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How to Synergize Brand with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Brand and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherBrand is in the s tier of champions
Mage
SupportTank

How to Synergize Brand and Tahm Kench

based on 5,157 Brand with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
54 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Brand has fought alongside Tahm Kench in 5157 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of LoL, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Brand synergize with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Brand to play alongside Tahm Kench as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approx. 2.2% of matches with Brand.

Brand Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Brand does a great job of teaming up with Tahm Kench. Normally, he wins a terrific 54.0% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Brand when fighting on the same team as Tahm Kench by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Brand vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameRylai's Crystal ScepterStormsurgeVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upe
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Last skill for Brand to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Brand and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Brand with Tahm Kench

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

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.

Brand Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
54 %
VS
Win Rate
46 %
Tahm Kench Image
6.2
< Kills >
5.9
6.8
< Deaths >
7
8.9
< Assists >
8.9
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
67
< Minions Killed >
65
0.77
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
872
< Physical Damage >
843
22,573
< Magic Damage >
22,309
1,440
< True Damage >
1,355
24,887
< Damage Dealt >
24,507
26,259
< Damage Taken >
25,724
11,349
< Gold Earned >
11,149
1.6
< Towers >
1.54
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
6,958
< Total Healing >
6,222
13,245
< Experience >
13,070
33
< Vision Score >
36
13
< Wards Placed >
14
262
< Time Dealing CC >
239

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Brand in LoL

The Brand 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, Brand sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Tahm Kench helps Brand perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Brand is paired with Tahm Kench, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This may signal that Tahm Kench helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Brand 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 protecting Brand during team fights.

Synergies between Brand and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Brand
Tahm Kench

Is Brand better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no one best champion pairing for Brand that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Tahm Kench is a pretty good teammate for Brand. By locking into the same side as Brand, he improves their win rate by 2.6% to 54.0%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Brand and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Brand. That means Brand players need to be careful when enlisting Tahm Kench comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing alongside, Brand players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by bringing Brand and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of AD. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their potential.

Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Brand and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 5,157 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Brand with Tahm Kench comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Brand in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to have in your Brand and Tahm Kench synergy build include Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 54.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Brand and Tahm Kench pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Tahm Kench with Brand are presented for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.