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How to Synergize Tahm Kench with Riven on the Same TeamTahm Kench is in the s tier of champions

Tahm Kench with Riven

How to Win With Tahm Kench and Riven Paired TogetherTahm Kench is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Riven

based on 1,223 Tahm Kench with Riven pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Tahm Kench has fought alongside Riven in 1223 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the developers of LoL, we are sure that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Tahm Kench play with Riven. It is very rare for Tahm Kench to play with Riven as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 1.3% of rounds with Tahm Kench.

Tahm Kench Riven Synergy Summary

Tahm Kench has done a ok job of fighting on the same side as Riven. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.7% of the time the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Tahm Kench when playing alongside Riven by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tahm Kench vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailHeartsteelSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernUnending DespairSpirit VisageSunfire Aegis

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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 SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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 Riven

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Riven

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 Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Tahm Kench Riven Synergy Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Riven Image
4.3
< Kills >
5
5.5
< Deaths >
5.2
10
< Assists >
8.3
0.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
75
< Minions Killed >
118
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
3,176
< Physical Damage >
3,968
12,807
< Magic Damage >
15,337
809
< True Damage >
721
16,792
< Damage Dealt >
20,027
36,486
< Damage Taken >
39,977
9,760
< Gold Earned >
10,461
1.92
< Towers >
2.05
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,299
< Total Healing >
11,956
11,414
< Experience >
13,272
40
< Vision Score >
26
17
< Wards Placed >
12
246
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Play with Riven as Tahm Kench in LoL

The Tahm Kench Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Riven helps Tahm Kench perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tahm Kench is paired with Riven, he sees a big decrease in his full damage output. This may signal that Riven does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played with Riven on the same team, 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 Riven.

Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Riven on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Riven does a decent job of protecting Tahm Kench in team fights.

Synergies between Tahm Kench and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tahm Kench
Riven

Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Riven?

There is no top ally for Tahm Kench that will always be his #1 ally. However, Riven is a very typical ally for Tahm Kench. By being on the same team as Tahm Kench, she lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 50.7%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Tahm Kench and Riven that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Riven has a greater difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means you must be careful when arranging Riven allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

In contrast, by pairing Tahm Kench and Riven together, you will not be providing your team very much AP. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Riven ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tahm Kench and Riven, we analyzed 1,223 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 Riven 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 truly master Tahm Kench to pair well with Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to include in your Tahm Kench and Riven synergy build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Riven than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 50.7% when playing alongside Riven with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Tahm Kench players should use 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 runes players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Riven with Tahm Kench are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.