Vladimir vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Vladimir
based on 2,659 Vladimir vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Tahm Kench
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Vladimir in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Vladimir vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that may help you understand the differences between the pair. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..
Vladimir typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vladimir and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually loses when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vladimir into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Vladimir vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir 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 tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Vladimir versus Tahm Kench build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Cosmic Drive. When Vladimir incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Tahm Kench as Vladimir, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Vladimir vs Tahm Kench battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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