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How to Synergize Elise with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamElise is in the a tier of champions

Elise with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Elise and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherElise is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Elise and Tahm Kench

based on 642 Elise with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Elise has been on the same team as Tahm Kench in 642 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the makers of League, we are totally sure that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Elise synergize with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Elise to play alongside Tahm Kench as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 2.3% of matches with Elise.

Elise Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Elise does a average job of teaming up with Tahm Kench. Usually, she wins an acceptable 50.8% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Elise when playing with Tahm Kench by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Elise vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
>
Second ability for Elise to level upw
>
Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Elise and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Elise with Tahm Kench

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

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.

Elise Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Tahm Kench Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.3
6.1
< Deaths >
6.5
7.3
< Assists >
7.5
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
29
< Minions Killed >
31
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,220
< Physical Damage >
1,283
15,443
< Magic Damage >
16,280
1,327
< True Damage >
1,384
17,992
< Damage Dealt >
18,948
28,731
< Damage Taken >
29,391
11,158
< Gold Earned >
11,468
1.44
< Towers >
1.43
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
13,313
< Total Healing >
13,105
12,499
< Experience >
12,872
23
< Vision Score >
25
6
< Wards Placed >
7
176
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Elise in LoL

The Elise Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Elise sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tahm Kench helps Elise perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Elise is an ally to Tahm Kench, she sees a small decrease in her complete damage output. This difference may signal that Tahm Kench doesn't help protection for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Elise is played together with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Tahm Kench. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Elise plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Elise in teamfights.

Synergies between Elise and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Elise
Tahm Kench

Is Elise better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no ideal synergy for Elise that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a pretty good teammate for Elise. By being on the same side as Elise, he increases their win rate by 2.7% to 50.8%. This proves that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Elise and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than alone.

Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Elise. That means Elise players don't need to be cautious when lining up Tahm Kench comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting alongside, Elise players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.

Although, by bringing Elise and Tahm Kench together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Elise and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 642 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 Elise 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 Elise in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to get in your Elise and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise used at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average winrate of 50.8% helping carry Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Tahm Kench with Elise are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.