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Tahm Kench with K'Sante

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How to Synergize Tahm Kench and K'Sante

based on 548 Tahm Kench with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
44.9 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tahm Kench has fought alongside K'Sante in 548 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much great data straight from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Tahm Kench synergize with K'Sante. It is very rare for Tahm Kench to play alongside K'Sante on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.6% of rounds with Tahm Kench.

Tahm Kench K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tahm Kench does a awful job of playing alongside K'Sante. Normally, he wins a dismal 44.9% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Tahm Kench when playing with K'Sante by learning how to better synergize your play style with them, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tahm Kench vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCrystalline Bracer

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Hollow RadianceUnending DespairSolstice SleighCelestial 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 K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Tahm Kench K'Sante Synergy Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
44.9 %
VS
Win Rate
55.1 %
K'Sante Image
4.3
< Kills >
5
5.6
< Deaths >
5.2
10
< Assists >
8.3
0.96
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
74
< Minions Killed >
118
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
3,292
< Physical Damage >
3,968
12,914
< Magic Damage >
15,337
864
< True Damage >
721
17,070
< Damage Dealt >
20,027
36,925
< Damage Taken >
39,977
9,771
< Gold Earned >
10,461
1.79
< Towers >
2.05
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,280
< Total Healing >
11,956
11,339
< Experience >
13,272
41
< Vision Score >
26
18
< Wards Placed >
12
238
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Play with K'Sante as Tahm Kench in LoL

The Tahm Kench K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that K'Sante helps Tahm Kench perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tahm Kench is paired with K'Sante, he observes a moderate decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that K'Sante doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with K'Sante on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without K'Sante. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with K'Sante.

Additionally, when Tahm Kench plays with K'Sante on the same team, he often takes less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that K'Sante does a decent job of covering Tahm Kench during team fights.

Synergies between Tahm Kench and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tahm Kench
K'Sante

Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no perfect companion for Tahm Kench that will always be his best synergy. Yet, K'Sante is a terrible ally for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same team as Tahm Kench, they lowers their win rate by -6.7% to 44.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible synergy between Tahm Kench and K'Sante that results in them performing worse together than alone.

K'Sante has a much greater difficulty compared to Tahm Kench. That means you need to be cautious when finding K'Sante teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.

In contrast, by bringing Tahm Kench and K'Sante together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of support. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your K'Sante ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tahm Kench and K'Sante, we analyzed 548 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 K'Sante 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 learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to work well with K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Tahm Kench and K'Sante synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside K'Sante than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 44.9% when playing alongside K'Sante with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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 sets we have analyed for Tahm Kench and K'Sante pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.9% winrate overall.

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