Tahm Kench with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump
based on 1,907 Tahm Kench with Nunu & Willump pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Tahm Kench Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump Will Play
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Tahm Kench Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, 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 Nunu & Willump. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nunu & Willump helps Tahm Kench perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Tahm Kench is an ally to Nunu & Willump, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Nunu & Willump provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played with Nunu & Willump 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 synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, when Tahm Kench plays with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Tahm Kench in team fights.
Synergies between Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no one best ally for Tahm Kench that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Nunu & Willump is a very bad ally for Tahm Kench. By being on the same side as Tahm Kench, he decreases their win rate by -3.2% to 48.4%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Nunu & Willump allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Tahm Kench players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump together, you may not be giving your other allies much AD. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nunu & Willump than with most other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing alongside Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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