Tristana vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Tristana
based on 3,111 Tristana vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tristana vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Tristana vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Tristana
Tips for Playing as Tristana against Tahm Kench
Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.
Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.
Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.
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.
Tristana vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Tristana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Tristana vs. Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Tristana normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tristana and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Tristana or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Tristana does have a lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Tristana into Tahm Kench.
Additionally, Tristana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Tristana is a garbage counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tristana in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tristana usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Tristana versus Tahm Kench build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Tahm Kench than with most other common builds. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Tahm Kench as Tristana, Tristana players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Tristana vs Tahm Kench battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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