Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Xin Zhao
based on 2,940 Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Tahm Kench
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
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.
Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Xin Zhao against Tahm Kench counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Xin Zhao often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually fairs equally well when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Xin Zhao makes an ok counter to Tahm Kench.
While Xin Zhao does have a lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Xin Zhao into Tahm Kench.
Moreover, Xin Zhao has only a small 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xin Zhao is a somewhat poor counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xin Zhao against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xin Zhao to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao often gets less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao versus Tahm Kench build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Tahm Kench than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Tahm Kench as Xin Zhao, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Xin Zhao vs Tahm Kench clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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