Xerath vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Xerath
based on 3,465 Xerath vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Tahm Kench
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Xerath vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Xerath often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Xerath or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xerath into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a terribly counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xerath versus Tahm Kench build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 47.3% battling Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.
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