Vi vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Vi
based on 2,718 Vi vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Tahm Kench
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Vi versus Tahm Kench counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Vi normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vi or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vi usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Vi makes an ok counter to Tahm Kench.
While Vi does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Vi also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vi into Tahm Kench.
Additionally, Vi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vi is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vi against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vi 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi usually gets a lot less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vi versus Tahm Kench build include Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Sundered Sky. When Vi used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Tahm Kench than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vi boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Tahm Kench as Vi, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Vi vs Tahm Kench battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Vi are presented for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.