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How to Synergize Vex with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamVex is in the b tier of champions

Vex with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Vex and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherVex is in the s tier of champions
Mage
SupportTank

How to Synergize Vex and Tahm Kench

based on 1,708 Vex with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Vex has fought alongside Tahm Kench in 1708 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much accurate data straight from the makers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Vex play with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Vex to play alongside Tahm Kench as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 2.3% of games with Vex.

Vex Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Vex has done a good job of teaming up with Tahm Kench. Usually, they wins a fantastic 52.0% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Vex when playing alongside Tahm Kench by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vex vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Vex Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameLiandry's TormentMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vex to level upq
>
Second ability for Vex to level upw
>
Last skill for Vex to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vex's passive ability p
Vex's q ability q
Vex's w ability w
Vex's e ability e
Vex's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Vex and Tahm Kench

Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play

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.

Vex Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Vex Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Tahm Kench Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.2
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
7.5
< Assists >
7.5
1.74
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
161
< Minions Killed >
159
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,389
< Physical Damage >
1,380
22,173
< Magic Damage >
21,838
863
< True Damage >
876
24,425
< Damage Dealt >
24,094
19,251
< Damage Taken >
19,398
11,489
< Gold Earned >
11,446
1.99
< Towers >
1.81
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,196
< Total Healing >
2,165
14,091
< Experience >
14,188
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
556
< Time Dealing CC >
554

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Vex in LoL

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

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

When Vex tries to synergize with Tahm Kench, they gets a small increase in their full damage output. This may indicate that Tahm Kench supports by providing cover for them to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Vex is played with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Vex plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Vex during team fights.

Synergies between Vex and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Vex
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vex
Tahm Kench

Is Vex better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no top ally for Vex that will no matter what be their ideal ally. However, Tahm Kench is a superb teammate for Vex. By playing on the same side as Vex, he increases their win rate by 3.2% to 52.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a very strong synergy between Vex and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Tahm Kench has a much greater difficulty compared to Vex. That means you should be careful when enlisting Tahm Kench comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing alongside, Vex players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.

Conversely, by aligning Vex and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of AD. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Tahm Kench ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Vex Players

How We Calculated Our Vex Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vex and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 1,708 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 Vex with Tahm Kench 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 Vex in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to build first in your Vex and Tahm Kench synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with many other typical builds. In fact, Vex boasted an average win rate of 52.0% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Vex players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Tahm Kench with Vex are presented for every ranked division. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.