Blitzcrank with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench
based on 2,165 Blitzcrank with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Tahm Kench
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Blitzcrank Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tahm Kench helps Blitzcrank perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Blitzcrank plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This may signal that Tahm Kench supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played together with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a poor job of covering Blitzcrank during team fights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Blitzcrank that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, Tahm Kench is a very typical ally for Blitzcrank. By being on the same side as Blitzcrank, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 51.4%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players need to be cautious when arranging Tahm Kench allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench together, you will not be providing your team a lot of attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench pairings, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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