Zilean with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Zilean and Tahm Kench
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Zilean Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Tahm Kench
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tahm Kench helps Zilean perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is paired with Tahm Kench, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Tahm Kench helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Tahm Kench on the same side, 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 alongside Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Zilean during teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Tahm Kench
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no one best companion for Zilean that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Tahm Kench is a very typical companion for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 50.1%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Zilean and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Tahm Kench allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Zilean players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Zilean and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of AD. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to get in your Zilean and Tahm Kench synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when playing alongside Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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