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How to Win Ezreal vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupEzreal is in the b tier of champions

Ezreal vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Ezreal

based on 5,253 Ezreal vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
44.5 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our database, Ezreal faced Tahm Kench in 5253 games. Including so many games with Ezreal versus Tahm Kench gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide enlightening data and a solid build to wreck your opposition. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Ezreal is forced to battle against Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of his matches.

Ezreal vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal does a terrible job of countering Tahm Kench. On average, he wins a lowly 44.5% of games the champs face one another in. In Ezreal against Tahm Kench rounds, Ezreal’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Ezreal vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
SheenTear of the Goddess

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaTrinity ForceSpear of Shojin

Optional Items

Voltaic CycloswordMaw of MalmortiusHubrisManamune

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
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Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
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Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Tahm Kench

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

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.

Ezreal vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
44.5 %
VS
Win Rate
55.5 %
Tahm Kench Image
6.4
< Kills >
5.2
5.8
< Deaths >
5.1
6.9
< Assists >
8.4
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
167
< Minions Killed >
120
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.51
17,772
< Physical Damage >
4,029
7,620
< Magic Damage >
15,797
630
< True Damage >
744
26,023
< Damage Dealt >
20,571
20,438
< Damage Taken >
41,183
11,602
< Gold Earned >
10,591
2.14
< Towers >
2.15
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,422
< Total Healing >
12,867
12,350
< Experience >
13,411
16
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
12
86
< Time Dealing CC >
295

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Ezreal in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Ezreal vs. Tahm Kench matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..

Ezreal normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ezreal and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Ezreal or Tahm Kench?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 44.5% win rate. As a result, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.

While Ezreal does have a much lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ezreal into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Ezreal has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Ezreal is a garbage counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Ezreal, we analyzed 5,253 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tahm Kench as Ezreal comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Ezreal versus Tahm Kench build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Ezreal included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average win rate of 44.5% when countering Tahm Kench with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Tahm Kench as Ezreal, Ezreal players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Ezreal vs Tahm Kench clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.5% winrate overall.

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