Yasuo with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Yasuo and Tahm Kench
based on 5,744 Yasuo with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Tahm Kench
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Tahm Kench helps Yasuo perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo is paired with Tahm Kench, he sees a little decrease in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Tahm Kench doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.
Additionally, when Yasuo plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Yasuo in team fights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no ideal ally for Yasuo that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, Tahm Kench is a very typical ally for Yasuo. By locking into the same team as Yasuo, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 51.3%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Yasuo and Tahm Kench that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means Yasuo players don't need to be cautious when finding Tahm Kench comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting together, Yasuo players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by grouping Yasuo and Tahm Kench together, you may not be granting your side enough utility. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo to work well with Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Yasuo and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Statikk Shiv, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Yasuo included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 51.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
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