kench as Taric, Taric players should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Taric vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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