Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Jarvan IV
based on 1,272 Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Tahm Kench
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Jarvan IV versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Jarvan IV normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Jarvan IV into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a bad counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically gets a lot less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Tahm Kench build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 47.2% battling Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Jarvan IV vs Tahm Kench counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
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