Lissandra vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Lissandra
based on 1,103 Lissandra vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Tahm Kench
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Lissandra versus Tahm Kench matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..
Lissandra typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Tahm Kench?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes an ok counter for Tahm Kench.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Lissandra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lissandra against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra on average gets a similar amount of CS as Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Tahm Kench build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Tahm Kench than with most other common builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Tahm Kench as Lissandra, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Lissandra vs Tahm Kench fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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