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How to Win Yuumi vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupYuumi is in the b tier of champions

Yuumi vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Yuumi in LoLYuumi is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Yuumi

based on 2,065 Yuumi vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
44 %
K/D/A
4.47
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Yuumi came out of an analysis of 2065 ranked rounds where both champs opposed each other. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Yuumi encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.4% of her rounds.

Yuumi vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yuumi does a pathetic job of countering Tahm Kench. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.0% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Yuumi vs Tahm Kench games, Yuumi’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Yuumi vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Yuumi Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Staff of Flowing WaterImperial MandateDawncoreMikael's Blessing

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yuumi to level upq
>
Second ability for Yuumi to level upe
>
Last skill for Yuumi to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCut Down
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Yuumi's passive ability p
Yuumi's q ability q
Yuumi's w ability w
Yuumi's e ability e
Yuumi's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Yuumi

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.

Yuumi vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Yuumi Image
Win Rate
44 %
VS
Win Rate
56 %
Tahm Kench Image
1.4
< Kills >
4.5
3.6
< Deaths >
4.6
14.7
< Assists >
7.8
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.03
12
< Minions Killed >
113
0.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.53
337
< Physical Damage >
3,597
7,681
< Magic Damage >
13,167
684
< True Damage >
627
8,704
< Damage Dealt >
17,391
7,661
< Damage Taken >
36,009
7,722
< Gold Earned >
9,999
2.08
< Towers >
2.24
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,654
< Total Healing >
10,905
10,455
< Experience >
12,552
35
< Vision Score >
24
17
< Wards Placed >
11
179
< Time Dealing CC >
281

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Yuumi in LoL

The stats shown here show some vital Yuumi versus Tahm Kench matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Yuumi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yuumi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Yuumi normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yuumi and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Yuumi
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yuumi
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Yuumi or Tahm Kench?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yuumi usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 44.0% win rate. As a result, Yuumi makes a poor counter to Tahm Kench.

While Yuumi does have a much lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Yuumi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Yuumi into Tahm Kench.

Furthermore, Yuumi has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Yuumi vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Yuumi is a garbage counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yuumi against Tahm Kench.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yuumi

Yuumi Loses Against

LeonaLeona39.4% winrateTrundleTrundle39.7% winrateUrgotUrgot39.8% winrateYasuoYasuo39.9% winrate

Yuumi Wins Against

GnarGnar51.5% winrateEzrealEzreal50.8% winrateQiyanaQiyana50.4% winrateKarthusKarthus49.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Yuumi Players

How We Calculated Our Yuumi vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Yuumi, we analyzed 2,065 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tahm Kench as Yuumi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Yuumi Build Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Yuumi in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yuumi most often gets a lot less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Yuumi versus Tahm Kench build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Yuumi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yuumi boasted an average winrate of 44.0% battling Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Tahm Kench as Yuumi, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Yuumi vs Tahm Kench matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.0% win rate overall.

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