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Ryze with Tahm Kench

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How to Synergize Ryze and Tahm Kench

based on 748 Ryze with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Ryze has been on the same team as Tahm Kench in 748 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data directly from the developers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Ryze play with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Ryze to play with Tahm Kench as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 2.2% of matches with Ryze.

Ryze Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Ryze does a decent job of synergizing with Tahm Kench. Usually, he wins an acceptable 51.6% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Ryze when playing with Tahm Kench by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ryze vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSapphire Crystal

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceStormsurgeRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLuden's CompanionZhonya's HourglassFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
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Second ability for Ryze to level upe
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Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalking
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Ryze and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Ryze with Tahm Kench

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

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.

Ryze Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Tahm Kench Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.8
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
6.4
< Assists >
6.3
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
187
< Minions Killed >
191
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
998
< Physical Damage >
1,026
21,116
< Magic Damage >
22,152
240
< True Damage >
298
22,355
< Damage Dealt >
23,476
25,690
< Damage Taken >
26,426
11,782
< Gold Earned >
12,017
2.24
< Towers >
2.19
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,468
< Total Healing >
4,408
15,590
< Experience >
15,956
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
89
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Ryze in LoL

The Ryze 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, Ryze sees a large worsening 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 Ryze perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ryze plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Tahm Kench does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Tahm Kench.

Moreover, when Ryze plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Ryze in teamfights.

Synergies between Ryze and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ryze
Tahm Kench

Is Ryze better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no top synergy for Ryze that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Tahm Kench is a pretty good companion for Ryze. By locking into the same team as Ryze, he raises their win rate by 2.6% to 51.6%. This proves that there is pretty good synergy between Ryze and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than alone.

Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Ryze. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Tahm Kench allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by grouping Ryze and Tahm Kench together, you will not be granting your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ryze and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 748 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 Ryze 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ryze to pair well with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Ryze and Tahm Kench synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ryze had an average winrate of 51.6% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Ryze and Tahm Kench pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.

If you want to view Ryze and Tahm Kench collaboration tips and builds for a an individual division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using all games with data with both champs.