Kalista vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Kalista
based on 828 Kalista vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Tahm Kench
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Kalista versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Kalista or Tahm Kench?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 45.9% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter to Tahm Kench.
While Kalista does have a much lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Tahm Kenchas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a trash counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kalista versus Tahm Kench build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Tahm Kench than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Tahm Kench as Kalista, Kalista players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kalista vs Tahm Kench matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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