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

Tahm Kench with Ziggs

How to Win With Tahm Kench and Ziggs Paired TogetherTahm Kench is in the b tier of champions
SupportTank
Mage

How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Ziggs

based on 1,169 Tahm Kench with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Tahm Kench has fought alongside Ziggs in 1169 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data directly from the developers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Tahm Kench synergize with Ziggs. It is very rare for Tahm Kench to play alongside Ziggs on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 1.3% of rounds with Tahm Kench.

Tahm Kench Ziggs Synergy Summary

Tahm Kench does a decent job of teaming up with Ziggs. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.1% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Tahm Kench when playing alongside Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tahm Kench vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairHeartsteelHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Spirit VisageKaenic RookernThornmailSunfire Aegis

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Ziggs

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 Ziggs Will Play

Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.

Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.

Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.

Tahm Kench Ziggs Synergy Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Ziggs Image
5.2
< Kills >
5
5.4
< Deaths >
5.2
7.8
< Assists >
8.3
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
117
< Minions Killed >
118
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.48
4,052
< Physical Damage >
3,968
15,466
< Magic Damage >
15,337
723
< True Damage >
721
20,243
< Damage Dealt >
20,027
41,079
< Damage Taken >
39,977
10,612
< Gold Earned >
10,461
1.92
< Towers >
2.05
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
12,209
< Total Healing >
11,956
13,464
< Experience >
13,272
26
< Vision Score >
26
12
< Wards Placed >
12
305
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Play with Ziggs as Tahm Kench in LoL

The Tahm Kench Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ziggs helps Tahm Kench perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tahm Kench is an ally to Ziggs, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may indicate that Ziggs supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ziggs.

Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Ziggs on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Ziggs does a poor job of protecting Tahm Kench during team fights.

Synergies between Tahm Kench and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tahm Kench
Ziggs

Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Ziggs?

There is no top champion pairing for Tahm Kench that will always be his best synergy. However, Ziggs is a very typical teammate for Tahm Kench. By being on the same side as Tahm Kench, he decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 51.1%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Tahm Kench and Ziggs that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Ziggs has a lower difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means Tahm Kench players don't need to be careful when finding Ziggs allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Tahm Kench and Ziggs together, you may not be granting your team a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Ziggs teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tahm Kench and Ziggs, we analyzed 1,169 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 Ziggs 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 in order to pair well with Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to focus on in your Tahm Kench and Ziggs synergy build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Ziggs than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 51.1% when playing alongside Ziggs with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance 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 rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.

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