Rakan with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Rakan and Tahm Kench
based on 1,641 Rakan with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Tahm Kench
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan 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, Rakan sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tahm Kench helps Rakan perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rakan tries to synergize with Tahm Kench, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Tahm Kench provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Rakan plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a poor job of protecting Rakan in team fights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no ideal companion for Rakan that will always be his best synergy. However, Tahm Kench is a very typical companion for Rakan. By locking into the same team as Rakan, he lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 49.9%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Rakan and Tahm Kench that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Tahm Kench allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by pairing Rakan and Tahm Kench together, you will not be giving your side a lot of attack damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Tahm Kench teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rakan in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Rakan and Tahm Kench synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 49.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Rakan players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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