Kindred vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Kindred
based on 1,755 Kindred vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Tahm Kench
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
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.
Kindred vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several critical Kindred vs. Tahm Kench matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in deaths.
Kindred normally has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. On average, they receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Kindred or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 45.5% win rate. Therefore, Kindred makes a bad counter for Tahm Kench.
While Kindred does have a much lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kindred into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Kindred also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kindred is a bad counter for Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred often gets less CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kindred versus Tahm Kench build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 45.5% when countering Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Tahm Kench as Kindred, Kindred players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kindred vs Tahm Kench fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.5% win rate overall.
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