Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Blitzcrank
based on 3,490 Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Tahm Kench
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several strategic Blitzcrank vs. Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Tahm Kench.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Tahm Kench.
Additionally, Blitzcrank has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter to Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Blitzcrank against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often accumulates a lot less CS as Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Tahm Kench build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Tahm Kench than with many other typical builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 51.4% battling Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Tahm Kench LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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