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Tahm Kench with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Illaoi

based on 698 Tahm Kench with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Tahm Kench has gone into battle with Illaoi in 698 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much great data from the developers of League, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Tahm Kench play with Illaoi. It is very rare for Tahm Kench to play with Illaoi as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.8% of rounds with Tahm Kench.

Tahm Kench Illaoi Synergy Summary

Tahm Kench has done a average job of teaming up with Illaoi. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.6% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Tahm Kench when playing alongside Illaoi by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tahm Kench vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisHeartsteelSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Unending DespairHollow RadianceThornmailCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tahm Kench to level upq
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Second ability for Tahm Kench to level upw
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Last skill for Tahm Kench to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Tahm Kench's passive ability p
Tahm Kench's q ability q
Tahm Kench's w ability w
Tahm Kench's e ability e
Tahm Kench's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Illaoi

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.

Advice to Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Tahm Kench Illaoi Synergy Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Illaoi Image
4.4
< Kills >
5
5.6
< Deaths >
5.2
9.3
< Assists >
8.3
0.96
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
68
< Minions Killed >
118
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.48
3,109
< Physical Damage >
3,968
12,558
< Magic Damage >
15,337
865
< True Damage >
721
16,532
< Damage Dealt >
20,027
36,647
< Damage Taken >
39,977
9,794
< Gold Earned >
10,461
1.84
< Towers >
2.05
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,995
< Total Healing >
11,956
11,417
< Experience >
13,272
39
< Vision Score >
26
17
< Wards Placed >
12
239
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Play with Illaoi as Tahm Kench in LoL

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

Overall, Tahm Kench sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Illaoi helps Tahm Kench perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tahm Kench is paired with Illaoi, he gets a big decrease in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Illaoi does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played with Illaoi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.

Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Illaoi on the same team, he typically takes less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Illaoi does a decent job of covering Tahm Kench during teamfights.

Synergies between Tahm Kench and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tahm Kench
Illaoi

Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no ideal synergy for Tahm Kench that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Illaoi is a very typical companion for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same team as Tahm Kench, she drops their win rate by -1.0% to 50.6%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Tahm Kench and Illaoi that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

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

Working together, Tahm Kench players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.

Conversely, by grouping Tahm Kench and Illaoi together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tahm Kench and Illaoi, we analyzed 698 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 Tahm Kench with Illaoi 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 truly master Tahm Kench to pair well with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to use in your Tahm Kench and Illaoi synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Illaoi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 50.6% helping carry Illaoi with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.

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