Udyr vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Udyr
based on 2,823 Udyr vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Udyr vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Udyr vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Udyr
Tips for Playing as Udyr against Tahm Kench
Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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.
Udyr vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Udyr in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Udyr vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..
Udyr normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Udyr or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Udyr usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Udyr makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Udyr does have a lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Udyr also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Udyr into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Udyr has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Udyr vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Udyr is a somewhat poor counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Udyr against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Udyr in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Udyr usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Udyr versus Tahm Kench build include Force of Nature, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Udyr used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Tahm Kench than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Udyr boasted an average winrate of 48.5% battling Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Tahm Kench as Udyr, Udyr players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Udyr vs Tahm Kench matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Udyr are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.