Malzahar vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Malzahar
based on 2,970 Malzahar vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Tahm Kench
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Malzahar vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that can help you understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..
Malzahar often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Tahm Kench.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Tahm Kench.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This 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 in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Tahm Kench matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Malzahar is a decent counter for Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often picks up more CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Tahm Kench build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 50.2% battling Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Tahm Kench as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Malzahar vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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